Hi gang. It's wednesday night 7pm local.. I usually play cards at the VFW on Wednesday's. Again there were an odd number of players, so I gave my seat to one of the gals. Since it's mostly women and only 3 men play..
The on tap beer is down.. They had only bottles...
I opened up the radio room and decided to check the equipment.
Last week I straightened out TEAM VIEWER and could connect from home.
This week I fecided to look into these 3 programs
WSJT-XFLDIGIHAM RADIO DELUXE
Well I got on WSJT-X and found the configuration between the ICOM 718 and the computer was all screwed up.
I got that straightened out and I have just made 3 FT8 contacts on 20 meters running 29 watts.. One in Canada...
So the ICOM718, Signalink and Computer is now working in WSJT-X.. be sure however to add your call toFILES>SETTINGS> REPORTING> OP CALLSo when WSJT-X logs the contact the entry shows who the operator of W0VFW was.?Also be sure to run NISTIME to syncronize our computer to the time standard so no FT8 messages are lost.
It's interesting that 20 meters is open past dark.. some signals are 10 over S9..
I switched to FLDIGI and set up the rig interface and was copying the ARRL CW propagation bulletin from W1AW almost perfectly....Here is an excerpt:?THEREFORE, MUF VALUES WILL
BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECLINE. <BT> AS LONG AS THE CORONAL HOLE REMAINS STABLE AND PERSISTS IN THE SOLAR DISK AFTER PASSING
THROUGH THE CENTRAL MERIDIAN, DISTURBANCES WILL BECOME MORE FREQUENT. THEREFORE, SHORTWAVE PROPAGATION WILL
GRADUALLY DETERIORATE, BUT NO RELIABLE FORECAST CAN BE MADE VERY FAR AHEAD. <AS> QST D W1AW <BT> LENKS TO ARTICLES
ABOUT TN EAR DY PEAK MEF SOLAR CYCLE 25, TRAILBL TZING FEMALE ASTRONOMERSONE OF WHOM WAS MRS. ANNIE MAUNDERM M AND
A NEW VDEO FRNTM DR. TAMITHA SKOV, WX6SWW7T K TN BE FOUND IN TELEPRINTER, PACKETT3 AND INTERNET VERSIONS OF 2023
PROPAGATION FORECAST BULLETIN ARLP044. <BT> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT OR HAVE A TIP FOR OUR READERS, PLEASE
MAIL THE AUTHO AT, K7RA AT ARRL.NET T WHEN REPORTING OBSERVATIONS, DONT FORGET TO TELL US WHICH MODE YOU WERE
OPERATING. <AS> QST DE W1IW <BT> FOR MORE INFORMATION CONCERNING RADIO PROPAGATION, SEE THE ARRL TECHNICIL
INSEORMATION SERVICE WEB PAGE. A DETAILED E4PLANATION OF THE NUMBERS USED IN THIS BULLETIN IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THIS
SITEE<INT> AN ARCEEIVE OF PAST PROPAGATION BUL DETINS IS AAESO AEAAILABLE. <BT> SUNSPOT NTMBERS FOR OCTOD ER 26
THROUGH NOVEMBER 1, O023 WERE 57, 66, 70 T 61, 62
Not bad copy considering some QSB (fading) and QRN (static)
Final comment as on November 6th.. I am starting my 58th year as a ham.years..?
Larry W8LM
Larry Macionski