Much of the modem code in DM780 is from fldigi.There are sample screenshots of the waterfall display for various modes and audio samples of them. The online documentation is quite extensive, at about 140 web pages, with many illustrations.Fldigi will generate Cabrillo reports for many contests.While not designed specifically for contesters, fldigi is adequate for casual contesters.It has a built-in log book that stores records in ADIF files. It will also have an embedded browser that will work with all the PSK modes and RTTY. Version 3.21 of fldigi, now in alpha test, will have the capability of sending and receiving weatherfax.Dave describes how he came to develop fldigi using C++ and FLTK.A computer-aided transceiver (CAT) program that controls the Kachina 505DSP transceiver.flwkey for sending Morse code via the winKeyer chip.NBEMS (Narrow Band Emergency Messaging System), consisting of fldigi, flarq, flwrap, flmessage, and flrig, all using the Fast Light Toolkit.Other projects Dave is involved with include:.Dave says there are about 2500 users of fldigi and he spends 50 hours per week on coding and support.Other modes have been added since, along with the GUI. Much of the underlying code in fldigi is from the original gMFSK program, in particular the modem code.Other developers are Stelios, M0GLD, Leigh, WA5ZNU, and Skip, KH6TY.This is a version of Puppy Linux with fldigi, a logbook, and a geodesic calculator already installed. flpuppy, aka digipup, is also available from Dave's site.
His software will run under Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, OSX, and Puppy. He's been writing ham radio programs since the 1970's. He started with UNIX, then MINIX, and has been with Linux since the beginning.
He had been maintaining gMFSK, a Gnome multimode HF terminal program, and decided to create fldigi to prove he could still write code.
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