haven't heard it done
in years. Skip has an interesting perspective on that... and I appreciate his
input on it. Live and learn.
Paul
VE9NC
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, raf3151019 gzero...@... wrote:
That's true Skip, it is historical, its a leftover. How many people have we
heard
digital on 7.070. That's
where common sense comes into play. Anyway sorry that a Canadian station did
that to you. I hope it wasn't intentional.
Paul
VE9NC
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, John Becker w0...@... wrote:
Skip
You bring up very good points.
I for one would really would like
plans because there are a lot of unreasonable
people out there, some of which are licensed...
Paul
VE9NC
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, k4cjx k4...@... wrote:
Amazing that one thinks that 1 percent can cause any type of difference,
anywhere, especially on the Phone bands. Regulation
MP3 audio do podcasts.
Loads of neat info on the site.
Enjoy.
73/75 de ka9jwx, Paul Lewis Webster
BPL BAD, KILL BPL, KILL BPL!!
SKCC #5322
John 3:16
Proud member of the;
ARRL
Handihams
LiveFreeUSA
NRA (If its good enough for Glen Beck Sarah Palin, its good enough for me!)
60 Plus (even
RFI/EMI around the house as well. Good way to find
offending wall warts, and the like
/paul W3FIs
to reflect the
new modes but they haven't responded to my email.
Paul
VE9NC
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Dave hfradio...@... wrote:
Have you downloaded the configuration update for TQSL that supports a wide
variety of extra modes. I'm not sure that ALE400 is included, but I know
contacts right now. I also log CCW as CW with a
note in my log. Ale I think is accepted by LOTW. (I think.)I am not sure about
CCW but I don't think it's a valid ADIF mode.
Anyway I am kind of shooting blind here so anyone that has solutions to these
issues would be greatly appreciated.
Paul
VE9NC
in terms of digital
communications.
Paul
VE9NC
BTW Please don't throw rocks at me... I am having a bad day.
-232 connection, which is what the FT-817ND presents to the
outside world. This is quite a separate issue from the SignaLink interface.
I have been using it for 18 months now with nary a problem.
/paul W3FIS
The trivia question for today WHO was Olivia??
/paul W3FIS
That is my understanding...
/paul W3FIS
the Dell, but running HRD/DM780,
wsprnet, JT65-HF, etc., ONE AT A TIME presents no problem.
/paul W3FIS
yours.
They can run, but they can't hide.
Somebody out there knows who this turkeys are where they are.
Maybe you can solve a mystery (Robert Stacks, host of Unsolved Mysteries).
73/75 de ka9jwx, Paul Lewis Webster
SKCC #5322
John 3:16
Proud member of the;
ARRL
NRA
Handihams
LiveFreeUSA
An interesting article about portable puters. I didn't know this stuff. It is
worth knowing so you don't buy the wrong item are dissatisfied /surprised
when you get it home find out it doesn't do or have what you expected
73/75 de ka9jwx, Paul Lewis Webster
SKCC #5322
John 3:16
Proud
Hi, I thought that I would try help Brian out but I don't know the answer my
self, so I am passing this along.
Thanks.
73/75 de ka9jwx, Paul Lewis Webster
SKCC #5322
John 3:16
Proud member of the;
ARRL
NRA
Handihams
LiveFreeUSA
60 Plus (even tho I am younger then 60)
Long:-87.334L (-87*20'3W
how do you set it up to work. i have a kenwood ts680 radio and signalusb.
thanks paul
--- On Sat, 8/22/09, Steinar Aanesland saa...@broadpark.no wrote:
From: Steinar Aanesland saa...@broadpark.no
Subject: Re: [digitalradio] ARQ FAE ALE400 - New Test Version Available
To: digitalradio
rather easy with RSID. So I am a
big big fan of RSID. I am also seeing more people using video ID lately. That's
great too although video ID will eventually be superseded by RSID. It would be
great if call signs could be added to RSID but even as it it's a great tool.
See you on the bands.
Paul
one page for all:
http://www.g0hwc.com/digital_sstv_world.html
Some new sites added and others updated.
If your site is missing or has any errors please let me know.
Paul G0HWC
http://www.g0hwc.com
Hi All,
DRM contest
from 00:00 UTC 3rd October to 24:00 13th October
full details: http://www.g0hwc.com/sstv_drm_news.html
Good Luck
Paul G0HWC
://www.g0hwc.com/digital_sstv_world.html
Some new sites added and others updated.
If your site is missing or has any errors please let me know.
Paul G0HWC
http://www.g0hwc.com
://www.g0hwc.com/digital_sstv_world.html
Some new sites added and others updated.
