[digitalradio] Quick Start Guide Multipsk ALE-400
All, Received several emails asking how to setup Multipsk and work ALE-400 ARQ chat mode so here's my feeble attempt at a quick start guide. Multipsk download site : http://f6cte.free.fr/index_anglais.htm Latest test version download : http://f6cte.free.fr/MULTIPSK_TEST_12_09_2009.ZIP Do not install the program from the desktop. Copy the Multipsk folder to your program file folder and click the INSTALL.EXE file. Configuration: The program should open the configuration screen on the first installation. If not, click CONFIGURATION menu located in the upper left corner of the main window and click CONFIGURATION SCREEN. In the CONFIGURATION SCREEN... Click SERIAL PORT to select your PTT COMPORT Click OPTIONS FOR SERIAL PORTS if additional settings are needed Click SOUND CARD INPUT / OUTPUT to configure your sound card Click RX/TX SCREEN button to return to main window Personal Data: In the upper left corner of the main window, click CONFIGURATION menu / PERSONAL DATA. Enter your call sign, name, locator etc - click save. ID Management: Click CONFIGURATION menu / MANAGEMENT OF THE IDENTIFIERS. Click TRANSMISSION OF YOUR CALL SIGN + LOCATOR in the popup window* Click QUIT on the bottom of this window to return to the main window. * Your locator / call sign will be taken from the information you entered in the PERSONAL DATA window. Reed Solomon Identifiers: The RS ID's are located in the upper left of the main program window above the waterfall. Click the following ID's: RSID - sends Reed Solomon mode identifier on transmit RX RSID - allows Multipsk to automatically switch modes upon RSID mode reception RX CALL ID - allows CALL and PROP ID of the other station to appear in your waterfall. Clicking the CALL ID button located on the far left of side of the main window will SEND your call sign and locator (CALL ID / PROP ID) which will appear in the waterfall of the receiving station. It will also activate the map screen showing the other station where you're located on the Multipsk map. See ID management for details on CALL ID / PROP ID. Waterfall: Waterfall controls are located on the right side of the main window. Make sure WATERFALL / HIGH is clicked for best results. Adjust the waterfall color / contrast using the up/down COLOR buttons. Appearance: Font type, color and window size buttons are located on the bottom left of the main window. Click FONTS and HEIGHT to adjust to your preference. Macros: Patrick has already configured the macros. The information for each macro is taken from the PERSONAL DATA where your call sign, name and locator are stored. If you'd like to customize the macros, right click on the macro button. Remember to click SAVE AND CLOSE when finished. ALE-400 ARQ FAE CHAT MODE Operation: Calling CQ / Connecting In the main window: 1. Click on ALE-400 mode (not 141ALE) 2. Click ARQ FAE button located in the middle of the window (button stays pushed in). 3. Click the CQ button next to ARQ FAE button to send a CQ. The CQ will go out as soon as the button is pressed; transmitting 5 seconds and listening for 5 seconds. To end the call, click the END button next to the CQ button (the CQ must finish before you can end the call). Multipsk will connect automatically once the ALE-400 signal is detected by another station. The stations call sign will appear in the RX window along with a connect confirmation. Your PC speaker will BEEP to confirm connection as well. The ALE-400 ARQ Chat Mode QSO: The top window is where you type; hitting enter will send the text in that window, but not while the other station is sending. There is a short wait period for TX/RX change-over. The middle window shows the text that has been received by the other station. It is normal to see the same text repeated on occasion if signals are weak; this is where the ARQ comes into play requesting repeats for missing data. You can chose not to have the double TX window by clicking DOUBLE at the bottom of the main program window. It's best to leave it on to monitor throughput. Receive text appears in the bottom window. The ALE-400 / ARQ / FAE mode works like a semi-duplex chat mode so there is no waiting for the station to stop transmitting to send. Print will go out both ways as the mode switches from TX/RX every few seconds. To end the QSO, hit END next to the CQ button. We have found that it is possible to 'force' collisions with ALE-400 ARQ if you hit enter-to-send at the right moment, especially when signals are weak. This is where Patrick's RSID re-sync comes in handy. This feature is on the latest test version. Calling a station with Selective calling: Selective calling allows you to call a specific station. Click the AUX FUNCTIONS button located in the middle of the main program window. In the AUX FUNCTIONS window, enter the stations call sign you wish to call in the SELECTIVE CALL ARQ FAE box and click the CALL
Re: [digitalradio] Anybody On Tonight?
