{"id":1694,"date":"2022-11-30T16:24:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T16:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/?p=1694"},"modified":"2022-12-01T19:07:44","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T19:07:44","slug":"getting-chatty-on-js8call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/?p=1694","title":{"rendered":"Getting chatty with JS8CALL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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JS8CALL running on my MacBook Pro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been chasing the DX on the HF bands using FT8<\/a> for a while now and I have to say it’s been very successful however, it does get rather boring after a while just exchanging SNR reports and nothing else. I noticed that my time spent in the shack was getting less and less, not a good sign after all the work I’d put into building the new radio shack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since there’s not a lot of CW on the bands these days (everyone is on FT8) I thought I’d give JS8CALL<\/a> a go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially I started with trying to get JS8CALL working on my Kubuntu<\/a> PC to my Icom IC-705<\/a> wirelessly. This turned out not to be as straight forward as I’d hoped but, I persevered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I found that to communicate with the IC-705 via WFview<\/a> wirelessly I needed to use FLRig<\/a> as a go between. I installed FLRig from the Ubuntu repo’s only to find it’s an old version that doesn’t have support for the IC-705. Downloading the IC-705.xml file didn’t help either so I uninstalled it and headed to the source forge website<\/a> to grab the source code for the latest version of FLRig<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once I had the right development libraries installed compiling the code was easy enough and I soon had FLRig talking to the IC-705 via WFview wirelessly from my Kubuntu<\/a> PC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first JS8 QSO was with Jonny, SM5COI<\/a> in Sweden on the 20m band, using just 2.5w I had a very reliable link from my 20m band EFHW vertical antenna to his 20m band yagi antenna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also worked GM0DHD\/P<\/a> via OH8XAT<\/a> using the relay capability built into JS8CALL, it works incredibly well and allows you to work the stations that you cannot hear directly, very useful!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later in the morning Jonny, SM5COI emailed me asking for a sked on the 40m band later in the afternoon, of course I agreed and decided that I’d also get my MacBook Pro setup with JS8CALL so I could give my Yaesu FTDX10<\/a> a spin on JS8 mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Installing and configuring JS8CALL on my MacBook Pro was much easier and I had it fully operational in minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sked went well on 40m and it was good to get Jonny on another band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With 3 JS8 QSOs in the log it’s great to be using a digital mode again that allows you to have a good chat with other radio HAMs around the world. I think this may become my preferred digital mode going forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More soon…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been chasing the DX on the HF bands using FT8 for a while now and I have to say it’s been very successful however, it does get rather boring after a while just exchanging SNR reports and nothing else. I noticed that my time spent in the shack was getting less and less, not … <\/p>\n

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