Just ready to get back into AR after about 30+ yrs layout. This sort of thing is SO valuable to me. When I was last active, we had AM/FM/SSB/CW/RTTY. Much of what I've heard/read lately is almost literally Greek to me. I'm bookmarking this one so I can go back again and again. Thanks! de KA8VLW, Ken, Michigan
Make sure to check out VarAC video. Easier than Fldigi to setup and much more activity too. Winlink is a great email tool and I did a video on that one also. I will be working on JS8Call for Preppers (Best Practice) and hope to have that one out by the end of the month. Let me know if you have any questions.
The best video summary on Op Modes for Fldigi I have ever seen! Just outstanding MJ. Just found your channel and am working my way thru all of your great videos. Keep up the great work. The ham community is blessed to have you creating such content!! BRAVO de Rick, K4REF
Wonderful explanation of digital modes. I am an Extra and have been a Ham for many years but am just now getting into digital. Your videos on setting up fldigi are invaluable! Bob AD8RR
This video by far is the best one yet. I had no idea how many of these modes existed. Yes I do FT8 but I have wanted to try more. This video just opened many options. CW!! I can actually watch a CW qso and maybe finally be able to learn this.
Thankyou so much for your excellent FLDIGI presentation. My fellow Hams are just telling me how to use it, but you really explain clearly - how & why everything works. Now it is starting to make sense! I have definitely subscribed and look forward to your other lessons.
Great to hear! That is why I do this channel. To help others learn this from a series of systematic and logical presentations. Check out my library of videos. Next one up is HF Propagation Tools. I wish I knew this over a year ago. You won't have to wait as long and suffer through finding the right info. Thanks again!!
Great work ! The reality is that digital is difficult - or at least it’s got a steep early on learning curve Your instructional video on making sense of all these modes is a huge help !
Thank you for this great breakdown of the fldigi suit. Surely you have heard of VarAC? If not, its well worth checking out. Uses the VARA modem, real time keyboard to keyboard or asynchronous comms. Has relay and beacon capability.
Thanks for taking the time to let me know. I have it all setup and ready for testing (when I get my fellow hams up on this too). Have you tried it and what are your thoughts? It looks promising and want to get a bunch of us on it to see how the relay works!!
Very nice video. This is the first that I have seen that breaks all of the OpModes down so I can easily understand and pick the best one for the current conditions! Thank you and I look forward to your future videos!
One of your comments about QPSK31 surprised me. You said that it gets _twice_ the throughput at the same bandwidth, but according to wikipedia's article on PSK31, it says "QPSK31 has the same number of symbols per second, and hence the same bandwidth as the BPSK variant. In a coherent receiver, the bit error probability of QPSK is the same as for BPSK operating at the same power, making QPSK31 the generally preferable mode from a robustness, and thus reach, point of view." It goes on to describe that the 2 bits are transmitted for every one bit of input data, and that those bits use a convolution code for error correction. So as a user, the advantage is not speed, but accuracy of the data received at the decoder.
Say I want to make a targeted contact in a prepper situation. Is there a way to identify what mode your sender is using based off of the waterfall or tone, so you can dial in your mode settings to receive?
When doing directed calls (which I do all the time) you need to pick a frequency, time and mode. If you both don't have RXid & TXid enabled, you will need to pick the same speed (FSQ does not require this). So, if you and I want to connect on Contestia at UTC 19:00, Frequency 7.105 we both need to enable RXid & TXid if we don't use the same speed. OR you could just say Contestia 4-250 and not worry about RXid & TXid settings. Does this make sense?
Thanks Tracy for taking the time to let me know. Traveling the last few days and just getting around to see your comment. I appreciate your encouragement!!
Appreciate this dense & concise overview! And I really appreciated your prior video, which walked me through setting up FLDIGI on my rig. I'm literally watching this video while successfully decoding a Contestia net for the first time, having just installed FLDIGI. You mentioned your intent to do another specifically on Olivia/Contestia and FLMsg, but for the life of me I cannot find it or the playlist of which you say this is video #8. Did you make it? TU de W5TTA
thanks for all that information but i have a big issue and still i didnt fix it. I did setup everything and connect to my internal sound card but still dont have any frequency.
I love your videos, got me started with HF digital - but with this one .. I am confused. Too much to choose from. Which mode would you recommend for the following scenario: - Must have error correction - Keyboard to keyboard messaging - Low signal strength - need coms over 4-5000 km - Preferably file transfer - Speed less important than reliability Regards Mike
My favorite is FSQ for what you are asking. Send me an email and I will send a comparison spreadsheet to you. HamRadioMadeSimple@gmail.com. Also, my handout on FSQ.
