This is a very interesting idea.
For emergency communications, having the ability to send a fax(photo) of
a situation would be a great benefit.
I do hope it would be included in the Windows version of fldigi.
If you need testers, let me know.
Lynn - KB3FN @arrl.net
On 12/27/2009 10:05 AM, Remi Chateauneu wrote:
> There are open-source implementations of Weather fax (
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weatherfax ) modems (Hamfax
> http://hamfax.sourceforge.net/ or acfax
> http://linux.maruhn.com/sec/acfax.html ); there would probably be a
> benefit to integrate them into fldigi:
>
> - Hamfax is not updated for a long time, has no hamlib support for PTT
> command (I developed a patch to add that).
> - Fldigi can provide a unique parameter interface, its waterfall
> window can help tuning.
> - Hamfax and acfax do not run under Windows, although the core part,
> GPL, is pure C language (
> http://hamfax.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/hamfax/hamfax/src/ or
> http://packages.debian.org/fr/source/sid/acfax )
>
> What is needed, among other things might be:
> - Add a new modem and tab in fldigi configuration.
> - Create a new macro for receiving/sending fax images.
> - Create a new opmode.
>
> So, is there an interest for a adding weather fax modem into Fldigi ?
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