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modes
Ok now I know that my favorite mode is mfsk16... and maybe this
should be a Poll thing, but would like to see what others think.
The main reason for this is the comprimise between bandwidth and
percentage of copy. The second reason is I just like the sound of
it.
Dave(hkj) has led me astray with 23 shift RTTY that blew most of
my conclusions away. Also the 2 tone Olivia needs to be looked at
also...
bpsk31 is the most common mode for normal for digi comms, but is
it the best overall.
Any ideas, preferences or just plain comments?
Dave(ve3ixi)
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Two feature suggestions
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A few things that may be useful for gMFSK:
1. CW ID for Olivia. Currently the program already does this for MT63,
however I can imagine it being very useful for Olivia, especially when
you're not running 1000/32 or 500/16. Just have it send "$mycall Olivia
$bw/$tones" a few Hz below the lowest tone.
2. TX timer. Show how long you've been transmitting, and how long it
will take to send the text currently in the buffer. Optionally, make it
show some warning (or refuse to take more text) if a certain time limit
will be exceeded. This would be great for operation through a repeater,
where the 3-minute timeout timer hangs ominously overhead as you're
typing out your message.
-Joe, KD8ATU
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gmfsk & serial counter
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I'm obviously doing something wrong, but don't know what. I get:
run_command error:failed to execute child process "/home/ed/contest"
(permission denied)
I looked at the permissions and they seem right, so what am I missing
? I get the first part of the macro, but not the serial number in the
buffer. I just used the examples from the readme to test the setup.
Any ideas ???
Ed W3NR
Debian Sarge 3.1 gMfsk ver 0.6
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gmfsk & serial counter **SOLVED**
I took a break as my mind was not functioning well, and I was just
guessing. Altho I had RTFM, I didn't do it well enough. I didn't have
a full path statement in the macro. I knew it was something simple, as
usual around here. Now, how do I start the counter with 001 instead of
0001. ??
Ed W3NR
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Contest Counter
ED-
Glad that Dave was able to work with you on the contest counter and
get it working.
He has worked with me on similar stuff and was kind enuff to work
with me on the interface for the Icom 728. That took a few go
arounds but in the end its up and running and stable.
Made life a lot more fun on this end.
The gMFSK version that hkj and I use is well worth all looking at.
The improvements make for a much more user friendly program and at
the same time bring it up to level of digital software that is equal
if not better than anything on the bands today.
Dave(ve3ixi)
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Email Address
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Dave or Dave, is there any way to hide our email address's in our
post. This is the only yahoo group I belong to that does this. Thanks
Ed
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hints on using gmfsk
I've discovered a nice shortcut in gmfsk that will help you in setting
up and changing a mode. For example, send speed in CW, or tones/bw in
Olivia. You do not need to use the menus to get to the config dialog
box. Just left click with the mouse on the status bar over the box
that has the mode name in it. The dialog box will pop open.
If you have discovered similar shortcuts share them with the group.
Dave (hkj)
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Serial Number Question
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Is there a way to send the number more than once in a single exchange?
Say as :
qsl ur 599 001 001 001 qsl
Ed W3NR
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Linux IPC (interprocess communication facilities)
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I was wondering if gMFSK IPC has a message queue/shared memory for the
real time receive data besides just the logging end of it. Also would
like to find out how to tell which message queue id/shared memory is in
use by gMFSK.
I can use the ipcs command to show the queues and shared memory but how
do you tell which one is the right one.
I Would like to learn more ..
Anyone know of a good website that could help me out on the Sys V IPC?
73,
Tim-KC4UMS
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New Versions Posted on www.w1hkj.com
New versions of:
gmfsk-hkj (.45)
ArgoV (1.03b)
DeltaII (1.03b), and
Icom728 (1.03b)
have just been posted. Some cosmetic changes particulary in the CAT
programs to use real numerals instead of the pseudo LEDs. Much easier
to read especially for old tired eyes.
