[Ham-Mac] Re: WinWarbler Update

Fri, 19 Dec 2003 15:07:11 -0600

Dave, 

I am posting a copy of this response to your message to the ham-mac
reflector to solicit comments on using Microsofte Visual Basic to compile a
Macintosh OSX version of your WinWarbler.  I recall reading that True Basic
now lets you create PC and Mac versions from the same source code. I am not
into programming so I defer to others.

I checked the web page and was impressed with the WinWarbler's use of the
JE3HHT's MMTTY engine.  MMTTY is one of the most used PC RTTY applications.

Hopefully, someone from the Mac community will respond to you direct.

Dick, AA5VU
Austin, TX

On 12/19/03 2:49 PM, "Dave Bernstein" <[email protected]> wrote:

> WinWarbler is written in Microsoft Visual Basic. If you point me at a
> MAC implementation of Visual Basic, I will be happy to create the port.
> 
>    73,
> 
>       Dave, AA6YQ
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dick, AA5VU [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 15:32
> To: Dave, AA6YQ
> Subject: Re: WinWarbler update
> 
> 
> Dave,
> 
> Sure would be nice to see WinWarbler ported to run under Mac OSX
> 
> Dick, AA5VU
> [email protected]
> 
> In article <vZvEb.426274$275.1302934@attbi_s53>,
> "Dave, AA6YQ" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> 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
>> 
>> 
> 