I've got a stack of cards to
submit.
When I ran the report, it gave me a couple of surprises..
A) One was a card with no info why it was being submitted. (band
or mode)
?? ???? Turned out to be already confirmed via LOTW. I changed
it in the log not to submit.
??? ??? Guessing I got the card before the station had uploaded
to LOTW
B) Cards in hand (DXKeeper told me to send to ARRL), Marked
confirmed, not added to the submission list
??? ??? Not sure why yet
C) Cards that are marked confirmed in the log (filed in a box),
not added to the submission.
??? ??? Maybe confirmed before I was using DXKeeper?
So how can I filter my log to
include any Confirmed Card for any country/band/mode?
I do understand I can manually add/change a status to add them.
Also, should I reset the
submission or leave it alone? Or manually change it back?
I unfortunately cancelled the dialog with options.
Will WC2L
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or
AR-Cluster Node telnet dxc.wc2l.com 7373 or 144.93 MHz
wc2l@...
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Re: CAT connection between Yaesu FT1000MP+MicroHam_MK+DXLab+SPE_RFPA 1.5k
Configure your SPE to work with an Icom transceiver, connect the
CAT input to the CIV jack on your microHAM MK II (?) and configure
the CIV output (System Settings) to output Transmit Frequency.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
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On 2025-03-06 12:43 PM, ic8pof via groups.io wrote: HI All. My problem is the following:
I have working at present time the Yaesu FT1000MP + interface MicroHam+DXLab_commander.
All the CAT ports are already in use.
I have added a SPE RFPA 1.5K but do not know how to connect it to the CAT bus.
Do you have any suggestion please ?
73
Phil exIC8POF , now IU0EBV
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Re: CAT connection between Yaesu FT1000MP+MicroHam_MK+DXLab+SPE_RFPA 1.5k
+ AA6YQ comments below
HI All. My problem is the following:
I have working at present time the Yaesu FT1000MP + interface MicroHam+DXLab_commander.
All the CAT ports are already in use.
I have added a SPE RFPA 1.5K but do not know how to connect it to the CAT bus.
Do you have any suggestion please ?
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+ Use Commander's Secondary CAT Port to convey your transceiver's frequency to your amplifier; see ? ? ?de AA6YQ
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CAT connection between Yaesu FT1000MP+MicroHam_MK+DXLab+SPE_RFPA 1.5k
HI All. My problem is the following:
I have working at present time the Yaesu FT1000MP + interface MicroHam+DXLab_commander.
All the CAT ports are already in use.
I have added a SPE RFPA 1.5K but do not know how to connect it to the CAT bus.
Do you have any suggestion please ?
73
Phil exIC8POF , now IU0EBV
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# more AA6YQ comments beloradio is a K3D and yes I do have it checked.
my radio is a K4G and yes it is checked
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+ Is the behavior you report new, or has this always been the case?
It has always been the case.
+ What other applications are running in addition to Commander?
all other DXL apps
# Thanks, Dwight. Please post a sequence of actions and responses that illustrate this problematic behavior. ? ? ? ?73, ? ? ? ? ?Dave, AA6YQ
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On 3/5/2025 2:41 PM, Dave AA6YQ via
groups.io wrote:
+ AA6YQ comments below
My radio is a K3D and yes I do have it checked.
my radio is a K4G and yes it is checked
+ Is the behavior you report new, or has this always been the
case?
It has always been the case.
If it's new, when did it start, and what changes did you
make to your hardware or software around that time?
+ What other applications are running in addition to Commander?
all other DXL apps
73 Dwight NS9I
? ? ? 73,
? ? ? ? ? Dave, AA6YQ
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+ AA6YQ comments below
My radio is a K3D and yes I do have it checked.
+ Is the behavior you report new, or has this always been the case? If it's new, when did it start, and what changes did you make to your hardware or software around that time? + What other applications are running in addition to Commander? ? ? ? 73, ? ? ? ? ? Dave, AA6YQ
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HI Joe
My radio is a K3D and yes I do have it checked.
73 Dwight NS9i
On 3/5/2025 11:03 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV
via groups.io wrote:
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Dwight,
Is this a K3/K3S when QSYing between modes?
