Rigblaster pro is before USB was really a big thing. That is ok. FlDigi is strange and if you are going that far, install Ham Radio Deluxe and be done with it lol. I need to dig up the last free version of Ham Radio Deluxe.
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RTTY and CW using computer hookup issue
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Here is the latest one I believe of FLDigi... I have not messed with it, but barely got it installed. Same Idea I suppose as Digipan, but fancier.
Windows itself will complain about it being an unknown publisher yadda yadda, but just install it, its fine..
Windows itself will complain about it being an unknown publisher yadda yadda, but just install it, its fine..
I put back up my 40m dipole and the antenna tuner. Will be ready to try to see if we can PSK31 some day when we get your setup going.
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Would be interested in seeing that...I didn't know they made a free version
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This boggles the mind!...Every version I downloaded was in a different language....A day or so, I dl'ed FLARig but, don't see much use in it.....
Last night, I decided to tinker with this again and, (get this), FLDIGI WAS IN ENGLISH!...
Beats me what happened as I didn't do anything at all..
Yeah, that would be cool....All my friends are married-moved-dead and, all are out of radio...
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I have a RIGBLASTER PRO as stated (as well as pk232 and cp-100)...
1)...Using the RIGBLASTER PRO, I can key radio (power out all the way off) and, for example, on RTTY, which has the "diddle" which is turned on, I get only a carrier (no "diddle" sound)...
2)...Tuned to the same freq as the icom 730 is my "901" which is 4 inches from the icom and showing a "6" on the "s" meter...I hear no diddle.
3)...I did same in cw mode and radio will key but, pretty much as above....
4)...It is "reading" ok once I tune cw...
5)...Last night was the first opportunity to see FLDIGI in english and admittedly, still don't comprehend much of it....
6)...Why no cw audio such as one might hear and, no cw diddle?
I have a RIGBLASTER PRO as stated (as well as pk232 and cp-100)...
1)...Using the RIGBLASTER PRO, I can key radio (power out all the way off) and, for example, on RTTY, which has the "diddle" which is turned on, I get only a carrier (no "diddle" sound)...
2)...Tuned to the same freq as the icom 730 is my "901" which is 4 inches from the icom and showing a "6" on the "s" meter...I hear no diddle.
3)...I did same in cw mode and radio will key but, pretty much as above....
4)...It is "reading" ok once I tune cw...
5)...Last night was the first opportunity to see FLDIGI in english and admittedly, still don't comprehend much of it....
6)...Why no cw audio such as one might hear and, no cw diddle?
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I have DIGIPAN but, does nothing at all...Possibly a configuration problem...
While I am contemplating what weight sledgehammer to use on this digital stuff, I figured I would take a break for a while today and post a few pict some may want to see of my tower installation "way back then"....(if not appropriate here, admin tell me and I will remove soonest.
EMPTY TOWER - 11 METER ON ROOF
HOISTING 11 METER WILSON SHOOTING STAR BEAM
VIEW N FROM BOOM OF 20 M MONO-BAND BEAM
VIEW S FROM BOOM OF 20 M MONO-BAND BEAM 40' X 37' WITH 4'-5'' BOOM DIAMETER
VIEW LOOKING "DOWN"
EMPTY TOWER - 11 METER ON ROOF
HOISTING 11 METER WILSON SHOOTING STAR BEAM
VIEW N FROM BOOM OF 20 M MONO-BAND BEAM
VIEW S FROM BOOM OF 20 M MONO-BAND BEAM 40' X 37' WITH 4'-5'' BOOM DIAMETER
VIEW LOOKING "DOWN"
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I removed all wires and jumpers from rb internal board and started over...NO CHANGE...
Can key radio but, hear no morse (dit-dah, etc) in monitor radio next to it....Nor do I hear "diddle" when in RTTY mode..... (Should the mic volum on the radio be "turned up"?
I removed all wires and jumpers from rb internal board and started over...NO CHANGE...
Can key radio but, hear no morse (dit-dah, etc) in monitor radio next to it....Nor do I hear "diddle" when in RTTY mode..... (Should the mic volum on the radio be "turned up"?
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Can key radio via FLDIGI but, not hearing the "tones" with rtty or cw....
Mic "up", power very low and can hear dead carrier in radio next to it....
Can decode rtty and cw and don't really care about the other modes at present.....
Seems that audio(???) is not making it to the radio via "RB"....
Jumpers as in rb manual correct as I pulled them all off and started again.....
Will check back to this after a bit today....
Can key radio via FLDIGI but, not hearing the "tones" with rtty or cw....
