Setting up CW, Phone, PSK, and RTTY Operation in WinWarbler
To enable communications via CW, Phone, PSK, or RTTY, you must establish the required connections, and configure WinWarbler's settings. This section provides both general guidance for establishing required connections and configuring WinWarbler, and specific instructions for use with WinKey CW generators, external modems, microHam interfaces, the Elecraft K3, and Flex software-defined radios running PowerSDR software.
Note: WinWarbler can transmit CW, but requires one of the following configurations to display decoded CW:
am external HF modem (e.g. KAM 98, MFJ 464, PK232, PK900, and PTC-IIe)
the applications CWGet and CWGet to WinWarbler
Required Connections
To decode PSK-31, PSK-63, PSK-125, or RTTY transmissions, you'll need a connection between your transceiver's audio output and your PC soundcard's audio input; this is referred to as the Transceiver-to-Soundcard Audio connection.
To generate PSK-31, PSK-63, PSK-125, or AFSK RTTY transmissions, you'll need
a connection between your PC soundcard's audio output and your transceiver's audio input; this is referred to as the Soundcard-to-Transceiver Audio connection.
a means of switching your transceiver from receiving to transmitting; this is referred to as the PTT mechanism; PTT is an abbreviation for Push To Talk
To generate FSK RTTY transmissions, you'll need
a connection between one of your PC's digital output devices and your transceiver's RTTY input; this is referred to as the FSK connection.
To generate CW transmissions. you'll need
one of these 5 CW Keying mechanisms:
a serial port RTS or DTR signal
a parallel port data Data, Init, or Select signal
a Winkeyer circuit (or an interface device containing this circuit)
a transceiver that can be directed to transmit CW via CAT command and that is being controlled by Commander
To generate Phone transmissions, you'll need
a Soundcard-to-Transceiver Audio connection.
Note that the above connections can be susceptible to Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
General Setup Instructions
Check the Setup Instructions for Specific Usage Scenarios section below to see if one of its scenarios is applicable to your configuration.
- CW
- Phone
Setup the PTT mechanism
If you're using Windows 10, enable Let apps use my microphone in the Settings window's Microphone section. If this option is disabled, applications will be prevented from using any audio device.
- PSK
Setup the PTT mechanism
If you're using Windows 10, enable Let apps use my microphone in the Settings window's Microphone section. If this option is disabled, applications will be prevented from using any audio device.
- RTTY
If using AFSK, setup the Soundcard-to-Transceiver Audio connection
If using FSK, setup the FSK connection
Setup the PTT mechanism
If you're using Windows 10, enable Let apps use my microphone in the Settings window's Microphone section. If this option is disabled, applications will be prevented from using any audio device.
If using AFSK,set the AFSK Audio Output Level for AFSK RTTY operation
Setup Instructions for Specific Usage Scenarios
- Transceiver-specific Scenarios
- Elecraft
FlexRadio
- Icom
- Kenwood
- Yaesu
Configuring WinWarbler to use settings from a standalone instance of MMTTY
Generating CW by controlling a Winkey connected to a PC serial port
Decoding and generating CW, RTTY, and other digital modes by a controlling an external Modem connected to a serial port; supported modems include the KAM 98, MFJ 464, PK232, PK900, and PTC-IIe.
Decoding RTTY with a high performance Terminal Unit like a HAL ST-6000 or Dovetron by connecting it to a PK232 (de Scott N4ZOU)
Decoding CW with CwGet
Setting up microHam products
Setting up the Navigator: see the document entitled Winwarbler RTTY Setup.pdf in this DXLab group Files area
Simultaneously Decoding a RTTY DX Station Operating Split and Its Pileup
Managing Serial Ports and USB ports
Configuring Windows to not automatically power down USB ports
Changing the COM port number that Windows assigns to a USB-to-serial-port adaptor
Resetting a Serial Port's RTS and DTR Signals when Windows Starts