I scotch tape the ear buds to the microphone on a pair of Apple ear buds plugged into the PC. Then set up a fox instance and several hound instances on the same PC. Any number of different scenarios can then be demonstrated.
73; W2PKY On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 9:57 PM Gene Marsh via wsjt-devel < [email protected]> wrote: > That’s BRILLIANT! > > 73 de W8NET Miles / “Gene” > Secretary, Portage County Amateur Radio Service (PCARS) > > On Jan 2, 2019, at 9:22 PM, Gary Hinson <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >
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