Re: Auto cig lighter power source issue
Assuming "antenna magnetic cartop vertical" is UHF...
How did you test the receive ?
?I would? not transmit UNTIL the RX gets some signal - hence antenna is actually connected.
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Again - if it is UHF power ground has NO relation to antenna ground.
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Re: Auto cig lighter power source issue
I mounted mine right above the battery in the trunk of my Toyota Camry Hybrid and remote the head to the dash area. For years I used a trunk-mounted Dual-band antenna for VHF/UHF and a hustler on a fender-mounted ball mount.? When I upgraded to a 2018 TCH, I installed? a 2" hitch and mounted the hustler on a receiver that fit the hitch.? I finally broke down and bought an ATAS 120 a couple years ago.? I had to run a ground cable from the receiver to the hitch, but all worked great and I get next to no hybrid noise with the ATAS.?
Ron Jakubowski, K2RJ?
Tab? S9
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Re: Auto cig lighter power source issue
Thanks all : will follow up on these suggestions and give you and update
I had an automobile audio store replace my cigarette lighter with a dual Anderson PowerPole receptacle and used 10 AWG wire from it to the battery with a fuse at the battery.? The Powerex receptacle fits in the hole from the cigarette receptacle.?
Works great. Don Dodge Cell 714-271-7888 W6SNX On Sep 29, 2024, at 4:00?PM, Robert Gross Spencer via <robgspencer=[email protected]> wrote:
? Thanks for helpful comments. I was wondering if it¡¯s a grounding issue. Have been trying to avoid a direct connect to battery which is why I ?tried the 6pin cig lighter connector to power the rig. I suppose I can haul my 12v marine battery into the car cabin.? 73 Bob KI6TKH
On Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 3:14?PM Terry Jackson via <beekeeper_1= [email protected]> wrote: The ft
857d required direct to the battery connection any other connections is not stable enough same thing with too long of a cord can hinder theft 857d 73 de AE7MR Mr Terry?
On Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 2:44 PM, Ted via Historically, lighter plug sockets in cars have not been adequate to power such a rig consistently in transmit, but it seems it should still work on receive.
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Re: Auto cig lighter power source issue
I had an automobile audio store replace my cigarette lighter with a dual Anderson PowerPole receptacle and used 10 AWG wire from it to the battery with a fuse at the battery. ?The Powerex receptacle fits in the hole from the cigarette receptacle.?
Works great. Don Dodge Cell 714-271-7888 W6SNX
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On Sep 29, 2024, at 4:00?PM, Robert Gross Spencer via groups.io <robgspencer@...> wrote:
? Thanks for helpful comments. I was wondering if it¡¯s a grounding issue. Have been trying to avoid a direct connect to battery which is why I ?tried the 6pin cig lighter connector to power the rig. I suppose I can haul my 12v marine battery into the car cabin.? 73 Bob KI6TKH
On Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 3:14?PM Terry Jackson via <beekeeper_1= [email protected]> wrote: The ft
857d required direct to the battery connection any other connections is not stable enough same thing with too long of a cord can hinder theft 857d 73 de AE7MR Mr Terry?
On Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 2:44 PM, Ted via Historically, lighter plug sockets in cars have not been adequate to power such a rig consistently in transmit, but it seems it should still work on receive.
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Re: Auto cig lighter power source issue
If the problem continues once you've tried a known good power supply or battery l'd look at the antenna and feed line. Most any adequately powered radio will receive something if you simply insert the end of a long piece of wire into the center conductor of the antenna connector (don't try to transmit until you get the receive issue figured out). Do you have/ can you borrow an antenna analyser? Next I'd start looking at settings in the rig (squelch/ RF gain, etc). Let us know when you discover the answer. Ted KE4NBB
On Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 19:00, Robert Gross Spencer <robgspencer@...> wrote: Thanks for helpful comments. I was wondering if it¡¯s a grounding issue. Have been trying to avoid a direct connect to battery which is why I ?tried the 6pin cig lighter connector to power the rig. I suppose I can haul my 12v marine battery into the car cabin.? 73 Bob KI6TKH
On Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 3:14?PM Terry Jackson via <beekeeper_1= [email protected]> wrote: The ft
857d required direct to the battery connection any other connections is not stable enough same thing with too long of a cord can hinder theft 857d 73 de AE7MR Mr Terry?
On Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 2:44 PM, Ted via Historically, lighter plug sockets in cars have not been adequate to power such a rig consistently in transmit, but it seems it should still work on receive.
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Re: Auto cig lighter power source issue
Thanks for helpful comments. I was wondering if it¡¯s a grounding issue. Have been trying to avoid a direct connect to battery which is why I ?tried the 6pin cig lighter connector to power the rig. I suppose I can haul my 12v marine battery into the car cabin.? 73 Bob KI6TKH
On Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 3:14?PM Terry Jackson via <beekeeper_1= [email protected]> wrote: The ft
857d required direct to the battery connection any other connections is not stable enough same thing with too long of a cord can hinder theft 857d 73 de AE7MR Mr Terry?
On Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 2:44 PM, Ted via Historically, lighter plug sockets in cars have not been adequate to power such a rig consistently in transmit, but it seems it should still work on receive.
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Re: Auto cig lighter power source issue
The ft 857d required direct to the battery connection any other connections is not stable enough same thing with too long of a cord can hinder theft 857d 73 de AE7MR Mr Terry?
On Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 2:44 PM, Ted via groups.io <th916@...> wrote: Historically, lighter plug sockets in cars have not been adequate to power such a rig consistently in transmit, but it seems it should still work on receive.
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Re: Auto cig lighter power source issue
Historically, lighter plug sockets in cars have not been adequate to power such a rig consistently in transmit, but it seems it should still work on receive.
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Re: Auto cig lighter power source issue
Not to sound silly but, I might temporarily take it back in the shack and make sure it works there (with no peripherals connected). Ted
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Auto cig lighter power source issue
Brought my FT857 from the shack to my new plug in hybrid car and powered with 6pin cig lighter connection . antenna magnetic cartop vertical. I get power but no send or receive signal. Thoughts ?
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Re: Very low output at 5W
What is the alc meter indication at 22w on DIG mode ?
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vk4tux
On 26/9/24 10:11, Kevin Woods VE7KHI
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Thanks Compton, I appreciate your continued interest.
If I'm doing a regular tune on the freq, I
switch to CW and get full power out deflection on the meter,
then when I turn back to DIG MODE I get a reduced output.?
Perhaps 30W on cw, but about 22W on digital.? Not an issue,
but just curious.? I wonder if there is some RF getting
dissipated somewhere in the system, which would NOT be good -
but I thought there may be a Digital setting somewhere else in
the menu that causes the output to be reduced 'at source".
What Tx mode is the radio in when you do the
measurement?
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Compton
VK2HRX
Sydney, Australia
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Re: Very low output at 5W
Compton, I've tried CW, FM and PKT...
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I'm using 7.050 MHz to test, and have made sure the meter and dummy load are connected to the HF antenna output.
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For CW, using a straight key, I see
setting 5w, meter 0.663W
setting 10w, meter 9.14W
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For PKT and FM, I just key the hand mic
setting 5W, meter 0.439W
setting 10W, meter 9.12W
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Eben
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Re: Very low output at 5W
Sorry, I think the thread has moved on!
On Wed, Sep 25, 2024, 17:11 Kevin Woods VE7KHI via , <kevin.kc.woods= [email protected]> wrote: Thanks Compton, I appreciate your continued interest.
If I'm doing a regular tune on the freq, I switch to CW and get full power out deflection on the meter, then when I turn back to DIG MODE I get a reduced output.? Perhaps 30W on cw, but about 22W on digital.? Not an issue, but just curious.? I wonder if there is some RF getting dissipated somewhere in the system, which would NOT be good - but I thought there may be a Digital setting somewhere else in the menu that causes the output to be reduced 'at source". What Tx mode is the radio in when you do the measurement?
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Compton
VK2HRX
Sydney, Australia
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Re: Very low output at 5W
Thanks Compton, I appreciate your continued interest.
