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Settings for VARA HF V4.7.7 for use with VARAC
Greetings! I need some help with my VARA HF V4.7.7 settings. I think I am close but I am missing something.
If someone could point me in the right direction I would really appreciate it
Thank you!
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Hi Tim, you don't mention what is wrong or what rig you are using, but it looks like your VarAC and Vara HF settings are generally correct for Flex 6000 radios. It looks like your drive level is set a bit low (Vara HF Sound Card settings) at -27 dB. I have that set at -2 dB to get around 95 W out. The peak Mic Level shows about -8 dB (not in the red).
On the radio side, make sure that you have DAX running and DAX channel 1 selected and that you are in DIGU mode.
Also make sure that DAX is turned on in the control panel.
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Good Evening!
I appreciate the feedback. Things appear to be working now. Just trying to make my first contact.
Thank you! AC3CT - Tim
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I can not get Vara/Winlink to trigger my Flex 6500. It shows it connects and I see activity in my DAX transmit window but nothing in my waterfall, radio or Expert amp for that matter. I have spent hours trying to figure it out but have had no luck.
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Can you post some screenshots of SmartSDR and the config screens of Vara and Winlink?
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Hope this helps.
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But it does move to the correct frequency right way to transmit, but of course does not transmit.
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Do you have DAX turned on in the P/CW control panel?
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Yes but but not on PC. HRD works fine though. I did have similar issues with it in the past however.
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Able to select MOX and then hit start on Vara to get it going but still no transmit triggering on it's own. It also causes CAT to give me exception errors after I close SDR. :-(
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I don't have Winlink, but your choice of External PTT looks suspicious. I think that you need to add a PTT Port to CAT. Then in the Vara HF Winlink Settings, change the PTT Port to use to whatever port CAT assigns for you (COM11 in my example below).
To create the com port, open SmartSDR CAT and click the Add... button
Then give it a name that is meaningful to you and set the Port Protocol to PTT and save.
Give that a shot and see if it works.
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Thanks. That looks very logical. I will try that.
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You were right. It should have been obvious to me as the Vara program even says PTT.
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Excellent! I am glad you are back up and running.
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Thanks. Now if the Flexradio CAT would stop telling me it has encountered errors when I close the SDR everything would be great. But at least it is usable now.
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You might want to submit a help desk ticket for that. Flex Support is pretty good at diagnosing and fixing those kinds of problems.
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