[Elecraft] Making a Signalink cable for the K3's 8-pinmicconnector

[Jim Brown]

On 5/9/2014 2:58 PM, Wes (N7WS) wrote:
> Maybe I should give JT65 a try, except as a former "copy-by-ear" EMEer 
> I think it's "cheating" on that mode :-)
>

JT65 has elements of watching paint dry, but like some of Joe Taylor's 
other modes, it can be a thrill making otherwise impossible QSOs, like 
MS using FSK441 and ionospheric scatter using ISCAT at ridiculous S/N.  
I've recently begun using his newest, JT9, which uses only about 20Hz, 
gets 100% copy at -24, and 50% copy at -26. Last week, I had a sked with 
AB3CV on 160M around my sunset, and got successive decodes at -22, -23, 
-24, -25, and -26. He wasn't decoding me, so we didn't make the Q.

A few summers back, K7BV was doing 6M grid trips on his way to and from 
ham conventions to run the Yaesu booth, celebrating his recovery from a 
VERY nasty cancer surgery. He was making lots of guys happy with very 
rare grids, with QSOs in the 300 - 1500 mile range. I think I picked up 
about ten. Mostly FSK441, some CW.  He was running about 800W, setting 
up with a Honda generator.

73, Jim K9YC