But you are not forced to use any of the modes in a multimode program. I use Fldigi, but I use PSK most of the time, Olivia a little, MFSK and RTTY on rare occasions. I have never used any of the other modes. In the latest version I believe you can even hide the modes you aren't interested in so they aren't listed on the menu.
Julian, G4ILO --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Ed G" <huckleberr...@...> wrote: > > > > Jon, your argument is certainly a valid one, but does not take into > account those hams who only want to work one or two digital modes, PSK31 > and RTTY being the primary choice. I was in that boat once, too, but am > just recently beginning to agree with your view on this and have become a > neophyte HRD user. I've got a heck of a lot to learn on that program, but > I now realize the benefits of doing so. > > Ed K7AAT > > > > > > From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalra...@yahoogroups.com] On > Behalf Of JonP > Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 1:49 AM > To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Individual software programs for various digital > modes???? > > > > > > I would argue the other way. > > When you go to individual software programs, it means that you have to learn > the user interface, set-up, and operation of a number of different programs > with a number of different interfaces and a number of different approaches > as to how software should be written/how software should interact with the > user. > > When you go to a suite, there is consistency. You learn it once instead of > having to learn it four or five or six times. > > I started with individual programs such as WinPSK, MMTTY, etc. It was a > pain. I was always doing something wrong because I had just come from a > different program that worked differently. And if I wanted to switch modes > because I saw a promising signal ... > > I eventually stumbled on DM780. You only have to set up those modes that you > use, and setting up an individual mode in DM780 is no more difficult than > setting up that mode in an individual program. AND, the basic stuff requires > only one set up one time -- basics such as my rig, my call, how I want the > waterfall to look, and my macros. Especially my macros. It's very nice to > have consistency so that I know a particular macro will do the same thing > every time on every mode. > > BTW, I don't do computer control of the rig. > > Jon > KB1QBZ > > --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com <mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com> > , "JLA" <johnne507@> wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > I've been lurking a while and I've not found a clear (to me anyway) > discussion of small, individual digital mode software programs, e.g., one > program for RTTY; one program for Olivia, etc, etc... >
