[digitalradio] JT65A Beacon on 60m

2009-11-15 Thread Steinar Aanesland
Hi all I am running a 5W JT65A beacon at 5350 Khz + 1270Hz USB this evening. Software: Multipsk Transceiver: Modified ICOM IC-718 Antenna: w3dzz (80, 40 an 20m) tuned with a LDG AT-100Pro Autotuner. Try to catch me ;) 73 de LA5VNA Steinar

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS Article at USPacket

2009-11-15 Thread Charles Brabham
Howdy, Josh I intended to include the linik with the request for a review, but I apparently forgot to do so! The NBEMS article is at the USPacket website: http://uspacket.org/network/index.php/topic,44.0.html 73 DE Charles Brabham, N5PVL Prefer to use radio for your amateur radio

[digitalradio] 30M wide open to Europe

2009-11-15 Thread Andy obrien
I usually tune 30M late in my afternoon to catch Europeans. However this morning at dawn I decided to check 30M PSK and find the band full of Europeans. Andy K3UK

[digitalradio] Re: 30M wide open to Europe

2009-11-15 Thread obrienaj
e.g SYLVAIN ROMARY, F4FRQ) Hello K3UK, F4FRQ just sent you an eQSL for your QSO on November 14, 2009 at 11:10 UTC on 30m. --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Andy obrien k3uka...@... wrote: I usually tune 30M late in my afternoon to catch Europeans. However this morning at dawn I

[digitalradio] Yet Another New Solar Cycle 24 Sunspot Group

2009-11-15 Thread Thomas F. Giella NZ4O
Posted Sunday November 15, 2009 at http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o4.htm Yesterday yet another solar cycle 24 sunspot group emerged, this time in the NE quadrant of the Sun near N29E35. As of yet it has not received a number by SIDC Belgium or NOAA/SWPC. If numbered by NOAA/SWPC it would receive

Re: [digitalradio] JT65A Beacon on 60m

2009-11-15 Thread Dave Ackrill
Steinar Aanesland wrote: Hi all I am running a 5W JT65A beacon at 5350 Khz + 1270Hz USB this evening. I'll take a listen for you Steinar, However, the frequency that you have chosen is not one of the ones authorised in the UK, so I will not be able to reply of course. I wonder why you

Re: [digitalradio] JT65A Beacon on 60m

2009-11-15 Thread Dave Ackrill
Steinar Aanesland wrote: Hi all I am running a 5W JT65A beacon at 5350 Khz + 1270Hz USB this evening. I'm a bit confused on the frequency being used Steinar, Can you confirm 5350kHz plus 1.270kHz please? The only information on the Norwegian frequencies on 60M that I can find is as

Re: [digitalradio] JT65A Beacon on 60m

2009-11-15 Thread Dave Ackrill
Steinar Aanesland wrote: Hi all I am running a 5W JT65A beacon at 5350 Khz + 1270Hz USB this evening. I'm seeing your signals and I'll move my dial frequency up a bit more as well... So far decoded these transmissions from you. 163600 3 -24 -0.3 525 3 * LA5VNA/B

Re: [digitalradio] JT65A Beacon on 60m

2009-11-15 Thread Steinar Aanesland
Hi Dave In Norway the band 5260 - 5410 kHz is now open for general Amateur Radio use. The band is not channelized. The allocation is secondary and power is limited to 100 watts. To avoid conflicts with other country's channels the Norwegian Radio Relay League (NRRL) has decided that we

Re: [digitalradio] JT65A Beacon on 60m

2009-11-15 Thread Steinar Aanesland
Great! Thanks for your report. 73 de LA5VNA Steinar Dave Ackrill wrote: Steinar Aanesland wrote: Hi all I am running a 5W JT65A beacon at 5350 Khz + 1270Hz USB this evening. I'm seeing your signals and I'll move my dial frequency up a bit more as well... So far

Re: [digitalradio] JT65A Beacon on 60m

2009-11-15 Thread Patrick Lindecker
Hello Steinar, I left my transceiver on duty and that is what I got (QTH near Paris). I used Multipsk without KVASD (to avoid false detections) so the minimum S/N was -24 dB (hard decision) instead of -26 dB (soft decision). Your signal was very weak (-20 to -25 dB) but still decodable in

Re: [digitalradio] JT65A Beacon on 60m

2009-11-15 Thread Dave Ackrill
Steinar Aanesland wrote: Great! Thanks for your report. Thanks for the explanation on the allocation in Norway, Steinar, I've been decoding your signals again, but the path is starting to become difficult and I'm not always decoding your callsign. There seem to be SSB stations on and I

Re: [digitalradio] JT65A Beacon on 60m

2009-11-15 Thread Dave Ackrill
Patrick Lindecker wrote: Hello Steinar, I left my transceiver on duty and that is what I got (QTH near Paris). The message from Patrick reminded me to give my location as well. QTH = Bolsover, Derbyshire, East Midlands QRA = IO93if Distance, using IARU locators, from G0DJA to LA5VNA =