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 08:42:10PM -0500, r_lwesterfield wrote: Where is everybody hanging out? I was on 20m BPSK31, having a nice chat with KE5AAO/MM, captain of the Gulf Service, near Cabinda, W Africa, off the coast of Angola. Condx were a bit rough, but that's a long haul for 40 watts. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
[digitalradio] Olivia MixW
Recently I bought a new computer and in moving all of my software to it I seem to have lost track of my macros for Olivia in MixW. What I'm looking for is the information to put into a macro that gives the proper signal report format for Olivia. Any help would be appreciated. 73 GUD DX, Thomas F. Giella, NZ4O Lakeland, FL, USA n...@arrl.net NZ4O Amateur SWL Radio Autobiography: http://www.wcflunatall.com No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.100/2374 - Release Date: 09/15/09 20:00:00
Re: [digitalradio] Re: Test version of Multipsk about ARQ FAE in ALE400
Hello Sholto,
I didn't realize this with ARQ FAE Patrick. If you use a SELCAL does the
answering station automatically change mode to slave and the
initiating station to master (if it was not already) ?
If I use a Selective call, the addressee is the Slave and I as initiator of
the QSO is the Master. This role is fixed for the duration of the QSO (no
change of role).
73
Patrick
- Original Message -
From: Sholto Fisher sho...@probikekit.com
To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 11:38 PM
Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Test version of Multipsk about ARQ FAE in
ALE400
So in ALE 400, the Master waits
2.5 sec and the Slave 6 sec, the goal being that at some moment the
Master
hears the Slave or reversely to reconnect.
I didn't realize this with ARQ FAE Patrick. If you use a SELCAL does the
answering station automatically change mode to slave and the
initiating station to master (if it was not already) ?
Sholto
K7TMG
Patrick Lindecker wrote:
Hello Mike,
With Windows it is not possible to conceive synchronous system as Pactor,
because you can't control each sound sample (you can't decide to send a
sample at a given time) as it was possible under DOS.
So only asynchronous system as Packet, Pax and ARQ FAE are possible. It
means that there are no precise moments for which you can receive and
transmit. It must be accepted to have provisional loss of connection due
to
QSB or QRM and necessarily collisions. If Master and Slave are symetrical
(same waiting times), they are going to transmit and receive at the same
moments and consequently never reconnect. So in ALE 400, the Master waits
2.5 sec and the Slave 6 sec, the goal being that at some moment the
Master
hears the Slave or reversely to reconnect.
However, below -10 dB (weak signal) it is very difficult to reconnect.
We tested this to night with Steinar (LA5VNA) by decreasing TX power down
5
watts (below it is difficult to know the power).
73
Patrick
- Original Message -
From: mikenetbot mikenet...@comcast. net
mailto:mikenet213%40comcast.net
To: digitalradio@ yahoogroups. com
mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 10:05 PM
Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Test version of Multipsk about ARQ FAE in
ALE400
Wow Patrick, you're really on top of things tweaking this mode. Good
job!
Could you explain in more detail with the asymmetry Slave/master is
increased means? Was the timing of the mode altered?
--- In digitalradio@ yahoogroups. com
mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com, Patrick Lindecker f6...@...
wrote:
Hello to all testers,
Following the previous tests (which target continues to be to test
the
reconnection in case of QRM, QSB...), I have issued a new test
version
about ARQ FAE in ALE400,
Modifications:
* I've reduced the detected bandwith to +/-120 Hz to avoid any off
band
RS ID,
* the asymetry Slave/master is increased,
* RS ID is sent at retry 3, 5, 7...
