Christophe divulged the following:
"Since 8PSK (and higher mod) signals are very likely to have pilot symbols,
pilot_auto should start with pilot_on for 8PSK.
And since QPSK signals are unlikely to have pilot, pilot_auto should start
with pilot_off for QPSK.
Without the patch:
QPSK tuning delay: ~100ms
8PSK tuning delay: ~900ms
with patch:
QPSK tuning delay: ~100ms
8PSK tuning delay: ~100ms
"
This patch does as Cristophe asks. In emulated auto-pilot we
choose pilot-on for tuning PSK_8 and pilot-off for
tuning QPSK.