fldigi Reviews

It works well. I tried for two days to connect this to the IC-7300.

I'm running FLDIGI on Ubuntu 22.04.03 on both Dell i7 Latitude and on Raspberry Pi 400 and on stupid Windows 11. The Linux machines are definitely better for audio. (1) Windows does not automatically give me audio. I have to keep screwing with it then eventually i get audio after about a half hour. All sliders are maxed and the only audio I can hear with the "monitor" function of my 7300 is very faint and no ALC. A real mystery, Happens every day I try to use it. Until I happen to do something (???) and then I get audio. (2) Raspberry Pi was running it very well. Then, after weeks of running well, it started taking 1-1.5 seconds to move the mouse and the water fall was slow. No issue with FLRIG. It runs fine with out FLDIGI running. As soon as FLDIGI is started, the Raspberry Pi slows to a craw. Unusable. Then, out of the blue it ran great one night on Olivia net. Now its back to a craw. Tried removing FLDIGI and re-installing. In both cases I installed from repository using apt and apt-get. Current version is 4.1.20 I down loaded the latest version from sourceforge. However, the tar scares the crap out of me. I don't want to build the task. a deb would be great.

Have been trying to install and run Fldigi 2.4.0.0. It wants to start, then shuts down. No error code or message. I am running it on a Win 8 computer. I first downloaded and ran Fldigi about 3 years ago, no problem. I do not know if this is being caused by a Win update of some sort, or if it is the Fldigi. Bottom line: can not get it to run. Help! Thanks, John/KA5SWC

No installs downloaded for windows 11 64 bit September 2023 will not install period. Compatibility or not. Why the authors continue to use EXE for install and not msi that microsoft does not like is beyond me. Edge for last few years always flags fldigi.exe and you have to fight that and still not get installed. Now i see less and less digital signals being used and it may be contributed to this. This program was king but until installs get worked out im done with it. Other options for users get an older computer. Windows 10 is done in 2 years from now. Then we all enjoy windows 11 versions not installing. Fun while it lasted.

Love this project! The current version (14.1.16) will not work Mac OS X Big Sur (11.0.1), but the beta version (4.1.16.02) seems to work ok. Thanks to the team for addressing this issue so quickly!

The responsiveness of the Dev Team via groups.io is superior.

Thank you for a great piece of software, and for the support.

FLDigi does everything I need for the non-WSJT-X modes. The author is very responsive to bug reports and feature enhancements. Design-wise had to drop it 1 star mainly because the complexity makes the software a little difficult to use/understand and as such the 600+ page manual makes for daunting reading. Mike

UI is counter-intuitive; the amount of show stopper bugs is huge for a mature piece of software like this. Crashes if a wrong button is pressed.

Awesome complete digital software! Very well maintained.

Thanks for great software. And pleeeease, 64-bit native Windows build)))

Love it Dave!

Gracias por compartir su esfuerzo. Thanks for sharing your effort.

fldigi-4.1.04.01_x86_64.dmg and fldigi-4.1.03_x86_64.dmg will not install on Mac El Capitan / 10.11.6: "no mountable filesystems". To build from source, you will need FLTK, I don't know how to build that from source. Also, how do I contact the Fedora builders regarding bugs in the Fedora release? The Fedora 28 builds are not working either: fldigi crashes when flmsg is started. This is fldigi 4.0.01-1.fc28 and flmsg 4.0.7-1.fc28.

