If you want to set up an HRI-200 on Starlink, AT&T, or use you phone as a hotspot, there’s a problem. You need to open incoming ports and that can’t be done in many cases. The answer is to use a VPN to tunnel past your ISP to the raw Internet. One solution for some carriers is to use the PDN mode which does not require incoming ports to be open. But that may still not work. The other problem Read more…
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I’ve had one of the power stations for some time now. It has a really good MPPT converter that extracts every watt out of the solar panels. You can turn on the AC output while you have solar power coming in and it provides an efficient source of solar AC. Buying these components separately is almost the cost of the power station. Internally it has a 268 Wh Lithium Iron Phosphate battery which won’t burn your house down and can Read more…
See the attached file for supplemental information regarding the VX8, FT1, FT2, FT3, and FT5 series battery comparison discussed during the 13-Mar-2023 Fusion Technical Net. The discussion can be heard on the podcast Part One, Part Two. Link to the high current (and cheaper) CD-41 replacement desktop charger: https://amzn.to/3G9fUCX The file has been updated for the 3-Apr-2023 Fusion Technical Net. Hits: 569
The other day I was working my Fusion repeater with my FT70D. Since I was “DX” I had the HT on high power. Although it looked like I was getting into the repeater just fine, I couldn’t enter the WiRES-X control mode. However when I switched to low power I WAS able to control the repeater. What gives? Why could I control the repeater (node) on high power, but not on low power? Back at the house where my repeater Read more…
Link Site Notes https://time.is/ Verify the time settting on your computer. Essestial for HF digital modes. http://www.thinkman.com/dimension4/ Tool to automatically and accurately set your computer time. Essential for digital modes. http://www.timebie.com/std/utc.php Calculate time zones. https://www.timeanddate.com/ Outstanding and fun site for anything to do with dates and time. Hits: 68
Site Purpose Notes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSJT_(amateur_radio_software) About the WSJT software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Hooton_Taylor_Jr. About the Author http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx.html Home Page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSJT_(amateur_radio_software) Source Code http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/Moonbounce_at_Arecibo.pdf Running Moonbouce! http://www.g4ilo.com/wspr.html Article http://www.qrp-labs.com/ WSPR kits and other cool stuff http://wsprnet.org/drupal/ Montor WSPR signals around the world https://www.n1rwy.org/?p=157 Set up the FT-991 to run digital modes. Date and Time Check here for tools to set your PC’s time. Essential for these modes. Hits: 124
Photos show the waveform capture from an FT5 during a MNWis net. Note that they are not symmetrical around zero. The 2nd image has more detail and you can see that the waveforms are not symmetrical. The clipping sound is heard when the audio level hits the limits even though it is still not at 100%. Odd. Hits: 207
I don’t know why Yaesu doesn’t make this public, but they don’t. You can download version 1.44 of the IMRS LAN firmware. This solves some problems with LAN connections constantly dropping. Hits: 114
During the Monday Night Fusion Technical Net, a comment was made that it was possible to use an FT5D to receive C4FM on 29.250. This started a conversation about other HT’s as well. Thanks to W4IOD, AD0MI, N0PXT, and N0OQL, we now have the definitive answer for most of the Yaesu Fusion radios. Background Using 29.250 for C4FM has become popular as 10 meter conditions have improved significantly. The Yaesu FT-991(A) is the only radio that is capable of Tx Read more…
This post addresses a WiRES-X node that constantly leaves and rejoins a room. This type of problem is almost always the result of a networking issue. When certain networking problem occur the HRI-200 software will wack out (a technical term). Once the software has been wacked out, it will continue to cycle in and out of whatever room it is connected to. Restarting the WiRES-X software usually solves the problem. Router problems: 1. Turn off UPnP. It should Read more…