[Elecraft] Going digital with K2?

David F. Reed davereed at w5sv.org
Mon May 8 14:13:53 EDT 2006


I have used a lot of different ones, but currently stick with these 2:

   1. The DX Lab suites of programs that inter operate; digital,
      logging, spotting, etc.
   2. MixW which covers more digital modes, but is not free.

Both work very well.

73 and good luck with your choices.

Dave, W5SV

Bekir Kemal Ataman wrote:

>While the topic is on HRD, I wouldlike to voice a question I have got on my
>mind for a long time:
>
>I have been thinking of going into digital modes, especially RTTY and
>PSK31. I have got no experience in ANY digital mode so far and I have been
>a Mac only person all these years. Deciding to go into the digital field, I
>had to buy a WinTel laptop in the end, since the Mac SW I could find to
>work on my historical Macs (newest of which is a G3/300 beige running 8.6)
>were practically useless.
>
>Anyway, I did some research on freeware/shareware software available for
>WinTels that would also do logging for me. The initial list I came up with
>consisted of
>Omni-Rig,
>XMLog,
>WinLog32,
>CT,
>N1MM,
>HRD,
>KC4ELO,
>EI5DI,
>UCXLog,
>MM-Hamsoft and
>MixW.
>
>Going through their websites for their specifications I decided to chose
>either N1MM or HRD. Both seem to do PSK31 and logging without an external
>TNC. Both seem to do RTTY via MM-HamSoft's MMTTY Engine. Both seem to be
>able to control K2s. However, I would love to hear some first hand
>experience on the pros and cons of either (or any other SW that you would
>suggest).
>
>73!
>de TA2RX
>
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>ArchiMac BBS Sysop & Webmaster <http://www.archimac.org/>
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