QTEL(1)

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version 26.05.1 · 2 versions
, in alpine 3.24, debian trixie, fedora 43, fedora 44, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

okay so. welcome to the qtel manual page, part of the User Manuals section (section 1, obvi). grab a snack, we're doing this together 🍓

✨ NAME ✨

qtel — a "QT EchoLink" client

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Qtel stands for the "QT EchoLink" client. and that is literally all it is, bestie — just an EchoLink client application. there is no "sysop mode". so if it's a link you want to run, go look at the SvxLink server application instead, that's its whole thing 💅

Qtel is a pretty simple app, so most things should be self explanatory. there are three windows:

  1. the main window
  2. the communications dialog
  3. the settings dialog

👑 The Qtel Main Window

four areas. that's the vibe. let's go:

  • top-left — where you choose which class of stations to view: Conferences, Links, Repeaters and private Stations. 👀
  • top-right — all the stations in the class you picked show up right here.
  • left-bottom — a message area, showing messages from the EchoLink directory server.
  • right-bottom — a list of incoming connections.

to accept an incoming connection: highlight the station and press "Accept". slay, that's it 🫶

💬 The Qtel Communications Dialog

this one is for performing a Qso to another station. to activate it, double-click on a station line — or just hit the enter key while the station is highlighted. main character activation fr fr ✨

  • to connect to the station, press the Connect button.
  • to transmit, press the PTT button.
  • to disconnect, press the "Disconnect" button.

in the big, white area in the middle of the window, info messages from the remote station are shown. chat messages from the remote station are also shown here 💌

in the one-line white area below, you can type chat messages that get sent to the remote station.

🎀 The Qtel Settings Dialog

the configuration dialog pops up the first time the application is started. most fields are self explanatory, ngl. but a couple of faves:

  • Location — the short string that's shown in the EchoLink directory server listing.
  • Info message — the one that gets sent to the remote station upon connection.
  • the Directory Server tab — some settings for the EchoLink directory server connection.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

not me having zero options 😭

there are no options. start the program within a console:

qtel &

or just start it from the menu. periodt.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

for a detailed description, look at:

https://github.com/sm0svx/svxlink/wiki/QtelUserDocs

🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

  • ASYNC_AUDIO_NOTRIGGER — set this environment variable to 1 if you get an error about ioctl: Broken pipe during qtel startup when using OSS audio. 🩹
  • ASYNC_AUDIO_ALSA_ZEROFILL — set this environment variable to 0 to stop the Alsa audio code from writing zeros to the audio device when there is no audio to write available.
  • ASYNC_AUDIO_UDP_ZEROFILL — set this environment variable to 1 to enable the UDP audio code to write zeros to the UDP connection when there is no audio to write available.

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

Tobias Blomberg (SM0SVX) <sm0svx at svxlink dot org> 💜

this manual page was written by Michael Vorleiter <parsival1609@yahoo.de> 🫶

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

bugs should be reported using the issue tracker at:

https://github.com/sm0svx/svxlink

important bestie: questions about SvxLink should not be asked using the issue tracker. instead, use the group set up for this purpose at groups.io: https://groups.io/g/svxlink 🙈

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one's a Linux manpage from AUGUST 2021, filed under QTEL(1) 💖 go forth and EchoLink responsibly ✨🎀🦋

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