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psk31lx(1)

psk31lx1

A terminal based ncurses program for psk31

Usage

psk31lx [-h] [-l] [-q] [-t serialdevice] [-x] [-v]

Overview

psk31lx uses the soundcard to receive and transmit PSK31, an extremely narrow band HF-mode. PSK31 is a mode for keyboard QSO’s. psk31lx is a simple terminal based program that uses ncurses to display received text and input text to transmit. There is also a phase scope and spectrum analyzer to aid in tuning.

Options

-h

printf this message

-l

Invert phase shift for LSB mode

-q

Enable QPSK mode

-t device

Specify the PTT device. Default is /dev/ttyS1. For the first serial device use -t /dev/ttyS0.

-v

print version number

-x

TX tracks RX freq

Keyboard commands

The following keys are used to control psk31lx

Ctrl A - toggle afc
Ctrl B - toggle BPSK/QPSK
Ctrl C - exit/terminate
Ctrl K - toggle NET on/off
Ctrl L - toggle LSB/USB
Ctrl R - RX mode
Ctrl T - TX mode
Ctrl U - tune mode
Ctrl K - toggle NET
Ctrl W - CW ID
Ctrl X - Clear all windows
ESC - Exit
Up Arror - increase rx freq + 1 Hz
Down Arrow - decrement rx freq - 1 Hz
Right Arrow - increase rx freq by 8 Hz
Left Arrow - decrease rx freq by 8 Hz

History

  • Debian 13 (Trixie) to Debian 10 (Buster): the text shown here
  • Debian 9 (Stretch)
  • Debian 5.0 (Lenny) to Debian 3.1 (Sarge)
  • Debian 3.0 (Woody)
  • Debian 2.2 (Potato)

-h since Debian 9 (Stretch); -l since Debian 9 (Stretch); -q since Debian 9 (Stretch); -t since Debian 9 (Stretch); -v since Debian 9 (Stretch); -x since Debian 9 (Stretch).

Bugs

Please send bug reports to: [email protected]

Author

psk31lx was written by Hansi Reiser, DL9RDZ and modified by Ted Williams, WA0EIR.

From psk31lx 2.2-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.