Multi-mode decoder software - RadioRaft 3
Francois Guillet
The new release of RadioRaft permits to decode 12 ARQ modes,
8 FEC, 3 modes by packets and many others.
It's a DOS program that runs with the Hamcomm interface or a
demodulator.
It is usefull, fast and full automatic: detection of the
speed, mode and shift in less than 15 sec.
Among the innovations with regard to version 2:
- 6 new modes: Acars, Pocsag, Pactor-I, Dup-Arq, Gmdss-Dsc
and Uosat-data (Oscar).
- shiftmeter
- FFSK and DFSK demodulation
- many improvements in the quality of the decoding
For all details and downloading:
http://www.TheOffice.net/RadioRaft/
The free version for a review permits to detect all modes
but displays only Baudot, Arq-E, Fec-A, Sitor-A (Amtor-A.
"Digit", the "bit by bit" mode is also available.
It is not limited in time.
Good decoding.
Francois Guillet
F6...@TheOffice.net
Jim Dunnett
wrote:
>For all details and downloading:
>http://www.TheOffice.net/RadioRaft/
>
>The free version for a review permits to detect all modes
>but displays only Baudot, Arq-E, Fec-A, Sitor-A (Amtor-A.
>"Digit", the "bit by bit" mode is also available.
>It is not limited in time.
>
Do I have to re-register for the new version, François?
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Ken Jobling
On Sat, 3 Apr 1999 16:37:21 +0200, "Francois Guillet"
<F6...@TheOffice.net> wrote:
>Hi All
>
.........
>
>For all details and downloading:
>http://www.TheOffice.net/RadioRaft/
........
>
>Francois Guillet
>F6...@TheOffice.net
>
Ken Jobling
(to mail me - remove the A's)
Steve Fritts
<F6...@TheOffice.net> wrote:
>Hi All
>
>The new release of RadioRaft permits to decode 12 ARQ modes,
>8 FEC, 3 modes by packets and many others.
>It's a DOS program that runs with the Hamcomm interface or a
>demodulator.
>It is usefull, fast and full automatic: detection of the
>speed, mode and shift in less than 15 sec.
>Among the innovations with regard to version 2:
>- 6 new modes: Acars, Pocsag, Pactor-I, Dup-Arq, Gmdss-Dsc
>and Uosat-data (Oscar).
I finally got the program but I still can not get it to decode
anything properly...just garbage is all..I have the Hamcomm interface
and it works well with other programs such as JVFAX. But so far have
had no luck even decoding straight RTTY with it...tried to get CFH but
no go. I have a M-1000 that get perfect copy on CFH. Also, a program
called Chromapix is incredible!!! Beautiful copy of SSTV!!
Steve
>- shiftmeter
>- FFSK and DFSK demodulation
>- many improvements in the quality of the decoding
>
>For all details and downloading:
>http://www.TheOffice.net/RadioRaft/
>
>The free version for a review permits to detect all modes
>but displays only Baudot, Arq-E, Fec-A, Sitor-A (Amtor-A.
>"Digit", the "bit by bit" mode is also available.
>It is not limited in time.
>
Jim Dunnett
wrote:
>I get no response at that address.
>
>On Sat, 3 Apr 1999 16:37:21 +0200, "Francois Guillet"
><F6...@TheOffice.net> wrote:
>
>>Hi All
>>
>.........
>>
>>For all details and downloading:
>>http://www.TheOffice.net/RadioRaft/
>........
>>
>>Francois Guillet
>>F6...@TheOffice.net
The server appears to be down. You can get the file from
Pervisell.
Pervisell Ltd.......8 Temple End, HIGH WYCOMBE, Bucks.
HP13 5DR. 01494-443033 Fax 01494-448236
Web: http://www.pervisell.com EMail: h...@pervisell.com
They will also take registrations. You can also send Eurocheques direct
to François. (The unregistered version is rather limited).
Jim Dunnett
>On Sat, 3 Apr 1999 16:37:21 +0200, "Francois Guillet"
><F6...@TheOffice.net> wrote:
>
>>Hi All
>>
>>The new release of RadioRaft permits to decode 12 ARQ modes,
>>8 FEC, 3 modes by packets and many others.
>>It's a DOS program that runs with the Hamcomm interface or a
>>demodulator.
>>It is usefull, fast and full automatic: detection of the
>>speed, mode and shift in less than 15 sec.
