{"id":16792,"date":"2016-01-14T09:32:23","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T13:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=16792"},"modified":"2016-01-14T10:44:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T14:44:19","slug":"a-review-of-multipsk-software-for-digital-modes-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/a-review-of-multipsk-software-for-digital-modes-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"A Review of Multipsk Software for Digital Modes and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ak3q.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MPSK2.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/ak3q.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MPSK2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over the last year or so I have been using a really full-featured digital mode software called <strong><em>Multipsk<\/em><\/strong>, and it has become my go-to software for most digital modes. Back in September 2015 I wrote an extensive review of the software for <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespectrummonitor.com\/\">The Spectrum Monitor<\/a> (TSM)<\/em> which Owner\/Editor Ken Reitz has graciously allowed me to post on my blog at <em><a href=\"http:\/\/ak3q.com\/2016\/01\/a-review-of-multipsk-software\/\">All Things Radio<\/a>. <\/em>Thomas has written numerous articles for <em>TSM<\/em>, and will attest to its emphasis on so many aspects of the radio hobby. If you are not a subscriber already you really do not know what you are missing!<\/p>\n<p>The program boasts over 75 modes, not counting some of the many sub-modes or variations, and new modes are being added all the time. There is a free version and a registered version, with the paid mode costing around $45 (U.S.) The free mode will handle a lot of really great modes, but I confess, it was the additional &#8220;professional&#8221; modes which really made purchasing the registered version a must for me. Whichever way you go, you will not be disappointed. As I have noted on my blog and in the article itself, I consider the registration fee some of the best money I have ever spent for computer software.<\/p>\n<p>As an added bonus, the free or registered version can be run on as many computers as you have in your home, and multiple instances of the program can be run on the same computer provided they are in separate directories. This is a great feature, and it means there is basically nothing going into the Windows registry file&#8211;the program runs right from the directory. My only problem is not having enough antennas to have as many instances of the program running as I would like!<\/p>\n<p>I hope you will take time to read my review and then get the program&#8211;I think you will be suitably impressed as I was! (I have it running on XP machines through Win10, so compatibility should not be an issue.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Robert Gulley, AK3Q,\u00a0is the author of this post and <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/author\/robert\/\" target=\"_blank\">a regular contributor<\/a> to the SWLing Post. Robert also blogs<\/em><em>\u00a0at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ak3q.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">All Things Radio<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last year or so I have been using a really full-featured digital mode software called Multipsk, and it has become my go-to software for most digital modes. Back in September 2015 I wrote an extensive review of the software for The Spectrum Monitor (TSM) which Owner\/Editor Ken Reitz has graciously allowed me to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2509,1114,3],"tags":[4114,3557,1913],"class_list":["post-16792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apps","category-digital-modes","category-news","tag-digital-modes","tag-multipsk","tag-software"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4mQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28379,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/roberts-reviews-and-how-tos\/","url_meta":{"origin":16792,"position":0},"title":"Robert&#8217;s reviews and how-tos","author":"Thomas","date":"September 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Like a few of us contributors here on the SWLing Post, Robert Gulley (AK3Q), writes features for The Spectrum Monitor magazine\u00a0(TSM). \u00a0Robert and I are both passionate supports of TSM--for a mere $24 per year, you get a monthly digital magazine that is simply chock-full of articles covering all aspects\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4995,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/more-shortwave-digital-text-and-the-reason-behind-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":16792,"position":1},"title":"More shortwave digital text (and the reason behind it)","author":"Thomas","date":"December 8, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post readers have seen previous posts regarding text being broadcast via shortwave digital modes on WBCQ, WRMI and The Mighty KBC (which broadcasts again this weekend). 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