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Moving to linux, how to set up Ft-950?
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Hello, I'm in the process of setting my shack back up and want to use Linux. Years ago I used a singalink USB and cat cable that runs to an Edgeport USB converter to connect to my pc. This worked fine in Windows, but i'm not sure how to get everything talking in Linux. I've tried searching for a "get started" guide but i'm not having any luck / a bit out of my depth here. Can anyone recommend a good tutorial to set up an FT-950 in linux to use rig control and digital modes? Any helpful tips appreciated! Joe - KC9LFP
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I am slightly embarrassed to bring this up, I thought I knew how to do this, but I'm stuck. I have a Win 11 laptop, I downloaded the windows drivers from Yaesu, connected to the radio, FLRig immediately worked. I have a Raspberry Pi running bookworm. I switched it from Pipeline to Pulse and from Wayland to X11. lsusb shows the Silicon Laps CP2105 Dual UART Bridge. When I open Pulse, it shows PCM2903C Audio CODEC but it does not show any USB drivers. When I try FLRIG config FTDX10, click update then select "/dev/serial/by-id/usb-Silicon_Labs_CP2105_Dual_USB_to_UART_Bridge_Controller_01829563-if00-port0", baud=38400 and 1 stop bit, and click Init, I get "Transceiver not responding". If I try the other port: "/dev/serial/by-id/usb-Silicon_Labs_CP2105_Dual_USB_to_UART_Bridge_Controller_01829563-if01-port0" ... I get the same thing. I tried to search for a solution and did not find anything. I have two more RP with identical config running a Yaesu FT710 and a Yaesu FT897. Both are excellent, no issues. All suggestions are welcome!
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Fldigi ver4.2.06 and 4.2.06.21
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Hi. Running on LMDE 6 all up-to-date, on a 4 core Intel platform with 8G of RAM. Fldigi 4.2.06.21 (alpha) has a buggy AFC feature. It's been flaky since I first tried it, but intermittently the control (lower right, under the T/R button) would be "Greyed Out" so unable to change it's state. The "greyed out" LED sort of indicates AFC is disabled, but in truth it is enabled and causes problems with noisy MFSK signals, where it can wander off to a neighbouring QRM signal. Restarting Fldigi used to (most, but not all times) fix it, but now the control is permanently disabled, but the behind GUI AFC functionality is still running, and I'm unable to turn that off.. ver4.2.06 (release.) It's AFC seems to mostly work as "normal". With no changes to the perfs files. That is, as configured, they both use the same files in the default location just fine, but the .21 Alpha version is very confused about if it has an enabled AFC control, or not. Plus as above, when the on/off control is disabled, the AFC functionality is running! Everything else seems OK, as far as what I've used anyway. Though the logic of what modes allow the AFC to be used, I haven't fathomed yet. I can only conclude the AFC On/Off control Enable/Disable in 4.2.06.21 is buggy, so have reverted to the release version. 73. Dave G0WBX.
