Software's, Circuits, Etc

Welcome to my download page. You will find a selection of software's and circuits or schematics for downloading. Most software's are for soundcard use, with a few additional files which are useful when using the PC. Please make use of this page, and if you find any links which do not work, or if you know of a software which you feel may be suited to this site, then please email me. When viewing the circuits please use the Back facility on your browser to return back to this page. 

There are a number of great software's out there, so please do not assume that my comments represent what you may like in a software, they are simply my own thoughts. For example my all time favourite software for PSK and RTTY is ZAKANAKA by Bob Furzer. It has an uncluttered screen layout, with the same wide screen waterfall as Digipan, and a real CAT control range, where you can have the choice of rf frequency readout above the waterfall, read from your radio. If you are a Digipan fan, then run this software, pull all 32 macros on screen and program them to control your radio etc. You will not be disappointed !!.

Interested in MFSK, well give Con ZL2AFP's DOMINO software a try. It is experimental and very tolerant of both band conditions, and radios. You will find a link to Con's page at qsl.net for a read. But just in case you find qsl.net very slow in downloading, I have added the latest version of it here. You will see two entries in the MFSK section below, the first is Con's site, and the second is the latest version.

Maybe you are interested in experimenting with NBTV narrow bandwidth TV pictures. HB9TLK has developed a fascinating experimental software where you can send or receive moving pictures in a 60 line, 1.3 frame per second format. Ideally you should have a webcam attached to your pc if you want to send pictures. In any event download the file which is in the SSTV section and have a play. Or visit http://www.qsl.net/hb9tlk/nbtv/nbtv.html.

Patrick F6CTE's software MULTIPSK  is  taking leaps and bounds, a constant work in progress is the best way to describe it, and always fascinating to play with. Especially the multi channel capabilities, so be sure to give it a try.

LOGGER32BIT is by Bob Furzer K4CY. Quite apart from supporting a great logging software, it has PSK31, and RTTY modes available. I have included both the single 17Mb size file, smaller zip files in the software section for downloading. If you have any queries about using the software please join the hamlogger reflector group.  It is imperative that you support this software with constructive feedback to the group, remembering that this software by Bob is FREE, and has taken some considerable effort by both Bob, and a number of guys in Bobs team to get to this point. All without any external sponsorship, or product marketing, simply radio amateurs doing things for their fellow radio amateurs in their own time, and personal cost. Please exercise due consideration, and respect when making any comments to the hamlogger group. Here is the link to that group. HAMLOGGER REFLECTOR

Sergei UA9OSV of www.dxsoft.com has a great range of software's some of which you will find below, and his site is ALWAYS an interesting visit.  His TrueTTY multimode software is very good value for money, and one which I use for fsk rtty in particular. What you see is what you get with Sergei's software, he does not compromise it's integrity in any way by advertising "other" products. The help file is as it says, a very good help file with no advertising. Product or personal integrity is something lacking in a few other software's which seem to somehow demean themselves by promoting everything bar the kitchen sink, and then the question has to be asked if they were given a free kitchen sink, would they advertise that too.... even at the expense of supporting the actual software itself.....I guess so  :-).

MixW software has been a work in progress since it's inception in 1999. A work in progress simply means that it is constantly being revamped to include the latest modes. As of the latest beta release it now includes the multitone mode "Olivia". Well worth checking out that's for sure. This is not a free software however, and the demo software is time restricted. A great software without doubt, and the only slight negative comment I could make is that the help files are not up to par with the software, this is offset by the fact it has a great user support group on yahoo, see my amateur radio page for links to this, and other support groups on yahoo.

