I ran into this last week and asked about it on the Facebook group but no one seemed to understand what I was talking about.

I personally like to hunt and pounce. I'll spot a station I want to work and I'll double click their call to get things set up and ready to roll. When I spot his contact sending 73, I figure he is about to send 73 and leave a gap. So, when he begins his transmission, I will select transmit so when he finishes, I'll immediately call him. Ezcept, with RC2 8069, the program shuts off transmit as soon as he sends 73!

RC1 does not do this but I like the sensitivity of RC2 and really would rather not roll back to it. I did roll back for a time but RC2 is so much better, I went back to it..

Does anyone have a clue about what is going on here and if there is aby way for me to fix this?

Fred - KK5AA
EM25xh

Why does Wsjtx set my rig to split operations upon transmit? For example 14.074.15 to 14.073.15
Chuck
KB7OGE

I don’t have a FT450D or a RigBlaster Plug&Play but let me take a stab at this.

 

There are usually 3 different items when working digital modes, that work more or less independent:

1. Sound. The RigBlaster should create an external soundcard for Win10.  I guess this is working fine, assuming FLDigi is working OK. This also means that you should be receiving OK with WSJT-X but you may have to tune manually.
2. CAT control. This is for setting the frequency, mostly, with WSJT-X. The FT450D is not in the list of radios in WSJT-X. My FTDX3000 isn’t either but the FTDX5000 selection works fine. I think the CAT commands for general things like setting the frequency are pretty much the same between the Yaesu radios so try another model that is closest to yours. Maybe try the FT991 or FT950 or FT857.  Another part of the CAT control is the baud rate of the serial link. Look at the setting in FLDigi, again assuming FLDigi is working fine. My FTDX3000 defaults to 38400. Usually, when there is something wrong with the serial link, WSJT-X will complain.
3. PTT.  You have 4 choices for PTT: VOX, CAT, DTR or RTS. In case of VOX, the radio itself detects an audio signal and starts transmitting on its own. I have seen cable hookups with the SignaLink interface where the soundcard in the SignaLink detects the audio and then clicks a relay on a connector that plugs into the “key” input on the radio. In this case you’d select VOX in the software. Maybe the RigBlaster does that too. CAT may also work. I use “RTS” myself with a different digital interface. When FLDigi is working fine, check how FLDigi is controlling PTT and do the same with WSJT-X.

 

Maybe there is somebody here that also has a FT450D and that can provide some more specific info.

 

Best regards,

Eddy, W6EDY

 

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

 

From: Chuck Roth via Groups.Io
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2017 1:59 PM
To: WSJTX@groups.io
Subject: [WSJTX] Help Settings help #WSJTX_config #WSJTX_config

 

Well lets try this request for help again. 

I cannot get Wsjtx rc2 to control the radio or to transmit with PTT.

My Equipment is as follows:

Rig: Yaesu FT 450D
OS: Windows 10
Soft: fldigi v4.0.8

On other programs I use
Com5 Rigblaster Plug and Play for PTT And Sound
Com 7  RS232 to DB9 on the back of the radio for rig control. No matter
what combination of com settings will provide rig control and PTT

Can anyone out there let me know what settings I need to alow me to use
this program?

Thanks
Chuck
KB7OGE

 

Well lets try this request for help again. 

I cannot get Wsjtx rc2 to control the radio or to transmit with PTT.

My Equipment is as follows:

Rig: Yaesu FT 450D
OS: Windows 10
Soft: fldigi v4.0.8

On other programs I use
Com5 Rigblaster Plug and Play for PTT And Sound
Com 7  RS232 to DB9 on the back of the radio for rig control. No matter
what combination of com settings will provide rig control and PTT

Can anyone out there let me know what settings I need to alow me to use
this program?

Thanks
Chuck
KB7OGE

Been trying FT8 for a while now and posted questions on the 'digitalradio' forum but got no responses, so will try here:  

1) Running FT-8, when I double-click on a station calling CQ, WSJT-X frequently starts transmitting immediately instead of waiting for the next transmit window.  Is this normal?  Is it because there's still enough time left for a possible decode on the receiving side?  I also notice it often takes multiple answers to a CQ to get a response.

2) How much power are folks running.  I sometimes see a very large difference between sent/received signals, especially from stations working Europe.  A post on the Flex forum said some are running 100's of watts, up to the full 1500W at times!  

3) In the Message section, what is the ~U.S.A. and !Italy etc?  Are these DXCC entities and is there any documentation on the use of "~" and "!"?  I scanned the most User Guide including FT8 and didn't see it. 

Thanks,
Dick
KF5SA

From: WSJTX@groups.io [mailto:WSJTX@groups.io] On Behalf Of Richard Berry
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2017 9:43 AM
To: WSJTX@groups.io
Subject: [WSJTX] FT8 Questions #new #FT8

Been trying FT8 for a while now and posted questions on the 'digitalradio' forum but got no responses, so will try here:  

1) Running FT-8, when I double-click on a station calling CQ, WSJT-X frequently starts transmitting immediately instead of waiting for the next transmit window.  Is this normal?  Is it because there's still enough time left for a possible decode on the receiving side?  I also notice it often takes multiple answers to a CQ to get a response.  I have found the same thing.  This is probably due to the fact that FT-8 only is a 15 second cycle.  So, if you double click toward the end of the CQ-ing station's transmission, your station will appear to start transmitting immediately.  This would also answer the rest of your question, in that if your station doesn't get a chance to get a full return message out, the CQ-ing station wouldn't be able to decode it, hence he/she will send another CQ.

2) How much power are folks running.  I sometimes see a very large difference between sent/received signals, especially from stations working Europe.  A post on the Flex forum said some are running 100's of watts, up to the full 1500W at times!  With my station, I try to keep my output power to 30 watts for domestic (US) stations, but never exceeding 50 watts for DX stations.  Typically, when a station is transmitting using excessive power, it will tend to "desense" a good portion of the window, but there's not much we can do about that, I guess….

3) In the Message section, what is the ~U.S.A. and !Italy etc?  Are these DXCC entities and is there any documentation on the use of "~" and "!"?  I scanned the most User Guide including FT8 and didn't see it  These are DXCC entities, but I'm not sure what the other characters represent.

Thanks,
Dick
KF5SA