If I'm doing a regular tune on the freq, I switch to CW and get full power out deflection on the meter, then when I turn back to DIG MODE I get a reduced output.? Perhaps 30W on cw, but about 22W on digital.? Not an issue, but just curious.? I wonder if there is some RF getting dissipated somewhere in the system, which would NOT be good - but I thought there may be a Digital setting somewhere else in the menu that causes the output to be reduced 'at source".
What Tx mode is the radio in when you do the measurement?
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Compton
VK2HRX
Sydney, Australia
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Re: Very low output at 5W
What Tx mode is the radio in when you do the measurement?
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Compton
VK2HRX
Sydney, Australia
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Re: Signalink Problem with Winlink - Not transmitting
Hello again, Kevin
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It's been so long since I set the SignaLink/FT857 up I have forgotten a lot of the details., so this is a good review for me.? Yes, I am using a CAT cable (it's an 8-pin mini-DIN) to control the ft857. This cable goes directly from the computer (I'm running win10) to the CAT/Linear jack on the rear of the ft-857. I also have a USB cable running from the computer to the SignaLink. A separate cable runs from the Signalink to the ft-857 and is plugged into the 6-pin mini-DIN "DATA" jack on the back of the ft-857. I seem to recall that I purchased (and installed) a "plug & play" jumper module for the ft-857 when I purchased the SignaLink.
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I have attached screen shots of my ardop settings, hope they get thru.
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73 de Bill NT1N
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Re: Signalink Problem with Winlink - Not transmitting
Running Windows 8.1.? I have the 6pin Data cord and the 8pin CAT cord, but in all other respects - pretty vanilla.? I run VHF to a Diamond groundplane antenna up about 30 feet on the roof and a solid wire 40M dipole at the same height.
I find that the power out to the Antenna on HF? is slightly lower than indicated on Menu 75's indicated power.? But that is sleuthing for another day.?
I'd be curious to see a Screen Print of your ARDOP settings- for comparison.? I just used Ctrl-Alt-PrtScr to copy the images.?
? Are you using a? CAT cable to change Band and Freq automatically from the Channel Selection screen???
I'm really enjoying the Test Transmit button - very helpful!
K
VY happy to hear that. I still don't understand the wide discrepancies in our settings...are you running under Windows or some other OS?
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Re: Signalink Problem with Winlink - Not transmitting
See the original post > " Upon Start command from Winlink, the Signalink device clicks on the PTT light, and the Ardop waterfall shows a brief TX waterfall gap.? The FT857 Red TX light turns on during the TX.?
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HOWEVER, there is no Power Out from the rig going through the Tuner."
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Hmm...I'm thinking maybe it's a PTT issue rather than lack of audio/modulation. "
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Ptt is obviously working.. Not setting tyhe signallink jumpers correctly disconnects the audio path.
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Re: Signalink Problem with Winlink - Not transmitting
VY happy to hear that. I still don't understand the wide discrepancies in our settings...are you running under Windows or some other OS?
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Re: Signalink Problem with Winlink - Not transmitting
Hmm...I'm thinking maybe it's a PTT issue rather than lack of audio/modulation.
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Your settings are very different from mine. Some of my settings are as follows.? Under "ARDOP setup" my "virtual tnc command port" is "8200" where you said yours is 8100. Also, I have checked the box next to "Show ARDOP TNC screen when it's launched". On the ARDOP TNC screen I click on "File" and then select "Virtual TNC setup" which brings up another window titled "ARDOP Win TNC Setup" . Under "ARDOP Win TNC Setup" what are you showing for "Sound Card Capture Device"? If your SignaLink is properly set up under Windows I believe "Sound Card Capture Device" should be set to "Line (USB AUDIO CODEC)" and "Sound Card Playback Device" should be set to? "Speakers (USB AUDIO CODEC)". Those are my settings. Also under the "File" menu under "Radio settings" under PTT Control "PTT mode/ComPort" mine is set to "VOX/Signalink".
GL es 73 de Bill NT1N
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Robert Gross Spencer
Terry Jackson
Compton