Looking to play with high definition SSTV on HF, well take a look in the SSTV software section for DIGTRX software by PY4ZBZ. It is unreal !  DIGTRX is an experimental program for digital transfer of any file type, like texts, pictures, programs, etc..., using RDFT, Redundant Digital File Transfer

There seems to be a growing need for the factual reporting method for PSK31 signals RS is okay, but T is not much use, and PSB ( Print, Strength, and Bandwidth ) seems a better alternative ?. If you operate PSK then please visit the site which Graeme VK3BGH has set up, and voice your thoughts. http://www.PSB-info.net

Here is a software which you should use regularly. It scans your machine for spyware, and gives you the opportunity to kill it. Called Spybot by Patrick Kolla  you can download from this page in the Utility section, or check out Patrick's site at http://security.kolla.de/. Below is the script from Patrick regarding Spywares, and it should come as no surprise to guys whom use the internet regularly.  Keep your Virus checking software updated constantly is the best advice.

Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove spyware of different kinds from your computer. Spyware is a relatively new kind of threat that common anti-virus applications do not yet cover. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you didn't intentionally install, if your browser crashes, or if you browser start page has changed without your knowing, you most probably have spyware. But even if you don't see anything, you may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging that is silently tracking your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile of you that will be sold to advertisement companies. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm in trying to see if something snooped into your computer, too :) Patrick.

Another very useful range of software's for web site use, or image implementation etc are the software's on  HTML Helper http://www.html-helper.com/ . They do not charge explicitly, but request you gain an activation code for each software, and it is hoped that you will support these guys with a donation......well worth it.

A site well worth a visit especially if you are running Windows XP and are interested in security is Steve Gibson's site  http://www.grc.com. Steve pulls no punches, and tells it how it is. You can be assured that Steve is always at the forefront of internet security. Read his thoughts about Microsoft's inbuilt messenger you may be surprised what you find !.

Skip KH6TY has been releasing ham software for some years now, and apart from the famous Digipan software which was innovative, he has developed DigiPic for decoding pictures via psk31, and another fascinating software for blind operators called DigiTalk. See the links below.

RT Systems have a wide range of radio programming software for most makes of radio. See the link in programming to their site.

Do you have old DOS software that you thought you would never run again after upgrading to Windows 2000 or XP ?. Well not anymore guys. You can download a great X86 emulator which WORKS!. Called DOSBOX, this software is free at sourceforge. You can download and use it at no cost, but if it works for you then please support the guys by a donation. Have fun and let me know what you have used it for :-).  Goto: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dosbox/

REMEMBER THE GOLDEN RULE. IF YOU ARE UPGRADING SOFTWARE FROM ONE VERSION TO THE NEXT, ALWAYS MAKE A ZIP FILE BACK UP OF ANY EXISTING FILES BEFORE INSTALLING A NEW UPGRADE INTO THE SAME FOLDER OR DIRECTORY.

ARE YOU A SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, OR SIMPLY INTERESTED IN WHAT'S GOING ON ?. CHECK OUT THIS SITE. IT IS MULTILINGUAL, AND YOU CAN CLICK YOUR LANGUAGE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.

 http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com

Regards,

 Dave G3VFP

  Modification / Manual Links

This is undoubtedly one of the most resourceful sites on the internet for amateur radio run by Erik OZ2AEP

A site which also belongs in the hall of fame for amateur radio run by Yuri UA6AP and RW6AIG

ICOM720A Manual  Consists of scanned images of the manual, and schematics 14.1Mb size though
 
Circuits
   

Very simple audio attenuation for soundcard / txcvr use etc.

AF DERIVED PTT circuit from sound output from soundcard for PSK etc.

AF COMPRESSOR based upon the SSM2165 ic.  PDF data sheet listed below this item.

AMD Data sheet for the above SSM2165  in PDF format.

Squelch operated carrier detect for receive control on Echolink controller rather than VOX

IC706 Auto Tune circuit by G4FZN

Icom CI-V interface circuit with ptt, and cw key option

PTT Circuit from com port. Can be used for most soundcard software's

PTT Circuit from com port. Especially for FT1000MP uses relay  PTT switching

TNOTCH Audio Filter.....Try it out in series with your rx audio line to soundcard. Bust QRM

MIC PRE-AMP with tone controls. Excellent for electret inserts. Based upon ARRL circuit

HIGH PASS FIILTER For use where intermod is a problem when using 144 or 432 MHZ.

