https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/ Wed, 06 May 2026 07:02:37 +0000 MyBB https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1463 Tue, 08 Oct 2024 21:10:34 +0000 VK1DJA]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1463
There are a couple of puzzles.  Can anyone help, please?

Is RDS used in Australia?  I can find only one oldish claim that RDS is used by only one Sydney station and only for traffic reports.  

How is a signal including a pilot tone generated?  A straight FM modulation with only the pilot tone (i.e. during a period of silence in speech or audio) should place all the transmitted power in the pilot tone.  This commentary,  
 ham.stackexchange.com/questions/7517/what-are-the-3-or-5-peaks-in-an-fm-broadcast-during-silence
suggests something different.

Thanks in advance.

Dave VK1DJA]]>
There are a couple of puzzles.  Can anyone help, please?

Is RDS used in Australia?  I can find only one oldish claim that RDS is used by only one Sydney station and only for traffic reports.  

How is a signal including a pilot tone generated?  A straight FM modulation with only the pilot tone (i.e. during a period of silence in speech or audio) should place all the transmitted power in the pilot tone.  This commentary,  
 ham.stackexchange.com/questions/7517/what-are-the-3-or-5-peaks-in-an-fm-broadcast-during-silence
suggests something different.

Thanks in advance.

Dave VK1DJA]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1462 Thu, 03 Oct 2024 07:54:14 +0000 VK6RO]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1462
At the very beginning of the ABC TV news every night there is CW.

This is right at the beginning within maybe 1 to 4 seconds?

Made by some type of musical instrument

Text is A B C T    ._    _...    _._.   _

Probably at about 20 words per minute?

de VK6RO

_._

e&oe]]>
At the very beginning of the ABC TV news every night there is CW.

This is right at the beginning within maybe 1 to 4 seconds?

Made by some type of musical instrument

Text is A B C T    ._    _...    _._.   _

Probably at about 20 words per minute?

de VK6RO

_._

e&oe]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1461 Mon, 30 Sep 2024 20:02:50 +0000 VK2XAX]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1461
Dear WSJT-X Users,

We are pleased to announce that Release Candidate WSJT-X 2.7.0-rc7 is ready for download and use by beta testers. This revision has many improvements to SuperFox mode: better decoding, more reliable message sequencing, and an open source, cryptographically sound verification scheme for Fox transmissions.

On-the-air tests have shown that SuperFox is capable of sustained QSO rates well in excess of 300 per hour.  We heartily recommend that future DXpeditions expecting to make very large numbers of QSOs should use SuperFox. Instructions for usage can be found in the SuperFox User Guide: https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/SuperFox_User_Guide.pdf

Additional details on program changes since RC6 can be found in the Release Notes:
https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/wsjtx-doc/Re....0-rc7.txt

Release Candidates are intended for beta testers. If you download and use WSJT-X 2.7.0-rc7, please provide relevant feedback on the new features and anything that does not seem to work properly for you. If your report involves something related to received signals, be sure to provide one or more saved *.wav files that illustrate the perceived problem.  As a general matter, use the option "Save all" when testing.

Direct links to installation packages for Windows, Linux, and macOS can be found on the WSJT-X page https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/wsjtx.html Scroll down to the heading "Candidate release:  WSJT-X 2.7.0-rc7".

For those who like to compile from source, a source-code tarball is available on the WSJT-X page. Public access to the git repository for the WSJT project is also available on the "Git" tab here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/wsjt/

WSJT-X is licensed under the terms of Version 3 of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Development of this software is a cooperative project to which many amateur radio operators have contributed. If you use our code, please have the courtesy to let us know about it. If you find bugs or make improvements to the code, please report them to us in a timely fashion.

The authors and Copyright holders of WSJT-X request that derivative works should not publish programs based on features in WSJT-X before those features are made available in a General Availability (GA) release of WSJT-X. Currently this caution applies to all SuperFox and SuperHound features. We will cease making public Release Candidates if this request is ignored.

Feedback should be sent to this email list or one of the of the others mentioned here in the User Guide:
https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/wsjtx-doc/ws...ml#SUPPORT

We hope you will enjoy using WSJT-X 2.7.0-rc7, and that you will help us to create a new General Availability (GA) release soon.

     -- 73 from Joe, K1JT; Steve, K9AN; Nico, IV3NWV; Uwe, DG2YCB;
             Brian, N9ADG; John, G4KLA; and Charlie, DL3WDG.]]>
Dear WSJT-X Users,

We are pleased to announce that Release Candidate WSJT-X 2.7.0-rc7 is ready for download and use by beta testers. This revision has many improvements to SuperFox mode: better decoding, more reliable message sequencing, and an open source, cryptographically sound verification scheme for Fox transmissions.

