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A friend is wanting to try the digital modes on his FT-2000D. any recommendations of which interfaces work best with Yaesu FT-2000D.?

He has the optional DMU-2000 with it.?

Also which software covers all the digital modes.?

All help apreciated!!? N5XES

Tyrone . . .

On Sat, 17 Dec 2022 20:24:39 -0800, "Tyrone J.Burns Sr. via groups.io"
<tyke1954@...> wrote:

Also which software covers all the digital modes.

I don't believe there is any software that covers ALL of the digital modes.

You didn't say if the software needed to be free or not. Ham Radio Deluxe has
the DM-780 module that covers a lot of different digital modes. It's not free.
It does come with multiple tools, including a logger that many like (there are
several other popular logging programs, including the N3FJP and N1MM loggers).

However, if free is important, you can use multiple programs to achieve the same
end, but it may not be as convenient as using one program for most of your
digital needs.

The most popular program right now seems to be WSJT-X for FT-8 and some other
digital modes. There are several programs that cover RTTY. Then there are other
digital modes like Olivia. There's going to be an Olivia event on Feb 14, 2023,
that will give you some activity to try out that mode with.

You will need to determine your friend's needs and decide on which digital modes
he or she wants to explore before picking a program. There are many different
digital modes, and many programs to choose from.


Donald KX8K



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/g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas
/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng
/g/CHIRP

40 meters should be good for most digital work.

As for the radio-specific interface needed, you might also try the Fox Tango
group, which has a lot more members.



And there are groups set up for the various digital modes once he picks one or
more to try.

Ham Radio Deluxe has a free 30-day trial period, but I'd see first if there's
anyone near him who can help him set it up before starting the trial so he
doesn't waste the 30 days. He'll want it to be working so he can give it a try.
I don't use it much but will probably be using it more as I get used to the
various digital modes. I use N3JFP for logging. You can get just the one logging
program, or for $10 more, get the entire suite of loggers for special events
like field day and many more. It's a lifetime license for either the main
program or the entire suite.

HRD is also a lifetime license but only for that full version or up to 1 year
for a new version. After that, you need to pay again to get any new versions, or
you can pay a maintenance fee every year and not be concerned about it. If you
don't pay the fee, the program is yours to use forever, but you won't have any
of the improvements made after the year is over. There's usually a sale for like
30% off around Hamvention time and they had one recently (may still be going
on).


Donald KX8K



On Sun, 18 Dec 2022 16:49:08 +0000 (UTC), "Tyrone J.Burns Sr. via groups.io"
<tyke1954@...> wrote:

If you have any other ideas , feel free to let me know.

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Some ham radio groups you may be interested in:
/g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas
/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng
/g/CHIRP

Tyrone . . .

On Sun, 18 Dec 2022 16:49:08 +0000 (UTC), "Tyrone J.Burns Sr. via groups.io"
<tyke1954@...> wrote:

The software does not need to be free (he has the funds), but the most user friendly one would be nice...no sense buying different softwares' to find one he will like!!

Did you get some good recommendations on which programs to use? I was looking
for something else in my old email and saw this again.

All of the digital programs are not intuitive to set up, in my opinion. An
almost all-in-one program would be HRD (Ham Radio Deluxe). It does not have FT-8
built in but works with WSJT-X (the most popular flavor of FT-8). I believe it
logs automatically for you when running WSJT-X.

There's even a version called WSJT-Z that can be set up to automatically make
and receive calls on a given band. I feel that's cheating, though. FT-8 is good
to see how propagation is doing, and it wasn't all that difficult to set up. A
friend in our club helped me get it working.

HRD has RTTY built in. I haven't got that working yet. HRD has some useful
tools, too, including one of the better loggers.

For logging, even though I have HRD, I use THE N3FJP logger. You pay once and
get free upgrades for life. It works well with things like a club field day
event, making it easy to combine logs for the day for the contest. For $10 more,
you get ALL of N3FJP's logging programs, many of which are for logging special
contests. If he creates a new log program, if you purchased the entire suite,
you get anything new he develops. I purchased that and though I haven't used the
other loggers he developed yet, they're there if I get involved in one of those
contests. The total is $59.95 for all of them, I believe, $10 less for just the
main one that's very popular.

I would suggest your friend join a local club. There will be members there who
(hopefully) will want to help him set up FT-8, which gives you a lot of easy
QSOs. Note: FT-8 is time sensitive in that if you don't have it synchronized to
within a second or less, others won't be able to work you. The transmission and
receive time slots have to be "on-time" so that the computers can talk with each
other through the radio. Some other digital mode software will no doubt require
synchronization, too.

You would use a time synching program to get the timing differences with others
doing the same thing. Some may be automatic. I use a manual one. Once I was
having difficulty in making ANY contact using FT-8. I worked for over half an
hour before finally making a call. Then I still wasn't synching up with others
until I synched the time and it was fine then. This time synching sounds like
it's something difficult to do but it's quite easy. A program has to be
installed and you just have to open the program and click a button.

FT-8 is the only program I use for digital modes. I use it on my Icom 7300 and
my Icom 705 (a QRP radio).




Donald KX8K



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Some ham radio groups you may be interested in:
/g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas
/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng
/g/CHIRP