How To Get Your Yaesu HF Rig Talking To Your PC Via USB For Digital Modes – I cover the drivers, menu settings and testing of your FTdx3000 or your FT-991(a). This is a comprehensive HowTo, so it’s a bit of a long video. If you are having trouble with getting this stuff working, go through the settings and testing with me and I’ll bet when you’re done, you’ll be up and working on digital!

Look below for the menu items that need to be set:

FTdx3000 Menu Settings for Digital:
038 CAT RATE = 38400bps
040 CAT RTS = DISABLE
065 PC KEYING = RTS
067 DATA MODE = OTHERS
069 OTHER DISP = 1500Hz
070 OTHER SHIFT = 1500Hz
075 DATA IN SELECT = USB
077 DATA OUT LEVEL = 15 (You may need to play with this)

FT-991/a Menu Settings for Digital:
031 CAT RATE = 38400bps
033 CAT RTS = DISABLE
062 DATA MODE = OTHERS
064 OTHER DISP = 1500Hz
065 OTHER SHIFT = 1500Hz
066 DATA LCUT FREQ = OFF
068 DATA HCUT FREQ = OFF
071 DATA PTT SELECT = RTS
072 DATA IN SELECT = USB
077 DATA OUT LEVEL = 15 (You may need to play with this)
076 FM PKT PTT SELECT = RTS
077 FM PKT PORT SELECT = USB
078 FM PKT TX GAIN = 25
107 SSB OUT LEVEL = 12 (You may need to play with this)
108 SSB PTT SELECT = RTS
109 SSB PORT SELECT = USB

Contents
00:00 – How To Get Your Yaesu HF Rig Talking To Your PC Via USB For Digital Modes Intro
03:00 – Background on digital connections for these radios
07:05 – Installing the radio drivers on your PC
19:07 – FTdx3000 Menu Settings
28:44 – FT-991/a Menu Settings
32:48 – Setting up the sound card levels and features in Windows
36:10 – Let’s test our setup with WSJT-x (fast config for testing)
40:00 – Oh my god… I found a software bug with rig control!
41:56 – Shot of front of radio during PTT test. Shows mode as well
47:50 – More software examples… FLDigi and Vara HF with Winlink
1:00:00 – Closing thoughts

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