That would be a big project put will put it on my list. I will want to include both audio and visual - see the signals and break them out. Thanks for suggesting.
It is one of the harder ones to get to work. Everything has to set correctly: Rig Settings, Windows Settings, Driver Settings & Software Settings. If one does not work, none of it works. Took me many hours to figure it out.
Your mission of educating people on digital modes is admirable. However, I have to point out that your information contains a lot of technical simplifications and/or inaccuracies. I have an engineering degree specializing in communications and I find myself wincing at your explanations. Not that it really matters in every day ham work. FWIW.
I would expect to hear this from you since you have more experience, are an engineer and a higher IQ than myself (not joking on this). Since people like yourself don't try and help us, someone has to step in and try their best. Also, I try and make it simple to understand and don't try and talk over people. I assume they are starting at the beginning of all this and don't assume much. I look forward to viewing your channel soon so you can give us the right and technical answers. Again, not trying to be sarcastic. I was always taught, if you criticize someone, show them the right way to do it. Will you take the time to do this? If you start a channel to help beginners, I will walk away from my channel once you get 1000 subscribers. I will promote yours before I sign off. This way, you can present the right information and not cringe over my errors or simplistic explanation. Again, I am totally serious on this. I don't do this because I enjoy this or can make a living off of this. I don't promote myself (keep my image from being seen as much as possible. Don't take this the wrong way. I want someone else to step up and do what is needed out there. Maybe you are the one to do this??
@@hamradiomadesimple I for one don't want you to quit you make it so easy for me to understand this and thank you for all the post's again THANK YOU k6rys (yes i'm a ham a tec but a ham nun the less).......
I find your thinking flawed, in respect of amtor and pactor, where you say its best to ignore because of the price of equipment, l have been using a pk232 muit mode tnc from 1984, and it does all modes , including psk31, with that sort of comment, ie, it’s too expensive, l assume that higher bands and EME will be out of bounds as well, ? Seeing as it’s expensive to get started, you really must remove your blinkers from your eyes, and see the whole picture, yes your videos are very useful and informative, but you seem to fall into the same trap as others on here, but never mind, after all, it’s a experimential hobby, is is not? De G1EGZ.
What is the cost of the equipment today IF you bought it now? Do you find many ham radio operators willing to spend money on it? How many operators have access to it currently in order to operate on it now? I could be wrong so thanks for pointing this out. My understanding is that not many have access to the equipment so not many users to reach for the investment. Thanks for answering any of these questions. I am an outsider looking in while you are an active user.
Just ready to get back into AR after about 30+ yrs layout. This sort of thing is SO valuable to me. When I was last active, we had AM/FM/SSB/CW/RTTY. Much of what I've heard/read lately is almost literally Greek to me. I'm bookmarking this one so I can go back again and again. Thanks! de KA8VLW, Ken, Michigan
Make sure to check out VarAC video. Easier than Fldigi to setup and much more activity too. Winlink is a great email tool and I did a video on that one also. I will be working on JS8Call for Preppers (Best Practice) and hope to have that one out by the end of the month. Let me know if you have any questions.
Outstanding, you have an excellent teaching style, and thanks for the cheatsheets you emailed me, very helpful!!
Glad you like them! I will keep making them as I find more people need them.
The best video summary on Op Modes for Fldigi I have ever seen! Just outstanding MJ. Just found your channel and am working my way thru all of your great videos. Keep up the great work. The ham community is blessed to have you creating such content!! BRAVO de Rick, K4REF
Awesome, thank you for your encouraging words! Greatly appreciated :-)
Well worth an hour of my time. I bet it will save me many hours. Thanks
Great to hear that it is saving you time!!!!! That is one of my primary goals. Shorten the learning curve cycle.
Thanks!
WOW, I am touched by your generosity. Thank you!
Wonderful explanation of digital modes. I am an Extra and have been a Ham for many years but am just now getting into digital. Your videos on setting up fldigi are invaluable! Bob AD8RR
Glad it was helpful and I hope you are having fun in the digital world of Ham Radio.
Excellent presentation. I have been using FLDIGI modestly for a while, and I learned a lot from this and your other videos. Thanks! SV0SGS
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and I hope this helps you enjoy some of the other modes on Fldigi!
This video by far is the best one yet. I had no idea how many of these modes existed. Yes I do FT8 but I have wanted to try more. This video just opened many options. CW!! I can actually watch a CW qso and maybe finally be able to learn this.
Great to hear and I thank you for the kind words. So many options, now finding someone who is using them!