If your site is missing or has any errors please let me know.
Paul G0HWC
http://www.g0hwc.com
://www.g0hwc.com/digital_sstv_world.html
Some new sites added and others updated.
If your site is missing or has any errors please let me know.
Paul G0HWC
http://www.g0hwc.com
that we should keep an eye on.
Anytime anyone wants to use any of our bands for a non amateur radio purpose is
always cause for concern.
Thanks for the soap box.
73/75 de ka9jwx, Paul Lewis Webster
SKCC #5322
John 3:16
Proud member of the;
ARRL
AARP
NRA
Handihams
LiveFreeUSA
Long:-87.334L
signals.
Sounds like fun.
Or, if that wasn't what you were thinking of,
sounds like there may even be *more* fun out there.
73,
Paul / K9PS
expeditionradio wrote:
The FCC recently posted on Order clarifying
what it believes a repeater is.
Due to the law of unintended consequences,
while
don't indicate anything
about the station's location. The organizational structure, though. shifted
to the same as FEMA several years ago.
I know of several Navy stations here in Region Five that have experimented
with Easypal...
73,
Paul / K9PS / NNN0___
://www.g0hwc.com/digital_sstv_world.html
Some new sites added and others updated.
If your site is missing or has any errors please let me know.
Paul G0HWC
http://www.g0hwc.com
Ok, couldn't figure out what it was either. Thanks!
/paul W3FIS
Hi all,
I have updated all the digital SSTV sites pages
All world sites on one page:
http://www.g0hwc.com/digital_sstv_world.html
Please advise me of any errors or missing sites
Many thanks
Paul G0HWC
http://www.g0hwc.com
See this link:
http://www.spar-hams.org/contests/winterfd/index.php
/paul W3FIS
.
At least that's my 2 cents worth.
73,
Paul / K9PS
Hi all,
I have been updating my pages that display digital sites latest
RX image from round the world. Please let me know of any errors or
missing sites.
Many thanks Paul G0HWC
Home page : http://www.g0hwc.com
All world : http://g0hwc.com/digital_sstv_world.html
Europe : http://g0hwc.com
We have started to play around with PSK-31 on HF (40 and 10 meters) for
local back-up to our 2 meter repeater. Anybody else doing this?
/paul W3FIS Slower Lower Delaware
just plugged into the internal sound card -
simple, no choices. Now I've got options.
Thank you and 73,
Paul
PS: I apologize if I asked this a few weeks ago. I haven't had access
to my computer since then and the mind wanders.
Here in the UK i hear SSTV on 14.230 most of the day
I upload what I rx live to my website 24/7
Paul G0HWC
Check out my website www.g0hwc.com *Echolink node MB7ICL-L 381900*
SHOULD be responding to their website with:
HAVE YOU LOST YOUR LAST FUNCTIONING BRAIN CELL? OF COURSE
YOU CAN NOT HAVE MY USERID AND PASSWORD FOR ANOTHER WEBSITE!!
Nobody gets my passwords.
Sounds to me more like a social engineering site than a social networking
site.
Just my $.02
73,
Paul
. http://www.g0hwc.com
I already have pages with SSTV cams and UK streaming webcams.
Thanks for your time
Paul G0HWC
Live SSTV 24/7 http://www.g0hwc.com
Why would one use a 3 kHz bandwidth for a 100 Hz wide mode? Wouldn't
it be more realistic to do comparisons based on a noise bandwidth that
is the same as or just slightly wider than the signal bandwidth?
- ps
Tony wrote:
Mark,
If the SNR is negative, how is it that you can copy any signal?
and that's it.
73,
Paul / K9PS
I hadn't thought of trying a high-speed VHF/UHF modem :) Maybe
that's because I live away from what most people call civilization
and there aren't many VHF/UHF signals around here.
I'd figured on using a CPU personality for overall control, and
doing the work in hardware.
Is the Spartan-3E
and low cost - but can't handle the tight timing needed for
pactor-type modes.
It just seemed to me that something like a commercially-available low-cost
FPGA board might be able to get the best of both worlds.
Yeah, I'm suggesting a minor paradigm shift. Scary.
73,
Paul / K9PS
would probably need to do it.
http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?Prod=S3EBOARDNav1=ProductsNav2=Programmable
Anyone tried (or thought of trying) something like
that?
73,
Paul / K9PS
idea what that was?
Thank you and 73,
Paul
, Shoto and Patrick, for your reply.
73,
Paul
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Sholto Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Paul,
I think what you heard was one half of a 75bd 850Hz shift FSK
transmission. This is a non amateur transmission. It has been a regular
visitor to 30m for many years. I
Oops, I should have read the rest of the posts first. Video ID - got
it. I'll understand it more when I first see it.
