Overview Of All The Fldigi Op Modes

A complete overview of all the Fldigi Op Modes. I will explain what makes one different / better than another. Which ones work best in a low power mode, poor propagations, faster speed, more tolerant to drifting. Many belong to a "family tree" and are newer iterations from the past version.
I will summarize which ones you should be using to practice your skills and which ones you need to learn with the SHTF. Finally, I will share which frequencies by band by Op Mode you should be using to find activity on.
LINKS:
1. Setting Up & Using Fldigi: • Fldigi / Flrig Softwar...
2. Windows Setup For Fldigi: • Windows & Rig Setup Fo...
3. Top Prepper Fldigi Mode (FSQ): • "Grid Down" Best Ham R...
4. Top 4 HF Digital Modes: • Top 4 HF Digital Data ...
5. Top Prepper HF Antenna: • Top Prepper HF Ham Rad...

[@kendebusk2540]

Just ready to get back into AR after about 30+ yrs layout. This sort of thing is SO valuable to me. When I was last active, we had AM/FM/SSB/CW/RTTY. Much of what I've heard/read lately is almost literally Greek to me. I'm bookmarking this one so I can go back again and again. Thanks! de KA8VLW, Ken, Michigan

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Make sure to check out VarAC video. Easier than Fldigi to setup and much more activity too. Winlink is a great email tool and I did a video on that one also. I will be working on JS8Call for Preppers (Best Practice) and hope to have that one out by the end of the month. Let me know if you have any questions.

[@jps99]

Outstanding, you have an excellent teaching style, and thanks for the cheatsheets you emailed me, very helpful!!

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Glad you like them! I will keep making them as I find more people need them.

[@dougbas3980]

Well worth an hour of my time. I bet it will save me many hours. Thanks

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Great to hear that it is saving you time!!!!! That is one of my primary goals. Shorten the learning curve cycle.

[@user-bn9xd1kt2j]

The best video summary on Op Modes for Fldigi I have ever seen! Just outstanding MJ. Just found your channel and am working my way thru all of your great videos. Keep up the great work. The ham community is blessed to have you creating such content!! BRAVO de Rick, K4REF

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Awesome, thank you for your encouraging words! Greatly appreciated :-)

[@timbookedtwo2375]

Excellent presentation. I have been using FLDIGI modestly for a while, and I learned a lot from this and your other videos. Thanks! SV0SGS

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and I hope this helps you enjoy some of the other modes on Fldigi!

[@robertryan8029]

Wonderful explanation of digital modes. I am an Extra and have been a Ham for many years but am just now getting into digital. Your videos on setting up fldigi are invaluable! Bob AD8RR

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Glad it was helpful and I hope you are having fun in the digital world of Ham Radio.

[@ki4qfl]

This video by far is the best one yet. I had no idea how many of these modes existed. Yes I do FT8 but I have wanted to try more. This video just opened many options. CW!! I can actually watch a CW qso and maybe finally be able to learn this.

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Great to hear and I thank you for the kind words. So many options, now finding someone who is using them!

[@tshirley05015]

Great Video! Thanks for the work you put into it.

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Thanks Tracy for taking the time to let me know. Traveling the last few days and just getting around to see your comment. I appreciate your encouragement!!

[@anonymous_friend]

Great presentation. Thank you!

[@hamradiomadesimple]

You're very welcome! Thanks for letting me know.

[@f.rogeriof.aragao1233]

Great presentation. Congratulations. It was what I needed.

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Great to hear! That is my goal, to help others learn and advance!!

[@user-fs1eb8oy6y]

Thankyou so much for your excellent FLDIGI presentation. My fellow Hams are just telling me how to use it, but you really explain clearly - how & why everything works. Now it is starting to make sense! I have definitely subscribed and look forward to your other lessons.

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Great to hear! That is why I do this channel. To help others learn this from a series of systematic and logical presentations. Check out my library of videos. Next one up is HF Propagation Tools. I wish I knew this over a year ago. You won't have to wait as long and suffer through finding the right info. Thanks again!!

