WSJT-X vs. HamLib vs. Flex-66xx or TS-2000 ??

Neal Pollack, N6YFM

Johan _ SE3X

Larry Loen WO7R

bobby

Just started using ft8 with version 2 setup as flex6000 series and created sdrcat port 5004 then in wsjtx put 127.0.0.1:5004 and it works fab, Tim said in a post that if you use the kenwood settings it causes more latency.

K3DCW

Jim K4JAF

RoyS

Neal, i use Jim's setup above for my station. The only difference I have is the Cat Port that I create is TCP Port: 5002.   

Roy -- W5TKZ

Paul

Al K0VM

John W9KXQ

Over 5,000 FT8 contacts in 2018, my Flex 6500 & WSJT-X.  The only setting that I have used in the past year is the "Flex Radio Setting"  It has worked perfectly.

NX6D Dave

Phil - AA4MY

This has been exactly my experience using both WSJT-X v2 and the latest JTDX alpha/release candidate.

NX6D Dave

Sorry if my comment sounds like I don't appreciate the effort people put into making tutorials.  I do, of course.

If I make up a tutorial on changing the oil in a 2012 Subaru Forester, assuming I get the details right, it will be useful for a long time to come.  But in this technical hobby, where things change all of the time, once you make a tutorial on a topic like this, you're basically putting yourself on the hook to keep it up to date as the details change.

I give a talk at QuartFest each year about JT modes (third week of January, Quartzite AZ, great fun!).  Each year I spend some time reviewing my slides and getting the details right.  It can be surprising how much changes year to year.

Mike-VA3MW

I found it interesting that no one mentioned using SliceMaster with WSJT which is all TCP connections.  As for latency, I doubt you could measure it enough or that it is enough to even make an operational difference.

Mike

Johan _ SE3X

Forgot to mention Slice Master. Using it together with WSJT-X and HRD logg. Works very nicely together.

W9ILY

After reading the comments I just tried this and works fine! I did notice that there was a one second delay when pressing the "test cat" button in WSJT-X when using a com port, but virtually no delay when using the port config shown above and the FlexRadio 6xxx rig type. I also noticed that the JTAlert response was much improved when using this config.

David Decoons, wo2x

If you decide to use DDUtil in the future, DDUtil uses TCP5002 and will conflict with WSJT-X the way you currently have it set. That is why I recommend to create a new TCP port dedicated to WSJT-X.

Dave wo2x

Neal Pollack, N6YFM

Question:  In order to avoid forgetting this, should I go into SmartCAT and define
a TCP port with 5002 that is named DDUTIL Port, or will even having that defined
in SmartCAT cause a conflict?

Neal

Jay Nation

Jay Nation

Neal Pollack, N6YFM

Al and Phil:
How often have you experienced WSJT-X loosing ethernet connection
while working on a local LAN (for the above problem)?   Just curious so
I can evaluate the potential impact if I configure that way.

Cheers,

Neal

Mike-VA3MW

Neal

From my perspective... never.  The same is true with virtual com ports.

Mike

Sergey R5AU

Al K0VM

With WSJT-X V2,  WSJT has only crashed when I intentionally crash it ( shut down the  radio without shutting down SSDR first ) or when testing alpha versions of SSDR.

If your LAN connection is solid I would expect a WSJT-x crash using the FLEX CAT interface to be very rare.

AL, K0VM
Flex alpha team member

Neal Pollack, N6YFM

Thanks. But another question: why do you set a 300 millisecond TX delay? That seems excessive? Neal

Sergey R5AU

Neal, no specific reasons at all, I leave as is after installation
I have tried any timings with my 6700 even via Smartlink without any sensitive effects afterwards

szawrotny

Why do you have split turned off? Most of us operate split to avoid QRM on the TX freq.

Sergey R5AU

Stan I have no bad expirience with turned off, usually I am operate in FT8 via smartlink and many times start transmission on 2-3nd second of session , what my Flex 6700 received 99% confirmed in QSO and power always just TRX (90-100w)

szawrotny

Sergey R5AU

Thank you Stan, I’ll try, in my log over 95% are CW qso ) ( keyerman) , FT8 just for fun for me however improvement should be in place !

artimus