Excellent instruction. Will try this over next week, thanks. 

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> On 29 mrt. 2014, at 23:21, Tobias DG3LV <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Stefan, MF !
> 
> A small introduction to beaconing by MultiPSK (for any mode):
> 
> MultiPSK calls its long macros "sequences". There can be 1 to 24 sequences, 
> each stored in a file named "Fxx.SER", where xx is the sequence number 
> ranging from 1 to 24. My example file is called "F1.SER", it is a replacement 
> for the original file.
> 
> Install MultiPSK, then first replace old "F1.SER" file in the programs 
> directory by the supplied one. Start MultiPSK and go to "configuration 
> screen" (=first screen at startup), set your soundcard settings for "input" 
> and "output" and define your PTT-COMport at "serial port". At the left middle 
> of the configuration screen there is a panel for "beacon mode (all modes)". 
> Set both sequence numbers to "1". Set "pause" to a suitable time between two 
> consecutive transmissions. Set "duration" to several hours, if you want to 
> stay in beacon-mode all night long. (meant is NOT the duration of the single 
> transmission!!!)
> When setting "prior serial number", there will be a "Message nnn" at the 
> start of each beacon transmission, where "nnn" is incremented automatically 
> starting at "1".
> 
> Leave configuration screen by a click on "rx/tx screen".
> Now you are in the main window.
> 
> Select "AMTOR-FEC-Navtex" in the mode-selection-panel at the upper right. 
> (and please select Shift = 170 at the panel just above the middle of the 
> waterfall.)
> 
> Next click on the item "configuration" in the main menu line on top of the 
> screen. Select/click on "personal Data" and set your call, name, city etc.
> Your texts for <MY CALL>, <MY NAME>, <MY QTH>, <MY LOCATOR>, <ANTENNA>, 
> <RIG>, <WEB ADRESS> are used by the F1.SER sequence.
> Please enter your personal data. After completion click on "save" and you are 
> back in the main window.
> 
> That's all for configuration. (the audio frequency used -1500 Hertz- is 
> defined in the F1.SER file already, = need not be set)
> 
> Now we can test it for a first time :
> 
> Start a first single beacon transmit by pressing the "F1" function key on the 
> keyboard, or by clicking on "Call 1 F1" at the very left just below the 
> waterfall. You can watch the echo of the transmitted characters at the 
> Tx-area.
> 
> Verify that the text of the message is ok. ("Message nnn" is not shown yet, 
> it is inserted later at beaconing)
> 
> Now we are ready to start beaconing. There is a "Beacon" button situated just 
> below the "help" item of the main menu. You start the beacon-mode by clicking 
> on this "Beacon" button (click again to stop). A big yellow band with "Beacon 
> : AMTOR transmission" just below the weaterfall verifies that the beacon-mode 
> is on.
> 
> That's it.
> 
> Beaconing-mode will stop automatically after "duration" time is over, or at a 
> click on the "beacon" button.
> 
> (There is a help function on the right mouse button for most items used here, 
> but you are warned : the help function of MultiPSK is extensive and 
> detailled, you could end up reading a manual)
> 
> Give it a try, maybe it's worth it.
> 
> 73 de dg3lv Tobias
> 
> Am 29.03.2014 17:32, schrieb Stefan Schäfer:
>> Hi Tobias,
>> 
>> Thanks for the report.
>> How do i use this macro? Last night i tried to use MultiPSK again but it
>> takes a long time to get a rough overview over the
>> 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 buttons.
>> BTW decoding works well in fldigi here...
>> About the 170 Hz shift, still the old problem. Actually i informed an OM
>> who is in the group of people who work/improve the program. However i
>> did not try to look for a recent update. I'm going to ask him again if
>> the change has been done.
>> 
>> 73, Stefan/DK7FC
>> 
>> Am 29.03.2014 12:45, schrieb Tobias DG3LV:
>>> Hi Mal !
>>> Hi Wolf !
>>> 
>>> To use MultiPSK for transmission of an AMTOR-FEC beacon in the style
>>> received yesterday, here comes a MACRO file to be used as a template.
>>> MultiPSK is capable of sending standard-conform AMTOR-FEC at 170 Hertz
>>> shift. This can be decoded by all programs/Decoders (including
>>> "fldigi") that decode "NAVTEX" aka "AMTOR-FEC".
>>> 
>>> That signal of yesterday was received from sequence number 19
>>> (2014-03-27, 2349 UTC) to 25 (2014-03-28, 0014 UTC) with some QSB.
>>> Sequences 23 and 24 were decoded just partly because of deep QSB.
>>> (After seq 25 I was QRT)
>>> 
>>> 73 de dg3lv Tobias
>>> 
>>> Am 29.03.2014 10:07, schrieb mal hamilton:
>>>> I heard this Wolf it was hi speed rtty possibly 75 or 100 baud.  I did
>>>> not try a decode
>>>> It was a strong signal
>>>> 
>>>> 73 MAL/G3KEV
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "wolf_dl4yhf" <[email protected]>
>>>> To: "RSGB LF Group at blacksheep" <[email protected]>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 8:50 AM
>>>> Subject: LF: MF : RTTY ?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> Greetings all,
>>>>> 
>>>>> There was a powerful RTTY signal around 476.4 (?) kHz yesterday,
>>>>> european night, which didn't look like the military stuff but an
>>>>> amateur transmission. Tone spacing about 200 Hz.
>>>>> I tried -in vain- to decode it with MMTTY but no luck, whatever
>>>>> combination of buttons on the main screen were clicked.
>>>>> Anyone with more luck here ? Try another software ?
>>>>> It's been many years since I last used that mode, with a DJ6HP
>>>>> "Filter-Konverter"...
>>>>> 
>>>>> 73,  Wolf  DL4YHF .
> <F1.SER>