The MRNs in Whatcom County can also be remotely reconfigured to different frequencies either in the 2-meter band (144-148 MHz) or the 70-centimeter (440-450 MHz) band. When the need arises, such as an Winlink RMS is needed in a communications emergency, an MRN can be reconfigured remotely to provide a new service Because MRNs are multipurpose, and fully remotely configurable (via Internet), they can be placed opportunistically at locations that offer good coverage of a specific area, Internet access, and provide services in a specific area. Winlink RMS stations are usually at an individual’s home where a Winlink RMS station will have Internet access.Ī Multipurpose Remote Node (MRN) effectively combines all of the above. Logging some contacts for ARRL Field Day 2016 with FLDIGI and PSK.
APRS IGates are placed in locations that have reliable Internet access. A new DFW wide-area FSQ station, KE5GDB, is on the air 145.670MHz FM. Fldigi (short for Fast light digital) is a free and open-source program which allows an ordinary computers sound card to be used as a simple two-way data modem.The software is mostly used by amateur radio operators who connect the microphone and headphone connections of an amateur radio SSB or FM transceiver to the computers headphone and microphone connections, respectively. Might use FSQ for keboard to keyboard comms, sort of like txt messaging, but multiple people can be used All digital modes use USB, unlike LSB for voice on 40 and 80.
For example, APRS digipeaters are typically placed on high locations such as mountaintops or towers. It can help calibrate a sound card to a time signal and do frequency measurement tests. Typically, such nodes are placed in “practical” locations. Fldigi is a modem program for most of the digital modes used by radio amateurs today: CW, PSK, MFSK, RTTY, Hell, DominoEX, Olivia, and Throb are all supported. Most Amateur Radio Operators are familiar with single purpose data communications nodes such as APRS digipeaters / IGates, or Winlink Radio Mail Servers (RMS), or fldigi (fsq) relay nodes. Please let me know your comments/questions.In Whatcom County, Washington, in the far Northwest corner of the continental US, a group of Amateur Radio operators that are enthusiastic about data communications have created a number of Multipurpose Remote Nodes (MRNs) in key locations within the county for Amateur Radio data communications nodes that can reconfigured as needed by remote control via Internet.
If you are new to FSQ or have used it but, are ’rusty’, also download the help file (PDF) and review sections 2.35 for FSQ configuration and 5.6 for FSQ operation.Įveryone is welcome to utilize the new Lewisville FSQ ’node’ and help promote/develop FSQ operation in North Texas. To download FLDIGI, click on the blue “Source Forge” hotlink near the top of the webpage. The latest version of FLDIGI is available for download…for free, as usual…from the W1HKJ website (). Data is appended to each log as it occurs. The logs are never cleared unless the operator does so using the operating system file handling facilities. These logs are named fsqheardlog.txt and fsqauditlog.txt respectively.
MODES Net is Thursday mornings beginning at 0930 on 3598 KHz USB. I got this from the current ADIF spec: How to log FSQ QSO: The mode has to be: MFSK The submode should be: FSQCALL Otherwise, it will be rejected. FLDigi works fine, early on I noticed that the standalone app had a higher success rate for decoding stations, this may have been addressed by now. For Linux users, I believe this is the only option currently. If youve used FSQ, Fldigi or WSJT-X before, youll feel right at home. FSQ is a standalone application and is my preferred interface however, FSQ is also integrated into FLDigi. All Messages By This Member Neil Preston W0NRP 198. JS8Call is heavily inspired by WSJT-X, Fldigi, and FSQCall and would not exist.
Coverage of the station includes all or parts of Denton, Collin, and Dallas counties. Fldigis FSQ also saves a continuous log of all Heard stations, and an Audit log that includes all received data. Anyone using a Yaesu FT-991A having issues with using FSQ in Fldigi All other modes work fine except FSQ. The station provides relay capability for QSO chatting, short QST postings, small file transfers, and small image sharing.
Linux users may also change the command line parameters.
The antenna is mounted 350 feet above ground on a municipal government tower in Lewisville, the output power of the radio is 20 watts, and operation is on 145.67 MHz FM simplex. home-dir 'C:Documents and Settingsdavefldigi-vhf.files' For home-dir I would also recommend changing the name of the launcher icon.
(80M operation tends to be both above and below 3580, and theres always W1AWs code practice to avoid at 3581.5) By convention, BPSK is symmetric, you can also operate. A new wide-area FSQ station, KE5GDB, is on the air. 50290 (USA) 50250 (Europe) Almost all of these are the transceiver settings for USB operation, so most PSK signals are within the 3 kHz above these frequencies.