MixW202 HELP CONTENTS TABLE WELCOME AND INSTALLATION Welcome Installation System Requeriments Quick Start Registration SET UP AND CONFIGURATION Configuration Basic Set PTT Circuit TNC Set up Interface Links Configuring Macros List of Macros MixW Version History OPERATION General Operat. Procedures HF Digital Modes Band Plan Amtor Frequency Pactor Frequency RTTY Frequency Packet Frequency FAX Receiving MFSK 16 Frequency Hell Frequency SSTV Frequency THROB Frequency MT63 Frequency QSO Technique Using MixW with DXAtlas Using MixW with other pgm, DDE Status Bar Logging and QSLing Contest Operation File Menu Item View Settings Using Macros Using a TNC DIGITAL MODES RTTY RTTY Intro and Theory RTTY Operation PSK 31 and BPSK 31 PSK 31 Intro and Theory PSK 31 Operation MFSK MFSK Intro and Theory MFSK 16 Operation PACTOR Pactor Introduction and Theory Pactor Operation AMTOR Amtor Introduction and Theory Amtor Operation PACKET BBS Commands TCP/IP over AX25 HF Packet Introduction HF Packet Operation VHF/UHF Packet Introduction VHF/UHF Packet Operation DX Cluster CW CW Introduction CW Operation HELLSCHREIBER Hell Introduction and Theory Hell Operation SSTV SSTV Introduction SSTV Operation THROB Throb Introduction and Theory Throb Operation FSK 31 FSK 31 Theory and Operation MT 63 MT 63 Introduction and Theory MT 63 Operation FAX FAX receiving Welcome to MixW version 2.02 State of the art digital mode software by Nick Fedoseev, UT2UZ and Denis Nechitailov UU9JDR. Help files by Scott E. Thile, K4SET The Demo version is good for 15 days, for registration information please see Registration MixW stands for a Mixture of different modes. With this release of Version 2.02, MixW now fully supports CW, BPSK31, QPSK31, MFSK, RTTY, FSK31, Packet (HF and VHF), Pactor RX/TX (TX requires TNC), Amtor (Sitor) TX/RX (No TNC needed), Hellschreiber, FAX (RX only), SSTV, THROB, and MT63. Nick is constantly adding new modes and features to MixW, and strives to make it the best and most complete sound card digital mode program available. It now also includes support for multimode TNCs, for Pactor transmit, and for those preferring a hardware-based approach to the other digital modes. Even more modes can be accessed by configuring MixW to call other software packages from within MixW. Other MixW features include a voice keyer for SSB, FM, and AM phone modes. Excellent logging, sked scheduling and reminding, and even auto CQing of scheduled events through the fully configurable MACROS. There is also a sophisticated contest mode facilitating competitive digital mode contest operation, and an export of the contest log to the newly required Cabrillo format. The log will also import and export CSV and ADIF files. MixW also has support for printing of custom QSL cards or labels. There is also built in DX Cluster support either via Packet Radio or the internet. New! TCP/IP over AX.25 packet radio protocol is also supported now! Click TCP/IP for details. MixW does not require a TNC to operate. The only requirement is that you have a computer running the Windows 9x, ME, NT, 2000, and XP operating system, and a compatible soundcard. Click here for the minimum system requirements. System Requirements If you're experienced with other SoundCard Digital mode software, or upgrading from previous MixW releases, you may wish to start with the Quick Start to familiarize yourself with this exciting new release, and get on the air quickly. If you are new to SoundCard Digital mode operation, you will need to connect your radio's transmit and receive audio to your computer soundcard via the mic or line input, and the speaker or headphone output. TX/RX switching can be handled either by using your radio's VOX circuit, or by building a simple PTT interface. This is covered in Basic Set Up To configure MixW for your station and operating styles see Configuration See Logging for additional information about MixW's new logging and QSL features and operation. See DX Cluster for additional information about the DX Cluster features and operation. See General Operation to learn to operate MixW. See DX Atlas to learn to configure MixW and DXAtlas to work together. Far additional information on using DDE to interface MixW with external programs see Using MixW with other programs, DDE Click on the Index button to view the complete help file topic offerings, or the Contents Tab for the outline of the help files system. If you are having trouble finding help in a specific area, click on the Index Tab above, then click on the Find tab, this will compile a search system to be used with these Help Files. The history and theory of many of MixW's modes is also available in these helpfiles. For the latest MixW software and related information, visit the MixW websites at: http://tav.kiev.ua/~nick/mixw2/ http://www.nvbb.net/~jaffejim/mixwpage.htm