[Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF

2011-10-20 Thread Ed Wilson
Colleagues, I have been running JT65A using the JT65-HF software for the past month or so with good results (several hundred contacts with at least half DX). I have a Flex-5000 and I am running PowerSDR 2.2.3 under Windows 7/32. I have set my Drive control to 100 and have adjusted the VAC TX

Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF

2011-10-20 Thread Guy Harris
Ed, Are you serious? Understand that JT65 is a WEAK signal mode; one the biggest problems is people running far too much power and causing de-sensing. Please do a little research on this mode before proceeding; and try running 5 Watts. I don't mean to be snippy but... 73, ~~Guy, W6NJX

Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF

2011-10-20 Thread Ed Wilson
not think we should pursue this topic on the Flex lists. Ed, K0KC From: Guy Harris w6...@guysfreehold.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 11:29 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF Ed, Are you

Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF

2011-10-20 Thread KQ8RP
] On Behalf Of Ed Wilson Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 10:50 AM To: Flexradio@flex-radio.biz; flexra...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF Colleagues, I have been running JT65A using the JT65-HF software for the past month or so with good results (several hundred contacts

Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF

2011-10-20 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 8:29 AM, Guy Harris w6...@guysfreehold.com wrote: Ed, Are you serious? Understand that JT65 is a WEAK signal mode; one the biggest problems is people running far too much power and causing de-sensing. Desense is overload (compression). You need a lot of signal to

Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF

2011-10-20 Thread Dave Beumer WØDHB
- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Ed Wilson Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 8:50 AM To: Flexradio@flex-radio.biz; flexra...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF Colleagues, I have been running JT65A using the JT65-HF

Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF

2011-10-20 Thread Drax Felton
Or run higher power on 160m and open some paths not normally useable. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 20, 2011, at 11:29 AM, Guy Harris w6...@guysfreehold.com wrote: Ed, Are you serious? Understand that JT65 is a WEAK signal mode; one the biggest problems is people running far too much

Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF

2011-10-20 Thread Ed Wilson
: Thursday, October 20, 2011 12:23 PM Subject: RE: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF Ed Have you tried to get higher power with other digital modes ? I can get 60+  watts out on PSK with Drive at 100, ALC level of -3 with level slider -1 . Are you certain your xmit filter is not attenuating the output

Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF

2011-10-20 Thread Bob McGwier
-radio.biz flexradio@flex-radio.biz, flexra...@yahoogroups.com flexra...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, Oct 20, 2011 16:01:51 GMT+00:00 Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF Guy, I do not think that I de-sense anyone's receive capability with my 25 watts and indoor antennas. I typically get signal

Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF

2011-10-20 Thread Ed Wilson
: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF Put the radio in DIGITAL mode, upper probably and ALC should not be a problem.  This is why we did the mode.  If you are already in digital mode, let me know Bob N4HY Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4GLTE Phone -Original message- From: Ed Wilson ed.wil...@ymail.com

Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF

2011-10-20 Thread Ron Kolarik
:) Ron K0IDT - Original Message - From: Ed Wilson ed.wil...@ymail.com To: Dave Beumer WØDHB d...@w0dhb.net; Flexradio@flex-radio.biz; flexra...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 11:38 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF Dave, Thanks for the hints. First of all

Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF

2011-10-20 Thread Ed Wilson
-radio.biz; flexra...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 1:46 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF Ed, If you setup a custom TX filter, mine is 1000Hz low and 1800Hz high, you will get more power out with the VAC TX slider set a lot lower than what you are running. The only

Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF

2011-10-20 Thread Dave Beumer WØDHB
...@ymail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 10:39 AM To: Dave Beumer WØDHB; Flexradio@flex-radio.biz; flexra...@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF Dave, Thanks for the hints. First of all, the dummy load does not make any difference compared to the antenna since

Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF

2011-10-20 Thread Ed Wilson
Subject: RE: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF Ed   When I get a chance later today I’ll see the max power I can get out of JT65  alc -3 drive slider 100 into a dummy load.   Have you tested your max power out hitting “TUN” and running Drive to 100 ? Maybe your overall output power is low.   Dave

Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF

2011-10-20 Thread Tim Ellison
mailto:dave%40w0dhb.net To: 'Ed Wilson' ed.wil...@ymail.com mailto:ed.wilson%40ymail.com; Flexradio@flex-radio.biz mailto:Flexradio%40flex-radio.biz; flexra...@yahoogroups.com mailto:FlexRadio%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 2:48 PM Subject: RE: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF Ed

Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF

2011-10-20 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Ed Wilson ed.wil...@ymail.com wrote: ** Dave, I can get 100 watts out in the tune mode (and CW when I use that mode). In order to keep sidebands in check and keep emissions narrow, most of the digital modes have a significant amplitude component. (Most do

Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF

2011-10-20 Thread Ed Wilson
...@w0dhb.net; Flexradio@flex-radio.biz Flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 4:50 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF Your PA is fine. The amount of drive is dependent on the AF gain being fed from the digital mode program.  If it is not putting out 0 dB

Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF

2011-10-20 Thread Ed Wilson
Good info, Brian...thanks! Ed, K0KC From: Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com To: flexra...@yahoogroups.com Cc: Flexradio@flex-radio.biz Flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF On Thu, Oct 20

Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF

2011-10-20 Thread Dave Beumer WØDHB
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF Thanks for the info, Tim. Maybe I am being too conservative with the -3 dB on the ALC, but I do not want to put out some of the garbage that I sometimes see when listening to JT-65 signals. A setting on the VAC TX gain of -1 dB would not put out

Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF

2011-10-20 Thread Ed Wilson
: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF Ed   Using a transmit profile with a 250Hz wide filter centered at 1500 will help .   Davt   From:Ed Wilson [mailto:ed.wil...@ymail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 3:21 PM To: Tim Ellison; flexra...@yahoogroups.com; w6...@w6cqz.org Cc: Dave Beumer WØDHB; Flexradio

Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF

2011-10-20 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Dave Beumer WØDHB d...@w0dhb.net wrote: Ed Using a transmit profile with a 250Hz wide filter centered at 1500 will help . Well, actually, it won't. The only reason to run a narrower TX filter is if the signal being presented to the transmitter already has

Re: [Flexradio] VAC and JT65-HF

2011-10-20 Thread Tony Estep
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Ed Wilson ed.wil...@ymail.com wrote: Thanks for the info, Tim. I do not want to put out some of the garbage that I sometimes see JT65 is not PSK,and differs from it in many ways. The program is extremely thoroughly documented and the info