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The roofing filter tripped me up, and that tip to change to 3k fixed me up. Thanks!

I'm using Flrig to run my FT-710 on WSJT-X and I am using Gridtracker to monitor the DXCC's that I am chasing. They work great together.

TU for the thorough run thru. After 50,000 plus FT4-8 Q's via POTA the past couple years, here's my Tips. #1 tip touched on would be double Click TX1. Most Hams have software that will log your grid square, so save the 15 seconds of unnecessary TX. DX will go back to you much quicker. #2 tip that wasn't covered is tune to + or - 100 hz to 1500. That's the sweet spot with most modern day radios/filtering. #3 tip would be run IPO, fast AGC, and no noise blanker. The more "stuff" you have filtering out noise the less you will receive. #4 tip.....turn off your System sounds on your PC. If you're running VOX to dirty your way onto FT8 via a MIC.......well figure out how to do it with a added on sound card/USB cable. Everyday I hear dozens of "Wanted Grid".......system dings, conversations, etc etc. The "HELLO", TEST, TEST tuning your amp, is getting annoying!.....:) If you're running an amp and spewing out RF into an inferior antenna then you are causing a problem. In the CB lingo of yesteryear. Can we say alligator station!!!! All mouth and no ears, will really stand out on digital. Propagation will shift back and forth, if you see a large disparity between sent/received reports day/night to the negative , then you might want to update your antenna. I don't run my 991a-FT DX10 more than 50-75 watts. PS, there's FT-4 that's the same as FT8 on steroids. Give it a go!......:) K7CAR

Team Replay, well worth it to see Steve dance again.

Thanks guys - Really appreciate the content. WSJT-Z, in particular, was new to me so thanks for mentioning it :-) 73

Great video. I picked up a few tips and used them straight away. Doing FT8 on one PC while watching KZfaq on another.

Your radio settings are wrong the 7300. It's not two stop bits. For virtually all rigs Default/Default/Default is what you want. For the 7300 that is 8-bit, 1-stop, None for the defaults. That was a change I added to WSJTX several years ago as it was so tiring to hear "what settings do I use for XXX".. Defaults should work for all rigs.

Hey Hayden, the green marker in the water fall is there to show where your QSO partner is. On your water fall try setting the mode to 'linear average" de Peter vk5pj

Lots of great help here. Thanks team.

Keep in mind that if you skip tx1 and don't send your grid square some operators will skip you because we don't want to manually fill them in on the qsl

Thanks for the video guys. The only issues I have is running gridtracker . It seems to crash everything when that's running .

SWEET channel. Glad I ran across it!

If you set the hold tx frequency to a clear spot, how does split operation affect that? With rig control set for split operation won't that impact the tx hold frequency setting? Does the Fake It option make it any different? If you are running split operation, you are still sending off the received station frequency so doesn't that work through the pile ups? Great video packed with lots of great information. Thanks for the efforts and knowledge you pass along.

TX5 allows you to select any of the predefined macros you set in the Settings panels of WSJT-X, many people do not use the Macros page in settings and wonder why its there.

Hi Hayden, Your videos on FT8 have been invaluable to me. I love FT8. I was looking at using FT8 for some parks & WWFF activations, are there any additional standard messages that you would need for POTA or WWFF, for example park references, change of grid reference etc. or would you use just the standard messages. Thanks & 73, VK4MUD

Lot of good info, especially for a newbie but I don’t agree with running high power. The amount of user’s is increasing and if everyone uses higher power to “make that contact” the frequency will be unusable.

Brilliant. Cymru Am Byth

Great video. Questions for you: 1. In the band activity box, how do you get to view what countries the QSO are in? Can't find how to do that. #2 When I click Enable Tx, is the db bar on the left supposed to go to 0?

Hayden VK7HH very informative video. It has taken me ages to set up my 7300 and WSJT-X and you did it in an hour. Tx Peter VK8HPB

How do you get it to display the country name in the last column? Right now I only have something like the region (i.g. EU)

is there a way to start FT8 with "CQ only" checked ? Windows version.