Thank you and 73,
Pau
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jose,
But does that mean you need to be listening in Hell mode? Or does it
display
Jose,
But does that mean you need to be listening in Hell mode? Or does it
display on the waterfall regardless of the chosen mode?
Paul
Paul,
Some programs are capable of sending a Video ID using Hell, so, you
can read the ID as a text preamble from the waterfall.
Andrew O'Brien wrote:
My reading of the message is that Morse code is authorized NOT
mandated. It seems a reasonable decision for a organization often
dependent on volunteers, if they want to use it.. let'em. MARS will
continue to use MT63, ALE, PSK, and many other digital modes.
Andy
I think I missed the memo on how to ...display that code as text...
Are you suggesting calling CQ in a different digital mode than Qlivia,
then switching over? If the listener can read the (Olivia) Text
then they are already reading at the proper BW/Tone??
73,
Paul
If we allocate a code
or was your QSO just and automatice send/heard connection?
Thank you and 73,
Paul
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Mark Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
WSPR QSO Completed
WSPR is a new digital mode that hams have been experimenting with on
HF and VHF bands over
Not sure if this is the link but there is a least one with respect to
the google earth ion overlay that has some options. One is radio and
the other is MUF - but they seem to cover the same thing. How are they
different?
Thank you and 73,
Paul
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Andrew O'Brien
Jeff,
Found it. Look here: http://mmhamsoft.amateur-radio.ca/
It was the MMSTV software that auto-decodes the SSTV signal. By auto-
decode, I mean it determines the proper protocol for you (Scotty 1,
etc.)
73,
Paul
I've spent hours runnng MultiPSK trying to figure out which
variation of SSTV
across and be tickled at some of the
more interesting graphics, scratchy though they might be.
73,
Paul
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wI've spent hours runnng MultiPSK trying to figure out which variation
of SSTV a signal is only to be rewarded with nothing. I've
Might want to check that one -- I think you'll find it's
derived from BSD, not Linux.
73,
- ps
Ken Meinken wrote:
Actually, the Mac OS is based on Linux.
Paul, I believe message #26409 answered your question?
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/message/26409
Pardon me if I'm wrong, as it was just a quick glance.
Frank, K2NCC
Thank you Frank. I did miss that. It tells me the configuration file
will not be overwritten which implies
it to a temporary folder, then click
some setup/installer icon in the temporary folder and navigator to the
original folder were it will replace everything but keep preferences?
Thank you and 73,
Paul
Is your audio level high enough going into the sound card,
or possibly the gain on the mic or aux input needs bumped
up a bit? I was playing around a bit earlier watching some
signals, and if I got the audio level too low, the displays
didn't show anything but I was still decoding.
73
Paul
.
Paul G0HWC
Hi all,
If you are into SSTV and want upload your RX files
on the fly to your website, Check out the new Yahoo group.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ftp_widget/
A help group for users of FTP Widget (KE5RS)
and future users of the latest BAT Widget (Under Beta test)
Paul G0HWC
http
A friend of mine has installed Ubuntu 7.1 and is looking
for gmfsk. Is it available for Ubuntu? (Sorry, I'm a
Fedora user and not all that familiar with the places
Ubuntu packages are kept!)
73,
Paul / K9PS
. I survived the
transition from SLS to Slackware's .tgz files to RedHat RPM's :)
Thanks for the info.
73,
Paul / K9PS
some digital software like the old WinPSK that has a tune
button. Push the tune button and adjust mic gain till forward power
meter reads the 30 or so watts?
What is today's Best Practices.
Thank you and 73,
Paul
it, no further data can be
written to it.
Paul MW0CDO.
_
From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Andrew O'Brien
Sent: 11 September 2007 09:57
To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [digitalradio] PSKmail save session to CD?
I guess I need to learn what
Yep - the best way to handle an emergency is to train for it
using the modes and methods you plan on using for the real thing.
While it might be argued that in an emergency, mixed-mode would
be legal, it wouldn't be for drills.
- ps
Rick wrote:
Maybe theoretically, but if you don't do this on
rigs cause more or less
problem than going wireless?
Thank you and 73,
Paul
a category for
high power - hot doggies, I guess that means 75W on PSK is okay after all.
You are not alone.
73,
Paul
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, list email filter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Now, everyone remember their (and my) blood pressure... just a minute
while I get the asbestos
not or
MixW would have just had their adjuster program do the deed rather
than requiring copying the numbers back into MixW.