>>Among the innovations with regard to version 2:
>>- 6 new modes: Acars, Pocsag, Pactor-I, Dup-Arq, Gmdss-Dsc
>>and Uosat-data (Oscar).
>
>I finally got the program but I still can not get it to decode
>anything properly...just garbage is all..
Not trying to run it in a DOS box are you?
You have to exit Windows and restart in DOS mode.
Steve Fritts
(Jim Dunnett) wrote:
>On Sun, 04 Apr 1999 05:19:59 GMT, sfr...@icx.net (Steve Fritts) wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 3 Apr 1999 16:37:21 +0200, "Francois Guillet"
>><F6...@TheOffice.net> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi All
>>>
>>>The new release of RadioRaft permits to decode 12 ARQ modes,
>>>8 FEC, 3 modes by packets and many others.
>>>It's a DOS program that runs with the Hamcomm interface or a
>>>demodulator.
>>>It is usefull, fast and full automatic: detection of the
>>>speed, mode and shift in less than 15 sec.
>>>Among the innovations with regard to version 2:
>>>- 6 new modes: Acars, Pocsag, Pactor-I, Dup-Arq, Gmdss-Dsc
>>>and Uosat-data (Oscar).
>>
>>I finally got the program but I still can not get it to decode
>>anything properly...just garbage is all..
>
>Not trying to run it in a DOS box are you?
>
>You have to exit Windows and restart in DOS mode.
>
>
Nope, using my old 486DX50 to run it. Still can not get anything but
garbage...have an M1000 that gets perfect copy from Baudot, etc...
Jim Dunnett
>>>I finally got the program but I still can not get it to decode
>>>anything properly...just garbage is all..
>>
>>Not trying to run it in a DOS box are you?
>>
>>You have to exit Windows and restart in DOS mode.
>>
>>
>Nope, using my old 486DX50 to run it. Still can not get anything but
>garbage...have an M1000 that gets perfect copy from Baudot, etc...
Must be the interface then. Does the interface work with
HamComm or other programs?
If you have a baudot-capable TNC you could always test it
via that.
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Steve Fritts
(Jim Dunnett) wrote:
>On Mon, 05 Apr 1999 00:54:21 GMT, sfr...@icx.net (Steve Fritts) wrote:
>
>>>>I finally got the program but I still can not get it to decode
>>>>anything properly...just garbage is all..
>>>
>
>Must be the interface then. Does the interface work with
>HamComm or other programs?
>
>If you have a baudot-capable TNC you could always test it
>via that.
>
>--
Nope, the interface works great with JVFAX, PC HF FAX, etc etc
JCM1168
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Jim Dunnett
>On Mon, 05 Apr 1999 20:59:57 GMT, oly...@SPAMLESSjimdee.prestel.co.uk
>(Jim Dunnett) wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 05 Apr 1999 00:54:21 GMT, sfr...@icx.net (Steve Fritts) wrote:
>>
>>>>>I finally got the program but I still can not get it to decode
>>>>>anything properly...just garbage is all..
>>>>
>>
>>Must be the interface then. Does the interface work with
>>HamComm or other programs?
>>
>>If you have a baudot-capable TNC you could always test it
>>via that.
>>
>>--
>Nope, the interface works great with JVFAX, PC HF FAX, etc etc
OK then. Refuse to be beaten by this. Port setup? IRQ?
--
Steve Fritts
(Jim Dunnett) wrote:
>
>
>OK then. Refuse to be beaten by this. Port setup? IRQ?
>
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HAHAH well I have audio going in to the interface so the port/IRQ is
not the problem...have used the SAME SETUP for PC HFFAX and JVFAX with
no trouble....just can not get RR to decode properly....I am convinced
it is "pilot error" but do not know where the prob is!! :-)
Jim McVein
wrote:
>On Tue, 06 Apr 1999 19:47:39 GMT, oly...@SPAMLESSjimdee.prestel.co.uk
Well.. there is a warning in the doc's that RR3 will not work with
some AMD and Cyrix uP's in some platforms. My install was plug &
chug, although I had been using RR2.13 before. There seem to be a
lot more options for setting up the demod plug. Tried these? Is your
demod plug set up for the right polarity?
