FMTAVE(1)

💖 FMTAVE(1) — the WSJT-X Manual 💖

okay bestie, sit down, we're learning fmtave today and honestly? she's iconic 👑

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✨ NAME ✨

fmtave — averages raw measurement data 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

fmtave [FILE]

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so. fmtave is one of a whole suite of command line tools made to help you with frequency measurement. no cap. these tools are aimed at the girlies taking part in the ARRL FMT, but lowkey they're also just useful for general frequency measurement and calibration. they ship inside the WSJT-X package for use with the FreqCal mode of WSJT-X. periodt. 💅

the input FILE is normally the output of a WSJT-X FreqCal run, or the output of the fmt tool (which, important, is not bundled with WSJT-X — she's separate, iykyk 🙈). results get saved in fmtave.out, and they're suitable for entry to the ARRL Frequency Measuring Test (FMT). ✨

for the detailed instructions, refer to https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/FMT_User.pdf 🫶

fr fr, go read that PDF if you want the full rundown — we're just doing the vibes here 💖

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Joe Taylor, K1JT. 🎀

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💜 COPYING 💜

fcal is Copyright © 2001 - 2019 by Joseph H. Taylor, Jr., K1JT, with contributions from additional authors. WSJT-X is Open Source software, licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPLv3). 📜

this program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. see the GNU General Public License for more details. 😭

no warranty bestie!!! none!!! not even the implied ones!!! the GPL said what it said 💀

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and that's the whole page, my love 🌈 — this was the WSJT-X Manual, FMTAVE(1), built with AsciiDoc 3.0.2-devel and dated 06/22/2026. mwah, go average those measurements 💋💖