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Posted: 7/5/2023 9:52:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Nmbmxer: I think what happened is it was on and initialized, then I could turn it off and then back on again. If it was off and I restarted FLRIG it wouldn't start. I don't recall having to do any of this with the other computer; it just worked idk. Interesting, I had no idea that CI-V command is supported. I do know what the issue is, though, after writing a quick python program to control it. It's more a "sleep" command than a "power off" command. You need to turn the radio on manually, then issue the "off" command. It does turn the transceiver off, but keeps the USB port alive. With the port alive the "on" command can be sent and will be correctly recognized and executed. So basically it's a sequencing thing that only has to be done once until something upsets the USB port status on the 7300. |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 11:57:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By seek2: It's more a "sleep" command than a "power off" command. You need to turn the radio on manually, then issue the "off" command. It does turn the transceiver off, but keeps the USB port alive. With the port alive the "on" command can be sent and will be correctly recognized and executed. . |
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Posted: 7/6/2023 12:49:15 AM EDT
[#3]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Nmbmxer: If I understand you correctly: I need to start everything manually then close fldigi this shutting down automatically and then restart fldigi and since the usb port was previously initialized it should wake up. Yes. Manual power up, automatic shut down, which uses the CI-V to turn the radio off but leaves the USB port on. So button press the 7300 on, start fldigi, then close fldigi and assuming it runs of the off command when you do that, it should shut down the radio but keep the port up, so the next start command sent to the now-active port via CI-V is recognized. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 1:24:59 PM EDT
[#4]
I should be present to NC tonight's net. Slight chance of T-storms, if that's an issue I'll update.
Net reminders start at 2330Z. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 7:51:37 PM EDT
[#5]
Well, looks like prop might suck tonight. I wonder if it's because my antenna is unhappy because it is 107°F here right now?
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Posted: 7/12/2023 7:54:50 PM EDT
[#6]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By weaponeer1911: Well, looks like prop might suck tonight. I wonder if it's because my antenna is unhappy because it is 107°F here right now? NOAA space weather is showing R2, moderate radio blackouts. Grumpy sun, I'd imagine. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 8:06:10 PM EDT
[#7]
I still can't get the rig to auto-start. I did like Seek2 suggested and it fails to initialize. If I then manually send the same HEX string that is in the ST slot of commands it starts.
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Posted: 7/12/2023 8:27:42 PM EDT
[#8]
I keep seeing Olivia start tones and then a non-olivia mode. Very odd.
We had 4 stations + NC this week. Conditions were pretty variable. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 8:40:04 PM EDT
[#9]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By seek2: I keep seeing Olivia start tones and then a non-olivia mode. Very odd. We had 4 stations + NC this week. Conditions were pretty variable. I only had partial copy on 2 stations. Usually I have a pipeline to Net Control, tonight I only got a few letters here and there. Strange. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 10:04:28 PM EDT
[#10]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By weaponeer1911: I only had partial copy on 2 stations. Usually I have a pipeline to Net Control, tonight I only got a few letters here and there. Strange. Space weather is saying we're having sporadic radio blackouts, so our experience syncs up with that. I had S9 signals on a station that's usually S5-S7. Also I noticed on one of the propagation sites that 17M to 10M was expected to have better prop than 20M right now. I'm not sure how many of us have antennas that go above 20M, but it might be interesting to try the higher bands next week. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 10:53:05 PM EDT
[#11]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By seek2: I'm not sure how many of us have antennas that go above 20M, but it might be interesting to try the higher bands next week. |
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Posted: 7/13/2023 12:50:19 AM EDT
[#12]
Related to the 20M band being wonky... Today's sunspot number was 219.
I think I've pasted this link a couple times before, but man, I bet the guys at NCAR have got to be beaming (pardon the pun) these days. NCAR called for cycle 25 to be among the strongest ever seen. The official forecast from NASA called for a peak sunspot number (not to be seen until 2025) of 115. We're already nearly 2X that forecast, but still below the NCAR predicted peak of 260 -- and it's looking like that number might even be low -- but they did call that it would be a ridiculously strong cycle. |
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Posted: 7/13/2023 7:05:30 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By seek2: Related to the 20M band being wonky... Today's sunspot number was 219. I think I've pasted this link a couple times before, but man, I bet the guys at NCAR have got to be beaming (pardon the pun) these days. NCAR called for cycle 25 to be among the strongest ever seen. The official forecast from NASA called for a peak sunspot number (not to be seen until 2025) of 115. We're already nearly 2X that forecast, but still below the NCAR predicted peak of 260 -- and it's looking like that number might even be low -- but they did call that it would be a ridiculously strong cycle. Last time there was a super strong sun cycle we had world war II |
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Posted: 7/13/2023 7:29:43 AM EDT
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This article from 2015 was saying cycle 25 will end in 2022, but we know that cycle 24 was extended, and here will be a Maunder Minimum in cycle 26 between 2030 and 2040, which last time was called the mini-ice age and resulted is a stunted crop growing season and a lack of summer.
https://phys.org/news/2015-07-irregular-heartbeat-sun-driven-dynamo.html |
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Posted: 7/19/2023 12:11:18 PM EDT
[#15]
I should be around to NC tonight. Countdown on 20M begins at 2330Z.
