For James: I don't see as much JT9 as I do JT65, but JT9 works better for weaker signals (even weaker than JT65) so you can work stations that are farther away or under worse conditions.
JT65/JT9 is like shooting fish in a barrel (it's easy to make a lot of distant contacts). I also have to confess that it's so slow, I usually do something else while I'm making QSO's. On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Bob McGraw - K4TAX <[email protected]> wrote: > I concur with Bill in that PSK is an easy mode to get running. It is > fun, regardless if you chase DX or just like to rag chew. Although I use > the K3S, there is only one cable required between the computer and the > radio. It handles the audio and the PTT and CAT commands. No interface > required. I do use a SignaLink USB with one of my other radios. For > software, FLDIGI is free, and has the required configuration files for the > KX3 and K3/K3S radios. Plus the MACRO's are easy to configure for your > personal liking and it creates a log which can be uploaded to your favorite > logging program. > > I finally figured out that the more software applications I have running > to do different things, the more issues I have to resolve. Some software > systems will easily hand shake and work with others, while others turn into > more of a fist fight. I typically only run one application and let it do > all my radio chores. > > 73 > Bob, K4TAX > K3S s/n 10163 > > On 11/19/2015 6:06 PM, Bill Frantz wrote: > >> I generally recommend people start in the digital world with PSK31. There >> is quite a bit of activity between 14.070 and 14.073 on the 20 meter band. >> You can use the radio's VOX for keying, so you can avoid having to worry >> about a keying interface for the start. The PSK signal is symmetric, so you >> should be able to work and copy other stations without worrying about USB >> vs. LSB issues. >> >> When you get PSK running, you know your computer can communicate with >> your radio both ways. Then when you try other modes, and they don't work, >> you start debugging with a large number of things that do work. >> >> 73 Bill AE6JV >> > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