On-the-air tests have shown that SuperFox is capable of sustained QSO rates well in excess of 300 per hour.  We heartily recommend that future DXpeditions expecting to make very large numbers of QSOs should use SuperFox. Instructions for usage can be found in the SuperFox User Guide: https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/SuperFox_User_Guide.pdf

Additional details on program changes since RC6 can be found in the Release Notes:
https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/wsjtx-doc/Re....0-rc7.txt

Release Candidates are intended for beta testers. If you download and use WSJT-X 2.7.0-rc7, please provide relevant feedback on the new features and anything that does not seem to work properly for you. If your report involves something related to received signals, be sure to provide one or more saved *.wav files that illustrate the perceived problem.  As a general matter, use the option "Save all" when testing.

Direct links to installation packages for Windows, Linux, and macOS can be found on the WSJT-X page https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/wsjtx.html Scroll down to the heading "Candidate release:  WSJT-X 2.7.0-rc7".

For those who like to compile from source, a source-code tarball is available on the WSJT-X page. Public access to the git repository for the WSJT project is also available on the "Git" tab here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/wsjt/

WSJT-X is licensed under the terms of Version 3 of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Development of this software is a cooperative project to which many amateur radio operators have contributed. If you use our code, please have the courtesy to let us know about it. If you find bugs or make improvements to the code, please report them to us in a timely fashion.

The authors and Copyright holders of WSJT-X request that derivative works should not publish programs based on features in WSJT-X before those features are made available in a General Availability (GA) release of WSJT-X. Currently this caution applies to all SuperFox and SuperHound features. We will cease making public Release Candidates if this request is ignored.

Feedback should be sent to this email list or one of the of the others mentioned here in the User Guide:
https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/wsjtx-doc/ws...ml#SUPPORT

We hope you will enjoy using WSJT-X 2.7.0-rc7, and that you will help us to create a new General Availability (GA) release soon.

     -- 73 from Joe, K1JT; Steve, K9AN; Nico, IV3NWV; Uwe, DG2YCB;
             Brian, N9ADG; John, G4KLA; and Charlie, DL3WDG.]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1458 Wed, 18 Sep 2024 08:59:14 +0000 VK2CSW]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1458
At about 09:00 (local) this morning (Wednesday the 18th) I received a notification from Aust Post that the package was ready for collection here in regional South Australia.

A bloody good effort - kudos to VK Radio Repairs!]]>
At about 09:00 (local) this morning (Wednesday the 18th) I received a notification from Aust Post that the package was ready for collection here in regional South Australia.

A bloody good effort - kudos to VK Radio Repairs!]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1443 Thu, 08 Aug 2024 11:47:56 +0000 VK6RO]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1443
On may 11 and 12  2020 the solar flux index was 66 which is rock bottom of the SFI scale

So over 4 years 3 months we have climbed to 303

Now.... if it was equinox time right now we would be working the world on 6 metres and other high bands.

The highest i have ever personally seen it was 365 for about 1 day when i was a young bloke
cheers
graham vk6ro

e&oe]]>
On may 11 and 12  2020 the solar flux index was 66 which is rock bottom of the SFI scale

So over 4 years 3 months we have climbed to 303

Now.... if it was equinox time right now we would be working the world on 6 metres and other high bands.

The highest i have ever personally seen it was 365 for about 1 day when i was a young bloke
cheers
graham vk6ro

e&oe]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1442 Thu, 01 Aug 2024 06:42:18 +0000 VK5PJ]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1442
My start in AR was in the era of the original FT-101's FT-200's and all things in light blue boxes by PYE for VHF FM radios.  I joined the Southern Electronics Group as an 'associate member' while still a teenager and attended the regular meetings in Aub's shack on Serpentine road when I could. (it was quite a hike from home on my pushbike and the tire driven alternator for the bikes lights made the trip doubly hard)

Aub was very active in Rotary and St Johns Ambulance, while balancing his day job with Hunts canning company (now gone) in Albany as their chief engineer.

