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Ken, thanks for the reply! <br>
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Well, I cut a bread tie and stripped a bit off the ends, a pair of alligator clips attached to some ear buds, other ends holding the two mini probes, with a couple pliers to hold the cable down, a bright light and some magnifiers I probed gnd and data in to
find the audio tone (quite loud) while wsjtx was running the 'test' tone. <br>
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I've tried digi as well as usb, I can decode the ft8 data and the applicaton is good at reading and setting the rig controls.
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The rigblaster plug-and-play module has a 3.5mm 4 contact TRRS connector and a break out cable to audio in/out, I have one laptop with in/out ports and the rest use the TRRS for headset/mic combos similar to a cell phone. Rigblasters support could not tell
me if a double ended TRRS cable would allow me to attach to the newer laptops. <br>
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-Jason</div>
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KB1KEG<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> bars <bars-bounces@w1hh.org> on behalf of wo1n <wo1n@comcast.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 21, 2021 19:56<br>
<b>To:</b> bars@w1hh.org <bars@w1hh.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [bars] A quick question going digital</font>
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Hi Jason,</p>
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Need a bit more info:</p>
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Ken – WO1N</p>
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<b>From:</b> bars <bars-bounces@w1hh.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jason Grennell<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 21, 2021 7:18 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> bars@w1hh.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [bars] A quick question going digital</p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">So attempting to get a Yaesu FT817 up and running on digital modes for experimenting.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">My issue is that I'm getting audio to the end of the data cable and the ptt is being activated but the meter is showing pretty much nothing for audio output, almost as if the jack is broken, I checked for any bad
solder joints on the board and everything looks decent and not showing any open or high resistance. I'm a little new and confused I'll admit, my system is running linux (knoppix) and everything else is working, decodes, rig control etc. I'd almost wonder
if anyone had any suggestions! </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Working on my drone practice with the plan to fly a nice high messenger over the treetops to facilitate pulling a wire up for an end fed
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Much Obliged</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">-Jason </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">KB1KEG. </span></p>
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