How to make the right cable for your (tr)uSDX and get on FT8 w/VOX
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Жыл бұрынNo CAT? No problem! Let's make a custom cable and get this (tr)uSDX making some FT8 QSOs.
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@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
Shortly after making this video, Guido shared a fix for getting this working with CAT: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gOChrd2Dr-DPon0.html
@andymorgan2950 7 ай бұрын
love the channel, just a quick tip (after soldering thousands of audio connectors in the field over the years); an elastic band stretched around the handles of pliers gives you a cheap extra hand to tightly grip just about anything that needs to be soldered. Acts as a heat-shunt as a bonus. Handy when you need three hands for those pesky little 3.5mm jacks that roll about the place and won't stay still :)
@temporarilyoffline 7 ай бұрын
Oh sweet tip, thanks 💯
@Andy2e0ree Жыл бұрын
Great show Steve thanks for sharing great job 🤘🏼👍😎
@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
Thanks 👍 Glad you enjoyed it!
@Siskiyous6 Жыл бұрын
Good video Steve.
@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
Thanks Rick!
@map2rick Жыл бұрын
Thanks Steve for being Awesome 😎 73
@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
Aww Shucks 😊
@KE8SRG Жыл бұрын
Hello TO. KE8SRG here. I made myself a very similar cable with one difference, I added 1k ohm resistors from the left and right channels to the mono out pin. This protects the audio circuits as one should never connect two outputs directly together in electronics. This makes it so that the output won't ground back through the other output. Anyways, great video and love the channel!
@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
That's a great idea
@KE8SRG Жыл бұрын
I was thinking of making a write-up of what I have done making custom accessories for my truSDX on my website, but I haven't gotten around to it yet! I guess I better get to it!
@KE8SRG Жыл бұрын
Another thing one can do, is only hook up the left or right and tell the FT8 client to use mono out and just tell it to use only the left or right channel. Which ever was wired.
@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
I'm sure people would love to know what you've been doing. Let me know when you have the site up and I'll share it out.
@KE8SRG Жыл бұрын
You bet! That's one of the great thing about ham radio for me. Sharing info, learning, and tinkering with the technology.
@HamRadioPortableOperations Жыл бұрын
Looking forward to receiving mine which is on order..! Thanks for the heads up with your video. Looking to find a little hand pouch / box for carrying this in to include, Adam's K6ARK wire antenna and Tr uSDX 18650 power bank case. I take it you was on your DX Commander with the PSK reporter showing results.. not bad with 5 or 6w. Cheers
@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
I was on the commander! Good DX with your new radio!
@hamradiowithkevin Жыл бұрын
Being a phone guy, i can say those scissors ARE the way to go. You made that cable fix look really easy Steve, i may need to create somet that i need. With videos like this, i might even get convinced to dig out the rigblaster stuff and try digital again on my non digital radios.
@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
What radio were you thinking about?
@hamradiowithkevin Жыл бұрын
@@temporarilyoffline , long ago, i tried with my 857 and the TS480. I wonder if my KX2 would be easier to deal with, i just dont want piles of cables to deal with.
@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
@@hamradiowithkevin the 857 would take a 6 pin mini-din on one side and 2xTRS on the other - basically a Y cable. I don't know about the elecraft. The 480 has a 13 pin on it, right? I think that is a Y cable setup also.
@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
I just took a look, the KX2 has a mic and a phones connection, can probably do it with just 2 standard TRS cables, VOX and manually setting the frequency.
@hamradiowithkevin Жыл бұрын
@@temporarilyoffline I can sre this building up, your going to make me FT8 you, arent you ;)
@ReedAB8AS Жыл бұрын
Hey Steve. Thanks for sharing the process for building the cable. What temp did you have the gun set to for the smaller wires? thanks & 73
@PatFox88 Жыл бұрын
A photo of the setup with everything plugged in would be nice and easier for me to follow. Maybe in a follow up video? Thank you for this video though it gives me a great starting point for my MacBook and (tr) usdx
@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
Message me on discord and I'll get you a photo, link for discord in the description.
@K3JRZOnTheAir Жыл бұрын
As being rather new to building cables and such stuff, I never thought about using the multimeter to determine which parts of a connector connect together. I relied on Google to find diagrams of such… Even though I’ve been around dealing with network connectivity issues at a company on a semi regular basis and sending tone through to find a single Ethernet cable in a rats nest of cables. I recently got a more decent Kaiweet’s multimeter (similar to the one you have in the video) and is so much better than the $5 Harbor Freight bottom line multimeter, and helped me out a lot on my last cable build. 73!
