Black Cat Systems has released an update for MultiMode, bringing it to version 3.9.5. MultiMode is a decoding app designed to let ham radio operators and amateur radio enthusiasts use their Macs in pursuit of their hobby. The new version has improvements in FAX mode and access to a database of over 10,000 airplane identifiers in ACARS mode. According to Black Cat Systems: Black Cat Systems has released version 3.9.5 of MultiMode, their program for amateur radio operators and radio hobbyists that allows the transmission and reception of morse code, slow scan TV, and other modes. The latest version of MultiMode adds improvements to FAX mode, as well as access to a database of over 10,000 airplane identifiers to ACARS mode.
MultiMode is an application which allows your Macintosh to decode and transmit several different modes of non-voice communication often heard on shortwave and ham radio. It is the only program of its kind for the Macintosh, rivaling commercial packages for the PC platform costing hundreds of dollars. It is ideal for amateur radio operators, shortwave radio listeners, and other radio enthusiasts.
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MultiMode is localized for Dutch, French, German, Italian, and Spanish, in addition to English. MultiMode allows you to decode and display morse code, RTTY, FAX, SSTV, ACARS, PSK31, and many other modes on your Mac, without any extra hardware. MultiMode now also allows you to transmit in most of the modes of operation. MultiMode supports the following modes:.
Morse Code (CW). QRSS (Slow speed CW).
RTTY (Baudot). ASCII. SITOR-A. SITOR-B / FEC / NAVTEX.
SSTV (Slow Scan TV). WEATHER / SATELLITE FAX.
ACARS (Aircraft Communications). Packet (300 and 1200 baud). PSK31. ALE (Automatic Link Establishment). DTMF (touch tone), CCIR, EIA Tone Modes. Hellschreiber.
Audio Spectrum Display / FFT Mode You can find about the MultiMode update at the Black Cat Systems Web site. MultiMode 3.9.5 is a available for US$89.00.
An alpha version for OS X is also available.
This is a Mac OS X version of the HotPaw Morse Decoder app for iPhone and iPad. The HotPaw Morse Code Decoder decodes the tones of Morse Code characters from audio input, and transcribes the results into text. Both an audio spectrum graph and a tone amplitude graph are displayed to assist with tuning the decoder. User configurable settings include the frequency of the narrow-band audio filter, the WPM dot/dash speed used for Morse code detection, a noise threshold level, and whether Farnsworth timing is to be used for detecting spaces between characters. If the audio filter is enabled, the filter can be set for frequencies in the range of 400 to 1400 Hz. Note: The built-in microphone on many MacBook models has been reported not to work due to the pick up of fan noise and room and table reverberations of the Morse code tones. In those situations, an external microphone or line-in may be necessary to allow decoding.
The Morse code WPM (words per minute) detection speed is automatically adaptive from about 8 to 40 WPM, and can be locked to the current estimated WPM dot speed (WPM lock icon locked). There is a High Speed WPM Mode which may work better for code speeds in the range of 40 to 80 WPM. It may take several initial and immediately preceding characters containing both dots and dashes before the WPM speed estimation starts to get close to the actual WPM. Background sounds and signal fading can interfere with detection and decoding. The quality of decode depends on the signal level, signal to noise ratio, stability of the frequency and WPM speed, keying 'fist' quality, and whether you have configured the app properly for the signal. For users who can't get the decoder to start decoding at all, the problem is likely to be an inappropriate audio level, fan noise, room echo, a tone frequency too high, too much background noise, or radio noise causing an unrealistic initial WPM setting. Please see the new help file on the HotPaw website for hints as to how to solve these issues.
Please use the manual settings if automatic decoding does not adjust to the frequency, WPM or background noise threshold level. Coachlow1, KB7NPL Hi to all hams that read these reviews. I bought the CW reader today and had trouble with it reading from my external speaker of the Yaesu FT 767 GX. But when I hooked up a wire from the external speaker to the MAC mike in jack it started to decode. A few other tweeks and away it went. It has to be a pretty strong signal with a minimum of QRM with the filter on.
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I m glad I bought this software at a mere 19.99 it works better than Multimode Cocoa and costs one fourth the price to boot Give it a try even after reading some of the negative reviews Dont know what there problem was but it works for me73. Coachlow1, KB7NPL Hi to all hams that read these reviews. I bought the CW reader today and had trouble with it reading from my external speaker of the Yaesu FT 767 GX. But when I hooked up a wire from the external speaker to the MAC mike in jack it started to decode. A few other tweeks and away it went. It has to be a pretty strong signal with a minimum of QRM with the filter on. I m glad I bought this software at a mere 19.99 it works better than Multimode Cocoa and costs one fourth the price to boot Give it a try even after reading some of the negative reviews Dont know what there problem was but it works for me73.