Operating in PSK
Setting up for PSK Operation
establish Transceiver-to-Soundcard Audio connections and select Soundcard
establish and configure the Transceiver-to-PC PTT (reception-transmission switching) connection
- Configure your transceiver
if Commander isn't running, set your transceiver's mode to USB
- set your transceiver frequency to an open PSK band
160m
1,807, 1,838 kHz
80m
3,580 kHz
40m
7,035, 7,070 kHz
30m
10,138 kHz
20m
14,070 kHz
17m
18,100 kHz
15m
21,070 kHz
12m
24,920 kHz
10m
28,120 kHz
- disable compression
- disable all receiver filtering (re-visit this later when operating on a crowded band)
Annotated Main window in PSK Mode
Operating in PSK
Click the PSK31 button in the Main window's Operating Mode panel. To decode a signal in Receive Pane 0,
activate Receive Pane 0 by clicking anywhere within it; the color of the number 0 shown in the yellow panel on its left border will change from black to red to indicate that Receive Pane 0 is active
check the Receive panel's AFC box
click on the desired signal in the waterfall; the yellow trace that indicates Receive Pane 0's frequency will appear at the selected frequency, and decoded characters will appear in Receive Pane 0
if necessary, move the blue vertical bar representing the Squelch setting towards the left end of the horizontal Signal Quality Display
With the Transmit panel's Net box checked, WinWarbler will transmit on the active receive pane's frequency. To transmit,
click the Start button in the Transmit panel
type the characters to be sent in the Transmit Pane
click the Stop button in the Transmit panel
Your transceiver should switch from reception to transmission, transmitted characters should appear in Receive Pane 0, and your transceiver should switch from transmission to reception after all characters have been sent. You can also transmit by constructing and invoking macros.
Note: with the Receive panel's AFC box checked, Receive Pane 0 will automatically adjust its frequency to track any changes in the received signal. To prevent your transmission frequency from also adjusted by this AFC action, uncheck the Transmit panel's Net box once a QSO has begun.
Additional Information
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