As an experimenter he had few equals for keenness or his attention to detail on what he built. One project that sticks out was an early counter kit by EA magazine (LED display) that fitted into a large die cast box.  In typical 6XY style, he had added the prescaller board so it would measure up to 200MHz, finally there would be no arguments about WHO was on frequency on Channel B (146.000) simplex. It seemed to be all going okay but every time we came for a meeting the counter was in pieces as the reference oscillator was not up to snuff and kept drifting away from 10MHz.  This became his quest and after many months a new daughter box appeared on the side of the counter to house the improved 10MHz reference source.  After that he had declared it finally fit for use.

The house on Serpentine road was on the end of the local power line run and his mains voltage varied horrendously (down to as low as 120Vac) at night when he wanted to be on air, so a step switchable auto transformer was built with an expanded scale volt meter so he could keep his beloved FT-101 happy.  No matter how many times he complained about this, little would happen, monitoring equipment would be put in place and reports written but never any improvements seen.   While visiting Aub one night to work on my PYE Leader Transceiver for Channel B (yes before repeaters were a thing in our area) I found Aub was busy welding scraps of steel with his arc welder, I noticed it was never more than just beads down a scrap and then he would move onto the next bit of scrap metal.  When I asked why, he pointed to an odd box sitting on a bench and told me it was the monitoring box from the then SECWA (State Electricity Corp) and he had a wry smile of a man happy with his efforts.  I think at some time after I left Albany they finally fixed the line voltage for Aub but it took 20 years of struggle to get there.

Trips away for work were common for 6XY, and at the oddest hours, there were always breakdowns out in the field that would finally escalate to him for assistance, his pride and joy for transport was a Mark II Jag, he had many years before put a pair of surf racks on it to hold the VHF whip, usually a 1/4 wave as it fitted under his carport and a very old heavy duty base on the rear for HF, yes his beloved FT-101 went every where when he had the chance.

Later years saw a change to a Datsun 240K (heresy some might have said for a JAG owner) but he soon adapted to it and the 240K received the 6XY treatment, a new Atlas 215 rig was bought and installed and he fitted TWIN bases on the rear for HF whips.  With the new found ability to change bands without a lengthy stop to tune up the 101's PA he could QSY when he wanted.  In most cases I think it was either an 80M whip on one side and 40M on the other.  The big plunge came when a hole in the centre of the roof happened and he had is sleek mobile shack ready to go at a moments notice.  The FT-101 was then confined to the shack where a whole slew of mods started to happen to it.  You have to realise this was the hey day for the Fox Tango club and news letters were coming thick and fast with ways to improve your FT-101. The ex commercial rig for 146 FM made way for an IC-22A and Aub was in his element.

Always willing to give his time saw Aub running a slow-morse session on many nights of the week on 146.000 and then on 146.500 when CH-B became a no go ground.  A few budding hams would check in after a session with a couple of flick of the PTT, not sure if that bloke in Mount Barker ever passed an exam but he was there whenever 6XY did a slow morse session.

A repeater came into being on Mount Barker (VK6RAA) and 6XY was deeply involved along with Doug, VK6DZ (not the current vk6dz) and Glenn VK6IQ (still kicking I hope).

I was still an SWL during this time and did what I could to get in the way and involved

A PYE F60 base station was used (valve TX and Solid state RX) for the first few years, after many false starts and trip to reset the Squelch, the second RX with the Nuvistor (subminiaturise valves) front end was put in place. There always seemed to be some one going to the repeater site to make changes.

There could be pages and pages about Aub VK6XY but it probably means little to most others..

As I get older (just turned 65) I some times reflect on the people I have known and felt the need to not let the memories of Aub, vk6xy slip away into the fog.

Did you know someone special during your ham life?  I have found it quite rewarding writing this down, it might surprise you what comes out once you start typing ]]>
My start in AR was in the era of the original FT-101's FT-200's and all things in light blue boxes by PYE for VHF FM radios.  I joined the Southern Electronics Group as an 'associate member' while still a teenager and attended the regular meetings in Aub's shack on Serpentine road when I could. (it was quite a hike from home on my pushbike and the tire driven alternator for the bikes lights made the trip doubly hard)

Aub was very active in Rotary and St Johns Ambulance, while balancing his day job with Hunts canning company (now gone) in Albany as their chief engineer.

As an experimenter he had few equals for keenness or his attention to detail on what he built. One project that sticks out was an early counter kit by EA magazine (LED display) that fitted into a large die cast box.  In typical 6XY style, he had added the prescaller board so it would measure up to 200MHz, finally there would be no arguments about WHO was on frequency on Channel B (146.000) simplex. It seemed to be all going okay but every time we came for a meeting the counter was in pieces as the reference oscillator was not up to snuff and kept drifting away from 10MHz.  This became his quest and after many months a new daughter box appeared on the side of the counter to house the improved 10MHz reference source.  After that he had declared it finally fit for use.

