[pskmail] Re: Unstable Cursor?
- From: Rein Couperus <rein@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:54:42 +0200
Configure->modems->use sweet spot
Set the acq search range and the server search ranges to 40 Hz.
73,
Rein PA0R
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: "Hal" <IamW8MCH@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Gesendet: 01.10.08 21:35:16
> An: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Betreff: [pskmail] Re: Unstable Cursor?
> On 10-01, Rein Couperus wrote:
> > Congrats, you got it working...
>
> Working; yes. Usable; no.. HI.. I tried Puppy4-psk-1.0.iso and it works
> fine in that the sweet spot setting puts the cursor where it _belongs_,
> locked on that frequency.. The cursor can't be dragged off that spot..
>
>
>
> > Make sure you have 'use sweet spot' checked in fldigi. You should
> > limit the acquisition search range to 40 Hz and the server search range
> > also to 40 Hz.
> > The waggly cursor is constantly hunting for a psk signal within that band.
> > (40 Hz around 100Hz). On TX the frequency is set exactly to the sweet spot.
>
> Is 'use sweet spot' the same as the box in Misc "Start new Modem
> at Sweet Spot?" If so I have that checked and saved.. With my trial
> lashup; not Puppy; the cursor can't be set within 40Hz or even a 100Hz,
> bouncing as far away as 500, from 1000.. :^(.. I need to be able to lock
> it down on the sweet spot setting.. I was hoping there was a flag or
> switch to do this.. HI..
>
> >
> >
> > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > > Von: "Hal" <IamW8MCH@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Gesendet: 30.09.08 19:42:55
> > > An: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Betreff: [pskmail] Unstable Cursor?
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Greetings: I have FLDigi3.03, PSKMail1.0 running nice except for one big
> > > problem: (Both the fldigi and pskmail executables are in user space if
> > > that means anything.)
> > >
> > > From an Xterm, invoking fldigi <enter> or fldigi & <enter> I get the
> > > display with the default sweet point of 1000Hz; so I check the button
> > > for that to be the standard.. Turning AFC off and Lck on I tune to
> > > 10147000 and wait for the servers sounding/broadcast on the hour or half
> > > hour with perfect copy, either psk125 or psk250.. (He broadcasts both,
> > > one minute apart).. The cursor stays put on 1000Hz.. So far so good..
> > >
> > > Invoking pskmail I get the report "Starting Program" and the PSKMail
> > > window on top of the FLDigi window with the waterfall showing.. From
> > > then on the red lined cursor starts to move around intermittently with
> > > no obvious packets being received.. AFC still off and Lck still on...
> > >
> > > Killing PSKmail; resetting the cursor to 1000Hz again and it stays put
> > > printing the next servers broadcast.. (I don't have PTT hooked up yet
> > > and wont until this is solved.)
> > >
> > > Any suggestions; what to try?? TIA..
> > >
> > > --
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>
> Vy 73 de Hal--W8MCH UNIX-GNU/Linux - Slackware 11.0, 2.4.33.3
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