[digitalradio] Illinois D-STAR Net, 4/7/2010, 9:00 pm

2010-04-07 Thread digitalradio
Reminder from: digitalradio Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/cal Illinois D-STAR Net Wednesday April 7, 2010 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm (This event repeats every week.) Location: Illinois D-STAR Reflector Channel REF001B Notes: Illinois D-STAR Repeaters can Participate in the

[digitalradio] Measure background noise

2010-04-07 Thread Toby Burnett
Hi all, Just had my arcing power line pole fixed and my noise has dropped off to zero on all HF bands except 160m, fantastic!!! And a result. A friend of mine said that his noise floor was -110db. Impressive I think. All I know from my spectrum scope is that mine has dropped by about

[digitalradio] Dayton SDR forum speakers sought

2010-04-07 Thread Robert McGwier
On Friday, May 14, I am the moderator (and speaker) at the SDR forum at the 2:30 PM - 5 PM session. I have two speakers (Scotty on openhpsdr, and I speak on general SDR topics). I need to fill out this time and this leaves at least 1.5 hours to fill. I would like to get this settled as soon as

RE: [digitalradio] Dayton SDR forum speakers sought

2010-04-07 Thread Simon HB9DRV
Hi Bob, Will your presentation be available via YouTube or similar? I'm unable to attend this year due to gardening requirements (85 year-old mother dictated this), I would very much like to view the SDR presentations. If homeland security let me come over in 2011 I'll contact you.

[digitalradio] Re: A new concept in digital mode....

2010-04-07 Thread kb2hsh
I 110% agree with you there. Bonnie (yes, I'm not bashful about calling her out) controls ALE as if it were HERS. In my opinion, it's little more than a business for her...not only can you join HF-ALE, but you can also BUY MERCHANDISE. ALE/141A is great in a military application, but

[digitalradio] Opposition to the KQ6XA Recommendation

2010-04-07 Thread kb2hsh
This is little more than a frequency grab by Bonnie that would benefit the HF-ALE group, I feel, the most. If adopted, this would give Bonnie her own frequencies...channels if you will, that she or ANYONE else from the HF-ALE network could claim...and then chase away legal ops using her/their

Re: [digitalradio] Opposition to the KQ6XA Recommendation

2010-04-07 Thread mikea
On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 12:37:25PM -, kb2hsh wrote: This is little more than a frequency grab by Bonnie that would benefit the HF-ALE group, I feel, the most. If adopted, this would give Bonnie her own frequencies...channels if you will, that she or ANYONE else from the HF-ALE network

RE: [digitalradio] Re: A new concept in digital mode....

2010-04-07 Thread Simon HB9DRV
For me one word sums up Bonnie - and it's Arrogant. Crackpot and Barking Mad also come to mind, but so does the word lawyer so I'll say no more. What's quite amazing with her spectrum demands is that she wants part of 160m as well as the WARC bands. This will just get digital mode users

Re: [digitalradio] Opposition to the KQ6XA Recommendation

2010-04-07 Thread Alan Barrow
kb2hsh wrote: This is little more than a frequency grab by Bonnie that would benefit the HF-ALE group, I feel, the most. OK, so I have to ask how would it benefit HFLink - HFLink already has well established centers of activity in the current bandplan - ALE by definition does not

Re: [digitalradio] Scanning 3583,7073,14073, ALE400 2230-0200

2010-04-07 Thread Patrick Lindecker
Hello Tony, I bet Patrick could make that happen. It could be possible, but too much complex, so the most probable is that it will not happened. 73 Patrick - Original Message - From: Tony To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 6:59 AM Subject:

Re: [digitalradio] Re: A new concept in digital mode....

2010-04-07 Thread Alan Barrow
kb2hsh wrote: Bonnie (yes, I'm not bashful about calling her out) controls ALE as if it were HERS. In my opinion, it's little more than a business for her...not only can you join HF-ALE, but you can also BUY MERCHANDISE. OK, this is going too far. I'm heavily involved in HFLink

Re: [digitalradio] Opposition to the KQ6XA Recommendation

2010-04-07 Thread KH6TY
Transmitting soundings without checking for activity on the frequency, or by not sounding if there is activity, is an AUTOMATIC operation. Do you deny that soundings that cover many frequencies in a short time are not transmitted without ALWAYS listening first! That would be hard to believe!

Re: [digitalradio] Opposition to the KQ6XA Recommendation

2010-04-07 Thread Alan Barrow
KH6TY wrote: It would give ALE ops more frequencies This is a huge leap of paranoia.. ALE operation by definition does not want or even can utilize more frequencies. Hams who want to use ALE already have well established frequencies to use. There is no advantage to adding more, and really

Re: [digitalradio] Opposition to the KQ6XA Recommendation

2010-04-07 Thread KH6TY
It does not matter if ALE ops do not intend to USE more frequencies or not. Apparently the interest in PC-ALE is so small, the impact would be minimal anyway. However, to support changing any allocations to provide more space for wide-bandwidth automatic stations, no matter who will use them,

Re: [digitalradio] Opposition to the KQ6XA Recommendation

2010-04-07 Thread KH6TY
Want to fight to get rid of semi-auto operation? Knock yourself out. It's allowed now under FCC regs and is not likely to change. More influential groups than the mythical omnipotent evil mastermind Bonnie will make sure that will not change! I think this misses the point. Yes, there are some

Re: [digitalradio] frequency grabs??????

2010-04-07 Thread KH6TY
Alan Barrow wrote: My view is that debates about digi-modes are tempest in a teapot. The broader issues are around impact of contesting, allowing for continuing to advance the state of the art, etc. I think you hit the nail on the head. The broader issues encompass contesting, advancing the

[digitalradio] evil Bonnie..

2010-04-07 Thread Andy obrien
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 9:07 AM, kb2hsh kb2...@amsat.org wrote: I 110% agree with you there. Bonnie (yes, I'm not bashful about calling her out) controls ALE as if it were HERS. In my opinion, it's little more than a business for her...not only can you join HF-ALE, but you can also BUY

[digitalradio] Re: evil Bonnie..

2010-04-07 Thread n9dsj
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Andy obrien k3uka...@... wrote: On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 9:07 AM, kb2hsh kb2...@... wrote: I 110% agree with you there. Bonnie (yes, I'm not bashful about calling her out) controls ALE as if it were HERS. In my opinion, it's little more than a