Here is the Multipsk test version:
http://f6cte. free.fr/MULTIPSK _TEST_15_ 09_2009.ZIP
http://f6cte.free.fr/MULTIPSK_TEST_15_09_2009.ZIP
Paste this adress in your Internet Explorer or equivalent. Download
the
file.
Create a tempory folder (C:\TEST, for example), unzip the file in it
and
start C:\TEST\Multipsk. exe (the auxiliary files will be created
automatically) .
For ALE and ALE400, see:
http://f6cte. free.fr/ALE_ and_ALE400_ easy_with_ Multipsk. doc
http://f6cte.free.fr/ALE_and_ALE400_easy_with_Multipsk.doc
http://f6cte. free.fr/The_ ARQ_FAE_beacon_ easy_with_ Multipsk. doc
http://f6cte.free.fr/The_ARQ_FAE_beacon_easy_with_Multipsk.doc
Experimentation of the ARQ FAE / ALE400
For experimention, once connected, it would be useful to send
something,
to slighltly change the reception frequency (to create a problem)
and to
see how works the reconnection. It would be also interesting to stop
the
TX power for about 10 seconds to see how it reconnects afterwards.
Normally, it must reconnect for a S/N = -10 dB (the S/N measure is
near
the top bar of the Aux. functions window).
I will call, to-night, on 3585 KHz USB HF 1000 Hz AF +/- QRM, in ARQ
FAE
/ ALE400 for QSO since 20h00 UTC until 20h30 UTC.
PSE push on the RX RS ID button.
Hint: on the waterfall, the beginning of ALE400 transmission seems
to be
2 paws with 3 nails on each paw.
If the AF frequency is well adjusted, the 2 blue vertical dashes must
normally coincide with the 2 central nails.
73
Patrick
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Re: [digitalradio] Olivia MixW
Tom, I use the following macro/text for a special report during an Olivia QSO. It is: S/N Ratio: GET SN Freq Offset: GET OFFSET Sample Rate: GET RATE 73 de Ron W4LDE Thomas F. Giella NZ4O wrote: Recently I bought a new computer and in moving all of my software to it I seem to have lost track of my macros for Olivia in MixW. What I'm looking for is the information to put into a macro that gives the proper signal report format for Olivia. Any help would be appreciated. 73 GUD DX, Thomas F. Giella, NZ4O Lakeland, FL, USA n...@arrl.net mailto:nz4o%40arrl.net NZ4O Amateur SWL Radio Autobiography: http://www.wcflunatall.com http://www.wcflunatall.com No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.100/2374 - Release Date: 09/15/09 20:00:00
[digitalradio] Quick Start Guide Multipsk ALE-400
Hello Tony, TKS for the quick start guide! Just a remark: http://f6cte.free.fr/MULTIPSK_TEST_15_09_2009.ZIP is the last test version. 73 Patrick - Original Message - From: Tony To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 9:09 AM Subject: [digitalradio] Quick Start Guide Multipsk ALE-400 All, Received several emails asking how to setup Multipsk and work ALE-400 ARQ chat mode so here's my feeble attempt at a quick start guide. Multipsk download site : http://f6cte.free.fr/index_anglais.htm Latest test version download : http://f6cte.free.fr/MULTIPSK_TEST_12_09_2009.ZIP Do not install the program from the desktop. Copy the Multipsk folder to your program file folder and click the INSTALL.EXE file. Configuration: The program should open the configuration screen on the first installation. If not, click CONFIGURATION menu located in the upper left corner of the main window and click CONFIGURATION SCREEN. In the CONFIGURATION SCREEN... Click SERIAL PORT to select your PTT COMPORT Click OPTIONS FOR SERIAL PORTS if additional settings are needed Click SOUND CARD INPUT / OUTPUT to configure your sound card Click RX/TX SCREEN button to return to main window Personal Data: In the upper left corner of the main window, click CONFIGURATION menu / PERSONAL DATA. Enter your call sign, name, locator etc - click save. ID Management: Click CONFIGURATION menu / MANAGEMENT OF THE IDENTIFIERS. Click TRANSMISSION OF YOUR CALL SIGN + LOCATOR in the popup window* Click QUIT on the bottom of this window to return to the main window. * Your locator / call sign will be taken from the information you entered in the PERSONAL DATA window. Reed Solomon Identifiers: The RS ID's are located in the upper left of the main program window above the waterfall. Click the following ID's: RSID - sends Reed Solomon mode identifier on transmit RX RSID - allows Multipsk to automatically switch modes upon RSID mode reception