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Fldigi Manual 3.21 Edited from by David WE1U Page 1 Of195 fldigi manual 3.21 edited from http://www.w1hkj.com/ by David WE1U Page 1 of195 Table of Contents License.......................................................................................................................................................6 Recognitions...............................................................................................................................................7 Configuring................................................................................................................................................9 Configure Operator..............................................................................................................................10 User Interface Configuration – General..............................................................................................11 User Interface Configuration – Browser.............................................................................................14 User Interface Configuration - Macros...............................................................................................15 User Interface Configuration - Contest...............................................................................................16 User Interface Configuration - WF Controls.......................................................................................17 User Interface Configuration - Rx Text...............................................................................................18 Rig Configuration................................................................................................................................19 Rig Configuration-Hardware PTT control......................................................................................20 Right Channel VOX Signal........................................................................................................20 Serial Port using DTR or RTS...................................................................................................20 Parallel Port (Linux and Free BSD only)...................................................................................20 RigCAT control...............................................................................................................................21 Hamlib CAT control.......................................................................................................................22 Memory Mapped CAT & Xml-Rpc CAT.......................................................................................23 Waterfall Configuration.......................................................................................................................24 Modem Configurations........................................................................................................................26 Modem Configuration-CW.............................................................................................................26 Timing........................................................................................................................................27 PROSIGNS................................................................................................................................30 Modem Configuration-DominoEX.................................................................................................31 Modem Configuration-Olivia and Contestia .................................................................................32 Modem Configuration-PSK............................................................................................................33 Modem Configuration-RTTY / FSK...............................................................................................34 Using the FLdigi Pseudo FSK (Rt. Channel) function to key a transmitter...................................35 Modem Configuration-Thor ..........................................................................................................36 Id Configuration..................................................................................................................................37 Video Text..................................................................................................................................37 Cw postamble.............................................................................................................................38 Reed Solomon Identifier............................................................................................................38 Miscellaneous Configuration..............................................................................................................39 Callsign DB Configuration..................................................................................................................42 Colors & Fonts....................................................................................................................................43 Freq Display...................................................................................................................................43 Func keys........................................................................................................................................43 Text Ctrls .......................................................................................................................................44 Tab Colors.......................................................................................................................................44 Light Buttons Colors......................................................................................................................44 Operating Controls & Displays................................................................................................................45 Mode Status Indicators...................................................................................................................48 fldigi manual 3.21 edited from http://www.w1hkj.com/ by David WE1U Page 2 of195 Keyboard Operation.................................................................................................................................49 Function Keys.................................................................................................................................50 Mouse & Keyboard Shortcuts..................................................................................................................50 Macros......................................................................................................................................................53 Signal Browser.........................................................................................................................................59 CW Mode............................................................................................................................................61 Carrier Frequency......................................................................................................................61 QSK and the TAB KEY.............................................................................................................61 Pausing transmit.........................................................................................................................61 Aborting transmit.......................................................................................................................61 WPM adjustment.......................................................................................................................61 CW configuration.......................................................................................................................62 Prosigns......................................................................................................................................62 CW (Morse) Modes Description.........................................................................................................62 General Description........................................................................................................................62 Protocol...........................................................................................................................................63 Coding and Character Set...............................................................................................................63 Contestia...................................................................................................................................................64 Contestia Modes Description..............................................................................................................65 General Description........................................................................................................................65 Protocol...........................................................................................................................................65 Coding and Character Set...............................................................................................................65 Operating Parameters......................................................................................................................65 DominoEX - Operating............................................................................................................................67
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