Well, I set up a portable chair that has a small shelf on the side where I
place my 817. Battery on the ground. The NUE-PSK and very small keyboard sit
on my lap. Works very comfortably. With PSK, I don't need to tune the radio
very often, typically.
I also liked the Commodore back in those days. And my dad had a TI 99 (I think
it was). When computers were real and printed line by line on the screen.
None of this namby pamby GUI stuff.
Jim - K6JM
----- Original Message -----
From: James Hall
To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: [digitalradio] directly modulate computer /thus eliminating
transceiver audio input"
It'd be pretty cool if that nue-psk device was a little more like this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Model_100 With the built in keyboard. Is it
very cumbersome to have that, a keyboard and your radio going all at once?
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 10:20 PM, J. Moen <j...@jwmoen.com> wrote:
Remote control. Very useful in some situations. Especially if you aren't
allowed to have decent antennas where you live.
The kick I get from battery-operated QRP operation is communicating without
infrastructure. I am out there with a battery, a radio, a NUE-PSK modem and a
portable antenna. No internet, no power company.
(Full disclosure -- I don't yet have a portable solar facility to recharge
my battery, so right now I'm still tied to power company infrastructure for
re-charging. But architecturally, I don't have to be.)
As you say, both approaches have value. This diversity is why Ham Radio is
so interesting....
Jim - K6JM
----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Edwards
To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: [digitalradio] directly modulate computer /thus eliminating
transceiver audio input"
NUE PSK is great for back packing and mobile operation so long as only
PSK 31 or RTTY is of interest. Computers offer a richer display with more
options and the ability to generate many different modes. The idea is to go
directly from the computer via IP to a back box that is broadband and can be
remotely located and is mode agnostic. Both approaches have their own
advantages.
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From: J. Moen <j...@jwmoen.com>
To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, July 20, 2010 8:50:07 PM
Subject: Re: [digitalradio] directly modulate computer /thus eliminating
transceiver audio input"
Will be interesting to compare this effort to the NUE-PSK, which takes a
different appoach. They have a modem that plugs directly into a transceiver' s
Data port eliminating the need for PCs and soundcards, but they are now working
on a "NUE-SDR" transceiver that either will fit as a card inside the little
modem, or attach underneath it (not sure what their final design will be).
This would eliminate both the PC and a separate transceiver.
http://www.nue-psk.com/
Jim - K6JM
----- Original Message -----
From: obrienaj
To: digitalradio@ yahoogroups. com
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 5:20 PM
Subject: [digitalradio] directly modulate computer /thus eliminating
transceiver audio input"
"I am developing a 'modem' to directly modulate computer generated
modes to RF thus eliminating the requirement of using a transceiver audio input"
Welcome to the group, tell us more.
Andy K3UK
