Re: [Elecraft] Get the kids off the street - making my move!

To: Peter Pauly Cc: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Get the kids off the street - making my move! Oh I agree on that too. The typical JT-65 or JT-9 QSO takes a long time like 5 to 7 minutes or more under good conditions. But the software / mode will dig signals out of the noise one

Re: [Elecraft] Get the kids off the street - making my move!

Think about watching grass grow while the other guy tells you the name of his dog. On Nov 19, 2015, at 5:26 PM, "Mark" wrote: > Thanks, Bill. > > I want to spend some time copying to catch the rhythm of the operating and > get a feel for what would be expected in a QSO. > >

Re: [Elecraft] Get the kids off the street - making my move!

Oh I agree on that too. The typical JT-65 or JT-9 QSO takes a long time like 5 to 7 minutes or more under good conditions. But the software / mode will dig signals out of the noise one can't hear by ear. I do encourage one to get their CAT interface working correctly with the software.

Re: [Elecraft] Get the kids off the street - making my move!

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

Re: [Elecraft] Get the kids off the street - making my move!

Thanks, Bill. That was the direction I was going as far as a jumping off point was concerned. I did install WSJT-X and see a lot of JT-65 but no JT-9 yet. Started working through configs for PSK31 with WinWarbler and think I'm about ready. I'm going to spend some time looking at the macros

Re: [Elecraft] Get the kids off the street - making my move!

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

Re: [Elecraft] Get the kids off the street - making my move!

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

Re: [Elecraft] Get the kids off the street - making my move!

> Is JT9 rockin' the lower bands - 160, 80 and 40??? Can't answer that, but JT9g is going strong on 10 meters (28.148). It's a high speed version of JT9 used on both meteor scatter and Es. A slightly higher bandwidth version, JT9h, is used on 6 meters, and is quite popular (50.280).

Re: [Elecraft] Get the kids off the street - making my move!

Pete: you replied with this...I find that WSJT-X works better for me than JT65-HF and is written by Joe Taylor (K1JT) himself. I see this at his website: WSJT-X implements JT9, a new mode designed especially for the LF, MF, and HF bands, as well as the popular mode JT65. Both modes were

[Elecraft] Get the kids off the street - making my move!

After being CW only for over 2 decades, I've made the decision (now that I have a K3S/100) to move into digital comms. It's time for me to experience a 1st contact in a new mode - been a really long time. For software, I've got DXLab for logging (WW included, of course), FLDIGI, DigiPan,

Re: [Elecraft] Get the kids off the street - making my move!

I find that WSJT-X works better for me than JT65-HF and is written by Joe Taylor (K1JT) himself. http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 11:57 AM, Mark wrote: > After being CW only for over 2 decades, I've made the decision (now that I >