Hi George,
Another approach is to use AUDIO instead of RF for your demo. No radios needed, just laptops. Deliberately route the FT8 audio output to the loudspeaker and use the microphone for audio input. In a typical meeting room, there is generally enough audio level for decoding, above the usual hubbub of excited hams. [An interesting point that! FT8 handles weak sigs and QRM very nicely.] I’ve run a workshop like that. The first part of the session involves getting the software installed, running and configured on all the attendees’ laptops, with appropriate audio & station settings and accurate clocks. Ideally that should be a separate pre-session, with competent helpers on hand to deal with the inevitable issues … or maybe a set of ‘loaner’ laptops pre-configured. The second part gets everyone at least receiving and decoding FT8, and hopefully most of them transmitting too, making QSOs within the room. The third part moves into fox-n-hounds, contesting and whatever, for those who have the stamina and interest! 73 GL Gary ZL2iFB From: WB5JJJ <[email protected]> Sent: 03 January 2019 12:10 To: WSJT software development <[email protected]> Subject: [wsjt-devel] F/H demo at local hamfest I have been asked to set up a F/H demo for our hamfest in March. I'm thinking run the power all the way down on some rigs set up around the room and transmitting into dummy loads on a very discrete frequency so as to not get people too excited elsewhere. This way the local hams could actually see what is going on with the Fox and maybe understand the operation a bit better. Since none of us here are experienced "Foxes", some guidance in this area would be really great. I know RTFM and I have done that, but experience is a better teacher, in my view. So, does anyone have a step by step guide on how to set up the Fox and what to expect on the Fox side during this demo? Help would be greatly appreciated to those that are in the know on this subject. Please answer off list. I'm good on QRZ. Thanks. George - WB5JJJ
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