Thank you for making all these videos that revolve around prepping. Manpack & FIELD videos have been especially helpful as a new ham.

This is an outstanding video. You were calm , clear, and a great teacher. I REALLY appreciated this content. Although I've done this mode for some time as a result of your video I'm sharper. I will Like and Share this video as far as I can. I use your content in my radio Development. I'm a big fan bro.

As a Linux guy for years, I love that you use Linux and are into radios/comms. Keep producing great content. You have earned a subscriber.

Great explanations of an interesting mode. Looking forward to more!

Great video, excellent layout of info. I hope you read your comments, most creators dont 😬. It would be great to see this at work on 70cm/2M as there are more Tech licenses out there like myself. It would be practical to show all methods, for those who dont have the time to boost up to General. Maybe it will get more of us newbies on there to communicate back and forth.

You are always very informative. Good stuff. Thank you.

Another excellent video! Been a long time JS8Call fanboy, glad to see you spreading the knowledge! thank you!

Great video, thanks for taking the time! If people need specific info for their set up there are tons of videos on js8call for specific radio setups all over youtube. Thanks Gaston for running us through the basics.

Just made my first JS8 contact, thanks for the great video!

One thing - technicians can use data and CW modes on 10m HF band. Not the best band for long distance contacts but would be interesting to see what JS8Call can do there.

Just subed. Thanks for all the great info that you put out. Working on my ham license now!

I have this combo. Brilliant gear.

I can see a lot more point to JS8Call now.. I'll be following those future vids for sure ;)

Spot on. Great work

Seems like a very powerful tool, just started with digital this week, got it up and running and was and to qso with a couple people but i didn't realize how many powerful features this has

Thanks for the info, brother. Having another form of coms is critical. Knowing how to use it is the key, tho. 🤙🏽

Thanks for this very useful introduction on JS8CALL. I am only using it for reception but found the info you gave interesting. Also I applaud you for talking at a decent speed making it easy for me (Dutch) to follow where many other 'tutorial' videos talking is way too fast..

ok i am sold, this will be my next project to dive into. lets see if we can make a no random contact from Arizona to Florida.

A dead simple, transparent protocol ... which turns the entire HF band into a cohesive mesh network minus ALL zero-strategic-value BS. I haven't seen software this good since .. ever??? Absolutely bloody amazing. Nearly the perfect marriage of a PC and Radio. I'll be gearing up with this ASAFP. Thank You Sir. Subscribed.

Thanks for putting in the effort to create this video, Gaston! I’m slowly planning and saving my cash to get my own setup going and am excited to join in the fun ASAP.

Great Content

Cool intro, I hope to get my pocket portable HF setup going soon.

This video was great. Thank you for it. As a rookie it was good to actually see you use it. Do you have hardware recommendations for JS8call?

Great

Great primer video Gaston, thanks! I have found that after sending a Directed MSG I have to go back and click on the button to resume HB & ACK.

Thank you for a great video, Gaston. The station in Ohio comes up often when I monitor or send HBs. But that's expected since it's close by.

I have most HF bands on qrp on the Foundation licence but looking at a cheap hf kit to start doing digital modes, very keen on trying js8.👍

holy cow im going back to my baofang.

Thanks Gaston! Clear intro to JS8Call Sir! 73 - KF6IF

In Sweden we only have one tier for amateur radio license (the highest tier were you can do everything on amateur bands including building your own stuff). I have started studying for that test and will do it this summer and then it is HAM radio time.

Cant wait to get back to Conus. Ill have a toughpad and and digirig waiting in my pile of mail. So catch up to eveything thats been going on your channel and discord.

Hi @The Tech Prepper are you running this on a raspberry pi? If so, what model RPi? Thanks!

What is a good / bad SNR DB?

I have the Yaesu FTDX10 and the JS8 software does not have it listed it list the ftdx100 but not the 10. What do I do?

What antenna are you using on your FT-897D? Have done digital on it years ago and as have getting back into things [started by setting up the Baofengs and my UHF/VHF gear] I wanted to see what was out there for this anyway.

Great video again, Gaston. Always good to see your videos. You might want to talk about the reasons why the autoresponding has the "confirm" option and how unattended operation can be a concern due to FCC rules. In general, I think the rules are satisfied if you can get to the machine fairly easily (i.e. it's not on a mountain or 10 miles away unattended in a radio room somewhere), but some people may be wondering why those options are even there. Thanks again and I can't wait for the release of EmComm Tools! 73 de KD7ZWV

Late adopter - I'm finally moving to digi-rig on the 891...what is that cable (2 usb to 1?) that you showed on a previous video? I will look for it again, but did you describe it at all? Heal up my friend!