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FL Digi Help
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Hi All, I have a question on FL Digi on a Mac. I had an older MacBook Pro with an Intel processor. I just bought a new MacBook Air with the M3 processor. I am having problems getting FLDigi to work on it. I gave the Mac permission to run the program and permission to use microphone. I downloaded and installed FL Digi 4.2.06 . When it comes up, it asked for permission several times and keeps on ending the program. Is it the M3 processor or is it something I should change on the Mac? I hope somebody has an answer to this. Thank you, Pat AB3IK
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CTY-3508 Country Files - 12 March 2025
The Country (CTY) Files were updated on 12 March 2025: https://www.country-files.com/cty-3508-12-march-2025/ For installation instructions, start at: https://www.country-files.com/ Hover your mouse over the word Contest in the menu, then select the software you are using. To install the file, follow the link to your software at the top of the page. If you are interested in a bigger CTY.DAT for everyday logging, you can get it here: https://www.country-files.com/big-cty-12-march-2025/ Note that the release notes (and Version Entity) for this larger file are different than what is shown below. There is a separate link to them. As a reminder, there is an RSS feed of the latest country file announcements: https://www.country-files.com/feed/ Here are the release notes: 12 March 2025 (CTY-3508) VER20250312, Version entity is Bangladesh, S2 Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: * EG60GURU is Spain, EA * TO1Q is Guadeloupe, FG * TX9A is Austral Islands, FO/a * FO/F4LYI is Marquesas Islands, FO/m * GS4WAB/P is Scotland, GM * KT4XL is United States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 8 * NS9I is United States, K in CQ zone 5, ITU zone 8 * K6JPB and KZ7MFL are both Alaska, KL * LU9DCA/D is Argentina, LU * RA0QK/8 is Asiatic Russia, UA9 Removed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: * EA2EZ/P in Spain, EA * TX7W in Austral Islands, FO/a * TX100REF and TX7WW in Marquesas Islands, FO/m * KJ5APX in Hawaii, KH6 * R9FCS/4 and R9JQ/6 in European Russia, UA * RT2F/P in Kaliningrad, UA2 Though I am subscribed to this reflector so that I can make these announcements, I do not see most messages posted to it. If you have any comments or corrections to the country file, please contact me directly. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, https://ad1c.us
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flrig alpha and icom ic-7760
Hi, I'm playing with this and, at first look, IC-7760 seems compatible with IC-7610 handling, so for any brave souls here is a patch to test: https://ixion.pld-linux.org/~arekm/flrig-IC7660-alpha.patch To be applied on top of git://git.code.sf.net/p/fldigi/flrig pu/df branch. ps. power levels are interpolated, so could incorrectly reflect real power -- Arkadiusz Mi?kiewicz, arekm / ( maven.pl | pld-linux.org )
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#flrig Switching from CW to FT8 leaves filter width at 500 Hz
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This is a problem that has been bugging me for sometime. I finally decided to look into it. I am running an IC-7300 and connecting to it with flrig. Most times I change my operating from CW to FT8 the filter bandwidth remains at 500 Hz. I am using WSJT-X to effect the switch. I have found the trace where WSJT-X is requesting the mode change and can see the XML and CAT interfaces. In the section below I see 4 CI-V transactions: at 681 ms - On selected VFO, set USB-D, filter 1. at 684 ms - Set bandwidth 9 - which I assume is what is setting it to 500 Hz (0 is 50 Hz, 40 is 3600 Hz). at 686 and 689 ms - these are setting default Twin PBT settings. Should we keep the bandwidth when we change modes or just keep the selected filter or even select the default filter for that mode? 73 Phil GM3ZZA 14:52:21.680 : readRequest: <?xml version="1.0"?> <?clientid="hamlib(24283)"?> <methodCall><methodName>rig.set_modeA</methodName> <params><param><value>USB-D</value></param></params></methodCall> 14:52:21.681 : WriteBuffer: FE FE 94 E0 26 00 01 01 01 FD 14:52:21.683 : 1: ReadEcho [2.13 msec] (10): FE FE 94 E0 26 00 01 01 01 FD 14:52:21.684 : ReadBuffer [3.254000 msec]: FE FE E0 94 FB FD 14:52:21.684 : WriteBuffer: FE FE 94 E0 1A 03 09 FD 14:52:21.686 : 1: ReadEcho [2.13 msec] (14): FE FE 94 E0 1A 03 09 FD FE FE E0 94 FB FD 14:52:21.686 : ReadBuffer [2.175000 msec]: FE FE E0 94 FB FD 14:52:21.686 : WriteBuffer: FE FE 94 E0 14 07 01 28 FD 14:52:21.688 : 1: ReadEcho [2.12 msec] (9): FE FE 94 E0 14 07 01 28 FD 14:52:21.689 : ReadBuffer [3.224000 msec]: FE FE E0 94 FB FD 14:52:21.689 : WriteBuffer: FE FE 94 E0 14 08 01 28 FD 14:52:21.692 : 1: ReadEcho [2.12 msec] (15): FE FE 94 E0 14 08 01 28 FD FE FE E0 94 FB FD 14:52:21.692 : ReadBuffer [2.161000 msec]: FE FE E0 94 FB FD 14:52:21.692 : writeResponse: HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: XMLRPC++ 0.8 Content-Type: text/xml Content-length: 120 <?xml version="1.0"?> <methodResponse><params><param> <value><i4>1</i4></value> </param></params></methodResponse>
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GD. I really like FLdigi. Tell me, is it possible to add to the Settings menu item “send QSO via the UDP (or TCP) protocol to an external IP server”, as is done, for example, in WSJT-X.
