The PSK Reporter map is a very nice site you’ll have to wait a few minutes before your spots will be visible, like so. Here you can also change or add frequencies for the various modes not necessary for FT8 at this moment, but I’ve added the 60m frequency for WSPR here.
Macloggerdx ft8 update#
BTW, I have been a Mac computer for about 20 years at work and home, but I did use a Win10 laptop for logging until last Dec when a MS update messed up a driver need for using WSJT-Xwhen I moved. Lastly you’ll want to add the antenna description to aid fellow amateurs as to how their signals are received. I have used MacLoggerDX for 7 years and I really like this logging system which offers a very good integration with WSJT-X for those interested. Reporting settingsĬheck the Enable PSK Reporter Spotting if you want to be able to see your reception reports on the PSK Reporter map or help other amateurs to see where their signals are received. I have used Virtual Audio Cable because I want to be able to run a number of instances of WSJT-X in parallel VBCable is a free alternative when you only need 1 virtual audio cable. You’ll need a virtual audio cable to lead the audio output of the receiver to WSJT-X. I enable Monitor off at startup to prevent uploading reports on the wrong frequency when starting the program. WSJT-X in operation in FT8 mode on 7074 kHzįirst select the mode in the menu and set the Tx and Rx frequencies not sure if this is needed, but is advised as such by the author of the program.
Macloggerdx ft8 install#
Next step is to install and use a program for decoding FT8 signals, WSJT-X is the program I have chosen and use, a very nice and well-written piece of software in my opinion. You can already see the FT8 signals in the waterfall, fortunately there is a lot of activity in FT8 in general. For the examples below I have tuned to 7074 kHz in the 40m band, which is a good starting point as there is almost always some traffic. Mode is set to USB, 3 kHz bandwidth, AGC fast or manual so that noise peaks don’t make the receiver deaf for too long a time. Today I show a quick over-view of the radio, what quirks I have found with it, and I would like to know what additional videos you would enjoy in the future on this new QRP Radio. It supports close to a hundred radios, automatically tuning to the spots you are interested in and optionally swinging your beam around. Ive got the new X6100 QRP Radio from Xiegu, which has a built-in sound card and is fairly simple to setup to work with WSJT-x and run FT8.
For the reception of FT8 signals in the amateur bands I use the Elad FDM-S2 receiver, the Wellbrook ALA1530LN loop antenna and an old Macbook Pro, running Windows 10 under Parallels.įirst the receiver is tuned to an FT8 frequency, see this list. MacLoggerDX is The Mac Ham Radio Logbook choice in 120 countries Organizing and filtering the spots from your favourite DX Cluster for DXing, casual Contesting or rag-chewing.
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