FT8 Setup

I've finally got my FT8 setup the way I want it. Took a while and a bit of reseach, but I can now switch between radios easily and the logging, including LOTW, which is a black art of its own. There is loads of information avaiable so I wont repeat it. My final scrren layout is shown below. What I did find was that if I just closed the PC down the gridtracker display didn't save. What I have to do is close gridtracker with the close button before shutting down.

FT8 RF Issues

After my experiment with Linux ended, mainly due to lack of apprpiate software, I managed, quite easily to get the machine back on Windows 11. After reinstalling all the software I noticed an issue with FT8. That was RF getting in somewhere and stopping WSJT transmitting. This also seem to be an issue with the FT710. After some seaching I obtained some screened leads for the USB connection to both radios. These are the ones Tripp Lite USB 2.0 Hi-Speed A/B Device Cable Ferrite Chokes (M/M), 1.83 m (U023-006) These seemed to work but still found situations where it failed. I think this must have been cable location and the position of my feet under the desk!!! Anyway I found some extra large ferrites which I added to the leads and I am currently running 50w of FT8 on 60m with no issues, yet. Innfeeltech 5 Pcs Ferrite Ring Core Black Clip-on Ferrite Core EMI Noise Suppressor Cable clip with 13mm inner diameter for USB Cords, Square Type Enhanced Hopefully this is the final fix but time will tell.