Testing cw skimmer software for decoding ham radio morse code. Sample rate to match dax iq stream in the dax control panel for slice a. Smartsdr for the flex6000 signature series flexradio. Slice master 6000 can configure and launch cw skimmer for you. Ria, it would be nice great actually to have a wider than 10 khz waterfall display on cw skimmer. Below is the powersdr console in cw mode configured for use with cw skimmer. Has anyone managed to get the cw simmer working with a flex 5000a.
Decoding becomes an important aspect of point and shoot hunting. If i click a signal or anywhere on the waterfall, it will tune the radio to the selected frequency, and. Note that cw skimmer uses a daxiq channel, not a dax audio channel. Flex 3k working fine in cw this afternoon but now lost sidetone. Skimmer also decodes morse and displays call signs and 599. It may also work on windows xp, vista and windows 8, 32bit and 64bit, but this cannot be guaranteed.
Smartsdr is the software running on the radio controlling it all. Cw skimmer and sdrbridge setup and troubleshooting notes 19feb 2020. Two flex6700 software define radios running over a network for our new. No separate registration is required, the registration key for cw skimmer also unlocks cw skimmer server. Setting up digital mode software on the flex 6000 series radios. But note, any sdr which hdsdr can control may be used with this same technique. This provides a convenient way to decode up to four 4 bands of cw or digital data in an external computer with all data coming from your flex6000. For transmitting cw, the program encodes keystrokes from the computers keyboard. We used cw skimmer to help determine where the operator was. Writelogs flex6000 setup right mouse click in writelogs flex front panel windowavailable in writelogs radio menu chooses a channel number. Cw skimmer and sdrbridge setup and troubleshooting notes 19feb2020.
It features a fast waterfall display, with a resolution sufficient for reading morse code dots and dashes visually. I have also established a way to use the sdriq, ts2000, cw skimmer, commander, and n1mm for contesting applications. Users with older flex series sdrs using the powersdr software flex1500, flex3000, and flex5000 can skim and record a single band by following instructions in this guide provided by flexradio systems, then proceeding to the cw skimmer configuration section of this tutorial. Commonly, this programs installer has the following filename. Oct 19, 2008 home knowledge base powersdr thirdparty software interfacing cw skimmer information on interfacing powersdr 1. Sdrbridge links cw skimmer to the status of every call in writelog, whether mult new country, new station, or dupe, and colors the entry appropriately. With the exeception of adjusting personal preferences, theres no need to even open cw skimmers settings dialog. When cw skimmer starts for the first time from ddutil, open the settings pane and configure the following tabs. Cw skimmer simultaneously decodes all cw signals in the receiver pass band either 48, 96 or 192khz.
Cw skimmer is a multichannel cw decoder and analyzer by alex ve3nea. Love at first byte an interview with don beaudry flexradio. With the exeception of adjusting personal preferences, theres no need to even open cw skimmer s settings dialog. The new hardware architecture has multiple processors including a field programmable gate array fpga. May 15, 2014 skimmer is another of alexs dynamite programs. Slice master creates its own cw skimmer config files and sets everything needed to make the necessary connections.
Combined with your current transceiver, or with software defined radio sdr hardware that is already available, cw skimmer will enable operators to be aware of everything that is going on across large swaths of any band. The quicksilver qs1r receiver is supported directly. Slice master 6000 has already set the radio type and audio device options for you. The decoded text is displayed on the computers monitor.
Logging software, digital mode programs downloadinstall fldigi, freedv, sigmira, digipan, cw skimmer, hrd, multipsk if you want to try digital modes of hf communication cw,rtty,psk, etc. After cw skimmer configuration flex 5000 click to enlarge these are settings determined from reading articles on the flexradio web site along with others i could find. Ive carefully followed all the advice and stepbystep instructions in the knowledge base, but im still having problems. Posted on may 1, 2019 may 6, 2019 by w5xd posted in flexradio rig driver writelog flex driver 12. The smartsdr software is great and the integration with slicemaster and cw skimmer is a game. Program decodes cw signals in a given band of signals and lists call signs, cq, qrl, 599 and raw text. I use sdr bridge to launch cw skimmer and setup the slices. Sdruno does not provide iq output to external programs so cw skimmer will be limited to decoding cw signals in an audio i. Empfangereinstellungen beim cwskimmer radio settings in cw skimmer.