If everyone is up for it after 20M, I'd like to check 17M and possibly 15M. Frequencies to be picked at net time but probably 18100.5 or 18101.5. |
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Posted: 7/19/2023 12:49:35 PM EDT
[#16]
Looking forward to 17m and 15m. I have an HT DMR net at 8pm central, but I should be able to multitask.
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Posted: 7/19/2023 1:07:46 PM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By seek2: I should be around to NC tonight. Countdown on 20M begins at 2330Z. If everyone is up for it after 20M, I'd like to check 17M and possibly 15M. Frequencies to be picked at net time but probably 18100.5 or 18101.5. Those 17m freqs are in the FT8/FT4 band. Probably better to keep our emissions below 18.100. |
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Posted: 7/19/2023 2:32:45 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Bophades]
[#18]
Ill try to be on tonight.... my BIL just got his license, got the general even and he'll prob at least listen in tonight. if I can get some time with him before hand he may can participate.
we tried yesterday but I could never hear him. he could hear me and we could also hear the other signals out there but I just couldnt hear him. no on on FT8 could ever hear him either. I went through his settings and found some issues but still having problems. I got him to the point where we did verify his sound card in windows is fully active with audio deflection bars when fldigi's tune button is clicked. and his ic718 shows good power out. and when we adjust his sound card audio down then the ic718 power out drops which was what you expect to happen.. hes got a digilink and im about to the end of what I think I can do. ETA: he fixed it: "So, on my budget ic718, PTT has to be executed using RTS with echo. Not CAT since its civ." |
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Posted: 7/19/2023 3:30:20 PM EDT
[#19]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By weaponeer1911: Those 17m freqs are in the FT8/FT4 band. Probably better to keep our emissions below 18.100. The band plan shows it as digital, but all modes are permitted above 18110 as well, shortly before net time I'll look for a unoccupied spot and make the call. There's a lot of stuff jammed in 18100-18110 that is the nominal digital sub-band. |
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Posted: 7/19/2023 5:08:01 PM EDT
[#20]
I can do 6m,10m,15m,17m,20m,40m.
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Posted: 7/19/2023 7:17:38 PM EDT
[#21]
Right now 18112.5 + 1500 is clear on 17M, and the Region 2 bandplan reflects all modes permitted above 18111.
I'm seeing wild fluctuations in noise on that frequency, almost like I have an intermittent antenna connection, but everything is checking out on my cables so it's probably just flaky propagation. |
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Posted: 7/19/2023 7:46:16 PM EDT
[#22]
Any test messages so far? None heard.
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Posted: 7/19/2023 7:51:48 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Bophades]
[#23]
someone sent out a "...Testing" a few mins ago, shortly after I tuned up.
whats the wisdom on adjusting all the gains in the chain to the waterfall on fldigi? I dont have a signalink just a direct usb on my radio. but it does have a digital audio gain. the windows device has one, and then my radios RF gain knob is also there... I dont think I have any more adjustments in the chain there... how solid blue should the waterfall look with just noise? You can crank it up pretty high? |
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Posted: 7/19/2023 7:51:57 PM EDT
[#24]
I'm losing 20m. Only 30% copy on NC, no others.
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Posted: 7/19/2023 7:52:26 PM EDT
[Last Edit: weaponeer1911]
[#25]
Sorry, double tap.
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Posted: 7/19/2023 7:53:37 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DarkLordVader: Any test messages so far? None heard. On 20M I'm on the normal schedule, 2330, 2345, 2350Z are all out, next and last is 2355Z. I haven't sent anything on 17M. Also my amp is having fits today but I think I have it back to behaving, but I'm running slightly lower power than usual (about 100W v. 150.) |
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Posted: 7/19/2023 8:01:47 PM EDT
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Welcome message sending on schedule. Space weather reports minor blackouts.
We'll see who hears after the intro, and if it's only one or two stations try 17M. |
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Posted: 7/19/2023 8:06:39 PM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By weaponeer1911: I'm losing 20m. Only 30% copy on NC, no others. I don't think I've ever seen you this weak before. |
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Posted: 7/19/2023 8:28:22 PM EDT
[#29]
18112.5
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Posted: 7/19/2023 8:31:10 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GreenDragon: 18112.5 Ghost copy on your test. S0 sig. Not hearing anything else. |
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Posted: 7/19/2023 8:32:06 PM EDT
[#31]
Nothing heard here.