Jim McVein
Jim Dunnett
>On Tue, 06 Apr 1999 19:47:39 GMT, oly...@SPAMLESSjimdee.prestel.co.uk
>(Jim Dunnett) wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>OK then. Refuse to be beaten by this. Port setup? IRQ?
>
>HAHAH well I have audio going in to the interface so the port/IRQ is
>not the problem...have used the SAME SETUP for PC HFFAX and JVFAX with
>no trouble....just can not get RR to decode properly....I am convinced
>it is "pilot error" but do not know where the prob is!! :-)
>
I've played a bit with this. In the Strategy item in one
of the menus, look at the frequencies under FSK1. I admit
I don't understand it, and neither the French nor English
manuals do much to help explain it.
I fiddled with it, after which it wouldn't decode ITA2
Hamburg met. A bit more fiddling and it came back to
normal.
Failing that (????) Re-install the program? Contact
François? - he's helpful and his English is fine.
(I've registered mine - awaiting my code!)
Barun Gupta
Were you able to upgrade from RR2.13 to RR 3.0 at no cost? If so how did
you do it?
Jim McVein wrote:
>
> On Wed, 07 Apr 1999 01:54:34 GMT, sfr...@icx.net (Steve Fritts)
> wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 06 Apr 1999 19:47:39 GMT, oly...@SPAMLESSjimdee.prestel.co.uk
> >(Jim Dunnett) wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>OK then. Refuse to be beaten by this. Port setup? IRQ?
> >>
> >>--
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> >>Rallies Info: www2.prestel.co.uk/jimdee
> >>Pgp key: pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371
> >
> >HAHAH well I have audio going in to the interface so the port/IRQ is
> >not the problem...have used the SAME SETUP for PC HFFAX and JVFAX with
> >no trouble....just can not get RR to decode properly....I am convinced
> >it is "pilot error" but do not know where the prob is!! :-)
> >
Jim Dunnett
wrote:
>Jim,
>
>Were you able to upgrade from RR2.13 to RR 3.0 at no cost? If so how did
>you do it?
No. It costs FF 98.40 (around ten pounds) to do so. I sent
a EuroCheque off first class on Tuesday and have my code back
by EMail today.
You have to make a disc of the program and extract from that
the first half of the key to unlock the program.
There's an order form in the RR directory. If you use
anything other than cash or EuroCheque it will cost a bit
more for bank charges.
It's well worth the money.
Ralf R. Radermacher
re: Re: Multi-mode decoder software - RadioRaft 3
> You have to make a disc of the program and extract from that
> the first half of the key to unlock the program.
Great fun, particularly for someone who hasn't been with MessyDOS since the
days computers were operated via teleprinter terminals. :(
Took me half a weekend to find out what this bloody serial number is about
and eventually ended up with a non-working key.
Hopefully, this scheme will be remotely as efficient against software
pirates as it is at deterring registered users.
Ralf
Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG Koeln/Cologne, Germany
RX: EKD 300 & EKD 100 + EZ 100 RTTY demodulator/diversity unit,
more info on request
Ant: Rohde&Schwarz HE011, Datong AD370, GAP Titan,
home-made active vertical 3 kHz to 100 MHz
Comp: Amiga 3000T/060/50 MHz CV64/3D ScanMate
David Barts
> [...]
> Great fun, particularly for someone who hasn't been with MessyDOS since the
> days computers were operated via teleprinter terminals. :(
>
> Took me half a weekend to find out what this bloody serial number is about
> and eventually ended up with a non-working key.
>
> Hopefully, this scheme will be remotely as efficient against software
> pirates as it is at deterring registered users.
I always liked the Jargon File (aka _The New Hacker's Dictionary_)
entry for copy protection:
A class of methods for preventing incompetent pirates
from stealing software and legitimate customers from
using it. Considered silly.
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Ralf R. Radermacher sed
>Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG Koeln/Cologne, Germany
Try Alt+0246 = ö Köln
Or Copy and paste from this E-Mail ;)
Incidentally Ralf, is Butzweilerhof still an Airfield?
73 de Gary7SLL, thinking of the many happy nights in and around Köln
Ralf R. Radermacher
re: Re: Multi-mode decoder software - RadioRaft 3
> On 08.04.1999 at 19:41:28, oly...@SPAMLESSjimdee.prestel.co.uk (Jim Dunnett) wrote
> re: Re: Multi-mode decoder software - RadioRaft 3
>
> > You have to make a disc of the program and extract from that
> > the first half of the key to unlock the program.