New to HAM radio and will be studying for tech license shortly. Curious, can you send a JS8 call to someone’s call sign without them being “online” so when they do come on they have it waiting for them? Thinking in emergency situations when you need to reach someone but they not be currently on to receive the message how that works.

So I set offset to a clear slot? Or do I need to match someone elses?

So I just did GMRS while I prep to do the ham thing , so this is over my head huh

When you send a message out, does your radio/computer have to stay up for folks to get the message if they are not on live? Does the message live out there somewhere in a "cloud like" state? If we were in a power-out status, leaving equipment on would not be ideal. Set up times to share info maybe?

Question what Linux distro are you running on your fzm1 touchpad?

17:06 Does the JS8call software read the message and automatically figure out that it's supposed to route to VK5CZ via N0GQ? Does N0GQ have to be present to read and manually retransmit the message, or is it forwarded from N0GQ's machine to VK5CZ in the background? Seriously cool stuff!

What tablet are you running. Dell rugged or toughbook

VK stations are from Australia

Thoughts on night vision?

I hope someone will write js8 all for Android. I think the first to do so will make decent money

Curious: Do most US-based JS8 users operate unattended in violation of FCC Rules?

It appears that the sender location, the grid square, is only going to be what you sent. (Not updated as you my go mobile, in the field.) If you want your folks (network/group) to know where you are, would you want to change that setting as you move around? Maybe just send the current message if you want them to know? Just clarifying.

Is this internet based software?

Can someone port js8call to android & make aes-256 encryption on option to click on. I need to learn to code

Ok. Back up. What hardware is needed to interface the radio into the computer? You flashed a digirig for 2 seconds. But what do you do with a DigiRig? There are 20 different DigiRigs out there. Which one is the right one? Do you need to buy cables? Do you need to make cables? All the "Newbie to Digital Radio" videos out there skip this stuff and go right into computer settings. I'm a newbie. I have my general license. What do I need to buy?

You're right - you definitely need to de-nerd this stuff for the non-nerd radio demographic. Imagine doing this every time you make a mobile phone call???

What flavor of Linux are you using?

Anyone in the group using a Flex (6600 or 6xxx) radio? Looking fore some help getting JS8Call set up. I'm in East Mesa... :-)

Unfortunately, you KZfaq guys keep teaching how to use JS8 all wrong. I say this only because of a slight flaw in how it works. Sending heartbeats is fine but doing the heartbeat acknowledge is actually an issue that Im sure you dont know is an issue, so js8 decodes from the left(hb section) to the right, so if your hb ack is on and someone tries to send u a message either right to u or your inbox, if say they try to relay thru you or have your station store and forward a message well there can be a good chance those wont work if your hb ack is on and during the same time slot that stations and say another station sends out a hb well then your station will see said hb first and only send an ack instead of waiting to see if there is any actuall traffic to your station. There are a few work arounds to this issue but untill jordan fixes this issue js8 will be mostly useless for its true potential. You are the omly youtuber that got it right about unchecking the ask for confirmation to auto replys. Now this hb ack might not seem like a big issue but if you are on the standard js8 frequencies well you go ahead amd hop on and tell me how often you see a HB lol. When its busy its every single time slot, and when its slow its usually every few time slots so getting a message to someone or say relay to them with all those hb's going out good luck with actually getting the message there the first try or 10 lol. And that brings up the other issue, you youtubers need to push people to actually use the program and not just turn it on and run heartbeats all day. The biggest complaint you will see new users make is just that no one on using it, just a bunch of stupid heartbeats and then most of those new users give up on the program and never bother with it again. Feel free to reach out to me for more info qrz email is good, 73 KN6ODG

All digi modes are creepy =) !

FCC not FTC

Please add Polish subtitles.

Thanks for the Intro,73 de VE2TSM

interesting, I always hear VE7OES too, they never hear me though. I am on JS8 almost 24/7 for fun and ecomms.

I saw N0GQ reply to your @HB and just for fun left a msg via him. Glad you got it and featured how it works on this video. JS8 is such a cool mode. Regards Ian vk5cz.