Re: [wsjt-devel] Apparently we have an issue with understanding Linear Modes and how to stay legal!

2019-06-27 Thread Bill Frantz
On 6/27/19 at 12:31 PM, jack.s.phogbo...@rf-specialist.net (Jack S. Phogbound) wrote: 1) Has positive PTT control (this is not possible with the Signalink USB!) The SignaLink has an internal VOX which can be used to trigger PTT on a rig. It is available on one of the pins of the RJ-45

[wsjt-devel] Apparently we have an issue with understanding Linear Modes and how to stay legal!

2019-06-27 Thread Jack S. Phogbound
It’s quite apparent to me that there are a lot of folks using digital modes that do not understand that louder is not always better! Anything that modifies the TX (or even the RX) signal in a non-linear way (equalization, compression or distortion) will impair the quality of your signal,

Re: [wsjt-devel] Does the FT8 signal spike at the beginning of each transmission?

2019-06-27 Thread Black Michael via wsjt-devel
Try calibrating your audio with the paper that's at the top of my QRZ page.Used by hundreds (I'm not up to McDonald's numbers yet :-) of operators to get clean signals from their rigs and understand WSJT-X a bit better.https://www.qrz.com/db/W9MDB de Mike W9MDB On Thursday, June 27,

Re: [wsjt-devel] Does the FT8 signal spike at the beginning of each transmission?

2019-06-27 Thread Reino Talarmo
>1. The power spike problem can be “avoided” through keeping the xmtr power >low at the beginning of each cycle and then gradually increasing it. I have >bit of auxiliary code in Xojo which can do this, ramping power up during the >first 5 seconds of the cycle. Is it known what actually

Re: [wsjt-devel] Does the FT8 signal spike at the beginning of each transmission?

2019-06-27 Thread Ed Stokes
I’ll try the new release and see how that works. Thanks for the comment on decoding. >> How does Xojo open up a serial port that is already open? An interesting question… No. There is no splitter. One connection through one RS232 port from a mac mini to an FTdx5000. WSJT-X and my Xojo

Re: [wsjt-devel] Does the FT8 signal spike at the beginning of each transmission?

2019-06-27 Thread Black Michael via wsjt-devel
I'd think that power supply spike might be better with the 2.1.0rc7 release and the GFSK that it is doing since there's more of a ramp-up. How does Xojo open up a serial port that is already open?  Are you using some splitter? I'd think ramping up power that slowly would risk the probability of

Re: [wsjt-devel] Does the FT8 signal spike at the beginning of each transmission?

2019-06-27 Thread Ed Stokes
A few more notes about this subject… 1. The power spike problem can be “avoided” through keeping the xmtr power low at the beginning of each cycle and then gradually increasing it. I have bit of auxiliary code in Xojo which can do this, ramping power up during the first 5 seconds of the