[bars] PSA for FT8/FT4 users - HOLD TX FREQ

[Christopher Lennon]

Well thanks for the encouragement all.

It turns out that getting receive to work was as simple as connecting all
the cables together and turning it on.  Getting it to transmit was another
matter.  Hours of YouTube videos later and the settings were right and the
G90 quirk that line input gain needs to be maxed out.

I didn't call CW, so I didn't show up on the psk reporter, but I completed
a QSO with KU4OC.

Thanks!
Chris
W2BPL

PS I had hold TXfreq checked!
Sent from my phone.

On Thu, May 1, 2025, 6:02 PM Christopher Lennon <kwaj.speedo at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Just the box and all of the cables.  I am going to give it a shot this
> weekend.
>
> Chris
> W2BPL
> Sent from my phone.
>
> On Thu, May 1, 2025, 5:20 PM Tim - K1DC via bars <bars at w1hh.org> wrote:
>
>> OK, from what I can see about that interface it provides both a control
>> interface for freq & PTT via the 'CIV line' as well as a built-in sound
>> card. The DE19 should add a new serial port and a new sound card to your PC
>> when you attach it via USB.  You may need to manually install a driver for
>> the CH342 serial port chip in the interface.  Did the interface come with
>> any discs?
>>
>> On 5/1/2025 13:45, Christopher Lennon via bars wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the offer Paul.  I am probably jumping the gun slightly.  I
>> bought the interface so that I could get it before the deminimus tariff
>> exemption went away.  I got it just in time.  I hadn't planned to start
>> playing with it just yet.
>>
>> Chris
>> W2BPL
>> Sent from my phone.
>>
>> On Thu, May 1, 2025, 1:41 PM Christopher Lennon <kwaj.speedo at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have a Xiegu G90 and I recently bought the DE19 interface.  It has a
>>> soundcard built in so the computer connects via USB.
>>>
>>> There are lots of YouTube videos to make the connection with that setup,
>>> so I am not worried about that.  But tips like the one you shared.  Good
>>> operating practice.  Do you just pick thing up along the way or is there
>>> the WSJT Bible?
>>>
>>>
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