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CTY-3507 Country Files - 07 March 2025
The Country (CTY) Files were updated on 07 March 2025: https://www.country-files.com/cty-3507-07-march-2025/ For installation instructions, start at: https://www.country-files.com/ Hover your mouse over the word Contest in the menu, then select the software you are using. To install the file, follow the link to your software at the top of the page. If you are interested in a bigger CTY.DAT for everyday logging, you can get it here: https://www.country-files.com/big-cty-07-march-2025/ Note that the release notes (and Version Entity) for this larger file are different than what is shown below. There is a separate link to them. As a reminder, there is an RSS feed of the latest country file announcements: https://www.country-files.com/feed/ Here are the release notes: 7 March 2025 (CTY-3507) VER20250307, Version entity is Israel, 4X Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: * AO8M is Spain, EA * GB1KBR is Scotland, GM * HJ4ADR/0 is San Andres & Providencia, HK0/a * 7N3CNW/JD1 is Minami Torishima, JD/m * K0NW, K0SB, K2MMT, KC9EI, KL7KWA and W9KNI are all United States, K in CQ zone 3, ITU zone 6 * KA4RUR, KA9OMY, KD9S, KF9MT, N3LHQ, N9JNQ, W3GW, W7JR and W9UUM are all United States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 7 * AC4ZH, AF4AI, K0EMT, K4NH, K4YUC, K5XQ, KC4IR, KE4QCY, KO4EVC, N4BCD, W1HRB, W5BAM and WA4CDP are all United States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 8 * K9EE, K9GMM, KK9TT, KN0A, N5HF, W8CS, W8NUD, WA5T and WB6RAB are all United States, K in CQ zone 5, ITU zone 8 * KC0QZS is Hawaii, KH6 * AI1L and KC7CRS are both Alaska, KL * R108M and R25BLIN are both European Russia, UA * UB8M/1 is European Russia, UA in ITU zone 19 * RL1I/P is European Russia, UA in CQ zone 17, ITU zone 20 Removed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: * KC4USC in Antarctica, CE9 * GB1RB in Scotland, GM * AE5MI, AG4P, AI5A, K0MP, K0UM, K4CWW, K4LEN, K4TO, K5IJ, K7KMM, K7TRT, K9RK, KA4GAV, KA8NJW, KB8NUF, KC4NX, KD9OFG, KE8TEH, KG5UN, KI4ZRH, KI5GX, KM4ECH, KN4CG, KN4SLP, KN4VKW, KT3R, KT4XL, KW5DRE, N0EUV, N0MH, N0ZO, N4JKO, N4SEV, N6GR, N7ML, N8KDX, N9FDE, ND6K, NR9Q, W0FLZ, W0NF, W0RSJ, W3HDH, W4IPA, W4JGD, W4MRF, W4YTO, W4ZHA, W7GKF, W8TMT, W9PL, WA0YPC, WA1TYB, WA2SWX, WA9DDK, WB4KUU, WC2A, WF8D and WV8HAT in United States, K * W3OGG in Hawaii, KH6 * KE6DFY in Alaska, KL * K9P and KM4GAU in Puerto Rico, KP4 * UE82M and UE82ML in European Russia, UA * UA9AR/P in Asiatic Russia, UA9 * VK4MUD/7 in Australia, VK Though I am subscribed to this reflector so that I can make these announcements, I do not see most messages posted to it. If you have any comments or corrections to the country file, please contact me directly. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, https://ad1c.us
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AndFlmsg V1.6.0.7 posted on Bitbucket
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Hello dear OMs, I have added the THOR32, THOR44 and THOR56 modes to the Android AndFlmsg application. It should also now install without complaining on 64bit ARM and 64bit X64 devices with the "latish" Android versions. The download directory is at https://bitbucket.org/VK2ETA/andflmsg/downloads/ The public GIT repository access is at https://bitbucket.org/VK2ETA/andflmsg/src/master/ All the best. 73, John (VK2ETA)
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CTY-3506 Country Files - 28 February 2025
