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Michael Thurman <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:09:22 -0500
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we should meet on 20 or 40 meters later
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On Jan 12, 2011, at 1:07 PM, Steve Forst wrote:

> Sorry, no info for Mac software.  For Windows PSK:  Many of us have 
> tried a bunch of stuff with varying degrees of success.  As you 
> mentioned Digitalk is  far out of date.  In fact, after John's post, i 
> tried running it on a old Win 98 pc, but it kept crashing.
> 
> Try Digipan, which is free and kind of works a little bit sometimes. 
> In JAWS, the jaws cursor can help give you the incoming text in a 
> reasonable fashion.    I've done a few QSO's with it, but there's got to 
> be a better way.
> 
> My mode of choice is RTTY, and I use the free MMTTY software.  Haven't 
> had as much luck with it on the Win 7 pc, but just reinstalled it on the 
> XP computer after a HD crash and reformat.   Seems to be receiving well, 
> and as I type, am copying  XE3DX calling CQ from Mexico on 20 meters. 
> Incoming text is reading well so far.
> 
> BTW, someone on 20 meter psk is using a screen reader.   The voice is 
> going out over the air, either as direct transmission, or being picked 
> up by an open mic.   Hard for me to tell what it is saying, but it is 
> definatly JFW, WE, or Microsoft narrator.
> 
> 
> 73, Steve KW3A
> 
> On 1/12/2011 12:33 PM, Michael Thurman wrote:
>> ok I hae to ask  what software are you using for these modes? and any =
>> chance for some mac software for digital modes too? I do have the old pc =
>> though I havn't looked for accessible aps for a long time  the only =
>> accessible psk ap i have found is digitalk  a non supported program =
>> written by dkip teller  the same gy who got us all started on psk back =
>> in the day
>> 

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