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Posted: 7/19/2023 8:33:16 PM EDT
[#32]
Only seeing one of you. I did see startup tones twice after the first check in, but nothing
otherwise. I'll keep at it a couple more rounds but I think 17M is going to be a bust. |
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Posted: 7/19/2023 8:34:29 PM EDT
[#33]
Just copied W1911, sent a very short reply. Not sure if I'm stepping on people
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Posted: 7/19/2023 8:34:36 PM EDT
[#34]
I only saw NCS on 17m, heavy QSB. +4snr and then nothing then +4 again. 2 s-units more QSN here, lots of hash.
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Posted: 7/19/2023 8:37:31 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Nmbmxer: I only saw NCS on 17m, heavy QSB. +4snr and then nothing then +4 again. 2 s-units more QSN here, lots of hash. Yeah, 17M is looking like it did earlier, noise level bouncing around a lot. |
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Posted: 7/19/2023 8:39:07 PM EDT
[#36]
Yeah, 17 wasn't too hot either. I heard 9PP, 9UA, 1AP and 4CH, but it was very QSB. Never heard NC on 17.
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Posted: 7/19/2023 8:39:31 PM EDT
[#37]
It was wotrh trying. See you guys next week.
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Posted: 7/19/2023 8:40:04 PM EDT
[#38]
OK, I've called it quits on 17M.
Tonight's 20M net had 7 stations + NC. The 17M net I copied a single station, and had a decode that looked correct but wasn't on a second station, and tones but not even a partial decode on one or two others. So 17M sucked, basically. 20M seemed to improve significantly from the time I started reminders to the end of the 20M net, so I'm betting it's even better this evening. |
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Posted: 7/19/2023 8:41:05 PM EDT
[#39]
I guess NCS didnt see my 20m check in attempt, did anyone else notice a checkin that didnt get called by NCS? For 20m I did see KD and W4 very strong, WA & N4 ok, NCS & K1 weak/spotty, all else very weak or unreadable.
Odd for me to get bad copies for NCS. But on 17m you were very strong |
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Posted: 7/19/2023 8:41:22 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Mach]
[#40]
I heard NC initially, then my fldigi crapped out on 17m
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Posted: 7/19/2023 8:43:48 PM EDT
[#41]
weaponeer was the only one I heard on 17 so I sent a check in immediately following.
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Posted: 7/19/2023 8:45:34 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Bophades: I guess NCS didnt see my 20m check in attempt, did anyone else notice a checkin that didnt get called by NCS? For 20m I did see KD and W4 very strong, WA & N4 ok, NCS & K1 weak/spotty, all else very weak or unreadable. Odd for me to get bad copies for NCS. But on 17m you were very strong I re-checked the buffer and didn't see anything -- I might have if I had called for late check ins on 20M. A couple stations that are always booming in on 20M I could barely copy tonight, so the band wasn't helping. |
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Posted: 7/19/2023 9:06:38 PM EDT
[#43]
17 was pretty dim for me. I heard a light signal, but nothing decoded. Had to drop off at 8:30, so didn't get to stay around long.
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Posted: 7/20/2023 6:50:39 AM EDT
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We've had thunderstorms every day for last 10 days, have all my gear & antennas unplugged. Usually it brews all day & cuts loose in the late afternoon & early evening. Had some nearby lightning strikes that make me nervous. Maybe next week I can get back in the game.
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Posted: 7/20/2023 8:02:11 AM EDT
[#45]
I think we should try 30m sometime, I forgot my antenna would load up on that band until yesterday when I was fooling around before the net.
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Posted: 7/20/2023 9:50:51 AM EDT
[#46]
I can try any but 6 or 160. I'll still listen in on those two if you guys try it. I usually hit pretty well on 30m JS8
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Posted: 7/20/2023 11:29:07 AM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Nmbmxer: I think we should try 30m sometime, I forgot my antenna would load up on that band until yesterday when I was fooling around before the net. I think 30 would be good, maybe not as much so between us, but certainly the rest. |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:07:26 PM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Nmbmxer: I think we should try 30m sometime, I forgot my antenna would load up on that band until yesterday when I was fooling around before the net. 30M is an awesome band, but runs towards the short end of distance, 500-1000 miles it's great, past that it tends to suffer. So... probably great for everyone east of the Mississippi, but I probably won't make a very good NC station on that band. |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 12:11:51 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By seek2: 30M is an awesome band, but runs towards the short end of distance, 500-1000 miles it's great, past that it tends to suffer. So... probably great for everyone east of the Mississippi, but I probably won't make a very good NC station on that band. |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 4:58:22 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By seek2: 30M is an awesome band, but runs towards the short end of distance, 500-1000 miles it's great, past that it tends to suffer. So... probably great for everyone east of the Mississippi, but I probably won't make a very good NC station on that band. I may/may not be a decent option for NC on 30m as I'm kind of centrally located fot our group. 20m hasn't been that great for me |
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