The house on Serpentine road was on the end of the local power line run and his mains voltage varied horrendously (down to as low as 120Vac) at night when he wanted to be on air, so a step switchable auto transformer was built with an expanded scale volt meter so he could keep his beloved FT-101 happy.  No matter how many times he complained about this, little would happen, monitoring equipment would be put in place and reports written but never any improvements seen.   While visiting Aub one night to work on my PYE Leader Transceiver for Channel B (yes before repeaters were a thing in our area) I found Aub was busy welding scraps of steel with his arc welder, I noticed it was never more than just beads down a scrap and then he would move onto the next bit of scrap metal.  When I asked why, he pointed to an odd box sitting on a bench and told me it was the monitoring box from the then SECWA (State Electricity Corp) and he had a wry smile of a man happy with his efforts.  I think at some time after I left Albany they finally fixed the line voltage for Aub but it took 20 years of struggle to get there.

Trips away for work were common for 6XY, and at the oddest hours, there were always breakdowns out in the field that would finally escalate to him for assistance, his pride and joy for transport was a Mark II Jag, he had many years before put a pair of surf racks on it to hold the VHF whip, usually a 1/4 wave as it fitted under his carport and a very old heavy duty base on the rear for HF, yes his beloved FT-101 went every where when he had the chance.

Later years saw a change to a Datsun 240K (heresy some might have said for a JAG owner) but he soon adapted to it and the 240K received the 6XY treatment, a new Atlas 215 rig was bought and installed and he fitted TWIN bases on the rear for HF whips.  With the new found ability to change bands without a lengthy stop to tune up the 101's PA he could QSY when he wanted.  In most cases I think it was either an 80M whip on one side and 40M on the other.  The big plunge came when a hole in the centre of the roof happened and he had is sleek mobile shack ready to go at a moments notice.  The FT-101 was then confined to the shack where a whole slew of mods started to happen to it.  You have to realise this was the hey day for the Fox Tango club and news letters were coming thick and fast with ways to improve your FT-101. The ex commercial rig for 146 FM made way for an IC-22A and Aub was in his element.

Always willing to give his time saw Aub running a slow-morse session on many nights of the week on 146.000 and then on 146.500 when CH-B became a no go ground.  A few budding hams would check in after a session with a couple of flick of the PTT, not sure if that bloke in Mount Barker ever passed an exam but he was there whenever 6XY did a slow morse session.

A repeater came into being on Mount Barker (VK6RAA) and 6XY was deeply involved along with Doug, VK6DZ (not the current vk6dz) and Glenn VK6IQ (still kicking I hope).

I was still an SWL during this time and did what I could to get in the way and involved

A PYE F60 base station was used (valve TX and Solid state RX) for the first few years, after many false starts and trip to reset the Squelch, the second RX with the Nuvistor (subminiaturise valves) front end was put in place. There always seemed to be some one going to the repeater site to make changes.

There could be pages and pages about Aub VK6XY but it probably means little to most others..

As I get older (just turned 65) I some times reflect on the people I have known and felt the need to not let the memories of Aub, vk6xy slip away into the fog.

Did you know someone special during your ham life?  I have found it quite rewarding writing this down, it might surprise you what comes out once you start typing ]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1437 Sat, 13 Jul 2024 04:06:23 +0000 VK5AYD]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1437 https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1433 Wed, 03 Jul 2024 01:32:04 +0000 VK2XAX]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1433 https://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-systems-s...disruption
regards
Tim]]> https://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-systems-s...disruption
regards
Tim]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1432 Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:50:14 +0000 VK2XAX]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1432
Dear WSJT-X Users,

We are pleased to announce that Release Candidate WSJT-X 2.7.0-rc5 is
ready for download and use by beta testers. This release introduces
SuperFox mode, a powerful new tool designed to help DXpeditions make
digital QSOs at very high rates. For additional details see

https://jarvisisland2024.com/operating/super-fox-mode

RC5 also brings several other improvements and bug fixes. A full list
of enhancements since Release Candidate 4 can be found in the Release Notes and Section 1.1 of the WSJT-X User Guide:

https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/wsjtx-doc/Re....0-rc5.txt

https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/wsjtx-doc/ws...W_FEATURES

Release Candidates are intended for beta testers. If you download and
use WSJT-X 2.7.0-rc5, please remember to provide feedback to us on the
new features in version 2.7, and on anything that does not seem to work
properly for you.