Some of the best programs mainly in linux you just need to have the AX25 mode for packet and be able to use it from modem !! excellent work .. thanks

Brilliant software. The complete suite surely will test the most knowledgeable in amateur radio. It does require one's full attention and a basic understanding of ham radio theory across all bands and various methods of communication currently in use, however, any beginner can start off slowly working in the HF band using only one protocol. A personal computer or laptop hooked up to a ham rig, pre-configured and synced with the fldigi's many available programmable functions allows visual on-screen waterfall monitoring to locate present hotspot activity simultaneously within or across an entire band, and make contact using the personal computer's keyboard and mouse. For those who are shy, no voice communications are ever necessary. Also, no gigantic antenna tower is needed either. Fldigi works from inside an apartment with an internal antenna and can connect with operators thousands of miles away on ten watts of power, 25 watts typical, 100 watts max. It's very sensitive and anything more than 100W transceiver power is highly discouraged. Multiple tutorials and help are available on-line at YouTube and also included with the packages. It can be a bit challenging at first but easy enough to start making contacts all over the world almost immediately, and multiple protocols almost always work even when vox is quiet . Fldigi is well worth any effort we put in to it. Thank you, W1HKJ, for making this incredible open source gem available to all and free for life.

Great software. I just wish it would get ported to run on iOS as well as support FT8, JT65, JT9. It would be amazing to be able to run this from an iPhone for SOTA & field day.

fine app for any case. I love to use it for reading the high-speed cw. and it works fine. Even if the Operator gives "with left foot".

Got here by the flnet page so this comment is for flnet 7.3.2 Symantic is flagging this as A high-risk incident was detected on ED-3 within the group HSPA on 1/19/2018 10:28:14 AM. Incident Details flnet-7.3.2_setup.exe (Trojan.Gen.8!cloud) detected by Virus scanner Threat Name Trojan.Gen.8!cloud Threat Type Heuristic Virus File Name e:\ednaratil\netcontrol\flnet-7.3.2_setup.exe Action Required Resolved - No Action Required

It works. Developer is VERY responsive to issues and usually has a bug fix out in no more than 24 hours. The user community is also very knowledgeable and helpful.

I have used fl apps briefly. Got ready to upgrade, and downloaded fldigi, flmsg, flrig. I wish that the install notes for Windows specifically mentioned whether these apps install standalone, or if they embed in Windows. Also mention how to upgrade...install upgrade in new diir? Overwrite old dir? I found comments in fldigi_4.0.5_help.pdf, sect 8.2 that might apply as good practice in general, but no clue.

We are training and using it with our local ARES group. I can't say it works flawlessly BUT when something does go wrong I also look at the computer for changes that could have been made to make FLDIGI or one of its suites malfunction. I have found that some of the computer maintenance programs are often the culprit deleting some files FLIDGI needs. I also leave a couple older versions on just in case a newer version has a flaw in it and doesn't work. These problems are often addressed by the program developer ( s ) and that is why you will see frequent updates not to mention it is constantly evolving sometimes honoring users request for something. I have been using FLDIGI for several years now and saw it change. For instance they have added fields for field day in the built in logging program. When adding a new version it is very important to check your setting to make sure everything is like the previous program. The auto start up especially if you add a new version like FLamp etc. I developed a problem with rig control nothing changed on FLDIGI so I booted up FLRIG and everything is back in order. The Yahoo group is a good resource for help and there are many YouTube video's that help sometimes better than going to the Yahoo group. Not only is it used for ham radio use but SWL's use it also. A good practice and I do it right down all the version numbers from FLDIGI and it's companion programs and check here frequently for new versions!

This program is great, unless you start it up one day and find out you have no way to select your sound card.............I can find NO cure for this malady....uninstalling and reinstalling does nothing....all searches for a cure produce nothing.....the Yahoo group has nothing either.......others have had this same problem....until this is finally cured, fldigi is useless to me.....sad, it works fantastic otherwise.......

For the last few years, fldigi has come a long way in the feature department, but it is still prone to crashing. Linux users have long wanted support for Hi-res monitors (4K); It's impossible to use when you can't read the font. Just recently, I thought I would try out the version for Android. Nope, it won't load to a Samsung Galaxy S7. Sorry, but until they fix the bugs I can not recommend fldigi. There are other programs that while may not be as feature rich, just work out of the box.

Having issues with windows 10 and flmsg 4.0.0. Auto open in browser and form no longer works and you have to do some searching to manually open a printable message. and can no longer download a previous version