>
> Great fun, particularly for someone who hasn't been with MessyDOS since the
> days computers were operated via teleprinter terminals. :(
>
> Took me half a weekend to find out what this bloody serial number is about
> and eventually ended up with a non-working key.
>
> Hopefully, this scheme will be remotely as efficient against software
> pirates as it is at deterring registered users.
Though I maintain my views about such cumbersome copy protection systems,
I'd like to express my appreciation for the really prompt and most friendly
help from François to get my copy of Radioraft running.
Cheers all,
Ralf
Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG Koeln/Cologne, Germany
RX: EKD 300 & EKD 100 + EZ 100 RTTY demodulator/diversity unit,
Jim Dunnett
wrote:
>
>Ralf R. Radermacher sed
>
>>Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG Koeln/Cologne, Germany
>
>Try Alt+0246 = ö Köln
>
There's always one! What's wrong with Koeln?
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Jim Dunnett
wrote:
>On 08.04.1999 at 19:41:28, oly...@SPAMLESSjimdee.prestel.co.uk (Jim Dunnett) wrote
>re: Re: Multi-mode decoder software - RadioRaft 3
>
>> You have to make a disc of the program and extract from that
>> the first half of the key to unlock the program.
>
>Great fun, particularly for someone who hasn't been with MessyDOS since the
>days computers were operated via teleprinter terminals. :(
>
>Took me half a weekend to find out what this bloody serial number is about
>and eventually ended up with a non-working key.
>
>Hopefully, this scheme will be remotely as efficient against software
>pirates as it is at deterring registered users.
Well that's just too bad. The world didn't start and
end with Windows. Try exiting Microsoft's latest cockup
and restart in DOS mode.
Pity you can't hack this simplest of programs; outside
of Hoka it's the best there is!
Steve Fritts
get anything but garbage....had a Hoka Code 3 and it worked GREAT!
Wish I had it back now!!! Have a M-1000 and it works very well also.
Just wish I knew what was wrong in my using RR...have tried everything
I know...JVFAX works just fine on both machines...getting audio to the
RR but still no go.........
Gary Peach
Jim Dunnett wrote
>Gary Peach wrote:
>>Ralf R. Radermacher sed
>>
>>>Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG Koeln/Cologne, Germany
>>
>>Try Alt+0246 = ö Köln
>>
>There's always one! What's wrong with Koeln?
Jesus you're scratchy again this morning,
have you considered asking your doctor to change your drugs?
They are obviously playing you up Jim.
You have given smart arse replies to nearly all of the messages that you
have responded to. Once again you quote huge chunks of it with a one
sentence criticism, you should take the beam out of your own eye before
removing the plank from everyone's else.
In the best of tradition 73,
Gary7SLL, now girls, stop squabbling
Jim Dunnett
wrote:
>I have tried RR on both the new 300 MHZ and the old 486..still can not
Are the FSK limits showing on the Frequency/Shift-
meter bar? And are they centred on your receiver's
centre frequency?
Tune to the a German Meteo station, set it up
manually for BAUDOT and 50 bauds and see what you
get.
Fiddle with the Tracking and Modulation settings in
the Modulation menu.
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Barun Gupta
First, you must restart your computer in DOS mode. RR will not work in a
DOS window. If you are connected, you will see the signal strength bar
flicker - not the freq meter. If there is no movement in that, then you
have a connection problem and not a decoding problem. Possible causes
(other than restarting in DOS mode) could be that you don't have the
right com port selected.
If the signal strength is flickering, then you know you have a good
connection and it is a matter of being able to decode. In my opinion RR
is good that it covers a wide variety of modes, but its ability to synch
and decode is not great.
Mu suggestion to verify that the decoding program is working is to try
decoding CW. Find a CW station (the CW id from a SITOR-A that is idling
is not good enough), switch to CW mode and carefully tune your reciever
till you see the baud indicator change to track the CW signal. If it
does, RR should synch on the CW signal and start decoding in about 5
seconds.
RR (at least 2.13) is pretty good for CW but for the other modes, it
takes a fair amount of practice to be able to (I use a Kenwood R-5000)
decode RTTY, SITOR-A, SITOR-B or FEC-A. I have not had any sucess with
the other modes.
Hope this helps. My 2 cents based on my experience with RR 2.13.