Direct links to installation packages for Windows, Linux, and macOS can
be found on the WSJT-X page https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/wsjtx.html
Scroll down to the heading "Candidate release: WSJT-X 2.7.0-rc5".

For those who like to compile from source, a source-code tarball is
available on the WSJT-X page. Public access to the git repository for
the WSJT project is also available on the "Git" tab here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/wsjt/
It may take a short time for the code to be updated on SourceForge.


WSJT-X is licensed under the terms of Version 3 of the GNU General
Public License (GPL). Development of this software is a cooperative
project to which many amateur radio operators have contributed. If you
use our code, please have the courtesy to let us know about it. If you
find bugs or make improvements to the code, please report them to us in
a timely fashion.

The authors and Copyright holders of WSJT-X request that derivative
works should not publish programs based on features in WSJT-X before
those features are made available in a General Availability (GA) release
of WSJT-X. We will cease making public Release Candidate (RC)
pre-releases for testing and user early access purposes if this request
is ignored.

Feedback should be sent to this email list or one of the of the others
mentioned here in the User Guide:

https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/wsjtx-doc/ws...ml#SUPPORT

We hope you will enjoy using WSJT-X 2.7.0-rc5, and that you will help us
to create a new General Availability (GA) release soon.

-- 73 from Joe, K1JT; Steve, K9AN; Nico, IV3NWV; Uwe, DG2YCB;
Brian, N9ADG; and John, G4KLA]]>
Dear WSJT-X Users,

We are pleased to announce that Release Candidate WSJT-X 2.7.0-rc5 is
ready for download and use by beta testers. This release introduces
SuperFox mode, a powerful new tool designed to help DXpeditions make
digital QSOs at very high rates. For additional details see

https://jarvisisland2024.com/operating/super-fox-mode

RC5 also brings several other improvements and bug fixes. A full list
of enhancements since Release Candidate 4 can be found in the Release Notes and Section 1.1 of the WSJT-X User Guide:

https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/wsjtx-doc/Re....0-rc5.txt

https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/wsjtx-doc/ws...W_FEATURES

Release Candidates are intended for beta testers. If you download and
use WSJT-X 2.7.0-rc5, please remember to provide feedback to us on the
new features in version 2.7, and on anything that does not seem to work
properly for you.

Direct links to installation packages for Windows, Linux, and macOS can
be found on the WSJT-X page https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/wsjtx.html
Scroll down to the heading "Candidate release: WSJT-X 2.7.0-rc5".

For those who like to compile from source, a source-code tarball is
available on the WSJT-X page. Public access to the git repository for
the WSJT project is also available on the "Git" tab here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/wsjt/
It may take a short time for the code to be updated on SourceForge.


WSJT-X is licensed under the terms of Version 3 of the GNU General
Public License (GPL). Development of this software is a cooperative
project to which many amateur radio operators have contributed. If you
use our code, please have the courtesy to let us know about it. If you
find bugs or make improvements to the code, please report them to us in
a timely fashion.

The authors and Copyright holders of WSJT-X request that derivative
works should not publish programs based on features in WSJT-X before
those features are made available in a General Availability (GA) release
of WSJT-X. We will cease making public Release Candidate (RC)
pre-releases for testing and user early access purposes if this request
is ignored.

Feedback should be sent to this email list or one of the of the others
mentioned here in the User Guide:

https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/wsjtx-doc/ws...ml#SUPPORT

We hope you will enjoy using WSJT-X 2.7.0-rc5, and that you will help us
to create a new General Availability (GA) release soon.

-- 73 from Joe, K1JT; Steve, K9AN; Nico, IV3NWV; Uwe, DG2YCB;
Brian, N9ADG; and John, G4KLA]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1428 Sun, 23 Jun 2024 04:32:31 +0000 VK5PJ]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1428
I have recently received a few of the modern IRC's from some JA stations and thought I would try and use one as an experiment.  My local Australia Post outlet tried to scan it a number of times and then told me with some authority, if it does not scan they cannot accept it.

Now I know VK is a part of the International Post agreements (forgive me I cannot recall its proper name) so it makes me wonder if others have found a way to make use of IRC's when posting QSL's overseas?]]>
I have recently received a few of the modern IRC's from some JA stations and thought I would try and use one as an experiment.  My local Australia Post outlet tried to scan it a number of times and then told me with some authority, if it does not scan they cannot accept it.

