For those who only interested in FLDIGI configuration: please skip directly to 11:40 in this video, also, check the link in the description for another video on the QDX -FLDIGI configuration. Thank you all! 73! Linas LY2H

Thank you Sir, they are very much still being made. 73, Roger. By the way, I regret not using my call sign, but the internet is a dangerous place to show personal info...

I was a big RTTY operator back in the 1980s. Yaesu FT101 and a Creed teleprinter. Homebrew interface. It's easier, and quieter, now.

Linas, thanks for the video! If I were to name as my honorary Elmer, it’d be you! We both have the same operating style. QRP Labs has earned my business seven times… seven transceivers. The QCX Mini’s (20, 30 & 40 meters), the QDX (Hi & 2 Lo’s), and the QMX… I love them all! I have my QMX kit all up and running. Mated with a 12v 3aH TalentCell, all velcro’d together. A Palm Pico is velcro’d below the BNC on the battery. I use a K6ARK EFλ/2 wire antenna. Typically I use FT8CN on my Android Cell, just as you’ve demonstrated. I’ve yet to use it on RTTY… Thanks again Lynas. 72 de W7UDT

@Linas_LY2H

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Rand! I'm glad you enjoy your QMX, your setup with Palm Pico and the 3Ah battery looks impressive, plenty of power, plenty of fun! 73! Linas LY2H

Great video.

QRP-Labs makes some great kits. The QMX is the next one I plan to order. Thanks for the video!

@Linas_LY2H

4 ай бұрын

Good luck, you won't regret! 73! Linas LY2H

@allancopland1768

4 ай бұрын

You won't be disappointed.. QMX is a lot of fun. Comes in two different band ranges.

Just adding that most recent computers only have usb-c so you might need a usb-c to usb-c to connect (my mac air has only 2 usb-c) Thanks for the video, it's nice to see it used like this!

@Linas_LY2H

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and thanks for the ammendment, Jonathan! 73! Linas LY2H

Thank you so much, Linas. Your videos are always so informative and professional. I will be getting a QMX next since I already got the QDX after watching your video and love it ! I spent the last few months down the Meshtastic rabbit hole. Have you tried it yet ?

@Linas_LY2H

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and enjoying the hobby! As it comes to LoRa and Meshtastic project , I have yet to grow up to that :) But I like the idea of radio communications as a non-ham actitivity for a wider public and its possible usefulness in public service. 73! Linas LY2H

Hey Linas, I always enjoy your videos. Great information. I really loved operating rtty and psk31 before ft8 killed them. What laptop is that? I’d like to add that to my small kit.

@Linas_LY2H

29 күн бұрын

@@WaynePatrick Thanks Wayne! It's a CHUWI Minibook with Win11 running on it. I agree regarding PSK, but luckily, the RTTY community is still strong and RTTY contests are very vibrant! Not the everyday casual work , though :(. 73! Linas LY2H

Labas, Linas! I am a new subscriber, heard your interview on QSO Today. Both my parents were born in LT but left as young kids during WW2 and immigrated to the US as teenagers. I'm around five years older than you and grew up on the other side of the Iron Curtain than you did, but also started with amateur radio as a teenager and am still doing it all these years later. I'm wondering, did you operate during the days of the Woodpecker? Maybe you have a video on that on your channel already? If not, maybe a short video on it? Would be interesting to hear about how you and fellow hams in occupied LT felt about it, how you dealt with it, etc. It was damn loud here, was it damn loud there? We had guessed where it was coming from and guessed what it was doing but were not sure. Was it ever explained to you or did you know not to ask? PS: Me and my mom visited Vilnius in 2022. It was my first time. I hope to do it again soon! Everything was wonderful, especially the food! Would love to see a museum or other place where they have some of the gear you grew up using.

