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Call Sign : 26-CT-4879 / M7PCA Posts : 186 Times Thanked : 8 Join date : 2023-07-16 QTH or Location : North Walsham, JO02QU Equipment Used : FT1000MP !!!!!!binatone 5*,alinco dx10 135,sirio4000,silver rod,G5RV,beofeng 17 pro max, X30 duel 2m/70cm,full size G5RV, TS120v,soon new toy Age : 56
Subject: Ft8 all set up Fri Jan 19, 2024 9:23 am
Finally took the plunge and got the old ts120 set up on ft8, took a bit of messing with inputs and volume control, mic gain etc etc Just got oo love this radio hobby, allways something to learn and tinker with
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Victor CT Directors
Call Sign : 26-CT-3228 / M7VIC Posts : 5803 Times Thanked : 352 Join date : 2019-11-10 QTH or Location : Bedford Equipment Used : Various
Subject: Re: Ft8 all set up Fri Jan 19, 2024 9:56 am
Very well done there Jimmy.
I do like to hear of others hooking up more modern modes like FT8 onto vintage radio gear. So long as you allow for warm-up and keep a reasonably constant room temperature things like VFO drift aren't too much of an issue.
If I see you pop up on my waterfall I'll give you a shout.
73, Victor
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peewee norfolk Senior contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-4879 / M7PCA Posts : 186 Times Thanked : 8 Join date : 2023-07-16 QTH or Location : North Walsham, JO02QU Equipment Used : FT1000MP !!!!!!binatone 5*,alinco dx10 135,sirio4000,silver rod,G5RV,beofeng 17 pro max, X30 duel 2m/70cm,full size G5RV, TS120v,soon new toy Age : 56
Subject: Re: Ft8 all set up Fri Jan 19, 2024 10:01 am
Cheers victor I'll keep a lookout for all of you and yes the radio works fine for vintage sort of age but the vfo does shit up/ down only by 1 so just keep an eye on it
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Northern Crusader Major contributor
Call Sign : M0GVZ / 26CT1760 Posts : 530 Times Thanked : 35 Join date : 2019-11-13 QTH or Location : IO94SA Equipment Used : Icom 7300, TS480, President McKinley, Albrecht AE6110, CRT Mike Age : 53
Subject: Re: Ft8 all set up Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:45 pm
Make sure you don't overdrive the audio input so you don't end up with a splattering signal. Set the meter to show ALC, start transmitting a CQ with zero audio input and increase the TX audio it until you get to the power output the radio is set for. You should see only a flickering of the ALC meter.
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Subject: Ft8 all set up 
