WinWarbler is a free Windows application that supports multi-channel
PSK31 and PSK63 via PC soundcard, as well as RTTY via soundcard and/or
an external modem (e.g. KAM, PK-232). Soundcard PSK is accomplished
using Moe AE4JY's PSKCORE engine, and soundcard RTTY is accomplished
using Mako JE3HHT's MMTTY engine.
WinWarbler is a member of the DXLab Suite; it can be run independently,
but when other DXLab applications are running, WinWarbler will
automatically interoperate with them:
- Commander: provides transceiver control for most Elecraft, FlexRadio,
Icom, Kenwood, TenTec, and Yaesu transceivers
- DXKeeper: provides full-function logging, progress reporting,
duplicate-checking, and QSL management (independently tracks each QSO's
confirmation by paper, eQSL.cc, and LotW)
- DXView: displays a live world map bearing station locations, the solar
terminator, and beam heading (controls most PC-connected rotators)
- SpotCollector: captures, announces, and analyzes DX and WWV spots from
up to 4 telnet clusters, the DX Summit web cluster, and a local packet
cluster
- PropView: generates graphical propagation forecasts (using the
included IONCAP engine) and monitors IARU/NCDXF HF propagation beacons
- Pathfinder: provides instant access to more than 100 web-accessible
sources of QSL route information
- Launcher: initiates or terminates a specified set of DXLab
applications with a single click
WinWarbler is under continuous development; during the last year, there
were 81 releases bearing 119 enhancements, many suggested by the user
community. Given this rate of evolution, I do not post "new release
available" messages on reflectors other than DXLab. Its been awhile
since the last announcement here, so I thought I'd summarize the major
improvements:
1. up to 32 general purpose macros can be defined, plus a macro that is
executed on entry to PSK and a macro that is executed on entry to RTTY
2. many new macro operators have been defined, including a "Last QSO"
macro that automatically extracts the appropriate information from the
DXKeeper log.
3. PSK63 support
4. rapid switching between PSK and RTTY
5. one-click Main window MMTTY profile selection (standard RTTY,
fluttered signals, multipath, etc)
6. one-click upload to eQSL.cc
7. broadband decoding
When broadband decoding is enabled, WinWarbler deploys 47 "monitor
channels" across the current PSK band. Each monitor channel continuously
seeks to lock onto a PSK transmission within its range. Text decoded
from locked channels can be continuously displayed in a Monitor Channel
window, an example of which may be found in
http://www.qsl.net/winwarbler/ChannelMonitor.jpg . As you can see,
WinWarbler automatically extracts callsigns from the decoded text. A
smaller Station's Heard window shows you who's on the band:
http://www.qsl.net/winwarbler/Heard.jpg . Double-clicking on an entry in
either the Channel Monitor or Heard windows will preload WinWarbler's
current receive pane with all monitored information and will initialize
the transmit and receive frequencies for an instant call. The parameters
that control broadband decoding are all available for tweaking and
experimentation.
Enabling broadband decoding does significantly increase the load on your
CPU; a 400mhz Pentium is probably the minimum for this mode of
operation.
WinWarbler and all other DXLab applications are available via
http://www.qsl.net/dxlab/. You can review the online help for any DXLab
application without first installing the software.
Development of these applications is continuous and user-driven; if
you'd like to participate, you are welcome to join the Yahoo DXLabs
group via http://www.qsl.net/dxlab/reflector.htm .
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
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