[Ham-Mac] Mac and PSK-31

[Chris Smolinski]

>I am a new member of this group and this post is both a test to see 
>if I am posting correctly and a request for information. I have a G5 
>power mac and am just starting to use it for Ham Radio. Although, I 
>have been a Mac owner and user for some time, I have been using an 
>old Dell PC and Digipan for PSK.  The reason that I have not used 
>the Mac is that the G4 which I owned is not very well shielded and 
>reacted 'violently' when I transmitted, even at 11 watts.  The 
>reason for this probably is that I live in a retirement apartment 
>with the Isotron antenna mounted on the top of the bookcase!!  With 
>this arrangement I have been successful in reaching stations in 
>Canada and Eastern US.  The G5 is shielded with heavy aluminium and 
>has proved immune from TX problems. (I am using an Icom 756 PROII).
>
>I have downloaded the Blackcat systems multimode but I have been 
>having a very hard time tuning it to signals.  Are there any PSK 
>programs for the Mac (OS X) that use the waterfall type of tuning, 
>like Digipan??  Or am I just missing something?  Until I get this 
>worked out I will have to use the trial version. Eventually, I will 
>also want to TX with PSK.  I was using Rigblaster.  I guess I will 
>have to use a USB serial port for this??

Actually, version 4.2.0 of MultiMode, just being released today, adds 
a waterfall display to PSK31 mode!

You just click on the signal of interest, and the PSK31 center 
frequency is automatically set. I had a fun time yesterday testing it 
out on 14070 kHz on 20 meters, with half a dozen (or more) PSK31 
signals present at one time.

It's been uploaded to the website, but the web page had not been 
updated to say it really is 4.2.0.

http://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/multimodeOSX.html

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Chris Smolinski
Black Cat Systems
http://www.blackcatsystems.com