Thanks Rich. Well, I've managed to get it all working except one minor glitch. When changing frequencies using the QSY command or clicking on a frequency in the freq window, the rig goes out of PKT-USB mode to USB mode. Now if I click on the mode in the mode window, I can switch modes to anything but PKT-USB. Not sure why that is but I can live with it I guess.

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Jim K2QB

It sounds as if you only have one-way communication between the computer and the radio: radio to computer only, not the other way. If the radio's CAT RTS menu is set to ENABLE, then the software should be set to use RTS/CTS flow control (aka handshaking). Alternatively, you can set the radio's CAT RTS to DISABLE and then leave RTS turned off. Either of these combinations should result in two-way communications between the radio and the software.

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73,

Rich VE3KI

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On Mon, Apr 14, 2025 at 06:32 PM, Jim K2QB wrote:

Thanks Mike. I figured it can be done; it's just a matter of figuring out which rig control to use and how to program the macros. I'm currently using Fldigi for rig control but have tried Hamlib and Rigcat with no success. I'll keep plugging away.

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Jim K2QB

On Mon, Apr 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM, Dave Doe wrote:

<QSY:3330.0;7850.0;4999.0;9999.0;14670;14999.0:1000>

Dave well so what happens with these are the frequencies do change in the Freq Window but the rig doesn't change which leads me to believe I don't have full CAT control for some reason. But as soon as I move my tuning dial on the rig Fldigi will start tracking my rig. So I'm thinking that the QSY macro is not suited for the FT5000.

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Jim K2QB

If I open the frequence window and double click on a frequency it will move to it. I'd like to be able to program a button to do the same thing.

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Jim K2QB

Thanks Kevin.

Trying to program a macro button or buttons to take me directly to the calling frequencies, i.e. 7.0715 dial frequency. I have tried using both the RIGCAT and FLDIGICAT macros using the Yaesu CAT command to set VFO A to the frequency, "FA70715000;" but have not been able to get it to work. Wondering if anyone has created a macro for Yaesu that works and can shed some light.

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Thanks, Jim k2QB

I've tried to reduce Farnsworth to zero, and 10 is as low as I can set. I want to have no (zero) Farnsworth. Any suggestions?

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This is how CW > Winkeyer config screen looks when I open it up. And FWIW, WinKeyer won't "Connect" lately.

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Bill

I hear BK is not really a prosign, but I'd like to make it one for the purpose of POTA.

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Is it doable?

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Also, I can't get the Farnsworth timing to zero-out in the Modem/CW/WinKeyer menu. It's stuck on 10. I know I can remove the Farnsworth with a command in the macros, but that seems kinda awkward.

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Thanks

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Bill?

Hello George,

Thanks for your friendly feedback! It's always good to know that the posted replies are actually read and even may be of some benefit, for a few at least...


To your question, well, I'm located in the central / northern part of Bavaria (loc. JN59), at quite a distance west of Nuremberg ('Nürnberg' in German), thus too far north to see the Alps or the like, which most people would consider more typical when thinking about Bavaria.

Yet it's still close enough to receive some FM signals from neighboring Austria (Salzburg) via aircraft scatter or, on a few occasions per year, quite loud and long lasting, via tropospheric propagation.


Is there still anything on SW to be heard (apart ham communications) on a regular basis from the West Coast, I wonder?


73s and all the best, George!

Tobias
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Hello David,

Thanks a lot for the new Alpha version 'fldigi ver4.2.06.27'.

There are 2 more ITA2 Baudot shifts that would need to be implemented, please, since they still don't print correctly in this new version.


Here's an example of a DRA5 (24/7 on 5195 kHz) Solar Wx Report decoded in FLdigi, showing one of the 2 'missing' character swaps:

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SOLAR CONDITIONS:
SOLAR WIND SPEED 420 420 420 KM
SOLAR WIND DENSITY 18 18 18 CM-3
SOLAR WIND TEMP 112 112 112 KK
IMF BZ COMPONENT "2 "2 "2 NT <-- this is how it's shown even with 'ITA-2 encode' switched ON.
IMF BZ COMPONENT +2 +2 +2 NT <-- this is the way it should print instead.


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The second one, not shown above, is the swap between ';' and '=', which is also part of the ITA2 standard, or USTTY variant, respectively.


An overview can be found in the attached commented extract of a Wikipedia page. I'd suggest to leave the further 2 character swaps (beyond the ones mentioned above) unchanged and keep the 'US' variant in both settings, for obvious reasons, since they are more likely to be used.


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Other observations:

Trying to 'install' the new alpha fldigi ver4.2.06.27 by just copying the new files (from the archive) into an existing installation failed for some reason. This means using fldigi.files (config etc). from my last used fldigi ver4.2.06.19 didn't work. While launching the previous (.19) version in the same folder continued to worked without any issues, running the new (.27) caused a program abort, without any notice, even before producing a Gui window, but fldigi.exe was temporarily present in the Task Manager. This was repetitive. Unlike previous updates which allowed keeping all personal config files, the latest alpha sadly didn't provide this (most useful) option.

On the other hand, a complete new installation (into a fresh 'FL_APPS' folder) opened Fldigi correctly. The new ITA-2 choice was available as intended for RTTY.
Yet, the 'AFC' function was auto-activated again with the AFC Button greyed out, thus causing a permanent frequency offset 'runaway', without an obvious way to escape this issue. But as discussed in February, the issue can be permanently fixed by unchecking the 'Save parameters per mode per band' option and then restarting FLdigi. Kim Andrew Elliott has successfully started using one of your recent alpha versions for his SW Radiograms, after applying this trick.


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Finally, for a future new fldigi release, I'd like to repeat asking about my couple of improvement suggestions, which I had attached in the following e-mail:

Re: [winfldigi] New web hosting site for www.w1hkj
2025-02-04 at 18:32 [this timestamp probably is CET, not UTC or even your local time zone]



Thank you David and all the best!


73s Tobias
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commit 39f388baf4b364a4abedc366f7fc7d5d346aadb5Author: dave-w1hkj <w1hkj@...>Date:   Sat Apr 5 09:35:00 2025 -0600    Alpha          * version 4.2.06.27commit e4ed761d6e6fea3740d70654d5aff2722dcde225Author: dave-w1hkj <w1hkj@...>Date:   Fri Apr 4 14:06:16 2025 -0500    TTY ITA2          * allow user to select USTTY or ITA2 for Baudot shifted characters

fldigi 4.2.06.27 development version available for testing

Hello Tobias,

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Thanks very much for the detail on the UI Scheme setting location.? It had moved from where it was previously located.

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I had already set the waterfall height to 100, which is the lowest value.

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Enjoy your weekend.? I wonder where in Bavaria you are located.? It has been a long time since I was in that part of Germany.

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Regards,

George

Hello George,

Please simply make your favorite setting in the 'Colors-Fonts - Buttons-Menus' section, see attachment.

In case you care doing so, you can now even change the Menu font (and size!), see the respective Button just above the UI scheme selection.

Also, to make a little more room for your Rx text, you can reduce the height of the waterfall (in the 'Config - Waterfall' Dialog, it will show upon the next FLdig restart).


Enjoy!


73s Tobias
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