RX CALL ID - allows CALL and PROP ID of the other station to appear in your waterfall. Clicking the CALL ID button located on the far left of side of the main window will SEND your call sign and locator (CALL ID / PROP ID) which will appear in the waterfall of the receiving station. It will also activate the map screen showing the other station where you're located on the Multipsk map. See ID management for details on CALL ID / PROP ID. Waterfall: Waterfall controls are located on the right side of the main window. Make sure WATERFALL / HIGH is clicked for best results. Adjust the waterfall color / contrast using the up/down COLOR buttons. Appearance: Font type, color and window size buttons are located on the bottom left of the main window. Click FONTS and HEIGHT to adjust to your preference. Macros: Patrick has already configured the macros. The information for each macro is taken from the PERSONAL DATA where your call sign, name and locator are stored. If you'd like to customize the macros, right click on the macro button. Remember to click SAVE AND CLOSE when finished. ALE-400 ARQ FAE CHAT MODE Operation: Calling CQ / Connecting In the main window: 1. Click on ALE-400 mode (not 141ALE) 2. Click ARQ FAE button located in the middle of the window (button stays pushed in). 3. Click the CQ button next to ARQ FAE button to send a CQ. The CQ will go out as soon as the button is pressed; transmitting 5 seconds and listening for 5 seconds. To end the call, click the END button next to the CQ button (the CQ must finish before you can end the call). Multipsk will connect automatically once the ALE-400 signal is detected by another station. The stations call sign will appear in the RX window along with a connect confirmation. Your PC speaker will BEEP to confirm connection as well. The ALE-400 ARQ Chat Mode QSO: The top window is where you type; hitting enter will send the text in that window, but not while the other station is sending. There is a short wait period for TX/RX change-over. The middle window shows the text that has been received by the other station. It is normal to see the same text repeated on occasion if signals are weak; this is where the ARQ comes into play requesting repeats for missing data. You can chose not to have the double TX window by clicking DOUBLE at the bottom of the main program window. It's best to leave it on to monitor throughput. Receive text appears in the bottom window. The ALE-400 / ARQ / FAE mode works like a semi-duplex chat mode so there is no waiting for the station to stop transmitting to send. Print will go out both ways as the mode switches from TX/RX every few seconds. To end the QSO, hit END next to the CQ button. We have found that it is possible to 'force' collisions with ALE-400 ARQ if you hit enter-to-send at the right moment, especially
[digitalradio] ALE400 testing 20M
Tony, K2MO and myself had a good test session with ALE 400 most recent beta test version (http://f6cte.free.fr/MULTIPSK_TEST_15_09_2009.ZIP) yesterday. Thanks to Tony, we found the following results Couple of points: . Stations are 1600miles or 2700km apart . K2MO runs a yagi, VE5MU a Zepp. . Both stations were able to reduce power to 400mw (K2MO) and 5 watts (MU) and still able to transfer data, even though at times either station could not be audibly heard. test messages were getting through with repeats. . Some collisions occurred but were immediately corrected by either station sending RSID. Difficult to induce collisions, even at low power. Software did what it was supposed to. . Both stations running 500hz filters . W1AW then came up with the evening RTTY/PSK bulletin broadcast. The low side of the RTTY broadcast was less than 100hz from the ALE400 signal. K2MO could hear W1AW even though the station is about 100 miles from his QTH. (ground wave) Without the filter, W1AW was 40db over S9 at VE5MU location. . K2MO and VE5MU will still able to transfer data, at 100Watts, despite extreme QRM from W1AW. Eventually moved up 1Khz and carried on. Conclusions . ALE400 in the latest form works well to avoid and correct collisions. . The software allows working into the noise much better than earlier versions VE5MU and VE5EOC are still listening on 14093.0 and are available for a connect John VE5MU