Thankyou so much for your excellent FLDIGI presentation. My fellow Hams are just telling me how to use it, but you really explain clearly - how & why everything works. Now it is starting to make sense! I have definitely subscribed and look forward to your other lessons.
Great to hear! That is why I do this channel. To help others learn this from a series of systematic and logical presentations. Check out my library of videos.
Next one up is HF Propagation Tools. I wish I knew this over a year ago. You won't have to wait as long and suffer through finding the right info. Thanks again!!
Well done. This is a video that needed to be made.
Thanks, I hope your HF digital experience is one of fun and building relationships!
Exactly what I needed. I’ve been following your videos in setting up my FT-891
Thanks for letting me know this. Also, let me know if you have any issues with the setup. Do you have anyone to test your setup and equipment with?
Great work !
The reality is that digital is difficult - or at least it’s got a steep early on learning curve
Your instructional video on making sense of all these modes is a huge help !
Glad it was helpful and I look forward to hearing your success stories shortly.
Wow! What a gem of a video. Thank you for your work to overview each mode.
Glad it was helpful!
One of the best ham radio youtubes I've seen so far! Thanks!
Wow, thanks! Really appreciate the kind words Kurt!!! How do I live up to that standard now?? :-)
Great video - the best summary/breakdown of the digital modes I have found on youtube. Great work!
Wow, thanks Gary. So glad it is helping!!
Thank you for this great breakdown of the fldigi suit.
Surely you have heard of VarAC? If not, its well worth checking out. Uses the VARA modem, real time keyboard to keyboard or asynchronous comms. Has relay and beacon capability.
Thanks for taking the time to let me know. I have it all setup and ready for testing (when I get my fellow hams up on this too). Have you tried it and what are your thoughts? It looks promising and want to get a bunch of us on it to see how the relay works!!
Another great and informative video MJ. Thank you very much.
Trying to share what I learn, as I go on the same journey as you!
Very nice video. This is the first that I have seen that breaks all of the OpModes down so I can easily understand and pick the best one for the current conditions!
Thank you and I look forward to your future videos!
Thanks Paul for the kind words. I will reach out to later today via email. I have more people wanting to try the relay on FSQ.
I am diggin' your videos on FL Digi ! Thanks MJ for the great content.
Awesome, thank you!
Looking forward to it
I hope this helps you. Thanks for watching!
Incredible amount of information, BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED! TNX for the amazing info.
Glad it was helpful! My goal is to help others shorten their learning curve and they don't have to go through what I did, to figure this stuff out!!
One of your comments about QPSK31 surprised me. You said that it gets _twice_ the throughput at the same bandwidth, but according to wikipedia's article on PSK31, it says "QPSK31 has the same number of symbols per second, and hence the same bandwidth as the BPSK variant. In a coherent receiver, the bit error probability of QPSK is the same as for BPSK operating at the same power, making QPSK31 the generally preferable mode from a robustness, and thus reach, point of view." It goes on to describe that the 2 bits are transmitted for every one bit of input data, and that those bits use a convolution code for error correction. So as a user, the advantage is not speed, but accuracy of the data received at the decoder.
My error then. Thanks for pointing this out!!
Thanks for explaining all of this!
Glad it was helpful!
Say I want to make a targeted contact in a prepper situation. Is there a way to identify what mode your sender is using based off of the waterfall or tone, so you can dial in your mode settings to receive?
When doing directed calls (which I do all the time) you need to pick a frequency, time and mode. If you both don't have RXid & TXid enabled, you will need to pick the same speed (FSQ does not require this). So, if you and I want to connect on Contestia at UTC 19:00, Frequency 7.105 we both need to enable RXid & TXid if we don't use the same speed. OR you could just say Contestia 4-250 and not worry about RXid & TXid settings. Does this make sense?
Great presentation. Congratulations. It was what I needed.
Great to hear! That is my goal, to help others learn and advance!!
Great Video! Thanks for the work you put into it.
Thanks Tracy for taking the time to let me know. Traveling the last few days and just getting around to see your comment. I appreciate your encouragement!!
Nice presentation! Thank you😃
Thanks for watching and I hope this helps you enjoy some of the other modes on Fldigi!
Great presentation!
Thanks for watching and I hope this helps you enjoy some of the other modes on Fldigi!
MJ U DA MAN thanks for all the knowledge. Should be ready to roll Thanks to you.
Glad to help
a real tour de force. Great job!
Thank you very much and for taking the time to let me know this.
