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uBitx FT8 problem
Hello,one question about working on digimodes FT8 with uBitx... after transmiting , the frequency drops downthrough 1kH on uBitx display.for example: then frequencie is 14.074mhz after transmit drops down to 14.073mhz. After second transmit drops down to 14.072mhz and so on...?Im working with WSJT-X. How to solve the problem? Thanks.
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John P
Do you have split mode enabled in WSJT and not in the radio? In split mode, WSJT plays with the transmitter frequency and the audio tone frequency to keep it in the middle of the bandpass. It sounds like the frequency is being changed but not getting changed back after transmitting
-- John - WA2FZW |
John P
On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 06:36 PM, John P wrote:
Split mode on WSJT is a checkbox on the left side of the window about 1/3 of the way downOops! Ignore that! I was thinking of DxCommander which is what WSJT uses to control my radio. In WSJT, to find?the split mode setting, go to "Settings" then click on the "Radio" tab. On the right side of the screen about 2/3 of the way down, you'll see three choices for split mode: "None", "Rig" and "Fake It". The meaning of the first 2 should be obvious. I haven't tried it, but?I believe the 3rd choice will play with the frequencies on a radio that doesn't support split mode (i.e. one with only?one V FO)?as if it did. -- John - WA2FZW |
The repeating frequency change is odd. However, just in case it related, with the version of the CEC firmware I'm running (several versions old) the CAT control can only change the frequency in the same steps as you have set for the manual tuning step size.?
To get WSPR and FT8 to work I needed to change the manual dial frequency step size to 10Hz. Tom, wb6b |
I set my audio level by using a watt meter to measure the output power of the uBITX. I increased the audio until the power did not increase and backed off the audio to lower the power output by about 20%.
?If you have a SDR you can look at the waterfall and increase the audio until the spurs start to increase, and then back off the audio. Tom, wb6b ? |
John P
On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 06:50 AM, <slamer555@...> wrote:
Can you share your ubitx digimode interface cable schematic?If my uBitX wasn't still in the box, I'd be glad to! I did build a simple audio + PTT interface for?my BitX-40. The documentation is in the files section here. What Tom said about setting the audio level is the right way to do it though. Just for the record, the USB audio interface I'm using doesn't seem to want to pay attention to the level settings in Windows-7. Seems the only way I can set the levels properly is with the controls on DxCommander (which again, I'm using between WSJT and the radio [Yaesu FT-891]). ? -- John - WA2FZW |
John P
On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 07:43 AM, John P wrote:
only way I can set the levels properly is with the controls on DxCommander (which again, I'm using between WSJT and the radio [Yaesu FT-891]).Let me clarify that. The controls in DxCommander I mentioned?are user programmed sliders that send CAT commands to the radio. ? -- John - WA2FZW |
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