@Linas_LY2H

4 ай бұрын

Ačiū/thank you, Davetronics! Very nice to hear about your roots! We, Lithuanians, have some one million-people-large diaspora worldwide, with majority residing in the US, historically, also in Ireland and Norway, in modern days. As it comes to Woodpecker, yes, I remember this weird sound on the lower bands, but I couldn’t say it would have killed all my activities on HF. We’ve been making contacts, taking parts in the contests with no particular problems. May be, we were just so used to total jamming on brodcast SW bands, so that amateur SW bands were looking comparatively quite :). From what I know, the highest activity of this soviet monster was in the years before 1980, with gradual phasing out later during ninties. And I got my license in 1980… Another thought, the Woodpecker was located in Ukraine with its antennas beaming West, I suppose , so it may be that its signals were not that strong in our part of Europe, which is North-East. Yet another thing, soviets had a huge radio intelligence unit located in the middle of Lithuania, with huge antenna fields, thousands of military and civilian workers, like interpreters, etc. They’ve been listening to everythign and anything transmitted on any frequency in the West and then analysing this intelligence data. So it would have been only logical for them to not jam this centre with the Woodpecker’s signal. But that’s just my own thoughts, I have no in-depth knowledge on that. Regarding the soviet military equipment, the best exposition I saw ever , was in Friedrichshafen Ham Radio Expo flee-market, in Germany :) Sometimes, it is still possible to find some piece of this equipment in local hamfests/flee markets in Lithuania or other EU countries. Very few people actually use it for their daily ham radio activities anymore. There is a Radio Museum in Šiauliai town in Lithuania, an interesting spot to visit, but I don’t know if they got any of this specific gear. Thanks again for your comment and sharing your memories with us! Enjoy your future trips to your parents’ land! 73! Linas LY2H

@davetronics

4 ай бұрын

@@Linas_LY2H Thanks for the interesting reply! Re: Woodpecker: All your replies make sense. My first license was around 1978 and I started listening a year or two earlier so it was quite active when I was beginning, but for you, you were outside its radiation pattern and it was not as active. Re: Old equipment, Radio Museum in Šiauliai: I hope to return to LT and if so I will look for that. I also hope to go to Friedrichshafen some time too! My mom has a friend in Šiauliai so we got to know the town a little bit, and as a tourist I was very impressed by the Hill of Crosses. 73 OM! Dave

Most interesting and useful Thankyou Linas 73 Rob G3RCE

Very interesting video, thank you. What model is your little laptop PC?

@Linas_LY2H

4 ай бұрын

Thanks! It's a CHUWI Mini Book. 73! Linas LY2H

Hello, Linas Very interesting as usual =) BTW, do you have a link for QCX/QMX mini green holder/stand used in the video?

@Linas_LY2H

4 ай бұрын

Hello, thanks! I think, I found the stand for the QMX on the Thingiverse. It shoud pop up if you search on the Thingiverse platform under QMX, Ham radio or similar. HTH, 73! Linas LY2H

Very good video! I recently ordered a QMX+. Would you please tell us what kind of laptop computer you are using. It looks great, and I[d like to buy one. Thanks!

@Linas_LY2H

22 күн бұрын

@@reodds Thanks for watching! The tiny PC is CHUWI Minibook with Win11. It's several years old now and I don't know if CHUWI still has it, or, probably, some newer version on the production line. Good luck with digi modes! 73! Linas LY2H

Thanks for the video, I own a QMX but jave only used it for CW. What is the reference of your small PC ?

@Linas_LY2H

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! CW on QMX is much better now with firmware v.017, but still needs further improvement ( changes are on the way, accordingly to the author of the project), I would recommend to try its Digital modes too! My laptop PC is a Chuwi Minibook. Good luck, 73! Linas LY2H

@Panoramix0874

4 ай бұрын

@@Linas_LY2HTnx for the reply, I am a slow operator 16 tp 20 wpm so i haven't been too affected by the CW glitches. I don't like digi modes because my laptop is too big but yes with a small laptop like yours I can see myself using digi modes more often.

