[digitalradio] Can you run Windows digital modes software reliably under VM or WINE on Linux?

2010-07-15 Thread garethhowell
I have a whole bunch of digital mode software, beacon monitors, log book, station monitor, radio control etc.etc. Currently all of it runs under Windows XP on my laptop. For my next ham related PC purchase I am considering having Ubuntu as the base Linux distro and then running either: 1. a

[digitalradio] Re: ROS back bigger and better !

2010-07-15 Thread graham787
Thay think its all over .. it is now (last uk world cup win) This was going to be one of the headlines of the GB2RS news service on Sunday 18 note the 'making waves' very coy :) Developer pulls plug on ROS digimode New digital mode ROS has been making waves around the

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ROS back bigger and better !

2010-07-15 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
I wonder where ROS would be today if someone had been truthful about it the first place? That little game of banning some from using it (for unknown reasons) was just about it for me. John, W0JAB

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ROS back bigger and better !

2010-07-15 Thread Alan Beagley
On 07/15/10 01:54 pm, John Becker, WØJAB wrote: I wonder where ROS would be today if someone had been truthful about it the first place? That little game of banning some from using it (for unknown reasons) was just about it for me. I received a few ROS transmissions within a week or two of

AW: [digitalradio] New question

2010-07-15 Thread Siegfried Jackstien
All ros spots are bogus . or almost all ... most of them wrong Sad as I know jose could make it better @rein you should keep the old 1.0 cause that is the last one with a blockable adifdata exe All versions after the first 1.0 (the new 1.0, 470beta and 471 beta) close after a while if

Re: AW: [digitalradio] ROS back bigger and better !

2010-07-15 Thread Steinar Aanesland
Hi Siegfried Do you get the sandboxie software working ? la5vna Steinar On 15.07.2010 20:59, Siegfried Jackstien wrote: Bigger ? yes . making MORE trouble hi hi Better? No . as the mode is not changed and the frontend is also not changed The only change is that now you can not use it

AW: AW: [digitalradio] ROS back bigger and better !

2010-07-15 Thread Siegfried Jackstien
Hello steinar Did not have the time yet to try I use the old 1.0 with a firewall That works okay Did you try the newer versions with sandbox??? Greetz Sigi

Re: AW: AW: [digitalradio] ROS back bigger and better !

2010-07-15 Thread Steinar Aanesland
Not the latest , but I will ;) la5vna Steinar On 15.07.2010 21:29, Siegfried Jackstien wrote: Hello steinar Did not have the time yet to try I use the old 1.0 with a firewall That works okay Did you try the newer versions with sandbox??? Greetz Sigi

Re: [digitalradio] New question

2010-07-15 Thread Robert Bennett
Everyone better use V1.0 then, or we shall end up using different versions that don't talk to each other! - Original Message - From: Siegfried Jackstien To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 7:34 PM Subject: AW: [digitalradio] New question All

Re: [digitalradio] New question

2010-07-15 Thread Dave Wright
Why would anyone want to use any version of this software? Which is better; the software that sends out false reports that you can block, or the software that sends out false reports that you can't? In any case, it is doing who knows what in the background. The fact that Jose has now coded

[digitalradio] Re : new question

2010-07-15 Thread raf3151019
Do any Old Buffers in the UK remember the original Ros, the one by the name of Edmundo Ros ? He used to have a small band, had a half hour a week on the old BBC radio and his band played at social gatherings where the young rich and gay used to dance the hours away. Mel G0GQK

[digitalradio] Re: Re : new question

2010-07-15 Thread jon_g4fut
I remember him well :-) I always thought that he had a dreadful voice for singing. Jon G4FUT --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, raf3151019 gzero...@... wrote: Do any Old Buffers in the UK remember the original Ros, the one by the name of Edmundo Ros ? He used to have a small band, had a

Re: [digitalradio] 40m PSK31

2010-07-15 Thread Rick Westerfield
I troll both places. You never know what you might find. Rick KH2DF Sent from my iPhone On Jul 15, 2010, at 3:56 PM, sholtofish sho...@probikekit.com wrote: What 40m frequency are most PSK31 QSOs in region 2? I haven't been on for a couple of years and it used to be around 7.070 but now

Re: AW: AW: [digitalradio] ROS back bigger and better !