Appreciate this dense & concise overview! And I really appreciated your prior video, which walked me through setting up FLDIGI on my rig. I'm literally watching this video while successfully decoding a Contestia net for the first time, having just installed FLDIGI. You mentioned your intent to do another specifically on Olivia/Contestia and FLMsg, but for the life of me I cannot find it or the playlist of which you say this is video #8. Did you make it? TU de W5TTA
With my continued health decline, I can no longer make videos at this time. I do keep up sending out handout request. Thanks for your prayers.
Great presentation. Thank you!
You're very welcome! Thanks for letting me know.
Helpful video. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Great video, Thank you !
Thanks for taking the time to let me know.
thanks for all that information but i have a big issue and still i didnt fix it. I did setup everything and connect to my internal sound card but still dont have any frequency.
If you need help with this, email me at HamRadioMadeSimple@gmx.com. What time zone?
External is the way.
I love your videos, got me started with HF digital - but with this one .. I am confused. Too much to choose from.
Which mode would you recommend for the following scenario:
- Must have error correction
- Keyboard to keyboard messaging
- Low signal strength - need coms over 4-5000 km
- Preferably file transfer
- Speed less important than reliability
Regards
Mike
My favorite is FSQ for what you are asking. Send me an email and I will send a comparison spreadsheet to you. HamRadioMadeSimple@gmail.com. Also, my handout on FSQ.
Good job tx!
Thanks for taking the time out of your day to pass this onto me!!
Having audiio examples of these would be helpful, if youre considering an update.
That would be a big project put will put it on my list. I will want to include both audio and visual - see the signals and break them out. Thanks for suggesting.
EXEMPLARY EXPLAINED!😃
Thanks for taking the time to post an encouraging comment. :-)
Super! from PD5MIT
Thanks for taking the time out of your day to post this. Glad it is helping!!
THANK YOU..73S W5ZM
Glad to be able to help others.
I've never gotten it to run
It is one of the harder ones to get to work. Everything has to set correctly: Rig Settings, Windows Settings, Driver Settings & Software Settings. If one does not work, none of it works. Took me many hours to figure it out.
@@hamradiomadesimple I think it's like Cold Fusion or Quantum mechanics. Identical set up, yet different results for different people. 😂
Pretty low SNR.
Your mission of educating people on digital modes is admirable. However, I have to point out that your information contains a lot of technical simplifications and/or inaccuracies. I have an engineering degree specializing in communications and I find myself wincing at your explanations. Not that it really matters in every day ham work. FWIW.
I would expect to hear this from you since you have more experience, are an engineer and a higher IQ than myself (not joking on this). Since people like yourself don't try and help us, someone has to step in and try their best. Also, I try and make it simple to understand and don't try and talk over people. I assume they are starting at the beginning of all this and don't assume much.
I look forward to viewing your channel soon so you can give us the right and technical answers. Again, not trying to be sarcastic. I was always taught, if you criticize someone, show them the right way to do it. Will you take the time to do this?
If you start a channel to help beginners, I will walk away from my channel once you get 1000 subscribers. I will promote yours before I sign off. This way, you can present the right information and not cringe over my errors or simplistic explanation. Again, I am totally serious on this. I don't do this because I enjoy this or can make a living off of this. I don't promote myself (keep my image from being seen as much as possible. Don't take this the wrong way. I want someone else to step up and do what is needed out there. Maybe you are the one to do this??
You make a valid point. What do I do, make a video criticizing yours? That doesn't seem right.
@@hamradiomadesimple I for one don't want you to quit you make it so easy for me to understand this and thank you for all the post's again THANK YOU k6rys (yes i'm a ham a tec but a ham nun the less).......
I find your thinking flawed, in respect of amtor and pactor, where you say its best to ignore because of the price of equipment, l have been using a pk232 muit mode tnc from 1984, and it does all modes , including psk31, with that sort of comment, ie, it’s too expensive, l assume that higher bands and EME will be out of bounds as well, ? Seeing as it’s expensive to get started, you really must remove your blinkers from your eyes, and see the whole picture, yes your videos are very useful and informative, but you seem to fall into the same trap as others on here, but never mind, after all, it’s a experimential hobby, is is not? De G1EGZ.
What is the cost of the equipment today IF you bought it now? Do you find many ham radio operators willing to spend money on it? How many operators have access to it currently in order to operate on it now? I could be wrong so thanks for pointing this out. My understanding is that not many have access to the equipment so not many users to reach for the investment. Thanks for answering any of these questions. I am an outsider looking in while you are an active user.
Really helpful summary, thanks for putting it together. W0ZZK
Glad it was helpful! I believe the latest update of Fldigi dropped some of the Modes that were fun to try.
Thanks!
Thank you Mike!!
Thanks!
Thanks for doing this. I really appreciate it my friend.