Posted: 8/19/2013 3:54:58 PM EDT
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I do, but I turn it off fairly regularly -- but it's always turned on at the first whiff of trouble in the news. I think we need something like "ARFCOM URGENT" as a keyword so QSOs don't disturb those who are listening but busy with other things... Click Click Type type type Click Click Done, I'm now ready for any urgent arf messages |
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Being a newb at FL-digi, where do you add alerts? Configure > notifications Make sure you click 'spot' by rxid or they wont work Fldigi has great documentation. If you get stuck let me know. My favorite is making a macro with a <exec> command it allows you to execute shell scripts based of text you decode. My deer camera worked on that setup. You send 'what new files are there?' Then fldigi ls -la the directory of pictures and transmits it back. |
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But Fldigi notifications don't work in the Windows version  I know an easy way to solve that Slowly I turned, step by step... 
In all seriousness: the emotional pain of having no Fldigi alarm is far, far less, a mere annoyance, compared to the emotional pain of running Linux. I've run Ubuntu and later Mint for many years. I'm a smart guy. I gave it more than fair shake. Really. I even patched and compiled code to make it work the way I wanted. I don't want to have to do that anymore, ever. My "crappity ass" Windows 7 environment, while requiring a reboot every few days, is the most stable environment I've ever had and does 99% of what I need. The best I could ever get Linux up to was about 75%, and that's being generous. |
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What issues did you have?
I have been running Debian variants since 2008 and only had a couple issues that were fixed with a little googling. My current laptop has a radeon graphics and ralink wireless chipsets. in 2011 the graphics gave me hell so I rolled back to LTS. Now its no longer a problem. Wireless has given me some issues mostly unable to connect after suspend but I know what the problem is. I say that because those are the only 2 real problems I have had to put any time into in 5 years. The computer in my shack is a pentium D with 2gb of ram and it does everything I need at pretty respectable speeds. I plan on replacing it but wont trash it. And lets not get started on the PI.... GIve Linux and FOSS a chance again [/hijack] |
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I've still never done digital modes, but am ready to... don't really know crap about how to set it up though. I have had fldigi for a while and run ext speaker into my computer mic input and decoded digital stuff but thats it.
I need to get my TS-480 hooked up to my comp for digi modes so I can get in on this arfcom digi net, but not sure what I need exactly to interface the radio to the comp. |
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I've still never done digital modes, but am ready to... don't really know crap about how to set it up though. I have had fldigi for a while and run ext speaker into my computer mic input and decoded digital stuff but thats it. I need to get my TS-480 hooked up to my comp for digi modes so I can get in on this arfcom digi net, but not sure what I need exactly to interface the radio to the comp. I like the donner digital interface. $40. Then I would get an external sound card and you may need a USB to serial converter |
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What issues did you have?[/hijack] Just hitting the high points: doesn't run HRD or Winmor. Doesn't run a good enough simulation of Office (my work environment revolves around Office). Doesn't run Outlook (I require Outlook for work). Doesn't run Microsoft Project (also required for work). Doesn't run at least another dozen other things there is no equivalent for on Linux. Then there are the multitude of little annoying things you have to do to get stuff to work perfectly and smoothly. I also run into a lot of page rendering problems on both Firefox and Chrome. On an out of the box Windows machine it's load Office Pro, one pass through the control panels, set up Outlook and done. The rest is gravy, like screwing with Chrome, etc. Hell, I don't even hardly customize any of the Office toolbars. |
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I had a Donner $40 (I never got to use) and have an EasyDigi $40 box (similar to donner). I also have 2 Signalink USB Boxes and I like those a LOT more.
Yes the Donner is 1/2 to 1/3 the price of a New Signalink USB, but all those Wires!!! I'd vote for the Signalink USB. YMMV (aside) I bought both of my Signalink USB interfaces from swap.qth for cheap ($75 and $55) so I'm not really comparing apples to apples |
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I've still never done digital modes, but am ready to... don't really know crap about how to set it up though. I have had fldigi for a while and run ext speaker into my computer mic input and decoded digital stuff but thats it. I need to get my TS-480 hooked up to my comp for digi modes so I can get in on this arfcom digi net, but not sure what I need exactly to interface the radio to the comp. I don't know doodly about the digital stuff, but I managed to get on the air with the Signalink box. It has a built in sound card, and was pretty straightforward to set up. I must say, however, that I find the digital stuff to be rather boring. Basically, it's my last resort for making a contact. I might have a dozen total contacts on the digital modes, not counting the net. No clue how to set up an alarm. Different strokes..... |
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I had a Donner $40 (I never got to use) and have an EasyDigi $40 box (similar to donner). I also have 2 Signalink USB Boxes and I like those a LOT more. Yes the Donner is 1/2 to 1/3 the price of a New Signalink USB, but all those Wires!!! I'd vote for the Signalink USB. YMMV (aside) I bought both of my Signalink USB interfaces from swap.qth for cheap ($75 and $55) so I'm not really comparing apples to apples I have SCWolverine's Donner and I love it. |
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gcw, yeah I dig too....
off topic-kinda: Radio Free Redoubt AMRON Nets info looks like another net skd for tomorrow...I've had a little time to participate, even had chance to listen in and decode with my SWL and Netbook a while back. ETA: Yorknoken glad it's working out! |
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I am a real deal old school UNIX nerd. If I don't like it, I'll re-write it. 
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Oh. My. Gawd. Just looked up fldigi, I gotta do this..  do it right and run it on linux
I am a real deal old school UNIX nerd. If I don't like it, I'll re-write it.
