Create a waterfall ID for HamPAL 01NOV05 or HamPAL 17MAY05
Here is how you create a waterfall ID for HamPAL 01NOV05:
1. HamPAL 01NOV05 includes a new feature for creating a wave file that sends text in the waterfall. For this feature to operate, HamPAL requires Irfanview.
2. Select the "W/FallTxt" menu at the top of the screen. Enter your call in the text window. You may want to pad a couple of space characters on the left side so the call will appear centered. Click "Save to USERWAVE" then enter "announcestart".
3. To send your waterfall ID from HamPAL, left click the "User.wav" button. Select the file "announcestart.wav". Clicking the "Open" button will start the sending of the wave file.
4. Continue these instructions to setup HamPAL for sending your ID in the waterfall automatically before the sending of a picture.
5. Left click the "User.wav" button. Looking in the "UserWav" folder, locate the file "announcestart.wav". RIGHT click this file, then LEFT click "Copy". Click the "Up One Level" icon near the top of the Open dialog box. Note the folder name in the "Look in" box. Click the "Up One Level" icon again. Find the folder name previously noted. RIGHT click this folder, LEFT click "Paste".
6. HamPAL will now send your ID in the waterfall prior to each picture transmission automatically.
NOTE: The "announcestart.wav" file may now be longer without overwriting the "HAMPAL" text in the waterfall. This wave file is sent automatically ONLY at the begining of a picture/file transmission. It is NOT sent with a BSR, FIX, or repeater access function. "HAMPAL" is sent in the waterfall at at the beginning of the BSR, FIX and picture/file transmissions.
Here is how you create a waterfall ID for HamPAL 17MAY05:
1. Start by creating a waterfall ID in DIGTRX. Click Setup/Call/Enter CALL.
2. Using Windows Explore, select the DIGTRX folder. The location of the DIGTRX folder can be found by right clicking the DIGTRX icon, left click Properties, left click the "Find Target" button. Click the "Folders" icon at the top of the screen. Locate the file, "digzbzid.wav". Right click this file, left click "Copy".
3. Using Windows Explore, select the HamPAL folder. The location of the HamPAL folder can be found by right clicking the HamPAL icon, left click Properties, left click the "Find Target" button. Click the "Folders" icon at the top of the screen. The highlighted folder is the one used by HamPAL. Right click this folder, left click "Paste".
4. Look inside the HamPAL folder for the file "ID.wav", rename or delete this file. In this same folder, locate the file, "digzbzid.wav". Right click this file, left click "Rename". Type in "ID.wav" (or just "ID" if no extension is given) and hit "Enter".
5. Your waterfall ID (callsign) will be sent from HamPAL at the beginning of each digital transmission.
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Thank you for viewing my waterfall ID for HamPAL web page. Enjoy your analog and digital SSTV !
Dave Jones KB4YZ