Re: [digitalradio] Re: Digital OPS: QRP Battery Portable

2010-05-01 Thread Tony
Andy, Nice laptop - wish I had one of those! The mini Acer runs ok with DM780 and Multipsk, but the eyes do get a tired of looking at the tiny fonts. The battery lasts a long time though so that's a plus. Speaking of batteries, I can usually get 2 hours of air time out of the FT-897D and

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Digital OPS: QRP Battery Portable

2010-05-01 Thread Andy obrien
Nice video Tony, amazing little antenna! On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 2:18 AM, Tony d...@optonline.net wrote: A The PY1AHD Alexloop continues to amaze me; working Europeans QRP with a hand-held loop that's only 3 feet in diameter is something only a ham would appreciate. It turned out to be a

[digitalradio] FIRST QSO ON 500KHz USING ROS 30 April

2010-05-01 Thread graham787
FIRST QSO ON 500KHz USING ROS 30 April First qso on 500 KHz using ros , G0NBD and G4WGT , initially using 500/16 and then eme , reducing tx power , the level that the eme mode started to fail was in technical terms `just silly' reducing the tx to 3 watts carrier power then via

Re: [digitalradio] FIRST QSO ON 500KHz USING ROS 30 April

2010-05-01 Thread Steinar Aanesland
Pity it is a proprietary software . I can't use it in Norway. 73 de LA5VNA Steinar On 01.05.2010 15:32, graham787 wrote: FIRST QSO ON 500KHz USING ROS 30 April First qso on 500 KHz using ros , G0NBD and G4WGT , initially using 500/16 and then eme , reducing tx power , the level

[digitalradio] Re: FIRST QSO ON 500KHz USING ROS 30 April

2010-05-01 Thread graham787
Hi Steinar, If you check at the moment G4WGT is sending a beacon using the EME mode centered on 503.6 K , in the test last night it was very hard to stop it printing ! , thanks for your reports in the past , 73 - Graham --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Steinar Aanesland

[digitalradio] Q How do stns use the WEB-SDR 's and data prog's ??

2010-05-01 Thread graham787
Q How do stns use the WEB-SDR 's and data prog's ?? This might be a silly question ,, but what is the best way to use the web-srd radio's with a data programe ? Im sure in the past I selected the windows sound card in the data prog and it worked .. but audio was

[digitalradio] Re: 3rd Generation Digital radio

2010-05-01 Thread graham787
Of course, I have a different perspective coming from the UK where amateur radio isn't regarded as primarily an emergency communications service. :) Julian, G4ILO Just wait till the military run short of radio operators .. for :) read :( .. that was why morse was part of the

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Digital OPS: QRP Battery Portable

2010-05-01 Thread Tony
On 5/1/2010 6:19 AM, Andy obrien wrote: Nice video Tony, amazing little antenna! Thanks Andy... I was wondering if you had a particular portable rig in mind? I could be wrong, but it seems there are only 3 battery powered HF rigs on the market today; the Icom 703, Yaesu 817 and the Yaesu

[digitalradio] Portable QRP OPS TONIGHT

2010-05-01 Thread Tony
All, I'll be running QRP portable from the backyard this evening after 2100z (May 1st). Please look for me on 14070 / 10140 / PSK31 mode. Thanks, Tony -K2MO

[digitalradio] Hamvention D-STAR Activities

2010-05-01 Thread Mark Thompson
D-STAR at Dayton Hamvention During the Hamvention several D-STAR events resources will be available. D-STAR Digital Voice repeaters in Dayton are sponsored by DARA (Dayton Amateur Radio Association), the host of the Hamvention. Dayton D-STAR Repeaters 145.270 (+600 KHz) W8BI C

[digitalradio] QRP Portable Log

2010-05-01 Thread Tony
All, Conditions were pretty good this evening. Managed to work some DX with the HF portable setup. Time to recharge the batteries. G0UIQ14MHZ PSK31 ON4VDV14MHZ PSK31 OK1KM 14MHZ PSK31 Tony -K2MO