Do you have "Restore Filter Group on mode change" checked
in Commander -> Config -> Filter Groups?
73,
?? ... Joe, W4TV
On 2025-03-05 9:34 AM, NS9I via groups.io wrote:
In Commander, how does one keep the Wide
filter on when qsy'g?
thank you 73 Dwight NS9I
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I'm sorry, the radio is a K4D
73 Dwigh NS9I
On 3/5/2025 10:05 AM, Ken Bandy, KJ9B
via groups.io wrote:
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What radio,
Dwight?? Lots of radios remember the settings per band.? So,
if you had a filter set narrow for a contest, the next time
you QSY to that band, it would be narrow.? If it is a radio
setting, that setting can probably be changed (at least it’s
changeable on Elecraft radios).
?
73,
Ken, KJ9B
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In Commander, how does one
keep the Wide filter on when qsy'g?
thank you 73 Dwight NS9I
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Dwight,
Is this a K3/K3S when QSYing between modes?
Do you have "Restore Filter Group on mode change" checked
in Commander -> Config -> Filter Groups?
73,
... Joe, W4TV
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On 2025-03-05 9:34 AM, NS9I via groups.io wrote: In Commander, how does one keep the Wide filter on when qsy'g?
thank you 73 Dwight NS9I
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What radio, Dwight?? Lots of radios remember the settings per band.? So, if you had a filter set narrow for a contest, the next time you QSY to that band, it would be narrow.? If it is a radio setting, that setting can probably be changed (at least it’s changeable on Elecraft radios). ? 73, Ken, KJ9B ?
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In Commander, how does one keep the Wide filter on
when qsy'g?
thank you 73 Dwight NS9I
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JT9 (and JT65) are "updated" in WSJT-X improved.? Updating seems to be primarily the automation of exchanges by the software.? JT9 hears down to around -29.
See:??
Rich, NU6T
On Mon, Mar 3, 2025, 6:12?PM Stan Gammons via <buttercup11421= [email protected]> wrote:
Perhaps the OP made a typo and meant FT8 rather than FT9?
JT65 and JT9 were popular JT modes when I became a ham 10 years ago.
73
Stan
KM4HQE
On 3/3/25 03:37, Dave AA6YQ wrote:
+ AA6YQ comments below
I am starting to hear a little bit about FT9
+ Where?
+ Neither Google nor Perplexity could find any reference to a
digital mode called FT9.
? ? 73,
? ? ? ? ?Dave, AA6YQ
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Re: RFI Continues on WinWarbler
I totally agree with you. I do not consider DXLab or for that matter , ay other application to be at fault. It is fairly obvious that it is RFI. I am trying what I can to eliminate it. Eventually I will or will have to just give up high? power on some bands. ? I do not think it is the PC itself that is at fault other than it may not be well designed to reject RFI and that I? may not have done all that I can do to eliminate it. I changed some of the toroid arrangements by wrapping more turns ?on the rings today and was able to run 500 W without failure. I am not yet confident that will continue. Wait and see. ? If I run on a dummy load there is no problem that I ca detect. ? I hope it has not been taken that I was blaming any of your applications. I am not. As you mentioned, it is the canary. ? Outlook LT Gil W0MN Hierro Candente Batir de Repente 44.08226 N 92.51265 W EN34rb ? ?
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Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 1:04 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [DXLab] RFI Continues on WinWarbler? There is only 1 WinWarbler until and unless I transmit on 20 Meters with > 300 W or so of output. With the TS590-SG or any other basic transceiver I have ever used I do not and never have had any RFI of any kind that I could detect.
+ As I explained the last time you brought this up, Gil, there is no practical way to determine exactly why WinWarbler fails when your RFI exceeds a certain value. Clearly your PC is malfunctioning in that situation - violating the prerequisites for running any DXLab application: a working PC. WinWarbler may not be the only application that fails in that situation; it may be the only application whose failure in that situation is obvious. Consider WinWarbler to be the canary in your coal mine.