[@RandomWire107]

Exactly what I needed. I’ve been following your videos in setting up my FT-891

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Thanks for letting me know this. Also, let me know if you have any issues with the setup. Do you have anyone to test your setup and equipment with?

[@johnc3403]

Well done. This is a video that needed to be made.

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Thanks, I hope your HF digital experience is one of fun and building relationships!

[@FightUni09]

Incredible amount of information, BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED! TNX for the amazing info.

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Glad it was helpful! My goal is to help others shorten their learning curve and they don't have to go through what I did, to figure this stuff out!!

[@RobertoRubio-ij3ms]

I am diggin' your videos on FL Digi ! Thanks MJ for the great content.

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Awesome, thank you!

[@LB7EJ_Bjorn_Otto]

Helpful video. Thank you!

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Glad it was helpful!

[@gary6212]

Great video - the best summary/breakdown of the digital modes I have found on youtube. Great work!

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Wow, thanks Gary. So glad it is helping!!

[@alainbroekema5000]

Great video, Thank you !

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Thanks for taking the time to let me know.

[@kurtstefans5738]

One of the best ham radio youtubes I've seen so far! Thanks!

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Wow, thanks! Really appreciate the kind words Kurt!!! How do I live up to that standard now?? :-)

[@harlanhair9893]

Nice presentation! Thank you😃

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Thanks for watching and I hope this helps you enjoy some of the other modes on Fldigi!

[@billdomb]

a real tour de force. Great job!

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Thank you very much and for taking the time to let me know this.

[@johnpeterson7264]

Great work ! The reality is that digital is difficult - or at least it’s got a steep early on learning curve Your instructional video on making sense of all these modes is a huge help !

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Glad it was helpful and I look forward to hearing your success stories shortly.

[@millcreekbuilders7404]

Looking forward to it

[@hamradiomadesimple]

I hope this helps you. Thanks for watching!

[@d1gital.alch3my]

Great presentation!

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Thanks for watching and I hope this helps you enjoy some of the other modes on Fldigi!

[@ruizhou9612]

FYI QPSK was used in the late 70's when the US military switched to the MSC 66 digital Satcom platform SHF coms a QPSK signal from various channels modulated onto a 70 mhz IF carrier. General 1.544 data streams. Data rates on modems max were 10 MBS back in THOSE days. NRZ data was used. ECC was provided. That's how old this has been around.

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Very cool. Nice to know the background of all this!! Thanks for taking the time to post this. I hope others see it!!!

[@BentConrod]

Thank you for this great breakdown of the fldigi suit. Surely you have heard of VarAC? If not, its well worth checking out. Uses the VARA modem, real time keyboard to keyboard or asynchronous comms. Has relay and beacon capability.

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Thanks for taking the time to let me know. I have it all setup and ready for testing (when I get my fellow hams up on this too). Have you tried it and what are your thoughts? It looks promising and want to get a bunch of us on it to see how the relay works!!

[@bradfordwilliams9760]

Thanks!

[@hamradiomadesimple]

WOW, I am touched by your generosity. Thank you!

[@iliebelcea512]

Good job tx!

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Thanks for taking the time out of your day to pass this onto me!!

[@paulmaine6433]

Very nice video. This is the first that I have seen that breaks all of the OpModes down so I can easily understand and pick the best one for the current conditions! Thank you and I look forward to your future videos!

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Thanks Paul for the kind words. I will reach out to later today via email. I have more people wanting to try the relay on FSQ.

[@yeroca]

One of your comments about QPSK31 surprised me. You said that it gets _twice_ the throughput at the same bandwidth, but according to wikipedia's article on PSK31, it says "QPSK31 has the same number of symbols per second, and hence the same bandwidth as the BPSK variant. In a coherent receiver, the bit error probability of QPSK is the same as for BPSK operating at the same power, making QPSK31 the generally preferable mode from a robustness, and thus reach, point of view." It goes on to describe that the 2 bits are transmitted for every one bit of input data, and that those bits use a convolution code for error correction. So as a user, the advantage is not speed, but accuracy of the data received at the decoder.

[@hamradiomadesimple]

My error then. Thanks for pointing this out!!