To download the most current version of these helpfiles click here: http://campus.murraystate.edu/staff/scott.thile/k4set/index.html To view the history of development and features added to MixW2 and its various releases please see MixW History For additional help and discussion on using MixW please subscribe to the MixW email reflector by following this link: http://www.egroups.com/group/mixw/ While these help files attempt to provide background information on the various modes supported in MixW, there is a wealth of information on the WWW. For additional information on the various modes please visit the following sites: For an excellent overview of all the HF Digital Modes visit the site of MixW Beta tester and help file contributor, Richard B. Griffen, NB6Z: http://www.teleport.com/~nb6z/ PSK31, "The official homepage for PSK31": http://aintel.bi.ehu.es/psk31.html MFSK, "The official MFSK website" Murray Greenman, ZL1BPU. http://www.qsl.net/zl1bpu/MFSK/ For all the "Fuzzy Modes", such as Hellschreiber (MT63 Is also covered at this site) visit the Murray Greenman. ZL1BPU main website at: http://www.qsl.net/zl1bpu/ For THROB, vist the developers description, Lionel Sear G3PPT. http://www.lsear.freeserve.co.uk/page3.html RTTY, for an interesting look at the history of Radio Teletype please visit RTTY.com: http://www.rtty.com/ MixW Version 2 Help files by Scott E Thile, K4SET [email protected] http://campus.murraystate.edu/staff/scott.thile/k4set/index.html With Many thanks to the following help file contributors: Denis Nechitailov, UU9JDR Howard (Skip) Teller, KH6TY http://members.home.com/hteller/digipan/ Richard B. Griffen, NB6Z: http://www.teleport.com/~nb6z/ Jim Jaffe, WA2VOS: http://www.nvbb.net/~jaffejim/mixwpage.htm Finn Helmuth Pedersen, OZ6LI: http://hjem.get2net.dk/helmuth/ While MixW is a commercial program, all of the contributors to the MixW help files are volunteers working to further the radio art. The MixW help files are free, and it is our hope that our efforts here will help you to enjoy MixW and amateur radio's wonderful digital modes. Every effort has been made to contact the writers of the material used from the WWW on the history and theory behind the various digital modes. It is our sincere wish to comply with the writer's wishes in using their excellent materials. Please contact Scott E. Thile, K4SET if you have any concerns about the use of material in these helpfiles. [email protected] Installation of MixW version 2.0 State of the art digital mode software by Nick Fedoseev, UT2UZ and Denis Nechitailov UU9JDR. Help files by Scott E. Thile, K4SET. First, click on System Requirements to make sure your system will handle MixW version 2.0. Installation The current MixW install program is available at http://tav.kiev.ua/~nick/mixw2/ This is a self extracting installation file. You can choose a different directory to install MixW to, but I would suggest using the default directory of C:\Program Files\MixW\. This will automatically install all the files MixW2 needs to run on your system. These will include the following files in the MixW directory: bands.ini (default band frequency information) contest.mc (contest Macros) Events.dat HAMCAL32.DLL MixW DDE test.doc (For the QSL Card feature) MixW QSL card test.doc (For the QSL Card feature) MixW2.exe (The main program files) MIXW2.FTS MIXW2.GID PACTOR-KAM.MC (Special Macro file for KAM modems to run Pactor TX) pfx.dat RACCD32A.DLL sstvhdr.bmp trace.log WebCL.dll Besides having MixW2.exe and its related files in your folder/directory there are two other files that are automatically created by MixW which are MixW2.log, and cty.dat. The cty.dat file is part of the Antenna Heading system and MixW2.log is a file created by MixW, which is your logging system. Your MixW2.log file should be backed up often to protect your log information from a computer crash and loosing all those QSO records! In order to use these helpfiles in from the MixW help menu, two additional files called MIXW2.hlp and MIXW2.cnt must be in your MixW directory. (These are included with the Zip file located at: http://campus.murraystate.edu/staff/scott.thile/k4set/index.html The following files will be created in your MixW Directory: Mix(mode name).mc (All Mix*.mc files are macro files. MixW makes one for each mode that you have configured custom micros for. For instance "MixBPSK31.mc" or "MixRTTY.mc" are the custom Macro files for BPSK31 and RTTY. MIXW2.INI (the file that contains all your configuration information) MixContests.ini (contains all your contest configurations) MixMacors.ini (contains list of Macro files and default macros) These files in the MixW directory contain all the data and information regarding your MixW setup configuration, macros, contests, and any other information concerning the assignment of the Function Keys.