PSEUDO STEREO CW....A project which gives a "Spatial" effect when copying CW

Simple Speaker Muting Circuit For Use With Soundcard Software's Like MMSSTV Etc

 Using DTR to switch on a radio cooling fan with EchoTime software

A simple method of adding external PTT control to an iLINK board when using Echolink
 
  MSdos Or Windows Utility Software
 

BTL.... Blaster RTTY software by Rob ZL2AKM. Version 1.54e beta version, dos based

DOSBOX.....A GREAT FREE DOS Emulator for use with Win 2K or XP. Ask me for it if the site is down.

DX VIEW  which displays DXCC info and country maps, and a host of facilities by Dave AA6YQ

Easy Screen Capture  By Longfine.  Captures Part Or Complete Screen .  Excellent Software.

FILTERS V3.5 . By Patrick F6CTE A DSP Filter

FIXCOM. To run in autoexec.bat if you are having RTS ptt line problems with WinME or Win2K etc

HELPDECO.  A Utility For Converting Help Files To Text

MMANA.  MM Antenna Analyser software by Makoto Mori  JE3HHT Ver 0.72

MAA-NEC2 Version 1.8 By Dimitri UA3AVR For calculations of designs optimised in MMANA  with NEC-2

MM0ANT Utility Softwares. Take a look  at Roberts great site

MUBAY102. A superb pkt prog for use with Baycom type modems, Old, DOS Based mono screen

NEC4W18....Superb. antenna design for windows

POP3 Scan Mail....A MUST if you want to protect yourself from spam etc before the mail reaches you !

PORTMON.  Mark Russinovich. Monitor serial / parallel port activity with this advanced monitoring tool

POLARPLOT  By G4HFQ A program to measure and display the radiation pattern of a beam antenna

SATSCAPE V1.86 . By Scott Hather . Superb satellite tracking software for Windows.

SBFFT12.ZIP. Excellent DSP Filtering for all modes. Runs from DOS. Truly FB this software.

VISUAL BASIC VB6 Utilities by Microsoft.....Used in conjunction with a number of softwares.

 

 
 
  MS Windows ( Radio Control ) & Programming Utilities
 

ARCP CAT control software by Umbra Systems . this version is for IC706/756/821. No tx functions.

CAT Control Of The TS870....Excellent New software by Ricardo EC4DFP

Commander From Dave AA6YQ Icom Yausu Kenwood Ten-Tec

EASYCAT. Very Comprehensive Icom CAT Software by Ian G1NOO

HAMPORT.....By UA9OSV. A beta version of this multirig frequency control software

IC706_BKT Computer control software by Mauro IZ2BKT. Please hit the button to link to Mauro's site.

IC706 Exe By G4FEV Is control software to handle the memories on an IC706

G4HFQ  FT-100, 817, 847, 857, 897, 920, 1000MP Mark V, VR-5000 and FRG-100 control software.

FT1000MP AND MK-V cat software by Juha OH8BQT / OH8CW

ICOMtrol..By Vincenzo Amarante.....Freeware, control software does not include the IC706 series !.

RT SYSTEMS offer a wide range of programming softwares for most radios.

SUPERCONTROL Softwares for the FT100, and FT847 by Peter DH1NGP Excellent

If You do not see what you want in the above, then take a look at this listing in QRZ
 
  MS Windows  CW Soundcard Software
 
CW GET V1.50 . By Sergei UA9OSV  Soundcard Cw decoding software which works with CW TYPE
CW TYPE V1.36 . By Sergei UA9OSV  Soundcard Cw tx software which works with CW GET
ET_MORSE V2.13 .  By Patrick F6CTE
 
  MS Windows DX Cluster Software
 
 
Cluster Monitor By DXSOFT Cluster monitor is a tool for web-cluster and telnet-cluster monitoring on Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP
WinCluster Lite By Jim KH2D
 