@Linas_LY2H

4 ай бұрын

@@Panoramix0874 If the only problem to shy away from digital is the size if the laptop PC, may be you would like to try no-PC? If interested, you may want to check my other video on FT8 with QDX and Android phone. QMX is actually the same as QDX as it comes to digital, so it should work adequately. kzread.info/dash/bejne/d6GBmq2vYdi1f9o.htmlsi=9xQ5J92tKadxJxSj 73! Linas LY2H

@Panoramix0874

4 ай бұрын

@@Linas_LY2HThat is a good video, I am not too much of a FT8 fan though, I built a kit for FT8 from QRPGuys and I think that I spent more time building it than operating it... I find it a bit dull to only click on premade messages. Even if I do a couple of contests per year, I prefer contacts that require to be a bit more proactive. I found JS8call interesting though and I think that I will try to use fldigi when I find some time.

why not shown the settings needed in qmx...? would be helpfull too!!

@Linas_LY2H

4 ай бұрын

Hello OM! Sorry for that … Basically, as long as you know how to switch to the Digital mode on the QMX, there is no other critical settings preventing you from going FT8 or RTTY, factory defaults should do. The QMX’s digital part is identical to the QDX transceiver, so I have another video where some internal settings of the QDX are discussed in the context of the RTTY mode. Please check this link, if interested: kzread.info/dash/bejne/k52u0NSbns3OgKg.html HTH, 73! Linas LY2H

@jomckarth4836

4 ай бұрын

thank you linas, i have to check my settings in fldigi again, maybe i am wrong with that one you mention. my qmx runs on my pc in cw and ft8 but varac! have you ever tried VarAC? can not get it running with qmx. seems audio is too low to key ptt.@@Linas_LY2H

@jomckarth4836

4 ай бұрын

@@Linas_LY2H have you ever tried operate VarAC with QMX? in my case it does not work, seems not enough audio gain to switch ptt. although it work with ft8 just fine. can you check it out ....? tnx

@Linas_LY2H

4 ай бұрын

@@jomckarth4836 No, I have not. As far as I know, the QDX can not support VARA, as QDX is NOT a SSB radio, instead, it generates a unique Single Signal which can be used for FSK modes only. This theory of operation is well described in the QDX manual. The QMX transceiver , in its digital part, is the same as QDX, so it should not support multitone VARA too. It's just my opinion based on what I know at this moment :) 73! Linas LY2H

@jomckarth4836

4 ай бұрын

@@Linas_LY2Hthank you very much linas! this make sence and you helped me in this issue! tnx 73

Hello, what kind of computer is that? 73!

@Linas_LY2H

3 ай бұрын

Hello, it's an 8" CHUWI Minibook Win11. 73! Linas LY2H

@obelustheodd

2 ай бұрын

@@Linas_LY2H thank you, 73.

Hi linas, good video. I always struggle to digital modes to work here, because old computer has no good connections, tried to connect my ts 480hx , but no cables, but my cw is ok hi hi. 73 my friend zl3xdj

@Linas_LY2H

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Brian! Sure, CW , as a natural digital mode, is hard to beat: no wires required and the modem is comfortably always with you! :) 73! Linas LY2H

RTTY... fun. FT8...Yawn! The QMX is a lot of fun. Not perfect, but of course it's not expensive. I get 4W out. It's a fun little radio. Tiny and versatile. Very low power drain on receive.

I watched until 08:00 and there is nothing at all as to how to configure FLDIGI. Disappointed by the title. Waste of time.

@ok4rm

2 ай бұрын

10:30 and still nothing

@ok4rm

2 ай бұрын

if you are interested in the configuration and not the side topics, skip directly to 11:38

Saules baterija netrukdo priemimui kur per langa matosi ? de LY4BX

@Linas_LY2H

4 ай бұрын

Sveiki, Gediminai. Ne, kolkas netrukdo , tiksliau, trukdymų lygis nepakito :) Matyt, kaimynui pavyko geresnės kokybės inverterius ir k.t. įsirengti.. 73! Linas LY2H