By default, slice master will only start cw skimmer on slice a and b when either of those slices are in cw mode. If you use sdrconsole v3 or hdsdr they can output iq samples to cw skimmer and you can decode a much wider bandwidth like 48 or 96 khz. I am able to run cw skimmer by itself with powersdr, and the logger by itself with powersdr. The software was developed and tested on windows 7. Flex6400 flex6600 flex6700 maestro powergenius xl smart sdr. K1dbo released this on dec 29, 2017 commits to master since this release. Flexradio cw skimmer and n1mm logger hello, i am interested in running cw skimmer and the n1mm logging program alongside powersdr 1. Over on youtube user brent crier has uploaded a tutorial video showing how to set up cwskimmer with an rtlsdr and hdsdr. Mar 04, 2008 i used cw skimmer with my sdr for the first time during the vp6dx dxpedition. Hdsdrcwskimmer and other digimodes using iq output or. After cw skimmer configuration flex 5000 click to enlarge these are settings determined from reading articles on the flex radio web site along with others i could find. I have my 6300 working with cw skimmer, using daxiq and cat as a ts2000. This is probably more of a cw skimmer question than a flex question, but here goes anyway. Cw skimmer can be used with the sdr and flex 5000 radios via a virtual audio cable.
A powerful cw tool cw skimmer cws 170 khz wide k0pir. Jan 04, 2019 70s greatest hits best oldies songs of 1970s greatest 70s music oldies but goodies duration. Allows visual id of cw, communication with dx cluster. Testing cw skimmer software for decoding ham radio morse code signals. Cws wide is not used entirely the same as 24 khz narrow and we dont see a full 170 khz in cw skimmer either.
It uses iq data streams for the decoding of multiple cw qsos. Rtty skimmer monitor rtty signals on multiple bands and provide spotting information sdrbridge allows rtty skimmer and cw skimmer to work with flex 6000 2. Improved sdrbridge and cw skimmer integration writelog. The flexradiobranded radiosport headset is a highquality carbon fiber finish stereo headset with cloth covered deep gel ear muffs that provides 24db of acoustic noise reduction. On the hardware tab select the port for the radio then select the radio type. Powersdr is setup in cw mode u is preferred with vac enabled. Control of the transceiver ptt and cw keying is made through one of the com or lpt ports. The file size of the latest installation package available for download is 3. Cw skimmer server decoding simultaneous of all cw signals on band, coverage up to 192 khz on each band qs1r receiver 7 band usrp receiver 4 band skimmer server based to skimmer software, lives in the system, no waterfall display user interface with telnet as dxclusters selectable only cq calls or all calls possibilities use master. It is built on a core architecture designed to facilitate this kind of integration. Cwskimmer can be downloaded from the afreet software, inc. Kcomm is an amateur radio communication and logging program that has been designed specifically for elecraft k2 and k3 transceivers. As noted previously, cwskimmer is a program that decodes multiple cw signals all at the same time. With cw skimmer i was able to watch the entire pileup on the split frequency, where i would never be able to decode each individual call by ear simultaneously, and find the exact frequency of the station vp6dx just worked on the previous call.
This video shows cw skimmer operating with a flexradio 6700 running the smartsdr software. Download the free program slice master it is simple to install and. Flex 6400 flex 6600 flex 6700 maestro powergenius xl smart sdr. I used cw skimmer with my sdr for the first time during the vp6dx dxpedition.
