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[GI0KMX]

Hi all

I am keen to get my rather dusty 321 back in use and given the USB mode only I wondered if anyone has got it working reliably on FT8 or even PSK?

If so any advice on set up and use would be appreciated

Thanks in advance

Chris

[WA9AFM]

Not familiar with that particular radio, but both FT8 and PSK operate on USB.

[GI0KMX]

Many thanks for the reply. The Racal UK VRC 321 is a British army military radio working on any freq from 1.5 to 29.999 Mhz AM/ CW / USB only. It gives a good 50-55 watts output and if aligned correctly is absolutely rock steady on all freqs. I have managed to get it connected to to a USB /soundcard interface working on a laptop with Windows and the FT8 S/Ware. The one thing is that the radio is spot freq specific and requires you to put a USB offset into the dials and getting this absolutely right needed for FT8 is proving to be a bit of a problem! Any help and suggestions would be appreciated. I have tried to insert a picture of the radio but cannot seem to get it to work on my Mac!

Chris GI0KMX