You can also set it so it shows the callsigns of the stations.
The waterfall shows a graphical representation of what is being recieved. This is all assuming you use the default colours. Your signals are shown with a white background. If everything has been setup correctly, the application communicating with the rig, the soundcard levels set, the rig tuned to one of the JT65 frequencies (you can select them from the QRG pulldown) and the antenna tuned you can just sit and watch contacts appearing on the Exchange screen.ĬQs and DX calls appear in green, existing exchanges between stations are shown in blue. Again not a problem you just need to be aware of it.
Also if you normally use QRZ.COM to enter the various station fields from within HRD Logbook you will find that the stations added from JT65HF will need refreshing to get their full details. Not a great problem but if you were waiting for that elusive QSL card and wondering why this is the reason. You have to manually select the QSO's in HRD Logbook and upload them to eQSL manually. What I have found though is if you have HRD to automatically send an eQSL to it doesn't work when using this method of log addition. Clicking the next Log QSO button actually writes the entry to the logbook - in my case the HRD logbook. When you have finished the QSO button you simply press the Log QSO button and a dialog box allowing you to customize any message appears. They conveniently change colour throughout a QSO which is useful if you are wondering what to press next! The main buttons controlling the dialog exchange are on the right hand side and are arranged in a logical order. Above the current date and time are the audio input level and a user defined output level. If you have CAT working successfully the frequency and band are in the QRG and Band boxes top left. The screen shows the waterfall in the narrow portion and the dialog exchange in the main scrollable window. You do have to stop DM780 before you start JT65-HF however. If you are using Ham Radio Deluxe with CAT simply choose the "Cat is enabled via Ham Radio Deluxe." option and, assuming you already have HRD working fine, it will work seamlessly. A lot of the extensive settings can be left at the default, It also asks you what form of logging you have. When first launched it asks you for your station details, the rig connection, the sound cards and whether you are using CAT. Obviously a lot of work has gone into this and joy of joys it interfaces really well with Ham Radio Deluxe. One of which is JT65-HF HB9HQX Edition which is currently at version 0.9.98.0
As part of my exploration into the, new to me, JT65 mode I have found lots of pieces of software written to make the use of the mode.