@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
A good meter is a good meter! The more I grow in skills the more meter I want. That's how they get ya!
@barrybogart5436 Жыл бұрын
@@temporarilyoffline So true! I just got a UT 61E+ because my Amprobe 37 is a little out of spec... And an Aneng 620A...just because. And I DO have a few more.....
@d3w4yn3 Жыл бұрын
What kind of antenna are you using for this? Great video btw, I just ordered everything in your parts list except for the multimeter! This was a really good wrap-up of the project, I hope to be up and running once everything arrives, the only missing piece for me is the right antenna!
@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
Since I was in the shack, I used my DX Commander, but that isn't easily portable. If you're into kit building. I have to recommend my coffeeanhamradios.com EFHW, but the K6ARK EFHW antenna is smaller. Both make great portable antennas
@barrybogart5436 Жыл бұрын
I just ordered one of these. $205 Cdh delivered. I hoe the CAT works. I have a Sabrent.
@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
Let me know!
@DonzLockz Жыл бұрын
Well splained TO. All the gear in your orange case shrunk in the wash. Lol
@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
Sometimes tiny is good!
@PrzemyslawStachowski 8 ай бұрын
Hi! Thanks for the video! Could you send the cable connection diagram? Thank you!
@temporarilyoffline 8 ай бұрын
Its @ 2:44 in the video or in your owners manual. L/R audio to "ring", Ground to "sleeve"
@oasntet Жыл бұрын
Do you manually tune the (tr)uSDX to the FT8 frequency? Is that actually controllable over USB? I'm considering getting one but still trying to grasp the extent of its features. Is there a mechanism for streaming serial data to the computer to see a band-wide waterfall? Or if I wanted that, should I just get a little SDR receiver and work out switching the antenna somehow?
@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
In this video I tuned manually, but in the Follow-up vid, I was able to get cat control working. As to waterfall, I bet there is an IF tap inside the radio. Check out the schematic!
@oasntet Жыл бұрын
@@temporarilyoffline Ah, yeah, I see CAT has been fixed. Thanks for the explainer, it's a really neat kit. I wonder what could be done with a slightly more powerful microcontroller, like an ESP32-derivative...
@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
Xiegu yes been using stm32s. I'd live to design one, but I'm not there yet.
@1985wvufan Жыл бұрын
Just ordered one, I am wondering, I use a MacBookPro, does the software run on Mac? That would be great.
@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
Yes it does.
@mssippijim Жыл бұрын
I made the cable and it works great, however when I put the rig in tune through wsjtx, power seems to fall off a bit as I go? Ever notice this?
@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
"A bit" is pretty normal, "a lot" not so much.
@mikethees6434 Жыл бұрын
Steve I have a handcap making that cable by myself would be extremely difficult do you make them up?
@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
You're in luck! K6ARK made up a PCB that will do the thing for you. You can get these on ebay here: ebay.us/Owyrih
@mikethees6434 Жыл бұрын
@@temporarilyoffline Thank you just ordered one
@KC1PSK Жыл бұрын
Hi Steve. Will a mono audio cable work also?
@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
For the mic/key part, you can wire it with left or right, butvit still needs to be custom wired. For the headphone side it doesn't matter as long as the jack lines up right. (Radio side of both connections)
@KC1PSK Жыл бұрын
@@temporarilyoffline I got it to work. I had to place a small piece of shrink tubing to keep the two contacts from shorting out while placing the sleeve over the end of the wire. Works great now.
@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
@@KC1PSK excellent!
@mewrongway Жыл бұрын
Who makes a SWR/Power meter that is accurate 1 to 10 watts? Thanks
@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
Bird or look for "service monitor"
@diegogarciamedina6363 Жыл бұрын
Hi, do you transmit in FT8 at full power 5 Watts? do not blow final transistors? thanks
@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
I live on the edge! (I use all the power I can while watching the heat) I don't consider this radio to be an "everyday" radio, so outside of a contact or two, I'd put it back away.
@diegogarciamedina6363 Жыл бұрын
@@temporarilyoffline I think one interesting mod would be another transistor and a big heatsink , 73
@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
@diegogarciamedina6363 Check out that PA connection on the upper left of the rig... its looking at you 👀🤔
@diegogarciamedina6363 Жыл бұрын
@@temporarilyoffline great
@thrillscience Жыл бұрын
I think you mixed up "sleeve" (which is ground) with the word "ground" If I got this right, the sleeve should be connected to the sleeve, and the "tip and ring" should both be connect to the "ring" (for the end that goes into the radio) leaving the "tip" unconnected.
@temporarilyoffline Жыл бұрын
I think you're on the right page.
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