When I call CQ "COUNTRY PREFIX" mycall and location I get my call and location how can I fix this?

Hi Hayden just watched this video and my question is when you are transmitting the dB slider at the bottom left shows nothing and the tx info indicates yellow or low level. Any thoughts on that should there not be an indication as to the tx level? I get the same thing.

Well Done Hayden , I am not a fan of Amateur Radio , no intention of buying a TX. You and Steve make very good/exceptional videos which are easy to understand and show Amateur Radio is a very positive way. Having been a short wave listener for over forty years I have seen a massive decline in International broadcasters and higher and higher noise levels havn't helped receptionwise. FT8 has shown to me and sure many others that there are signals out there but many blanketed by noise. The distances I am hearing stations be it brief is amazing with FT8 and your advice helps to get the most out of the software. I just wonder what is the function of the [DECODE] button as I see it turn light blue when a signal on the band summary screan shows the country of the FT8 operator also in light blue , but apart from that I can see why the button is there? *****

I must have missed it or it's in another one of your videos, how do I get the country to show on the windows?

Nice bit of information. About that last 73. I’ve noticed that sometimes, even though wsjt-x has decoded an R73 message from the other station, my wsjt-x doesn’t send the final 73. I cannot understand why not. Any ideas? If I click on the final 73 message to force it the DX field is cleared and I get a prompt that asks if I really want to do that. Is it a bug?

Are either versions ft8 or wsjtx able to be used in emergency situations?

Hi OM Hayden! de VU2RJV here again. Thanks for your simply awesome videos. My question to you is when the small window pops up after a successful QSO, there's a drop down menu for type of propagation F2 reflection or Sporadic E or ... How do i clearly make out the type of propagation for that QSO? Thanks. 73

YEARS AGO (back in the 80's) I was following HAM on a 1941 Zenith SW Radio. Never got my ticket, but STILL like to listen. Just RECENTLY found out about SDR dongles (recently retired and needed a hobby besides booze and hookers 🙂) and have been playing. When I found FT8, I was *HOPING* I'd find it to be something more than just simple reception reports. Though I found it interesting in it's capabilities, I find it LACKING in it's use. While it's nice to know where you can receive from, if all you can get is reception reports, it seems a bit LAME... Not having a HAM radio, and limited to SDR, I'd LIKE to find more "complete" digital messages QSO's which I was HOPING FT8 would provide. Are there any low power modes similar to FT8 that provides more complete QSO capabilities for receive?? (I'm OLD and learning again, so help is appreciated).

Does FT8 use USB (or USB-D) on ALL bands? Or LSB (on those bands where LSB is appropriate)

Looks to me like he has some filters on with those dead spots on the waterfall

How do you get the band to show in the left column I.e --------40m---------

On trying to put wsjt-x on my 7300, I downloaded I plugged the c-Iv cable to radio before downloading com port routine. Consequently I have com3 instead com4. Help? K6DDS

Hi it is not good to send with more 25wat ft8 on a 100w radio this I have been told by a servic technician for hf radios ft8 is very hard for the transitors in the radio it can be destroyed, I have destroyed a fdm-duo art 120w with to use more than 30w and I do not have much swr 1:02 in my antennas

Besides exchanging call signs, what is the purpose of the mode? You can't even send a text message? Seems like a waste of time, no?

Hi guys ,wonder why I don't see the country in band activity ,what i have been missing?

Hi Hayden, nice presentation, thank you for that. Question: Sometimes it happens I hear a lot of signals, also visible in the waterfall of Wsjtx, my audio is in the green, my clock is exactly on time, but WSJTX of JTDX doesn't show any decodes. Any idea what causes that ? I'm using a 7300. laptop is I7 processor so its fast enough to decode. 73, PA2MKV

Hi Hayden, do you know why it is when I click the enable TX button or double click on a CQ call that my radio transmits mid way through a 15 sec cycle and doesn't wait for the next 15 sec cycle?

RF doesn't fail. Instead of wasting time on it, PRACTICE CODE!

Muy fome...ft8 es para los flojos..