Operating WSJT X with background 3 band skimmer - softerhardware/Hermes-Lite2 GitHub Wiki
Here is the setup I'm using to operate FT8/FT4 with Hermes-lite.
The main program is SparkSDR which I run 3 receivers on 40m/20m/15m that matches my fan dipole. I setup FT8/FT4/JT9/PSK skimmers on each of those three bands. I then use the 4th receiver as the interface to WSJT-X. With VB-Audio Cable and rigctl WSJT-X is able to control that receiver to tune any frequency or mode.
To setup SparkSDR pick the transceiver that will be dedicated to WSJT-X. Set it to DigiU, and then open up the configuration by pressing the ... button in the bottom right. Inside pick The VB-Audio cable for both input and output, then enable Rigctl CAT. When it's enabled remember the port for WSJT-X. In this example the port 51111.
Then setup WSJT-X
- Hamlib NET rigctl
- IP Adress of the machine where SparkSDR is running
- same port as in Spark configured 51111
- VB-Audio cable.
I find it helpful to use pskreporter to visualize what is happening on the three different bands.
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