73,
? ? ? ? Dave, AA6YQ
-- W0MN EN34rb 44.08226 N 92.51265 W
Hierro candente, batir de repente
HP Laptop
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Re: RFI Continues on WinWarbler
On 3/4/2025 11:57 AM, Salvatore Besso via groups.io wrote: Amidon FT-240-31 toroids, almost filling the whole circumference. Amidon doesn't make anything, they are a vendor selling stuff they don't know anything about. Fair-Rite is the manufacturer nearly all ferrite cores that are useful to hams, and they are the inventor of #31 ferrite cores around 2003, and the chemical formulation is unique to them. 73, Jim K9YC
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Re: RFI Continues on WinWarbler
On 3/4/2025 8:54 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: In either case, I would recommend K9YC's "Choke Cookbook" for
common mode choke/line isolator designs:
<>
Table 3, on page 8 gives several designs for multi-band, two
toriod chokes.? The "160-20" design would be ideal for a
G5RV/ZS6BKW (used on 80-20 or 80-17) and the "30-10" would be
a great add-on choke for a vertical like the R-6000. My designs are effective ONLY for insertion in MATCHED transmission lines in the range of 50-100 ohms. Any non-tunable device I know of that does anything useful is likely to fry in a poorly matched line. 73, Jim K9YC
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Re: RFI Continues on WinWarbler
On 3/4/2025 5:44 AM, Gilbert Baron W0MN via groups.io wrote: What does anyone think? Study and implement what's shown in the slides for my tutorial talk on grounding and bonding. You'll be chasing your tail until you do. 73, Jim K9YC
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Re: RFI Continues on WinWarbler
The *FIRST PLACE* for any common mode choke is at the feedpoint of
the antenna. You want to minimize any RF on the outside of the
feedline so it doesn't couple to any adjacent feedlines/control
cables. The best advice is to start with a choke on every antenna.
*ONCE YOU HAVE DONE THAT* placing a secondary choke (line isolator)
immediately inside the *grounded* entry window helps to clean up
any residual common mode RFI from radiated RF (or coupled from
adjacent feedlines).
Since you have problems specifically with the rotator controller
(probably due to coupling from a parallel coax), I would suggest
winding the rotator cable (from controller to rotator) 10-12 turns
through each of two 2.4" mix 31 ferrite toroids (just like the K9YC
designs). 12 turns will be skewed more toward higher isolation at
the lower end of 40-10 meters while 10 turns will skew more toward
the 15/12/10 meter end of the range but either design maintains a
relatively high choking impedance.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
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On 2025-03-04 2:57 PM, Salvatore Besso via groups.io wrote: hello,
> install a high quality common mode choke ("line isolator")
> right at the antenna
I've also had heavy RFI problems in the past transmitting with high power, that caused the rotor interface (or maybe the USB port to which it was connected) to regularly crash and DXView to hang until I disconnected the interface cable. I have resolved this problem winding all the USB cables into Amidon FT-240-31 toroids, almost filling the whole circumference.
I have also bought a DXEngineering common mode choke that I still have to install. Since I have a remote antenna switch and only one coax that runs down from the roof to my house, the guys at DXEngineering told me that it would be better to install it in the shack, near the radio.
What do you think about? Any hint will be appreciated.
Thank you.
73 de
Salvatore (I4FYV)
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TU VY much Joe and Gil!
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73!
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Re: RFI Continues on WinWarbler
hello, install a high quality common mode choke ("line isolator")
right at the antenna I've also had heavy RFI problems in the past transmitting with high power, that caused the rotor interface (or maybe the USB port to which it was connected) to regularly crash and DXView to hang until I disconnected the interface cable. I have resolved this problem winding all the USB cables into Amidon FT-240-31 toroids, almost filling the whole circumference. I have also bought a DXEngineering common mode choke that I still have to install. Since I have a remote antenna switch and only one coax that runs down from the roof to my house, the guys at DXEngineering told me that it would be better to install it in the shack, near the radio. What do you think about? Any hint will be appreciated. Thank you. 73 de Salvatore (I4FYV)
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William WC2L
Gilbert Baron W0MN
Dionisis “Dennis” Drakopoulos - SV1CDN