This capability is provided for use at the same time the radio is used for normal transceiver operation. Cw skimmer can be used with the sdr and flex5000 radios via a virtual audio cable. Cw skimmer, dx lab, ddutil, and n1mm all interconnected. The fpga supports direct digital down conversion of the signal and provides tremendous processing power in the radio. Testing cw skimmer software for decoding ham radio morse. Install a virtual serial cable frequency control between sdr console and cw skimmer. Configure cwskimmer with powersdr for wide band operation. As of october 8th, 2016 this software supports cw skimmer from afreet software inc. High resolution world map software for amateur radio. Cw skimmer integration with flexradio 6700 youtube. Software defined radio transceiver with 2 independent. Simultaneous decoding of all the cw signals in the receiver passband, with up to 700 signals is possible.
Morse code is a communications technique still used widely by the amateur radio community in the hf bands. Cw skimmer is a multichannel cw decoder and analyzer based on bayesian statistics algorithm. And the power to make one flexradio appear as eight different conventional ones. Mrp40 is a powerful and highlyeffective ham radio software program that decodes received cw audio that has been fed to a computers sound card. Mar 31, 2020 configuring n1mm to use mmtty with a flex 6000. Flexradio systems is proud to announce the 10th anniversary flexradiobranded rs60cf headset from arlan communications. Using cw skimmer, sdrbridge, and the flex 6700 to click tune a. Imho it would even be better for cw skimmer to provide an api that the flex programmers could access to display the spots directly on the ssdr display. As a developer, engineer and the creator of slice master, don understands the need and the power of simple, commonsense applications. It provides a skimmerfall of cw signals scattered across the band and each skimmerfall can control its own slice in the radio by simply clicking on the desired cw signal. This discussion group is for flex radios using the smartsdr architecture. Oct 01, 2017 testing cw skimmer software for decoding ham radio morse code signals. You can transmit both from the keyboard and from a paddle connected to serial, game or lpt port.
Flex radio web page forum for the flex radios on groups. Here is the configuration of the usb cable in the ssdr software. The writelog flexradio6000 series rig driver is updated to support the rc1101 remote. Cw skimmer server is part of the cw skimmer package. Users with older flex series sdrs using the powersdr software flex 1500, flex 3000, and flex 5000 can skim and record a single band by following instructions in this guide provided by flexradio systems, then proceeding to the cw skimmer configuration section of this tutorial. I replaced my icom 7800 with the flex 5000 and 2nd receiver. Recording of this iq data for submission to hamsci can easily be performed as well. Configuring n1mm to use mmtty with a flex6000 flexradio. Cwskimmer is regarded as one of the best pieces of software that can be used to decode cw a. Using cat control it allows you to point to a cw station with your mouse and bring the radio up on freq. Sdr receiver with hdsdr and cw skimmer to search and pounce with a conventional transceiver. Hams use mrp40 to send and read qrq highspeed cw, to. After a while you will find cw skimmer works so well for cw rag chews, cw dxing or cw contesting, that you begin to wish cw skimmer had some magical way of detecting digital signals across an entire band or even phone cqs.
The smartsdr software is great and the integration with slicemaster and cw skimmer is a game changer. It seems to work well, but if i click on a callsign in cw skimmer it tunes the radio, but im not sure its working right. A very sensitive cw decoding algorithm based on the methods of bayesian statistics. Do not overlook the distinction between dax iq and dax audio. Turn off spur reduction sr to prevent a 3 khz variation in the cw skimmer frequency readout. Home knowledge base powersdr thirdparty software interfacing cw skimmer information on interfacing powersdr 1. Geographic and azimuthal projection, ham prefix and qth lookup, cq and itu zones. The new settings in hdsdr and cws make cws unusable for changing frequency on the radio and hdsdr. Cw skimmer can be used with the sdr and flex5000 radios via a. Like the need to bridge the configuration gap between thirdparty applications. You may use the transceiver audio, just using skimmer to find the signal. Some other radios are supported via 3rd party drivers, please see below. Can anyone with experience of this help talk me through the procedure. Tonight i have a completed flex 5000 so2r radio on the air.
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