The Country (CTY) Files were updated on 28 February 2025: https://www.country-files.com/cty-3506-28-february-2025/ For installation instructions, start at: https://www.country-files.com/ Hover your mouse over the word Contest in the menu, then select the software you are using. To install the file, follow the link to your software at the top of the page. If you are interested in a bigger CTY.DAT for everyday logging, you can get it here: https://www.country-files.com/big-cty-28-february-2025/ Note that the release notes (and Version Entity) for this larger file are different than what is shown below. There is a separate link to them. As a reminder, there is an RSS feed of the latest country file announcements: https://www.country-files.com/feed/ Here are the release notes: 28 February 2025 (CTY-3506) VER20250228, Version entity is Tajikistan, EY Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: * IT9ECY/CH is Sicily, *IT9 * EA8JR and EA9ADD are both Spain, EA * TX7XG is French Polynesia, FO * GB0GGR, GB5AG and GB5CC are all Scotland, GM * IZ3QBN/CRT is Italy, I * K1AY is United States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 8 * NA1M is Mariana Islands, KH0 * KI6BGQ, N6URO, N6UYY and N8YCF are all Hawaii, KH6 * AG6PI and NA9Z are both Alaska, KL * LU1VOF/D, LU2DT/D, LU4DPL/H, LU5DLH/D, LU5DTF/D, LU6UVI/D, LU7ETZ/D, LU7EYX/D, LU8DBB/D, LU9DEW/D, LU9EI/D, LW2DJG/D, LW2DMS/D, LW2EAS/D, LW2EDL/D, LW6DR/D and LW6EGE/D are all Argentina, LU * LU1VJK/V, LU1VNH/V, LU1XMO/XA, LU3WFJ/XA, LU8XW/XP and LU9WT/XA are all Argentina, LU in ITU zone 16 * UB0IBA/7 is European Russia, UA * R8AIM/0 is in ITU zone 23, not ITU zone 30 * R85DPSH is Asiatic Russia, UA9 * UB9MCW/P is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 18, ITU zone 32 * R4FBJ/0 is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 19, ITU zone 23 Removed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: * EM1EHR in Antarctica, CE9 * TO0J in French Guiana, FY * AC1RU, K9ROB, KC5CZC, KE6KVE and KK4REY in Alaska, KL * K6VH in Puerto Rico, KP4 * R2025NY, R8FF/P, R9JAB/6/P, RK25NY, RN25NY, RT25NY, RW25NY, RX25NY, UA4FMQ/P, UA9SY/4 and UE25NY in European Russia, UA * RA0QK/8, RA8CP/P, RC1BM/P, RC5B/8, RO25NY and RU25NY in Asiatic Russia, UA9 * ZS85VDAM in South Africa, ZS Though I am subscribed to this reflector so that I can make these announcements, I do not see most messages posted to it. If you have any comments or corrections to the country file, please contact me directly. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, https://ad1c.us
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Is there a limit on notifications?
Running FLDIGI version 4.1.18 on a Raspberry Pi 4. I seem to be limited to 21 custom text search notifications before they begin glitching and changing form into "My callsign de CALL" notifications. Is this limit normal and expected? Is there any workaround for this limit? Thanks!
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Allow mic MAC OS 4.2.06
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i am getting the allow mic loop. How do i fix it? ray W8LYJ
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I posted a while back with issues getting FLrig working properly with my FT-747GX. I gave up on it for a while and today I randomly decided to try again. I came across a group.io thread where Dave recommended adding "return true;" to the beginning of the bool RIG_FT747::check() method in FT747GX.cxx. See the thread here: /g/linuxham/topic/ft_747gx_flrig_osx/104026557?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,20,2,0,104026557,previd%3D1708455867012856727,nextid%3D1706669712837988482&previd=1708455867012856727&nextid=1706669712837988482 I did this and recompiled and I had a connection to the radio. However, it seemed to be constantly polling the radio and could not get any changes communicated from the radio to the computer or the other way around. I changed the polling intervall to 2000ms and it looks like I'm rolling! Just wanted to help out others in the future. And who knows probably myself in the future too lol.
