Hi all,?

Just got a fresh QMX+ assembled and finally got it on the air.?

After a couple days of fussing I finally got FT8 working on WSJT+. Im small tuner from my ft817 which is manual to tune.?

All good and the power icon shows full power as FT8 does its thing.?

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On CW the decoder works and the keyer sometimes goes to sleep (wont work) when sending. A power on/off brings it back.?

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My question is when sending CW should the power icon be 'pulsing' when it transmits a character??
The sidetone is working but I cant tell if it Is transmitting.?

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Any help?

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Charlie C. ?- K2CMC

LICW/SKCC/NAQCC?

The power meter should "pulse" on with every dot and dash, and will go off between them at lower CW speeds.

This can be controlled with the "Tx->Rx hang time" setting for the "Pwr/SWR display".

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The CW keyer should never "go to sleep" while sending.? This suggests you may have RF coming back on your feedline that interferes with the keyer.?? This can happen even with a well-matched antenna from "common-mode currents" that arise from imbalances in the antenna system, and often happens with EFHW antennas (and others).? Try adding a common-mode choke (or several ferrite beads) to your feedline, or to the cable between your radio and tuner and see if the problem goes away.

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Thanks for the reply.?

I have enough cores to stop and stray RF I will try that.?

I have reread the manual and see that the power I referred to is ‘tx status’ ?and I will make the changes you suggest .

73 de k2cmc

Charlie

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Charlie C. ?- K2CMC

LICW/SKCC/NAQCC?

Very glad my suggestions helped and you got it working.? Have fun with it!