Ron & John, MultiPSK has an analyzer function in it. It can measure baud rate and shift of RTTY & FSK signals. It will also attempt to measure the symbol rate of BPSK signals.
I'm guessing that at 14097 it was either a Packet or Pactor station. Pactor comes in 3 varieties I, II & III. MultiPSK will decode Pactor-I but for Pactor II & III you need some very specialized and expensive software/hardware. Currently I know of only Hoka Code 300 and the Wavecom decoders which will even attempt it. Prices range from around $8000 and up! Outside the ham bands there is little that can be successfully decoded these days. These include Weather FAX, Aviation/WX RTTY (very little nowadays), SITOR (again not much these days), HFDL, GMDSS DSC, Stanag 4285 (usually only test tapes), occasional ARQ-E stations, ALE, CW (eg Cuban spooks) but also some Far Eastern maritime stations still use CW. Interestingly the Cuban 'numbers stations' are experimenting right now with RDFT and also PSK220F which I believe is only available in MultiPSK.... Most "RTTY" stations you hear outside the ham bands are not RTTY at all. They often use a synchronous system and are encrypted so a normal RTTY decoder wouldn't make any sense of it. MultiPSK can also decode GMDSS DSC messages and VHF ACARS at present. MultiPSK can be downloaded for free at http://f6cte.free.fr/ 73, Sholto KE7HPV. W4LDE-Ron wrote: > John, > > It is the PK232, I do think that there is that type of software out > there, wish there was. > > 73 de > Ron W4LDE > > John Lindsay wrote: >> This question has likely been asked previously but I can't find it in >> the archives if it has. Is there any multi-mode software that will >> attempt to automatically decode a selected signal? The reason I ask is >> there was something on 14097 last night and I tried muultipsk/mixw and >> the various modes available on them to attempt a decode but was >> unsuccessful. I'm not sure which TNC had it -- MFJ1728 or the PK232MBX >> but I remember using the SIAM mode to attempt to decode various modes >> that were available in the early 90's. >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> John >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Page at >> http://www.obriensweb.com/sked >> >> Check our other Yahoo Groups.... >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxlist/ >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/contesting >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >
