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JT65 HAM RADIO DELUXE SOFTWARE
Joe Taylor’s software is open source and his WSJT family of protocols have been adapted to many applications including their use on the HF bands as well as for Reverse Beacon applications (a.k.a. To understand how the WSJT protocols accomplish this, you can read Joe’s contribution on EME and WSJT that is part of the 2010 ARRL Handbook here. To help you understand this, using the JT65 protocol to make a contact can provide the equivalent of upgrading the two CW stations using 100W rigs on both ends of a QSO to include a 1 KW amplifier.

These paths can have 250 dB of loss or more! The JT65 protocol provides about a 10 dB advantage over CW in terms of signal to noise margin on a given path. For example, JT65B which is used for EME communications on the 2m band enables communications from the earth to the moon and back using the moon as a (very-poor) reflector. These protocols were originally developed for Earth-Moon-Earth (EME) or Moon-bounce (via the JT65 variations), Meteor Scatter (via the FSK441 and JT6M variations), Tropo and other very-weak signal communications applications.Īll of the WSJT family of protocols and their associated software applications make use of some very sophisticated signal processing techniques to enable communications in extremely weak signal environments. It has it’s own internal logging.Many of our readers have probably heard about Joe Taylor’s (K1JT) WSJT family of protocols. Probably the easiest way to use WSJT-X FT8 is to use it as a stand alone program. See my article and video: N3FJP ACLog, WSJT-X, JTAlert A Powerful Combination I have been using two cables since I got the Icom 7300 and it works very well. We will be completeing #1 in the video below.
JT65 HAM RADIO DELUXE SERIAL
Use a virtual serial port emulator (splitter) to split the COM port so HRD Rig Control and WSJT-X can control the radio. The USB cable is used for Rig control in WSJT-X. Same as #2, but close HRD rig control leaving HRD Logbook open. WSJT-X uses Ham Radio Deluxe as the Rig in it’s settings. Get HRD up and running with the USB cable and using it for rig control in HRD.


The USB cable for HRD rig control and the CI-V cable for WSJT-X rig control.
