Posts by F6GKQ

  • QO-100 QSO Confirmation eQSL, LoTW, DARC, etc.

    I'm not looking for QSL but I want to help those who look for QSO confirmations... I'm on eQSL and received many of them that I wanted to answer to. Hard job, as I was logging on a paper log. So I entered all my QO-100 QSO in HRD Logbook (the free V5 version).


    My problem : when I wanted to answer QSL or send QSL, I received a message that my QSL doesn't comply with the requested SAT mode. So I carefully read this forum thread and understood what was wrong : missing propagation mode and satellite mode fields.


    I corrected my log and entered the missing fields but I have a problem so my question below :

    Every time I restart my log, the fields that I entered in the tabs of the ALE (Add log entry) window appears blanked ! I must write the informations again. What am I doing wrong ? How to save this configuration so it returns every time I open my logbook ? How to send all the infos requested by eQSL without correcting by hand the ADIF file ?


    I would appreciate any help if experimented users could give me informations...


    Thanks a lot and 73 from Denis, F6GKQ

  • Highspeed Multimedia Modem for QO-100

    Hi all,


    The previous (064) version worked quite perfectly on my W7 i3 4GB computer. The new one (072) doesn't work, there is no signal at MHM input. I spent sometime around it this morning but didn't found any solution...


    73 from Denis

  • Highspeed Multimedia Modem for QO-100

    Hi all,


    It works now, for me. I first recorded an IQ file with one transmission. Then, I played it several times, changing some parameters (audio level, format (speed), etc.) until I found the right ones.


    I have no kind of stabilisation here, except the SDR Console synchro on the PSK beacon and I left the software running unattended and catched some more pics during two hours so it seems that it is steady enough "as is".


    This is a screenshot and, as one can see, constellation is not perfect but picture is OK. I also attach two pics from DO3ASE. I have to do some more changes in order to improve the reception. After testing directly with audio mixer, I used a VAC...

  • Highspeed Multimedia Modem for QO-100

    DB8TF

    Thanks for the info, so I've been unlucky yesterday, missing this traffic. I'm listening this morning, heard two transmissions just before 11 AM but even with a green light on receive, synchro is still red. I've to wait for other transmissions.


    73 and good traffic to you !

  • Highspeed Multimedia Modem for QO-100

    Hi all,


    I have a suggestion. Will it be possible to have a good quality IQ file of a Highspeed Multimedia transmission to experiment around and try to find the right adjustments to decode it and check also if our computer is able to decode it ? This kind of file is rather heavy, I know that, but it could be uploaded on any "big files server" ?


    Another possibility could be to have a test transmission during a known time slot, i.e 2PM-3PM or anything else so we could try to receive with HMM ?


    And what about the use of one of three beacons during a limited time (a week-end ?) to send HMM files and promote this mode ?


    Those suggestions because I spent a long time yesterday (15/01) and this morning (16/01) waiting for any transmission on 489.580 but nothing appeared...


    73 to all.


    Denis, F6GKQ

  • Problem with FT-817 & FT-857 External radio

    Hi all,

    I already posted the same message on sdr-radio.com forum three weeks ago and got no answer, so I try on this forum... maybe I'll be more lucky.

    I have a problem with SDR Console when I want to use my FT-817 or my FT-857 with external radio option. I receive the error message "Port busy" and/or "offline". To cancel it and make the external radio working, I have to remove and reinsert two, three times, sometimes more, the USB radio interface. Then it generally starts working BUT, at the same time, I see the CPU activity indicator passing from 2 or 3% to nearly 30% ! I dont understand why. I tested front or back USB ports, same problem. I even bought a powered USB hub, same problem.

    My computer is W7 64 bits, i3 CPU, 4 GB RAM.

    I will appreciate some help trying to solve this problem.

    Many thanks and 73 !

    Denis F6GKQ