[Tlf-devel] TLF + gMFSK + SPDX RTTY

[Ed]

I was only able to make 40 QSO's due to band conditions and family. 
After I sorted out and configured the F keys to my liking I tried both 
Run and S&P. TLF with gMFSK worked just fine, with few problems, mostly 
operator error. Hopefully XTLF will also include RTTY contesting 
support. I have a few suggestions,pointers that I hope will be 
considered or be of some help.

1, Consider using Dave's W1HKJ hacked version of .7pre1 as this provides 
a way to lock the transmit and allows use of AFC without the TX 
following. As it is now, you really cannot use AFC as the TX follows and 
you can easily "dance" up and down the band.

2. Allow F1 to send the CQ in Run, without the autocq function.

3. Some older RTTY contest programs look for a "de" before the call, I 
found no way to do this. I changed the call parameter in the logcfg to 
call= mycall twice, to be able to send it twice in S&P.

4. Please keep the enter sends message as I prefer to use neither the 
mouse or F keys.

5. I really did not see an advantage to using the miniterm. Most of the 
time I didn't know whether to follow it or gMFSK. I guess it is a matter 
of choice.

6. Here is a tip I found around the net, that may of be of some use to 
newbies as myself. If you are using Debian or a Debian based distro the 
following may help you compiling an app from source.

apt-get build-dep tlf gmfsk

this will bring in all that is needed to compile both, with the 
exception of libstdc++5 which must be specific to the PSKmailserver 
version of gMFSK.

7. Just in case it isn't obvious, "backspace" disables the F1 help in 
Gnome terminal.

I hope this is of some use and the suggestions evaluated for possible 
inclusion in newer releases of TLF with gMFSK.

73
Ed W3NR