  MS Windows EchoLink & Linux EchoLink Software
 
 
EchoLink By Jonathan K1RFD

EchoTime By Jim KH2D Excellent facility runs concurrently with EchoLink

EchoLinux & The Bridge Softwares
 
MS Windows MFSK / Throb Software
 
 
DOMINO  by ZL2AFP . It is similar to Stream but experimental MFSK software check it out.
DOMINO  by ZL2AFP . Download the latest version here. QSL.NET may be slow.
HELLSCHREIBER by IZ8BLY . Windows software...Excellent! Ver 4.0
STREAM Ver 1.1.  By Nino IZ8BLY and Murray ZL1BPU
THROB Version 2.6 By Lionel G3PPT . Fascinating mode which is in development
THROB Version 2.5x33 By DL5SWB. An excellent interpretation of Lionel's superb software
   
 
  MS Windows Logging Software
 
AALOG.....By RZ4AG. A multipurpose logging software. Take a look at DXSOFTS Pages
DX4WIN... Version 6.02  An excellent logging software which supports psk.
LOGGER32  32 Bit Software  Ver 2.1.0  by K4CY. A big 11Mb file.  Join the Hamlogger support group.
LUX-LOG by LX1NO. This is a very comprehensive windows based logging software by Norbert
MW2Log....A useful freeware add on to the MixW software by Josef Vers 1.7 current. HB9CIC
N1MM Logger by Tom N1MM. 
PSKLOG…..PSK31 Logging Software By YO3FFF For Use With G3PLX Ver 1.08
VQ Log By Gabriel EA6VQ. Especially intended for serious HF/VHF/UHF/SHF/Satellite-DX'rs,
YPLog....By Tony VE6YP. V4.33 An excellent logging software with radio control interfacing
WriteLog is the premier contest logging software for Microsoft Windows 95, 98, NT, and 2000
XMLog...XMLog is a free amateur radio logbook system for Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP
 
  MS Windows Multimode Software
 
 
HAMSCOPE....Version 1.53 By Glen KD5HIO. Supports PSK,RTTY,CW,MFSK And ASCII
HAM RADIO DELUXE....Simon HB9DRV A Fascinating Piece Of Work
MIXW2.......Ver 2.15 By Nick & Denis. Latest  Full Release April 2005 ( exe file within the zip. extract first and then run )
MIXW2.......Ver 2.16B5 By Nick & Denis. Beta test version September 2005
MIXW2....Ver 2.16B5 By Nick & Denis. This is the mixw exe file ONLY.  Latest updated by Denis on 21st Sept 2005
MIXW2....Version 2.1 of the MixW to DXLabs DXKeeper Gateway Utility Files
MMVARI.....Beta Version 0.30 A brand new varicode software from Mako JE3HHT
RCKRTTY By Walter DL4RCK Contest Style Software. RTTY/AMTOR/PACTOR/ CW/ PSK31
TrueTTY Ver 2.50 by Sergei UA9OSV. Excellent RTTY, PSK Etc Software. Check it out.
MULTIPSK V3.9 ...By Patrick F6CTE July 2005.  Licence for full use is required. Free version is useable.
 
 
  MS Windows PSK Software
 
 
DANPSK Version 2.1  By Jesper OZ5PC
DIGIPAN. Version 1.7 By Skip KH6TY / UT2UZ / UU9JDR Includes  CI/V control for bandchanging etc.
DigiTalk by Skip KH6TY A PSK31 Software designed for blind, or impaired sighted operators
DigiPic by Skip KH6TY
DXPSK UK . By F6GQK  V1.8a. Originally in French, it is now released in English also
PGNR3. PSK31 WD5GNR Interface for Peter G3PLX's Software Version 1.34 See readme in zip file
PSK-PAL. By Erik VK7AAB Another interesting PSK software. 10th March 2001 Version Upto 3 Channels
WINPSK . Version 2.10 By Moe Wheatley AE4JY. Windows PSK Software
WINPSK SE. Version 2.23 By Dave KA1DT  Windows PSK Software Interesting Variation On WINPSK
W1SQLPSK. By  Joe W1SQL  An Interesting New Psk  Monitor Upto 20 Ch !!  Plus  Logging Software
WO-PSK....By ZS5WO It Is Based Upon Moe AE4JY'd dll core. Software. Linked To Steve ZS5WO's Site
WINWARBLER .... By David AA6YQ. A DXLABS Software For PSK and RTTY.
ZAKANAKA.... Ver 1.24 By Bob Furzer K4CY.  Excellent PSK software with MMTTY RTTY engine support
 
