Steve GM0HUU really there’s an art to it. I’ve found the best way is to watch the signal reports you’re sending and receiving, if you’re giving out -17s and getting +22 consistently (seriously saw that on 20m day before yesterday) then you probably need to turn it down. A lot. Also, like I said in a comment above, turn down the RF gain on your receiver. K1JT recommends you reduce the gain until a clear frequency reads 30 dB in the program’s meter. That usually means my S-meter is reading S9+10 dB on my TS-590SG. Putting more signal into the computer doesn’t improve the SNR for weak stations, but it does drastically reduce the dynamic range.

I dont mean to be off topic but does someone know of a trick to log back into an Instagram account..? I somehow lost the login password. I love any tricks you can offer me

@Alfredo Westley Instablaster :)

@Korbin Kingsley Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site thru google and Im in the hacking process atm. Takes a while so I will get back to you later with my results.

@Korbin Kingsley it did the trick and I now got access to my account again. I am so happy! Thanks so much, you saved my account !

@Alfredo Westley glad I could help :)

Thanks for watching.

Great idea.

This would be a good idea. However, not sure how well it would work unless all FT8 operators have their transcievers very accurately calibrated?

@Karl Laun, you must be a DJ or a dance music producer. Only they would understand "snap to grid", LOL. Regardless, great advice, I thought the same thing. I think the RX and TX should be channelized.

@@DJChrisArgueta there's plenty of references to "snap to grid" that aren't related to quantizing music notes, like placing icons on your desktop or editing photos.

@@DJChrisArgueta Snap to grid is used in CAD software such as Autocad

Wow! That is great to hear! Congrats!

And I bagged the most elusive for me AK Monday night, he made me work for it but it was worth it. Got all 50 now most digital so now I guess it’s time to get them with phone. Regardless you helped, glad I found your channel

Thanks for watching!

Heck yeah!!

@@HamRadioCrashCourse And Fiji and Japan this morning! And I'm not allergic to bees!

Awesome! I am glad it helped!

Or to translate into English: they had their amps turned to 11.

Haha thanks.

Awesome! Hope it helps!

Yuppers, Gridtracker works nicely on my Pi

I'm glad it helped. Remember, if you have the audio going into your computer, you don't need to listen to the speaker. I generally have mine off and just use the meters to tell me it is working.

@@HamRadioCrashCourse I did the same. I only turn the audio monitor on ad-hoc.

TH I have the same rig, I reduce it to 60 in the audio software settings VE3XET

it's adjusted with the DT GAIN on the radio and PWR slide in WSJT-X

I’m not mad. But I do think your implications that digital modes over radio isn’t real radio is a bad thing to throw around. You may have personal preferences, but it does not help ham radio to cast those preferences on others to invalidate when you don’t prefer.

The humanity of voice is great, but with the crappy band conditions digital modes are a nice way to explore and get a feel for the physics you are manipulating with your rig and antenna(s) I just got licensed in the hobby a few years ago now. 73

When Joe Taylor developed the WSJT/FT8 protocol he recommended that an output power of 50 Watts be observed. 100 Watts of Power s 3 db above that level. 1000 Watts is 13 db above a 50 Watt signal, and totally unnecessary. Running that kind of power on FT8 overloads the receiver's front-end. The 'trick' NAZ employs in Tip 4 to shutdown the receiver's AGC shows the stations in the receiving passband are using excessive power. Unfortunately FT8 like every other mode of transmission relies on the Honor System. Running excessive power destroys FT8's capability to discern weak signals. And this brings us to Tip 5 where the Video Producer attempts to create a rationalization for running excessive power. Weak signal work was the reason Joe Taylor created JTDX series digital protocols but now that we see FT8 exploding in popularity in come the ethos to run more power. The Video Producer explains away this propensity by labeling his line of thought as that of "Philosophy". Well here is 97.313 Part A verbatim 97.313 (a) An amateur station must use the minimum transmitter power necessary to carry out the desired communications. Then declares his "NEED" to run such power. More often than not this kid of "thinking" morphs into "when all else fails turn up the juice". Drew you need to be very careful what you view on You Tube. And you are wise to call into question such a blatant disregard for Part 97 Regulations. A large percentage of Video Producers spend their time making these video so they can monetize them. You Tube accepts all comers regardless of what their qualifications are.

Just went back to working to master FT8 first, JS8call was a bit of a large chunk of tech to begin with. This video answered most of my remaining questions so I should be comfortable with both soon.

Tweak the audio level on the 7300 end a bit instead?

Ft8 doesn’t prevent people from using cw. 👍

@@HamRadioCrashCourse Hahaha. Gonna play with CW next, after getting the hang of JS8call and getting better at FT8, which this video is invaluable to both.

Well first things first! Congrats on having an antenna and radio setup that is pulling in a lot of signals. Second, generally yes, wait for an open lane.

N3fjp. I have made videos on logging.

Correct it will depend on the radio. On the 7400 the red line is MASSIVE. in my experience, keeping it on the low side of that bar works well.

@@HamRadioCrashCourse Thanks for the clarifying things!

I don’t believe that is true.

@@HamRadioCrashCourse I stand correct, the ICOM manual states 30-50% ALC.

@@HamRadioCrashCourse And the IC-7100 manual states to stay within the ALC bar.

That doesn’t imply having the alc set low is reducing your power. 🤷🏼‍♀️ it just says stay in the red.

@@HamRadioCrashCourse As far as i understand it, it's the input level for the finals, i coupd be wrong though!

Time on your phone should be great.

WSJT-X is the software, FT8 is the most popular mode that it can do. Watch lots of videos, play with the tech, watch more vids to answer the questions that come up. That's what I'm doing here brand new to the hobby myself.

I also joined Josh's Discord server, lots of helpful folks on there all helping each other learn.

It will depend on the radio. Consult your manual in the case of the alc.

Wsjtx does the same. 🤷🏼‍♀️

@@HamRadioCrashCourse wsjtx keeps calling until the watchdog timer runs out.

It depends on the radio. Newer radios have little issues with the mode.

Lulz, my first thought after just watching Josh's video here for the first time. Watching it again for what I didn't fully grok the first time.

I used both.

@@HamRadioCrashCourse Past tense or present? (Sorry, I wanted to see if you have a preference or still use both.)

I prefer grid tracker.

@@HamRadioCrashCourse If you have only usee JT Alert will that data sync over to Grid Tracker?

Yep. Made video on it too.

The FT-3DR will only transmit on Two Meters and 70 Centimeters. It will, however, receive FRS and GMRS

To populate the map, yes. Those all spots and need to be downloaded. The lost of contacts will still work though.

@@HamRadioCrashCourse I do,all my HF from the car, HOA sit here.

It’s like RF that is getting into the box or your laptop. Consider moving things around and deploying ferrites on all the cords into and out of the box and computer.

@@HamRadioCrashCourse the me for the reply, I will give all of this a try, 👍🏻

I linked to my video explains how to use ft8 in the video via the cards.

Sync your time source using Dimension4 on your pc

That was tip #1 🤣

It’s not screwing anything up. Everything is fine.

People running 100 watts doesn’t affect you.

I think you’re a bit uneducated on what hf digital is.