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<p><font size="4" face="Verdana">Yes, to all of this! Thanks, Adam!</font></p>
<p><font size="4" face="Verdana">T.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/5/2025 9:24, Adam Smith wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Chris, All -
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One thing that wasn't clear to me as a new FT-mode operator
(I'm still not a very regular user) was how I should control
power output. There are many positions taken / methods used
if you search for this online. Since you're basically using
USB from the radio's perspective, the actual transmitted power
is controlled both by the power setting in the radio, and the
settings in your computer & software which create the
audio input. </div>
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<div>The advice I've gotten most from operators I trust is - set
the radio to the maximum intended power level. E.g. on a
desktop rig this could be 100%/100W, or say half that if you
want to de-rate for digital mode duty cycle. Then use the
power output slider at the lower right side of the
WSJTX interface to control the actual output level. Make sure
that Windows (or other OS, but Windows always seems to change
things when you're not looking) isn't applying some other
level control (there are per-interface and sometimes
per-program settings in the Sound control panel or whatever
it's called). Watch the meters on the radio to assess your
actual peak output and to make sure that ALC is not reaching
100%, which will cause you to splatter. </div>
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<div>Probably a good idea to start with low power and ramp up
after you show that you have the audio and control paths
working. You can also check that audio is being sent by
routing it to the speakers instead of to the radio audio
interface.</div>
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<div>If you come back to the setup after having things
disconnected (or after Windows has updated), and find that you
seem to have no output, check the settings on the computer
side first. Especially on Windows I find that often the COM
port has changed, or gotten disconnected from the digimode
program, or something ... or the audio/"mixer" settings have
changed and are sending the output to the wrong place.
Related to that - make sure that you're not sending <i>all</i> sound
from your computer to the rig audio interface when it's
plugged in - including beeps/alerts, music you're playing,
etc.</div>
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<div>Again, I'm not the most regular FT* user, but you asked for
some starting-point tips and those are things I've run into
while dabbling with FT-x, Feldhell, js8call, etc. Glad to
hear from others too.</div>
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<div>73,</div>
<div>Adam / AA1N</div>
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