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Ok, I'm hoping something is not wrong with the radio but that is looking less and less likely. I have a Yaesu FT-991a that has been working FB for a few years. The other day I sat down at the shack to do some FT-8 and noticed that I wasn't getting any power out when transmitting. I've done system updates which includes kernel updates, obviously rebooting etc. to no effect. I've also recently changed my desktop speakers from ones that used the on-board audio to providing their own soundcard via USB-C. I can easily use pavucontrol to setup the audio devices and what applications they are attached to and am receiving audio from the radio fine. Even when sending audio to the radio the VU meter built into pavucontrol is showing audio. I've reviewed the menu settings many times at this point using Dave's guide and can't find any problems. I have done a full reset on the radio and set everything up from scratch. I can turn on the monitor (MONI) and I can hear audio when I use the front mic but not when transmitting digital modes (AND I don't know if that's expected to work). I've also tried using a Signalink USB which is configured to use the DATA port of the radio which had the exact same results. Receive audio works fine, no TX audio output. To summarize... 1. Receive audio works using on-board sound card, TX audio does not. 2. Receive audio works using Signalink, TX audio does not. 3. CAT control works 4. PTT works Any other ideas before I ship the radio to Yaesu? Thanks, Richard KF5OIM
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Hello Dave and the rest of the talented programming team. My system is Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon. I use the Wiki to build the Fldigi suite. When I use Fldigi for a while, like on a net, it will freeze. When I look at Top Fldigi is up over 120 percent. Tonight during a net it went up above 200 percent. I'm using Fldigi version 4.2.05. It also does it on version 4.2.05.04. This has happened to me before and there was a fix for this. A noob like me didn't understand what was done so I can't remember what the fix was. If no one else is seeing this on Linux then it could be my system but I wanted to make sure there's not a problem lurking somewhere. I hate to bring up the dark side but I didn't see the high CPU usage on my other PC which is Windows. 73, Ron NY3J
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MacOS 15.3.1 USB and flrig
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I recently tried to run flrig 2.0.05 and it tells me the COM port is not responding. I then go into config and select /dev/tty.SLAB_USBtoUART4. After Pressing init it hangs and a forced quit is needed. I think it all started after upgrading to macOS 15.3.1. Was the serial driver replaced? I think something was changed in the USB drivers because upon boot my computer does not recognize my keyboard if it is connected to my USB hub. I need to connect direct to USB to be recognized. If the system is already running, using the hub/keyboard combo is not a problem. If I use a Windows 10 VM, I have no issues. Any ideas? v/r, Carlos
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Hello, I like to use FLDigi for RTTY and I have been working the RITTY contest this weekend. I am using my Elecraft K4 to send RTTY since its build it and works well. I noticed FLDigi is not decoding RTTY when I am in FSK mode to be able to send RTTY. If I move to DATA mode it decodes. I opened the filter on the FSK to get more of the siglanl into FLDigi but no decode. Im not sure if it’s the mode or the filter but if any can let me know I would like FLDigi to decode RTTY in FSK mode. Tim KM4ESU
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I have been trying to run FlDigi in Linux, no luck at all. Stats: Chromebook, Linux penguin, (setup by a friend for his BBS) Anyone 5888uv, with a Digi rig. FlDigi is downloaded and unzipped then nothing. My friend says I have all the proper cables and hardware. Is a a hardware issue or a total lack of Linux knowledge? Thanks for you advice
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Where to send user modified/tested/debugged sources?
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One for Dave 'HKJ. What is the preferred way to submit modified/tested/debugged sources? And in what format? (I for one would "prefer to avoid" git etc, as I have never had a good experience with those systems, being all too easy to "royally mess things up!") 73. Dave G0WBX.
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