2010-07-15 Thread rein0zn
I had new vers 4.7 running here overnight without stoppages. 73 Rein W6SZ -Original Message- From: Siegfried Jackstien siegfried.jackst...@freenet.de Sent: Jul 15, 2010 3:29 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: AW: AW: [digitalradio] ROS back bigger and better ! Hello steinar

RE: [digitalradio] New question

2010-07-15 Thread Jim, N1SZ
Dave All, No, I was thinking the same thing. Let's take a look at some significant red flags with the ROS software: 1.)Special code added in apparent anger to keep critics from using the software (although reportedly removed in recent versions) 2.)Won't make the source code open

[digitalradio] Re: Can you run Windows digital modes software reliably under VM or WINE on Linux?

2010-07-15 Thread GUILLOT JC
I tried to run RMSExpress (WINMOR) under Windows XP in a VirtualBox. It works well in telnet mode but does not connect in Winmor Winlink mode. The reason is that during the connect process there is an exchange of informations between the server and my station and the delay from reception to

[digitalradio] Re: Can you run Windows digital modes software reliably under VM or WINE on Linux?

2010-07-15 Thread mtaylo1987
Hi Gareth I have had some good success running decoding s/w under both wine and an XP VM within Ubuntu. Not all software works (the dreaded ROS dies under wine) but it's never decoded anything for me under Windoze! I had a few issues with PTT control, but to be fair I had those issues with

[digitalradio] Re: 40m PSK31

2010-07-15 Thread obrienaj
When I have patrolled 40M with an SDR, the peak digital signals are almost always between 7033 and 7042. PSK31 is usually at the lower part of that range. There are a few stragglers that did not get the memo a few years back and still transmit on 7070 USB. Andy K3UK --- In

Re: [digitalradio] New question

2010-07-15 Thread Andy obrien
The comment in parenthesis in number 8 are the comments that reflect my view of why this fine software and mode are not worth the hassle. Andy K3UK On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Jim, N1SZ n...@japierson.com wrote: Dave All, No, I was thinking the same thing. Let’s take a look at

Re: AW: [digitalradio] New question

2010-07-15 Thread rein0zn
OK Sigi. I am not going to repeat my suggestion how to get Jose Ros to fix it. Was told I became globally hated for doing so. 73 Rein W6SZ -Original Message- From: Siegfried Jackstien siegfried.jackst...@freenet.de Sent: Jul 15, 2010 2:34 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject:

Re: [digitalradio] Re : new question

2010-07-15 Thread mikea
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 08:46:18PM -, raf3151019 wrote: Do any Old Buffers in the UK remember the original Ros, the one by the name of Edmundo Ros ? He used to have a small band, had a half hour a week on the old BBC radio and his band played at social gatherings where the young rich and

Re: [digitalradio] New question

2010-07-15 Thread W2XJ
Andy You make a lot more sense than some of the children in this group who want to just whine to the FCC and ARRL. On 7/15/10 6:15 PM, Andy obrien k3uka...@gmail.com wrote: The comment in parenthesis in number 8 are the comments that reflect my view of why this fine software

Re: [digitalradio] ROS back bigger and better !

2010-07-15 Thread Curt Givens
It would appear that what is does best is the continued mutilation of horse corpses. de Curt KC8STE/AAR5VR 73 --- On Wed, 7/14/10, J. Moen j...@jwmoen.com wrote: From: J. Moen j...@jwmoen.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] ROS back bigger and better ! To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Date:

[digitalradio] Some Cluster Stats - ROS auto-spotting

2010-07-15 Thread Laurie, VK3AMA
FYI I ran some sql over the database at HamSpots which carries 7 days of Cluster spots. ROS Software Auto-Spots run at over 95% of all ROS mode spots. Data from from www.HamSpots.net/ros/ Cluster Spot Summary: -- 48,261 : Total Cluster Spots 2,886 : Total

[digitalradio] Re: Can you run Windows digital modes software reliably under VM or WINE on Linux?

2010-07-15 Thread vk2eta
Hi Gareth, As Jean-Claude and Mike have mentioned above it is likely not a 100% success rate. Here is my experience: Host OS Ubuntu, guest Windows XP run under VMware: poor results in digital modes programs as mentioned by Jean-Claude. Issue is timing accuracy due to the virtual machine