FSQ Beta V0.24.6 ================ 20 May 2015 Welcome to FSQ - and be prepared to be amazed by the features of FSQCALL! Retro Selective Calling and Link Establishment meets the 21st Century! V0.21a 08/02/15 Small direction call bug fixed. First public release. V0.21b 09/02/15 Additional rig CAT support. V0.22 13/02/15 CAT setup major future-proof revision, command lockout while buffer full added, station callsign added to banner. V0.23 15/02/15 Bug in TX inhibit introduced with command lockout now fixed. V0.24 27/03/15 "US Edition". Many bug fixes and new features. See "Release Notes.txt". V0.24.1 04/04/15 "US Edition". Added traffic logging features and additional heard list shortcut menu options. V0.24.2 15/04/15 "US Edition". Adjustable FSQ modem center frequency and new shortcut menu for waterfall. V0.24.3 27/04/15 "US Edition". Added new image file send/receive feature with Help file. Adjustable FSQ modem center frequency replaced with fixed center frequency at 1500Hz. V0.24.4 03/05/15 "US Edition". Image "paste from clipboard" feature added to Send Image window. Image "copy to clipboard" feature added to Receive Image window. Send Image and Receive Image windows can now be navigated with the keyboard. V0.24.5 16/05/15 Log files now kept in "logs" folder within the FSQCALL installation folder. Text files sent and received via '#' and '+' commands now stored in "files" folder within the FSQCALL installation folder. RX, Monitor and RX File controls now limited to 256K bytes text to prevent runaway memory use in long running FSQCALL instances. Added new "FSQCALL Text Files..." and "FSQCALL Log Files..." options to File menu. V0.24.6 20/05/15 Assignment of default filenames when the '#', '+' and '-' commands are relayed using the ';' trigger now works as expected. If no filename is specified in the command (in brackets), the default filename is based on the callsign of the originating station in the relay path, not the callsign of the intermediary station. Installation ------------ Unzip this archive into a suitable folder on your C: drive. Right-click on the executable FSQCAL_024_6_US.exe, select 'Create Shortcut', then drag the shortcut to the desktop or your menu. Connect the receiver audio output to the computer Line Input via an isolating transformer or digital modes interface. Ensure that the Line Input is selected as a Record source. This is the same as any digital modes setup with an SSB transceiver. Connect the audio out from your computer to the transmitter via an isolating transformer or digital modes interface. This is the same as any digital modes setup with an SSB transceiver. If you also have a second sound card connected to speakers, check that system sounds are directed in that direction. This will allow you to hear Alert tones. If using CAT, connect the appropriate (serial, USB or CI/V) cable or adaptor between the transceiver and computer. You may need to manually edit the setup file FSQCALv022_setup.txt, to set the correct data rate, or change your transceiver to suit the default rate, 9600 bps. In order to use the 'CAT from file' option (for unknown rigs) you must add the TX and RX commands to this file as indicated in the index in the file. You must open and then close the program (to create the file) before you can edit the file. At present only a limited number of radios with CAT are supported directly. If you use another brand, or a model that's not listed, use the 'From file' option, or as a last resort contact the developer, Con ZL2AFP, zl2afp@xtra.co.nz for advise. We urgently need beta testers with these other radios. If you are loading a new version of the program over an older one, you should not need to rename or delete the old setup file before you start the new program. You may later wish to cut and paste your QTC and QTH messages from the old file to the new one. Removing the software (why would you want to do that?) can be done by simply deleting the whole folder. There's no evil stuff scribbled in the registry - this is honest software, with no smoke and mirrors! And no advertisements, viruses or other nasties, either. Additional Information ---------------------- This is a BETA version of the software, the second public release. It contains significant advances over all previous versions, which are now obsolete and should not be used. Please test the new software as thoroughly as possible. We need your help, but at the same time, we know you'll have a lot of fun using it! The software is now publicly released, so please direct your buddies to my website for the latest and greatest. Read the Syntax and Rules tabs, which are updated with each release. We would appreciate all feedback, negative and positive, although preferably constructive. We'd also appreciate operating information, including who you've worked and what you thought about the reception quality, and the facilities provided by the system. Please send comments and technical issues to Con ZL2AFP, zl2afp@xtra.co.nz. While it's not too late to consider good ideas, should you have them, don't expect big changes, and even little ones may take a while to filter through. Make sure you've read and understood the documentation - it could be that what are looking for already exists! We rely on your feedback to correct any problems. This applies to both the software itself and the documentation, so please read the two help files, the Rules and the Syntax carefully, and send any comments about the documentation to Murray ZL1BPU, zl1bpu@nzart.org.nz. We plan also to release the source code, so this will become an open-source design. The software is written in standard ANSI C. Anyone interested should also contact Con ZL2AFP. At the moment stations zl1bpu, zl1ee and zl2ee are active just about 24 hrs/day on 7105 kHz (USB, dial frequency). Please join us! As conditions change, expect to find us on either of the frequencies listed in the Rules tab, 3580 kHz night, 7105 kHz day. Station zl1ee is unmanned, and operates 24hrs on a short vertical antenna. You may use it as a test station whenever you wish. It runs 35 Watts. You will find that the signal reports it gives you will be quite different from other stations running dipoles, and may vary more. Legal Stuff ----------- The FSQ and FSQCALL software is the property of Con Wassilieff and is his Copyright (C) 2015. The FSQ and FSQCALL documentation, images and WSQ alphabet are the property of Murray Greenman and are his Copyright (C) 2013-2015. You have permission to use this software and these documents for Amateur Radio non-profit purposes only, and may not modify them, or distribute any of these in any form, by any medium, without written permission. Have fun! 73, Murray zl1bpu/zl1ee and Con zl2afp/zl2ee