| Transmitting |
| TX Power - when transmitting, do not overdrive your rig !! Consider reducing your output power to about
50-70% as you are txing for 30 second periods at a time which may damage your rigs PA. Remember to give your rig and amplifier adequate cooling. Also switch off your
rig's in-built speech compressor (if fitted) when txing. |
| When you are ready to tx, select the message you want to send (Tx 1 - Tx 6 button). |
| Ver.5.x.x. - click the Auto is OFF button and it will toggle to Auto is ON. You are now in
transmit mode and your TX period will be from 00 to 30 seconds of every minute if TX first is ticked or 30 to 00 seconds if TX first NOT ticked. |
| Ver.4.x.x - notice that Auto is OFF button
is grayed out if only in Monitor (RX) mode. You will need to click the Stop button first followed
by Auto is OFF button. Monitor is Automatically selected when Auto is OFF is toggled
to Auto is ON. When you want to stop
TXing, toggle Auto is ON to Auto is OFF. This will also switch from Monitor to Stop mode
at end of current RX period if toggled in RX period or Stop immediately if toggled during TX period.
Note that to continue in RX mode you have to click Monitor again. T/R Period timings are set in Setup
Options (F2 - shortcut) and are usually 30 secs each. |
Transmit Mode - Calling LA1TV |
TX Message
Unlike JT65, you can change your tx message on the fly, i.e. while you are still transmitting,
so if you decode something that will need a message change, you can do it instantly without waiting for your next tx period. This will speed up the chances of completing
your QSO.
The screenshot's left/right show Tx and RX modes during a QSO with LA1TV. |
Receive Mode - listening for LA1TV |
| As your QSO progresses you will step through the Tx Msg's, remember to respond with the next Msg to what you have
just decoded ! There is no need to reply with same Tx Msg. Refer to MS Procedure if unsure. |
| Remember - respond with the next Msg to what you have just decoded ! |
| Timing - sometimes your qso partner may have poor timing, so adjust Dsec to suit. Don't forget to reset it to
0 before next qso/cq call. |
QTF - when you enter a call sign in the
'To Radio' box and click on 'Lookup', the WSJT program will look for this call sign up in the
'CALL3.txt' file that installs with WSJT. If it is present, the locator grid is shown in the 'Grid'
(6 digit) box. The calculated distance (QRB) is displayed along with Azimuth (direct bearing -
QTF), Optimum Elevation and Hot A or Hot B bearings. These 'Hot' bearings are the optimum calculated
'offset"'
headings for the current time. These should be used as much as possible.
If the call sign you enter is not in the 'CALL3.txt' file then you can add it yourself by clicking
on the 'Add' button. Enter the 6 digit grid too if you know it. |
| Help - pressing the F5 key (with WSJT window open) will cause a pop up a screen to appear that reminds you
of the recommended procedures. |
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