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Post by Brian (KB3BRI) on Jan 23, 2024 16:06:20 GMT
Hello all!
New member here, name is Brian. I’ve been an amateur radio operator more than 10 years, a general for the last 8, but just the last November got my first HF rig. I’m running JTDX along with grid tracker into my Yaesu ft450D with a signalink interface.I noticed an issue where so far on 30m (and possibly on one other band) I will transmit to someone, and when the transmit cycle is finished, something is causing the radio to flip from VFO a to VFOB. Once this happens, it keeps doing it at the end of every transmit cycle until I shut off the radio, and restart the pc. I initially thought it was RFI corrupting the cat cable so I got a common mode choke, but it’s still doing it with the choke. Any ideas?
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Post by w9mdb on Jan 23, 2024 16:10:43 GMT
What version of JTDX?
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Post by Brian (KB3BRI) on Jan 23, 2024 16:19:20 GMT
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Post by w9mdb on Jan 23, 2024 16:21:09 GMT
New hamlib for installation directions -- use JTDX paths instead of WSJTX paths of course... #1 Shut down WSJTX #2 Download either the 32-bit or 64-bit DLL matching the 32/64-bit version of WSJTX -- hopefully your browser doesn't block it but may warn you multiple times. If you can do a "Save As" you can save it directly in the appropriate WSJTX directory C:\WSJT\WSJTX\bin and replace the libhamlib-4.dll that is there. n0nb.users.sourceforge.net/dll32/libhamlib-4.dlln0nb.users.sourceforge.net/dll64/libhamlib-4.dllLinux/Unix/Mac users need to compile the latest tar file from n0nb.users.sourceforge.netNote: If compiling on Unix-like systems please uninstall any Hamlib package you have before installing the new build #3 If you don't save directly you need to open a file browser and move the file that way. If you're not familiar with that here's a video on the file browser - www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyVqCJrs9dkOnce installed on Linux do "ldconfig". rigctl --version should then show a relatively recent date of the download Mike W9MDB |
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Post by Brian (KB3BRI) on Jan 23, 2024 16:22:33 GMT
New hamlib for installation directions -- use JTDX paths instead of WSJTX paths of course... #1 Shut down WSJTX #2 Download either the 32-bit or 64-bit DLL matching the 32/64-bit version of WSJTX -- hopefully your browser doesn't block it but may warn you multiple times. If you can do a "Save As" you can save it directly in the appropriate WSJTX directory C:\WSJT\WSJTX\bin and replace the libhamlib-4.dll that is there. n0nb.users.sourceforge.net/dll32/libhamlib-4.dlln0nb.users.sourceforge.net/dll64/libhamlib-4.dllLinux/Unix/Mac users need to compile the latest tar file from n0nb.users.sourceforge.netNote: If compiling on Unix-like systems please uninstall any Hamlib package you have before installing the new build #3 If you don't save directly you need to open a file browser and move the file that way. If you're not familiar with that here's a video on the file browser - www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyVqCJrs9dkOnce installed on Linux do "ldconfig". rigctl --version should then show a relatively recent date of the download Mike W9MDB What is this? New version of JTDX? |
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Post by w9mdb on Jan 23, 2024 16:26:48 GMT
No...new version of hamlib.
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Post by Brian (KB3BRI) on Jan 23, 2024 16:27:58 GMT
No...new version of hamlib. I see. I’ll give that a try, thank you. I’m running windows 11. |
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Post by Brian (KB3BRI) on Jan 23, 2024 17:16:41 GMT
No...new version of hamlib. Downloaded and moved into the bin folder, replaced the file that was there. I'm on windows. anything else I need to do ? |
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Post by Brian (KB3BRI) on Jan 23, 2024 18:38:35 GMT
I can’t add the video I made ….. whenever I hit the buttons to switch to a different band it flips vfo from b to a very quickly before settling on the band and mode/frequency I chose. Never did that before, but, so far it hasn’t happened at the end of a transmit cycle like it was.
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Post by w9mdb on Jan 23, 2024 21:27:42 GMT
What it's doing is setting VFOB mode.
One question on the FT450D you can answer. Can VFOB be a different mode than VFOA or are they tied together?
If they are tied together I can get rid of the VFO flashing since setting VFOB mode would not be needed.
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Post by Brian (KB3BRI) on Jan 24, 2024 2:04:07 GMT
What it's doing is setting VFOB mode. One question on the FT450D you can answer. Can VFOB be a different mode than VFOA or are they tied together? If they are tied together I can get rid of the VFO flashing since setting VFOB mode would not be needed. vfo b can be a different mode…. That’s what scared me initially because when it flipped to B on its own it was in CW mode about to start transmitting ! |
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Post by w9mdb on Jan 24, 2024 4:09:24 GMT
I assume VFOB did switch to USB?
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Post by Brian (KB3BRI) on Jan 24, 2024 13:32:15 GMT
I assume VFOB did switch to USB? initially when it first began I think it went to LSB CW, but now it goes to usb…. There’s only a handful of hands it would do this on, most commonly 30. |
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Post by w9mdb on Jan 24, 2024 14:34:49 GMT
You say "would" as though that's past tense. So no problem anymore?
Could be the band switching for the FT450 needs some more time. I give Yaesu rigs 500ms but that may be to quick for some rigs.
Please contact me directly and we can debug this if it's still a problem.
mdblack98@yahoo.com
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Post by Brian (KB3BRI) on Jan 24, 2024 18:06:31 GMT
You say "would" as though that's past tense. So no problem anymore? Could be the band switching for the FT450 needs some more time. I give Yaesu rigs 500ms but that may be to quick for some rigs. Please contact me directly and we can debug this if it's still a problem. mdblack98@yahoo.com Yes sir, initially anyhow. I was on 30m quite a bit yesterday as well as some other bands and so far no issue anymore. I’m not quite ready to call victory as of yet, but a week or two will tell the tale. I’ll keep you posted. |
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