[@keeszondervrees8787]

Super! from PD5MIT

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Thanks for taking the time out of your day to post this. Glad it is helping!!

[@carl-gunnarhillefors7612]

EXEMPLARY EXPLAINED!😃

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Thanks for taking the time to post an encouraging comment. :-)

[@anonymous_friend]

Say I want to make a targeted contact in a prepper situation. Is there a way to identify what mode your sender is using based off of the waterfall or tone, so you can dial in your mode settings to receive?

[@hamradiomadesimple]

When doing directed calls (which I do all the time) you need to pick a frequency, time and mode. If you both don't have RXid & TXid enabled, you will need to pick the same speed (FSQ does not require this). So, if you and I want to connect on Contestia at UTC 19:00, Frequency 7.105 we both need to enable RXid & TXid if we don't use the same speed. OR you could just say Contestia 4-250 and not worry about RXid & TXid settings. Does this make sense?

[@bodstrup]

I love your videos, got me started with HF digital - but with this one .. I am confused. Too much to choose from. Which mode would you recommend for the following scenario: - Must have error correction - Keyboard to keyboard messaging - Low signal strength - need coms over 4-5000 km - Preferably file transfer - Speed less important than reliability Regards Mike

[@hamradiomadesimple]

My favorite is FSQ for what you are asking. Send me an email and I will send a comparison spreadsheet to you. [e-mail]. Also, my handout on FSQ.

[@agnusdei8442]

thanks for all that information but i have a big issue and still i didnt fix it. I did setup everything and connect to my internal sound card but still dont have any frequency.

[@hamradiomadesimple]

If you need help with this, email me at [e-mail]. What time zone?

[@drewrinella1646]

External is the way.

[@lephotographinc]

THANK YOU..73S W5ZM

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Glad to be able to help others.

[@FightUni09]

I've never gotten it to run

[@hamradiomadesimple]

It is one of the harder ones to get to work. Everything has to set correctly: Rig Settings, Windows Settings, Driver Settings & Software Settings. If one does not work, none of it works. Took me many hours to figure it out.

[@FightUni09]

@@hamradiomadesimple I think it's like Cold Fusion or Quantum mechanics. Identical set up, yet different results for different people. 😂

[@johngriswold]

Pretty low SNR.

[@mikehummel8161]

Your mission of educating people on digital modes is admirable. However, I have to point out that your information contains a lot of technical simplifications and/or inaccuracies. I have an engineering degree specializing in communications and I find myself wincing at your explanations. Not that it really matters in every day ham work. FWIW.

[@hamradiomadesimple]

I would expect to hear this from you since you have more experience, are an engineer and a higher IQ than myself (not joking on this). Since people like yourself don't try and help us, someone has to step in and try their best. Also, I try and make it simple to understand and don't try and talk over people. I assume they are starting at the beginning of all this and don't assume much. I look forward to viewing your channel soon so you can give us the right and technical answers. Again, not trying to be sarcastic. I was always taught, if you criticize someone, show them the right way to do it. Will you take the time to do this? If you start a channel to help beginners, I will walk away from my channel once you get 1000 subscribers. I will promote yours before I sign off. This way, you can present the right information and not cringe over my errors or simplistic explanation. Again, I am totally serious on this. I don't do this because I enjoy this or can make a living off of this. I don't promote myself (keep my image from being seen as much as possible. Don't take this the wrong way. I want someone else to step up and do what is needed out there. Maybe you are the one to do this??

[@mikehummel8161]

You make a valid point. What do I do, make a video criticizing yours? That doesn't seem right.

[@k94536]

@@hamradiomadesimple I for one don't want you to quit you make it so easy for me to understand this and thank you for all the post's again THANK YOU k6rys (yes i'm a ham a tec but a ham nun the less).......

[@mjmalley]

Really helpful summary, thanks for putting it together. W0ZZK

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Glad it was helpful! I believe the latest update of Fldigi dropped some of the Modes that were fun to try.

[@mikeclark4847]

Thanks!

[@hamradiomadesimple]

Thank you Mike!!