Thank you and 73,
Paul
. With the
Drake, I'd have to tune to 7.100.6 (or 7.099.4?) to hear the station
with that tone.
So with 10.140 + 1000 I'm guessing with the Ten Tec I'd tune to 10.140
USB but with the Drake I'd tune to 10.141 USB. Is that how it goes?
If so, why is it 1000hz instead of 1500Hz?
Thank you and 73,
Paul
pcooke2002 wrote:
$3K for an HT!!!
BREATH, BREATH.. SWALLOW
You mean to say that $3k of my tax dollars are being spent on a HT
that you could have spent $200 on.
I have to complain to my city council about my police dept going
digital.
I'd more likely congratulate them on having
Clarification...
Except MT63 was reference to fldigi.
Paul L Schmidt, K9PS wrote:
Except MT63...
Darrel Smith wrote:
I agree with Per that Fldigi does every mode you would want for digital
modes although I use cocoamodem on my Mac for day to day use as it has a
few features fldigi does
that with a
grain of salt.
Paul Metzger
KQ6EH
http://www.hamradio-dv.org
--
On Feb 1, 2007, at 10:26, Bill S wrote:
Has anyone had any experience with the AOR digital voice modem
ARD9000MK2?
I'm curious as to how well it works on hf ssb.
Bill S
AFSK over FM on 29.xx MHz isn't legal here anyway.
Paul L Schmidt, K9PS wrote:
I haven't tried AFSK over FM on 10 meters, but given what I've heard
on 10M FM during the last sunspot maximum, I would definitely agree
with you that the propagation characteristics -- which are obnoxious
enough
I wasn't so concerned about whether it's ISB, DSB, or whatever; I was more
interested in the comment that it would make the rig easy to build. If a
simple rig were built with two balanced modulators from a quadrature RF source
(easy to do), using stereo audio with a sound card program designed
Danny Douglas wrote:
Why is that? FM is the carrier, afsk is the mode. Just as SSB is the
carrier for an AFSK signal. If you can run AFSK on SSB in the other bands,
why not 10? Does it specifically say NBFM only for voice?
That would be an F2D emission. Legal on frequencies where
Don't know... I'll have to do a google search on softrock
and see what it is. If that *is* what a softrock is, I
may just have to get one to play with :)
Jose A. Amador wrote:
Isn't that a Softrock using SDR-1000 or M0KGK software?
Jose, CO2JA
kd4e wrote:
Anyone familiar with NBFM Packet activity on 10M,
29,100 - 29,300MHz ?
I came upon an old Sonar VFX 680 NBFM/CW exciter
that covers 160-2M and it got me wondering why
NBFM is not included across the Ham HF spectrum
bandplan. I don't believe it is any wider than
an AM signal.
KV9U wrote:
Good points, Paul,
One thing that I found with longer distance FM signals on HF, even
though 10 meters can be close to the MUF when it is open, is that there
is a lot of frequency inversion or other anomalies from the ionosphere
that make it rather annoying and unsatisfactory
For a simple transmitter, how about a sound card mode that uses the
sound card in STEREO mode with I and Q components on L and R channels,
feeding two balanced modulators, and build a phasing-type exciter
to do J2D type emissions?
Maybe not quite as simple as AM, DSB, or NBFM, but probably pretty
. I set mine so they are mostly mid point on
their scales. I bet more on one of those two sliders needing
adjustment rather that a Mute Check Box.
Good luck and 73,
Paul
The info the ARRL got was correct - it's in there today.
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-729.pdf
Nope - General and higher will have all modes.
For no-code techs, it's the opposite -- except on 10 meters, HF
privileges for codeless techs will be *CW ONLY*: no SSB, no SSTV,
no RTTY, no soundcard digital -- except for CW. ON/OFF keying
using the international morse code.
On 10 meters,
They'll just be on CW and 10-meter SSB. If they were going to put
them on 75m SSB, they might be able to get a 10-36 if they could
get through all the 20-wpm Extra Class Lids that think they own
the frequency they sit on.
- ps
Chuck Mayfield wrote:
Yahoo, Good Buddy. Can I get a 10-36?
Leigh L. Klotz, Jr. wrote:
But why stop there, as you say? I'm reasonably sure someone's already
done this (from the scores I see in the contest logs) but it should be
possible to totally automate the RTTY contests. With wide-band SDR
receivers (and transmitters for that matter) it ought
I haven't yet figured out what the supposed incompatibility between versions
is all about. For most packages I've run, it's either compile straight from
source and install, or do a search and find pre-built binaries that'll run
on my system (Fedora 3). The only thing I've had problems with so
:
Paul L Schmidt, K9PS wrote:
Yep. I was thinking of the 80 meter one. At 130 feet or so per side,
it's pretty big, but still fits in some lots where there's not enough
length to do a 160 dipole. I really should restrict things that require
thinking to before 5:00 PM when I switch the brain
would probably mean from zero to maybe 200-300 miles. While that's
not going to be the 30m band's strong point, that certainly doesn't
mean 30m isn't worth trying.
