Yaesu FT897D

FT897 Adjust for PSK31

FT897D Adjust Transmitter for PSK31

This video will show how to adjust the Transmit Level on the FT897D . I was able to produce a clean PSK31 signal using the TX volume on the USB SignaLink and Digital Master 780. 

Ham Radio Deluxe talks to FT897D

FT897D connects to Ham Radio Deluxe

This video shows the menu items in the FT-897D to change so it can communicate with your PC that is running Ham Radio Deluxe.  Menu item 19 is CAT Rate.

FT897 - FT8-CQ

FT897D CQ – FT8 -WSJT-X – GridTracker

I connected WSJT-X V2, JTAlert, HRD-V6-5, GridTracker V1-19 and sent out a CQ using FT8. SignaLink USB with 5 watts out into a top-fed Delta Loop. I run two instances of WSJT-X. JTAlert needs UDP port 2237. GridTracker uses UDP port 2238. The last half of video is edited to keep it short. I captured two monitor screens at a time. At 9.5 min I say Shift for setting Rcv frequency, I meant Left-Mouse-click.

FT897 - JT9-QSO-20m - AH6A

This video shows how I connect the radio and software to get a JT9 QRP QSO with 5 watts from WA to HI using a Delta Loop antenna.

FT897 - FT8-QSO-20m - WN7E

This video shows my FT8 QSO from WA to AZ on 20m with 5 watts. I am using my FT897, SignaLink, WSJT-X and JTAlert.

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