Mic "up", power very low and can hear dead carrier in radio next to it....
Can decode rtty and cw and don't really care about the other modes at present.....
Seems that audio(???) is not making it to the radio via "RB"....
Jumpers as in rb manual correct as I pulled them all off and started again.....
Will check back to this after a bit today....
Of course days pass and I miss this thread yet again..
Yea, its just the audio is not making it through... Do this, on the Audio out on the Rig blaster itself, connect some headphones and see if anything comes out. The knob up front adjusts that signal coming in, so half way is a good start to adjust from there so the signal isnt hammering the radio coming from the computer. Better yet, you hook up some speakers to the computer, can you hear it going bezerk when you transmit with the audio coming through it??
Yea, its just the audio is not making it through...
YEAH, I KNOW - JUST DON'T KNOW WHY
Do this, on the Audio out on the Rig blaster itself, connect some headphones and see if anything comes out.
I AN DECODING CW-RTTY AND HAVE SPEAKERS IN THE OUTPUT JACK OF THE RB AND CAN HEAR FINE...
The knob up front adjusts that signal coming in, so half way is a good start to adjust from there so the signal isnt hammering the radio coming from the computer.
ALREADY MESSED WITH THAT...SAME ...
Better yet, you hook up some speakers to the computer, can you hear it going bezerk when you transmit with the audio coming through it??
I THINK I FOLLOW YOU...WITH SPEAKERS CONNECTED TO COMPUTER OR, TO RADIO ITSELF (ALTHOUGH WOULD BE "CUT OFF" DURING TRANSMITTING), I HEAR AUDIO AS BEING RECEIVED THROUGH RADIO...WITH SPEAKERS CONNECTED TO BACK AUDIO OUT OF RB BACK PANEL, STILL HEAR SPEAKERS AS ABOVE BUT, NO RTTY/CW......IF AUDIO WAS BEING SENT, I SHOULD HEAR IT THROUGH MY "MONITOR RADIO".....
TO NOTE; THE FRONT MIC JACK OF THE ICOM 730 HAS A CABLE RUNNING TO THE BACK "MODULAR" INPUT ON THE BACK OF THE RB.....SEEMS TO ME THAT AUDIO WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM/THROUGH THAT MODULAR OUTPUT TO THE MIC INPUT OF THE ICOM AS A MIC WOULD DO IT....ALL THE INTERNAL JUMPERS ARE CORRECT AS I DID THEM ALL AGAIN THE OTHER DAY....THE BOARD IS LITTERED WITH "OTHER JUMPER BLOCKS"--- COULD BE AN ISSUE WITH ONE OF THEM NEEDING TO BE MOVED?
YEAH, I KNOW - JUST DON'T KNOW WHY
Do this, on the Audio out on the Rig blaster itself, connect some headphones and see if anything comes out.
I AN DECODING CW-RTTY AND HAVE SPEAKERS IN THE OUTPUT JACK OF THE RB AND CAN HEAR FINE...
The knob up front adjusts that signal coming in, so half way is a good start to adjust from there so the signal isnt hammering the radio coming from the computer.
ALREADY MESSED WITH THAT...SAME ...
Better yet, you hook up some speakers to the computer, can you hear it going bezerk when you transmit with the audio coming through it??
I THINK I FOLLOW YOU...WITH SPEAKERS CONNECTED TO COMPUTER OR, TO RADIO ITSELF (ALTHOUGH WOULD BE "CUT OFF" DURING TRANSMITTING), I HEAR AUDIO AS BEING RECEIVED THROUGH RADIO...WITH SPEAKERS CONNECTED TO BACK AUDIO OUT OF RB BACK PANEL, STILL HEAR SPEAKERS AS ABOVE BUT, NO RTTY/CW......IF AUDIO WAS BEING SENT, I SHOULD HEAR IT THROUGH MY "MONITOR RADIO".....
TO NOTE; THE FRONT MIC JACK OF THE ICOM 730 HAS A CABLE RUNNING TO THE BACK "MODULAR" INPUT ON THE BACK OF THE RB.....SEEMS TO ME THAT AUDIO WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM/THROUGH THAT MODULAR OUTPUT TO THE MIC INPUT OF THE ICOM AS A MIC WOULD DO IT....ALL THE INTERNAL JUMPERS ARE CORRECT AS I DID THEM ALL AGAIN THE OTHER DAY....THE BOARD IS LITTERED WITH "OTHER JUMPER BLOCKS"--- COULD BE AN ISSUE WITH ONE OF THEM NEEDING TO BE MOVED?