Does not work. Avoid the investment
Clunky and not reliable. Does not work as advertised in my experience and I’m dissatisfied
Absolute garbage
Downloaded this as it says it also decodes RTTY. When you open the app, even with ZERO audio input, the very cartoonish 1980s spectrum display dances like it’s on fire. (Not even close to accurate.) This program decodes garbage with ZERO signal being injected/received. The SETTINGS are extremely rudimentary, and the FAQ is a joke.
I have not tried the other stuff, nor NAVTEX functions, but I wish I had read the other reviews before I wasted $8 on this package. Don’t make my mistake.
I have not tried the other stuff, nor NAVTEX functions, but I wish I had read the other reviews before I wasted $8 on this package. Don’t make my mistake.
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Don’t bother
Fails to copy even small fragments of 45b/170Hz rtty correctly under pristine (lab) conditions.
It works
Great app walked away from radio with iPad close by came back 1hr later lol navtex on screen 73's looking foreword to using it more thank you
Amazing ....but
I have a receiver Tecsun PL-880 - brilliant, which I use with this app and an iPad. They are connected with an apogee jam soundcard\lightning port from the 3.5mm jack line out of the Tecsun. Once tuned I can record NAVTEX with no sound from the radio. Equivalent equipment would cost more than the combination and I still have the radio, lightning adapter and iPad for other use. I only gave four stars because it has not changed much since I bought it in 2014. It could use some more user friendly record buttons and maybe an easier tuning display although it works. Schedule is all important with this so some sort of alert for local stations about to transmit would also be good. Thanks for creating this app.
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Not stand alone
This program is not stand alone. A navtex radio signal must be broadcast from a separate radio then the program listens and decodes it.
So far unimpressed
Fed it a nice clean 170 shift signal at 45 Baud via the microphone, in a quiet room. Meters showed that the tuning was accurate and shift etc was correctly set. No sensible decoding whatever. I didn't expect too much from an audio link, but should have seen something.
Navtex Pad
Would be worth more money to Black Cat if they gave it away for free and charged for a user manual. A total POC! Do not buy this!
Don't Waste Your Money
Used this app along with their HF fax program. Neither were able to decode. Not worth the money.
Let down
I read a good review and gave it a try. Disappointed. Its buggy as sin. Settings screw up so the app crashes. Decoding is unreliable as it cannot retain settings. The method clearly works but the software is terribly executed. Please put this right as it would be a most useful app.