While you're at it re write multimon so we have a DTMF decoder that works with alsa. |
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Quoted: While you're at it re write multimon so we have a DTMF decoder that works with alsa. Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Oh. My. Gawd. Just looked up fldigi, I gotta do this.. do it right and run it on linux I am a real deal old school UNIX nerd. If I don't like it, I'll re-write it. While you're at it re write multimon so we have a DTMF decoder that works with alsa. Gimme a minute, gotta get spooled up on radios first. |
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Oh. My. Gawd. Just looked up fldigi, I gotta do this.. these videos show PSK31 via the DigiPan software, but it'll give you some ideas.... |
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I also have an alarm set for when someone says "ARFCOM" on the guard channel. Mine is the two rhinos from Ice Age saying:
"Carl-" "Easy Frank. " "He ruined… our salad." Cracks me up every time I hear it!
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Just hitting the high points: doesn't run HRD or Winmor. Doesn't run a good enough simulation of Office (my work environment revolves around Office). Doesn't run Outlook (I require Outlook for work). Doesn't run Microsoft Project (also required for work). Doesn't run at least another dozen other things there is no equivalent for on Linux. Then there are the multitude of little annoying things you have to do to get stuff to work perfectly and smoothly. I also run into a lot of page rendering problems on both Firefox and Chrome. On an out of the box Windows machine it's load Office Pro, one pass through the control panels, set up Outlook and done. The rest is gravy, like screwing with Chrome, etc. Hell, I don't even hardly customize any of the Office toolbars. Quoted:
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What issues did you have?[/hijack] Just hitting the high points: doesn't run HRD or Winmor. Doesn't run a good enough simulation of Office (my work environment revolves around Office). Doesn't run Outlook (I require Outlook for work). Doesn't run Microsoft Project (also required for work). Doesn't run at least another dozen other things there is no equivalent for on Linux. Then there are the multitude of little annoying things you have to do to get stuff to work perfectly and smoothly. I also run into a lot of page rendering problems on both Firefox and Chrome. On an out of the box Windows machine it's load Office Pro, one pass through the control panels, set up Outlook and done. The rest is gravy, like screwing with Chrome, etc. Hell, I don't even hardly customize any of the Office toolbars. VMware is your friend.
My PC (which handles all my work + fun) is linux, with VMware for MS Office, which I can reboot to my heart's content without affecting the real world. Proof: bash-4.2$ uptime 17:39:59 up 87 days, 7:10, 30 users, load average: 0.23, 0.25, 0.24 It's such a slick setup when my conservative accountant saw it, he had to have his PC redone to do the same (in his case, tho, it's Win 7 running XP in a VM.) If you find yourself in pain again, might be worth revisiting the linux world.
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VMware is your friend.
My PC (which handles all my work + fun) is linux, with VMware for MS Office, which I can reboot to my heart's content without affecting the real world. Proof: bash-4.2$ uptime 17:39:59 up 87 days, 7:10, 30 users, load average: 0.23, 0.25, 0.24 It's such a slick setup when my conservative accountant saw it, he had to have his PC redone to do the same (in his case, tho, it's Win 7 running XP in a VM.) If you find yourself in pain again, might be worth revisiting the linux world.
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What issues did you have?[/hijack] Just hitting the high points: doesn't run HRD or Winmor. Doesn't run a good enough simulation of Office (my work environment revolves around Office). Doesn't run Outlook (I require Outlook for work). Doesn't run Microsoft Project (also required for work). Doesn't run at least another dozen other things there is no equivalent for on Linux. Then there are the multitude of little annoying things you have to do to get stuff to work perfectly and smoothly. I also run into a lot of page rendering problems on both Firefox and Chrome. On an out of the box Windows machine it's load Office Pro, one pass through the control panels, set up Outlook and done. The rest is gravy, like screwing with Chrome, etc. Hell, I don't even hardly customize any of the Office toolbars. VMware is your friend.
My PC (which handles all my work + fun) is linux, with VMware for MS Office, which I can reboot to my heart's content without affecting the real world. Proof: bash-4.2$ uptime 17:39:59 up 87 days, 7:10, 30 users, load average: 0.23, 0.25, 0.24 It's such a slick setup when my conservative accountant saw it, he had to have his PC redone to do the same (in his case, tho, it's Win 7 running XP in a VM.) If you find yourself in pain again, might be worth revisiting the linux world.
Is that right? I use VM all the time. Oops I just messed something up? Restore snapshot |
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VMware is your friend. It is? It costs me more money. It costs me more time to install and configure it. I now have to configure and maintain TWO operating systems, one "real", one "virtual". And the virtual one I have to reboot just as often as an instance of a real one. And I don't get to "stick it to the man" since I have to have a Windows license anyway. And I don't really care that I have to reboot my PC occasionally as the total time spent doing that is less than the total time spent fooling with Linux alone. Linux has an undeniable cool factor. And it has an undeniable ability to run and run and run. And I've used it in many embedded applications with great success. But for personal computing it is, based on my requirements for ease of implementation, app's I care about, and amount of time I have to spend making it run they way I want with the app's I want, a total bust. Current uptime on my Win7Pro laptop: approx. 3 days. Amount of time I've spent cursing it: zero. Amount of time I've spent maintaining it: zero. Last time I had to edit a file to make it run: never. Last time I had to patch/recompile something: never. Current sqawks: worried that my Chrome profile is corrupt--same could happen on Linux, and Fldigi doesn't have alarms. It will probably need another reboot in a day or two. A slow browser or slow link from an email will warn me well before things get too crazy. I'll time the actual reboot for lunch, or kick it off during the next phone call. Easy peazy. |