== Operating in Phone ==

==== Setting up for Phone Operation ====

 1. Setup the [[AudioConnections|Transceiver-to-Soundcard Audio connection and select the soundcard used for transmission]]
 
 1. Setup the [[PTTMechanism| Transceiver-to-PC PTT (reception-transmission switching) connection]]

 1. [[ConfigurePhone| Configure WinWarbler for Phone Operation]]
         
 1. Configure your transceiver

    a. set your transceiver frequency to an open Phone band

    a. if [[TransceiverControl| Commander]] isn't running, set your transceiver's mode to ''USB'' or ''LSB'' as is appropriate for the frequency
 
 1. record one or more .wav files containing phrases to be transmitted (e.g "CQ CQ CQ de AA6YQ, AA6YQ, AA6YQ"), and setup a [[Macros|macro]] to play each file

 1. [[SettingRTTYAudioOutputLevel|Set the Audio Output Level for phone operation]]

==== Main window in Phone Mode ====
    {{http://www.dxlabsuite.com/Wiki/Graphics/WinWarbler/Phone.jpg}}


==== Operating in Phone ====

Click the '''Phone''' button in the '''Main''' window's '''Operating Mode''' panel. 

To transmit, click a [[Macros|macro button]] that you've setup to play a .wav file. Your transceiver should switch from reception to transmission, the contents of the .wav file should be played, and your transceiver should switch from transmission to back to reception.

==== Additional Information ====

  * [[http://www.dxlabsuite.com/winwarbler/Help/Logging.htm|Logging QSOs]]

  * [[Macros|Using Macros]]

  * [[CapturingDecodedInformation|Capturing Information from Decoded Data]]
 
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[[Operation|Operating in CW, Phone, PSK, and RTTY]]

[[GettingStarted|Getting Started with DXLab]]