Yaesu F-710: What is and why use AESS sound

Most people don't really understand the purpose of the AESS and why this sound system exists. Many discount it as non functional or no real functional effect. That is because most don't read the manual and most don't experiment with the sound settings.  None the less ...

Yaesu FT-710 How to Transmit Voice Memory

Not My Video, why remake what is already done.

Amateur Operator's Cheat Sheet

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How to Use WSTJ-X: Master Class Video

This is not my video, this influencer is one of my favorite "ham radio how to" producers. This video is what to do after you have connected it to your radio. Check out his other other video's https://www.youtube.com/@hamradiotube

My Antenna: Wolf River Coil Silver Bullet Platinum

According to Wolf River Coils LLC "The Silver Bullet Platinum. Like our SB1000, will tune 80 thru 10 meters, but the Platinum will handle 100 watts digital, 300 watts CW and 500 watts SSB. This is the perfect coil for those running high power for the digital modes, or high speed CW. This coil has endured extensive testing as well as year-long beta testing with hams across the country with zero failures. The core is made of composite material that can handle excessive heat, unlike a PVC core. As with all our coils, the hardware and wire are all high-quality stainless steel, so rust and corrosion will never affect your coil. It will look as good years from now as the day you bought it. 

WRC Platinum 1000 

Our 80 thru 10 meters Platinum coil is priced for any ham who needs a higher power coil for running the digital modes whether it is FT8, RTTY or SSTV. The Platinum TIA comes with the Silver Bullet Platinum Coil, 24 inch Mega Pod tripod, 102 inch Collapsible Whip, and standard Radial Kit with three 33 foot radial wires."

With the Platinum Silver Bullet 1000 I am able to transmit data at 100 watts (though I turned the power down to 90w just to be safe.). As opposed to the non platinum Silver Bullet 1000 being limited to 20 watts.

The Mega Pod works well and is very stable. Yes if you are in "heavy" winds you would want to use guy wires or sandbags. 

Definitely recommend an Antenna Analyzer. It will make tuning an absolute breeze. I have been using this antenna for about 2 weeks as of the writing of this post. Mostly FT-8 and it performs spectacularly. 

The included instructions tell you how to tune in 6 meters. Though it is not advertised that way. Being a technician class amateur radio operator I do a lot with 6 meters. In 6 meters I can get the antenna's SWR down to about 1.42 to 1 with the coil then lower it a bit more with antenna length. 

First set your antenna height at 40 inches. Then adjust coil to the very top coil and turn until you get to 1.4 or less. Then adjust antenna height to dial it in even closer. That's my trick for 6 meters. 

Receive is great, I get far away stations from the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Texas etc...

This antenna gets a 4.5 out of 5 from me. Great Equipment! Easy to use, don't need a tuner, multi band 80m-6m along with being very hardy and well made. Check them out! https://wolfrivercoils.com/

• Silver Bullet 1000 (website) – 100 watts SSB, 50 watts CW, 20 watts digital
• Platinum 1000 (website & instruction sheet) – 500 watts SSB, 300 watts CW, 100 watts digital

WSJT-X Dark mode!

 Originally posted by GM6NX @ https://gm6nx.com/wsjt-x-dark-mode/

WSTJ-X Dark Mode! 

Your right WSJT-X can hurt your eyes because of the white glare from the screen. Well this guide will show you how to turn WSJT-X into dark mode.

Step one – create a new short cut from the WSJT-X.exe file to your desktop. You will find this in the C: drive or what ever letter your hard drive is.

Step two – rename your short cut to something you will known that it is the dark mode version, I called mine “WSJT-X – DARK”

Step three – Right click on the short cut and select properties.

Step four -click in the target section

Step five – after the wsjtx.exe add the following

–stylesheet :/qdarkstyle/style.qss

Step six – click apply then OK.

Step seven – click on your new short cut and open up WSJT-X – remember to change the colours to suit your own needs inside the wsjt-x program.

Any Questions?

Setting Up Your FT-710 For FT-8

Click Here to Down Load the official Yaesu FT-710 Specific WSTJ-X FT-8 Set up manual.

Follow it STEP by STEP and you will be receiving and transmitting in about 10 minutes.