73,
Paul / K9PS
(most of my operating is 5 MHz and lower frequencies, and almost all
of that is in the receive mode... )
Mel
I've spent most of my ham career on or near 80 meters. The question
depends on what part of the sunspot cycle you're in.
If sunspots are at max, 40 meters is generally solid during the daytime
hours for those distances. At nighttime, 40 meters gets long and you
will need to shift to 80/75
Follow-up -- forgot 160m antennas. While a full-sized dipole or inverted
vee is nice for NVIS, there are options for smaller lots.
A full-size dipole is in the ballpark of 250 feet total length, but a
full-size full-wave loop is only 60 feet or so on a side. Feed it
either in the middle of one
KV9U wrote:
Paul,
A full sized 160 loop is not easy to set up since it needs to be around
500+ feet in circumference (1005 / 1.9 = 528 feet). This would make a
square about 130 feet on a side.
Yep. I was thinking of the 80 meter one. At 130 feet or so per side,
it's pretty big
John B. Stephensen wrote:
and 8 kHz maximum bandwidth limit. However, ARRL memebers want more
stringent regulations.
Not all of them.
73,
Paul / K9PS
(Life Member of both ARRL and QCWA who doesn't.)
expeditionradio wrote:
As of 15 December, 3580kHz+ is an obsolete frequency for mainstream
PSK31 in USA. The FCC simply changed the subbands... pulled the rug
out from under us. Now we have to use some of our famous ham ingenuity
to make lemonade out of the barrel of lemons the FCC gave us.
And using the GMRS channels or using a radio that
allows an external gain antennas (external antennas are
illegal for FRS) requires a license that costs more than
the radios.
Unless one chooses to operate illegally without a
license.
That's what happened to 11 meters in the end...
- ps / K9PS /
Roger that. I just assumed with the antenna
gains specified you were on UHF. :) I should've
figured there was a disconnect between the
cost of the set-up being under $30 and those
kinds of antenna gains (particularly on VHF!)
73,
- ps
bruce mallon wrote:
That was not clear I was on MURS
expeditionradio wrote:
Hi Bill,
The FCC did the all the pushing down. They compressed the 80m Data
subband to 100kHz. The only DATA subband on 80 meters for USA after 15
December is 3500-3600kHz. The CW band remains 3500-4000kHz... there
is plenty of space for CW... a total of 500kHz.
Leigh L Klotz, Jr. wrote:
This is an interesting point of view, to take it from an economic and
performance tradeoff. If I might ask (if this threa continues), would
you all mind posting your rig and antenna systems as well? It would be
interesting to see if there is a correlation between
Mark Miller wrote:
What my question
boils down to is generally, what is the accepted maximum bandwidth of
any signal in the Amateur HF bands, given the finite spectrum and
many interests?
There's the billion [insert local currency here] question. Or
actually two questions: what's the
,
Paul / K9PS
I believe this Linux topic was a nice break from all the FCC smack
going on. Any new topic is rather refreshing. I also found it rather
informative. Thanks to this discussion, I will be acquiring a new
computer here shortly to experiment with Debian and Suse. Thanks Guys !
Paul Metzger
KQ6WEH
I too would like to find out the answers to Ricks Questionnaire. Pleas
CC me any responses to his e-mail, thanks !
Paul Metzger
KQ6EH
---
On Nov 26, 2006, at 13:47, KV9U wrote:
I am at that point that I could switch, even if I have to give up some
of the software that I prefer, since I
Hello Special Event (prize sponsored by Mel K0PFX and
I). You may use the Free WinDRM software, or the AOR Digital Voice
modems to win.
If interested, see http://www.hamradio.dv.org
HAVE FUN !
Paul Metzger
KQ6EH
Somehow I doubt the non-extra-class CW ops will go for a
15 kHz segment (3525-3540)
Since 25% of the non-phone band is extra-only, wouldn't it
make sense to designate some of the extra-only sub-band
as digital? Not all extra-class operators operate CW.
expeditionradio wrote:
Proposed New 80
and experiences with the newbees. So
far, I myself am finding a new user in the chat room daily and working
him/her on HF DV. I had to find my log book and I'm excited to be
filling it up again.
Hope to work you at 19:00 UTC
Paul Metzger
KQ6EH
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