Now I know VK is a part of the International Post agreements (forgive me I cannot recall its proper name) so it makes me wonder if others have found a way to make use of IRC's when posting QSL's overseas?]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1427 Tue, 18 Jun 2024 09:33:01 +0000 VK6RO]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1427
My JTDX 2.2.159 has lost the power output reading.. not the slider itself.

New computer windows 11 and the actual reading like 20w etc no longer shows up when moving slider

Old computer windows 10 showed the actual power as a number when moving slider.

Any ideas why on this new install?

thank you

graham vk6ro

e&oe]]>
My JTDX 2.2.159 has lost the power output reading.. not the slider itself.

New computer windows 11 and the actual reading like 20w etc no longer shows up when moving slider

Old computer windows 10 showed the actual power as a number when moving slider.

Any ideas why on this new install?

thank you

graham vk6ro

e&oe]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1407 Sat, 13 Apr 2024 10:22:14 +0000 VK4CCV]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1407
After using an FTDX5000MP for a number of years and the OLED's are on the way out, I have decided to purchase a new FTDX101D.

When using Digital Modes I have been using the SCU-17 Interface and Cable to suit the FTDX5000.

I am not sure if the SCU-17 is still relevant when operating the digital modes on the 101D.

If the Interface is still needed, what Cable Set is needed to suit the 101D?


Pete]]>
After using an FTDX5000MP for a number of years and the OLED's are on the way out, I have decided to purchase a new FTDX101D.

When using Digital Modes I have been using the SCU-17 Interface and Cable to suit the FTDX5000.

I am not sure if the SCU-17 is still relevant when operating the digital modes on the 101D.

If the Interface is still needed, what Cable Set is needed to suit the 101D?


Pete]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1404 Sun, 07 Apr 2024 09:23:32 +0000 VK2CSW]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1404
In those very early days I was blessed with S7 noise due to nearby 132kV power lines and railway overhead wiring.

As time went on the noise floor increased and increased until it was S9+ continuously. So I gave up on phone and moved to digital. Then along came the NBN and even digital was almost impossible.

A couple of years ago we moved to a semi-rural part of the Barossa Valley. Recently I have found the time and the will dig out some gear and start to muck around again.

After a couple of false starts I got FT-8 working with a bodgey install of a multi-tap helical mounted on the chook shed.

I was/am having some rf-in-the-shack so rejigged my earthing system and had a play this afternoon on 20m with FT-8. After getting a few in the log I decided to jump to USB and tune around. At first, I thought my S-meter was configured wrong, but no. Maybe AGC was off. Ahhh.  Still nothing was registering.  Suddenly, there we voices everywhere! The S-meter was bouncing around in the bottom half.

I had forgotten (or never knew) that radio background noise could be so quiet!  ]]>
In those very early days I was blessed with S7 noise due to nearby 132kV power lines and railway overhead wiring.

As time went on the noise floor increased and increased until it was S9+ continuously. So I gave up on phone and moved to digital. Then along came the NBN and even digital was almost impossible.

A couple of years ago we moved to a semi-rural part of the Barossa Valley. Recently I have found the time and the will dig out some gear and start to muck around again.

After a couple of false starts I got FT-8 working with a bodgey install of a multi-tap helical mounted on the chook shed.

I was/am having some rf-in-the-shack so rejigged my earthing system and had a play this afternoon on 20m with FT-8. After getting a few in the log I decided to jump to USB and tune around. At first, I thought my S-meter was configured wrong, but no. Maybe AGC was off. Ahhh.  Still nothing was registering.  Suddenly, there we voices everywhere! The S-meter was bouncing around in the bottom half.

I had forgotten (or never knew) that radio background noise could be so quiet!  ]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1403 Sun, 07 Apr 2024 00:05:54 +0000 VK3RX]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1403
Perhaps this one will too - read it quick, folks.

Another group I was a member of some years back the moderator looked at all posts before they appeared, and if he didn't like or agree with what someone said, the posts would never appear. 

I resigned from that group, which I think later gradually died due lack of use ....]]>
Perhaps this one will too - read it quick, folks.

Another group I was a member of some years back the moderator looked at all posts before they appeared, and if he didn't like or agree with what someone said, the posts would never appear. 

I resigned from that group, which I think later gradually died due lack of use ....]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1398 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 06:16:36 +0000 VK2BPG]]> https://www.ahrdf.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1398
Are there any amateurs out there who know the procedure and can give me some hints? Or direct me to someone who can help?]]>
Are there any amateurs out there who know the procedure and can give me some hints? Or direct me to someone who can help?]]>