  MS Windows RTTY Software
 
 
Blaster TeLetype RTTY Software By Rob ZL2AKM.
ET_RTTY V2.12 ... By Patrick F6CTE
MMTTY Ver 1.62  RTTY Software By Mako JE3HHT.
RTTY By Ray WF1B.  Ver 5.02 A long standing software which is now free to use
K6STI Ritty Software Removed By Direct Request From Its Author
 
  MS Windows NBTV SSTV & WXFAX Software
 
 
Digital Atmosphere Workstation. WX analysis and forecasting
DL1UR SSTV. By DL1UR. Windows based with Soundcard
ISSTV.  By HB9TLK Internet Linking SSTV Software
JVCOM32  Software for SSTV , WX FAX,NAVTEX,SYNOP . The demo version is free, you pay to get the reg.

MMSSTV. By Mako JE3HHT. Version 1.11 Fully Functional Software.

TCMAKER Ver 5.1 By Steve  Is an SSTV Pattern, or test card generation software really excellent.

WxToImg  A.P.T  and Wefax Decoding Software. By Abstract Technologies New Zealand.

W0TSL . Movies With SSTV. Please Forward Your Comments On Its Use To Clarence W0TSL

CHROMA PIX.  One of Chroma Pix's outstanding of all software's runs under Windows, and soundcard.
DIGTRX. A high definition sstv software. After downloading you can follow this link to Digtrx
NBTV 60 Line Software By HB9TLK. A fascinating experimental software.
 
  MS Windows Meteor Scatter & Narrow Band Mode
 
 
WSJT. By Joe K1JT Ver 4.5.1 Software is excellent. This is a link to Joe's site for further info

MAnalyzer .  By OH2AYP radio obs. FFT SW for WIN98

SEP-WIN . By K9SE Sporadic-E Propagation Software For The VHF Operator
 
  DX Cluster ETC Software
 

A selection of softwares by Jim KH2D

Bandmaster . By VE3NEA   Downloads DX spots and displays them in different ways, including a graphical band map

DX Atlas. By VE3NEA  As it says a very useful visual map

DX Lab. A suite of softwares by  by Dave AA6YQ well worth a visit.
 
  Voice Keying Software
 

KD4UDY's VoiceKeyer voice keying software with many formats for both general and contest use.

Voice Keyer By Mike SM3WMV is a universal free software

AA Voice supported by UA9OSV
 
  Linux Platform Software
 
 
This is a must site to visit for Linux Ham Software, apart from being a great site by Tim N9NU
A Must site visit for those interested in LINUX  radio projects.

DPTNT. LINUX AX25 facilities from both Joachim DL8HBS, und Mark   DL4YBG

KPSK . By Luc Langehegermann, LX2GT. Yet another FB Linux software. A Fantastic Site You must visit.

LinPSK . By Volker, DL1KSV . Ver 0.8.4 Based on  the WinPsk style by Moe AE4JY,  4 psk signals simultaneously.
SM5BSZ . Leif Åsbrink  DSP radio for LINUX on Intel platforms.

TWPSK Ver 1.1 . By Hansi DL9RDZ.  LINUX PSK software which uses the soundcard.

RTTY . By Jesús Arias (EB1DIX). Includes the help file in PDF format

QSSTV .  By ON1MH. Version 5.1a  This is partcipation software.
   
 
     
 
   
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