Re: [digitalradio] JT65A Beacon on 60m

2009-11-15 Thread Dave Ackrill
Nearly zeroed in on the right frequency... 175200 1 -24 -0.4 35 3 * LA5VNA/B 1 0 Just 16Hz to go. ;-) 175400 1 -23 -0.5 16 3 * LA5VNA/B 1 0 One more tweek needed. 175800 11 -18 -0.5 13 4 * LA5VNA/B 1 0

Re: [digitalradio] JT65A Beacon on 60m

2009-11-15 Thread Dave Ackrill
OK, a few more decodes and then I'll head back to WSPR again. I'll keep the frequency in memory and, after the end of June 2010, the UK will become RX only on 60M again anyway. Unless they change the rules again! LOL 180800 7 -20 -0.40 3 * LA5VNA/B 1 0 181000 3

Re: [digitalradio] JT65A Beacon on 60m

2009-11-15 Thread Tommi Holopainen
Hello I copy you good. 5 Mhz not allowed here in Finland yet - Tommi OH7JJT 18:08 7 -11 8 +0147 LA5VNA/B 18:10 5 -18 8 +0147 LA5VNA/B 18:12 4 -11 8 +0147 LA5VNA/B 18:14 3 -20 8 +0147 LA5VNA/B 18:16 4 -16 8 +0147 LA5VNA/B 18:18 4 -19 8 +0147 LA5VNA/B 18:20 4 -13 8 +0147 LA5VNA/B 18:22 7

[digitalradio] 60M JT65A beacon QRT

2009-11-15 Thread Steinar Aanesland
Hi all I am going QRT now. Thanks to Tommi OH7JJT, Patrick F6CTE and Dave G0DJA for their fine reports. I will be on air again tomorrow for more testing. 73 de LA5VNA Steinar

[digitalradio] Re: November 15th is 2M FM Digital Simplex Night

2009-11-15 Thread Andy obrien
Reminder.. On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Andy obrien k3uka...@gmail.com wrote: Many years ago , when I was an NTS NCS, we would abandon use of repeaters once per month and run a simplex night.  Operators would use net time to call up a net from their QTH and work whomever answers.  I am

Re: [digitalradio] 60M JT65A beacon QRT

2009-11-15 Thread Dave Ackrill
Steinar Aanesland wrote: Thanks to Tommi OH7JJT, Patrick F6CTE and Dave G0DJA for their fine reports. I will be on air again tomorrow for more testing. 73 de LA5VNA Steinar I will try to remember to listen out again tomorrow. 73 de Dave (G0DJA)

[digitalradio] Digital on 2M FM: Audio settings ?

2009-11-15 Thread Andy obrien
Hmmm. Well I thought it would be simple enough to transmit digital modes on 2M FM but one issue I just ran in to is the ALC is very high and my usual method of lowering it has no effect. I also lowered the mic gain but that had no impact. Something simple I am not taking in to account when

Re: [digitalradio] Digital on 2M FM: Audio settings ?

2009-11-15 Thread Phil Williams
Doesn't the ALC behave differenty when runnning FM? philw de ka1gmn On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Andy obrien k3uka...@gmail.com wrote: Hmmm. Well I thought it would be simple enough to transmit digital modes on 2M FM but one issue I just ran in to is the ALC is very high and my usual

Re: [digitalradio] Digital on 2M FM: Audio settings ?

2009-11-15 Thread Andy obrien
That's what I am guessing...not much of an FM operator On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Phil Williams ka1...@gmail.com wrote: Doesn't the ALC behave differenty when runnning FM? philw de ka1gmn On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Andy obrien k3uka...@gmail.com wrote: Hmmm. Well I thought

Re: [digitalradio] Digital on 2M FM: Audio settings ?

2009-11-15 Thread Phil Williams
I would guess, that setting the audio on the low side would be preferable. In the packet days, we used to set out deviation to 3.0 - 3.5 KHz as it assured us of never over deviating. As long as we got at least 10 dB quieting in the rx'er, we experienced fewer retries. philw de ka1gmn On Sun,

RE: [digitalradio] Digital on 2M FM: Audio settings ?

2009-11-15 Thread W5XR
The carrier has a constant level on FM, so the ALC doesn't mean much. If you want to monitor the drive level you would need to monitor the deviation. If you could monitor the transmitter, that would probably work. Bob W5XR From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com

Re: [digitalradio] Digital on 2M FM: Audio settings ?

2009-11-15 Thread Tony
Andy, I believe you have a Kenwood TS2K(?). If so, there is a way to control the digital mode audio level on FM. If you're feeding the audio through the microphone connector, menu 41 has a low, medium and high setting. If your using the 13 pin DIN plug, the audio input can be adjusted via menu