Fldigi v4.0.9 now available

Within the past few days the hard-working development team led by W1HKJ have announced the release of Fldigi v4.0.9.  This release of Fldigi are maintenance releases with a couple of bug fixes, performance improvements and several new features..  Full details are available in the ReadMe file available for download and below this announcement.

As with all of the FL suite, Fldigi continues to support both PowerPC and Intel (i386) processors; with individual downloads available for each architecture and can be downloaded here.

Version 4.0.9

  • doc update
  • clock_gettime
    • Change np-compat.m4 to provide for conditional use of library calls to clock_gettime
    • allow for compiling on OS X < 10.12 using
  • Xcode 8.xxx
    • use ./configure –without-clock_gettime
  • spectrum display
    • Changed from fft mode to spectrum display paradigm
      • spectrum display available independent of digital mode in use.
      • spectrum display dialog opens from “View” menu
      • removed all code relating to the original fftscan modem
      • added new fltk widget, spectrum based on fldigi’s digiscope widget
  • Test Signal Dialog
    • Correct IMD range controls
  • dxcluster fonts
    • fix dxreport font rendition
    • add resizable groups to correctly resize tabs
  • Spot buffer
    • add clear RE buffer after a successfull match
  • Winkeyer clones
    • added longer time out for character echo.
      • requirement for ZLP clone of Winkeyer http://www.g4zlp.co.uk/unified/DigiMaster_CW.htm
  • RX Text capture
    • Fix loss of capture when Rx text scrolls or user’s mouse clicks off of the target
  • PSK s/n imd
    • Changed s/n display code to avoid displaying misleading values
    • Changed Noise/Offset/IMD test signal generator IMD can be specified in dB and signal will correctly emulate an over driven transmit signal. IMD generator modified to correctly computer 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th harmonics of PSK fundamental (15.625 Hertz).
    • Removed “–noise” command line parameter
    • Added Test Signal Dialog with
      • S/N
      • IMD
      • tx freq offset
      • controls
        • disabled display of Rx IMD, s/n values if |imd| > |s/n|
  • PSK viewer
    • Added the following modes to the multi-channel viewer
      • PSK31, PSK63, PSK63F, PSK125, PSK250, PSK500
      • PSK125R, PSK250R, PSK500R
      • QPSK31, QPSK63, QPSK125, QPSK250, QPSK500