Gmfsk interface to the CAT programs now exchanges frequency data to
the nearest Hz. This version of gmfsk-hkj will not share memory with
the older versions of DeltaII, ArgoV or Icom728. Nothing breaks, just
no data transfer. This update to gmfsk-hkj is in preparation for the
posting of a CAT for the venerable Kachina 505 transceiver. A Linux
interface for that rig is about 70% completed. After extensive
testing, on and off air, the code will be posted.
Enjoy,
Dave (hkj)
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Correction to last posting
Icom728, ArgoV & DeltaII are now version 1.031b
Found a common logic error in all three ... fixed!
Dave (hkj)
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new versions
hkj-45 up and running. looks good
Icom 728 up and also fine (and I do like the diplay numbers much better)
Dave(ve3ixi)
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My learning experience with IPC Perl gMFSK
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#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#
#Thanks Dave(W1HKJ) for your help - Tim KC4UMS
#
#Save all of this with the name "ipc_rcv.pl"
#From your shell type "chmod 777 ipc_rcv.pl"
#Run from the shell by typing "./ipc_rcv.pl"
#Log entry from gMFSK will display the fields in the shell
#
#This is the output after running the ipcs command from the shell
#With gMFSK running key 0x000004d6 decimal 1238 is the queue for gMFSK
#
#------ Message Queues --------
#key msqid owner perms used-bytes messages
#0x000004d6 753664 kc4ums 666 0 0
#
use IPC::SysV qw(IPC_PRIVATE IPC_RMID IPC_CREAT S_IRWXU);
#intialize the id same as msqid above to -1
$id = -1;
# Connect to the queue or create one(gMFSK not running)
my $id = msgget(1238,0666|IPC_CREAT);
# If $id is not a -1 we are ok
if ($id != -1)
{
print "Press CTL-C to terminate \n \n ";
# start a loop to receive mesaages
while(){
msgrcv($id, $rcvd, 1200, 0, 0) || die "Error queue $id";
# Split the string into an array by the "\1" character
@rcvd = split("\1",$rcvd,100);
print "$rcvd[0] \n"; #Xprogram
print "$rcvd[1] \n"; #version
print "$rcvd[2] \n"; #date
print "$rcvd[3] \n"; #time
print "$rcvd[4] \n"; #endtime
print "$rcvd[5] \n"; #call
print "$rcvd[6] \n"; #mhz
print "$rcvd[7] \n"; #mode
print "$rcvd[8] \n"; #tx
print "$rcvd[9] \n"; #rx
print "$rcvd[10] \n"; #name
print "$rcvd[11] \n"; #qth
print "$rcvd[12] \n"; #locator
print "$rcvd[13] \n"; #notes
print "\n\n";
};
};
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Updates
Just posted for ArgoV, DeltaII and Icom728. Improved the FLTK control
widget, FreqControl. You do not need to bother downloading the file
unless you are following the development and want to see the changes
or you are using this control in your own application development.
There is no real change in application function.
Dave (hkj)
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W1AW
Now the above has been a friend of mine for years. Spent more than
a few hours with the code and reading the bulletins. Had and still
have respect for the station and its goals in our hobby.
Now I have to ask, why the flagrent use of power and the changing
in frequencies by just a few kHz. Sometimes I feel like the digi
guys are in a battle with the founding station.
I honestly don't mind giving a bit of lee-way to the guys who would
be practicing code and or tuning there cw programs via the station.
Maybe its just that I never noticed the up and down antics of W1AW
before I started using digi modes...
Dave (ve3ixi)
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A stretch but... how about DominoEX support?
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I know it would take a great deal of work, but it would be very nice to
have support for DominoEX in gMFSK. At present I don't think there is
anything on Linux that supports this mode yet, and although one can get
the two windows apps that support it running under WINE, the result is
cumbersome and unstable. Having the app crash in the middle of a QSO and
refuse to start again is not good.
ZL2AFP gives out the source code to the standalone windows app on
request (zl2afp at internet dot co dot nz), at least porting that would
be helpful if adding the mode to gMFSK is out of the question at the moment.
-Joe, KD8ATU
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Kachina CAT Program
You can preview the Kachina CAT program interface on the web site.
The application will be posted just as soon as beta testing is complete.
Dave (hkj)
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This Weekend's Challenge... Linux Install
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