WSJT can be set up in cw mode but i think it uses 1 or 2 minute
sequences...?
also would also have the benefit of having jt65 and fsk441 at your disposal
Ray J
w9ray
kb7dqh@donobi.net wrote:
> Unless you are looking for nanosecond accuracy, just use the beacon
> generator built into the rig!!!! Internal timing is excellent. Just
> watch whatever clock you got when starting the beacon...
>
> RTFM!!!
>
> Save the compooter for logging and other stuff...
>
> Eric
> KB7DQH
>
>
>
>> Hello all:
>>
>> I will be travelling to Sable island as part of the CY0X group in
>> late
>> June. We will be QRV on 6 and 2 meters. One of the objectives of the 2
>> meter
>> station is to explore and tropo or sporadic E paths across the North
>> Atlantic
>> to EU.
>> The 2 meter station will have a KW and an antenna of at least 14.4 dbd
>> gain. The radio will be an FT987D (with preamp). We would like to have a
>> cw
>> beacon on the air as much as possible.
>> I would like to synch the cw transmissions with a clock (e.g.,
>> transmit
>> the first half of each minute, listen the last half, transmit the first
>> and
>> third 15 secs, listen the 2d and 4th, etc.). To do this I will have to
>> bring a
>> laptop and synch it to a time source, which I believe I can do with
>> Dimension4. I don't know how often we can access the internet, but expect
>> it will be at
>> least once a day.
>> Here are my questions:
>>
>>
>> 1. What cw program is recommended for use with an FT-897D in this
>> fashion? Can this cw program be set up in a beacon mode, linked to the
>> computer
>> clock, to transmit in a given time sequence?
>> 2. What connection(s) must be made to the FT-897D to accomplish this?
>> ( I am assuming that the 897 ptt output can be used to trigger the
>> amp/preamp.)
>>
>> Anyone with experience doing something similar to this ccan contact
>> me
>> directly.
>> Thanks and 73. Chris W3CMP
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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