Re: [digitalradio] Re: Olivia vs. RTTY vs. PSK spectrum efficiency

2010-07-20 Thread Ralph Mowery
- Original Message From: g4ilo jul...@g4ilo.com To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, July 20, 2010 4:29:15 AM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Olivia vs. RTTY vs. PSK spectrum efficiency Just because a mode is better doesn't mean that people will want to use it, though, and I

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Olivia vs. RTTY vs. PSK spectrum efficiency

2010-07-20 Thread Ralph Mowery
From: J. Moen j...@jwmoen.com To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, July 20, 2010 8:33:06 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Olivia vs. RTTY vs. PSK spectrum efficiency I completely understand the lure of the old mechanical teleprinters.  But I

Re: [digitalradio] Re: RTTY and common courtesy

2010-07-18 Thread Ralph Mowery
Let me get this right.  You want a station to ask if the frequency is in use.  That is understandable except he will be on RTTY and you are on another sound card mode.  Many times stations do not even have the audio running now.  They are just looking at a digital display and clicking on the

Re: [digitalradio] Individual software programs for various digital modes????

2010-06-15 Thread Ralph Mowery
MMTTY is a good stand alone RTTY program.  I don't work Olivia so can not comment on that one. http://www.muenster.de/~welp/sb.htm Is a good place to look for many of the sound card modes.  Many programs are free.   - Original Message From: JLA johnne...@yahoo.com To:

Re: [digitalradio] SSTV AMPLIFIER

2010-05-25 Thread Ralph Mowery
Is this for a FM or SSB transmitter ?  If FM then any amp should do.  If you are using a SSB transmitter and feeding it the audio for SSTV then you need an amp  that is linear.  I would guess that most of your sstv transmissions are  not too long (say less than 30 seconds) so the duty cycle

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Question for experts

2010-03-10 Thread Ralph Mowery
- Original Message From: rein...@ix.netcom.com rein...@ix.netcom.com To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 11:51:52 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Question for experts Hi Ralph, You got me again. Indeed the Commission requires that it has to be intelligent

Re: [digitalradio] Re: 1976 FCC - Delete all Emission Types from Part 97

2010-03-09 Thread Ralph Mowery
From: KH6TY kh...@comcast.net To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 2:08:20 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: 1976 FCC - Delete all Emission Types from Part 97 Julian, Using FSK instead of AFSK means you can run a big amp Class-C and

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Question for experts

2010-03-09 Thread Ralph Mowery
- Original Message From: rein...@ix.netcom.com rein...@ix.netcom.com To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 5:11:30 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Question for experts Hello Jose, Multiple Frequency Shift Keying, OK, but you really did not answer my question,

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Question for experts

2010-03-09 Thread Ralph Mowery
Correct but you still have not answered my question. Indeed If I use one tone and  key it on / off I have a cw transmitter, transmitting on the VJO frequebcy = or - the audio frequency. What do I have if I just change the tones in a random fashion? 73 Rein W6SZ If a  total random fashion,

Re: [digitalradio] The cost of digital mode interfaces

2010-03-06 Thread Ralph Mowery
The basic sound card interface has never been very high.  Look for one called Rascal.  Here is one link to where to get them. http://www.packetradio.com/ I don't recall the price from years ago, but it was under $ 50 then. The kit was even less.  Almost just the cost of the parts if bought in

Re: [digitalradio] RTTY and mode selection on radios

2010-02-19 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- On Fri, 2/19/10, James French w8...@wideopenwest.com wrote: From: James French w8...@wideopenwest.com Subject: [digitalradio] RTTY and mode selection on radios To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 3:58 PM Wondering if someone can point me to a link or some

Re: [digitalradio] Netbook or Laptop better?

2010-02-15 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- On Mon, 2/15/10, kd0ca kd...@arrl.net wrote: From: kd0ca kd...@arrl.net Subject: [digitalradio] Netbook or Laptop better? To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, February 15, 2010, 11:08 AM I run MultiPSK Ver 3.13 on a VERY old IBM ThinkPad running Win98 at 166 MHz. I'd like to

Re: [digitalradio] Fw: [KA9QJGREPEATERS] Differences between netbooks notebook/laptob computers

2009-12-06 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- On Sun, 12/6/09, Andy obrien k3uka...@gmail.com wrote: From: Andy obrien k3uka...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Fw: [KA9QJGREPEATERS] Differences between netbooks notebook/laptob computers To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, December 6, 2009, 10:24 AM A

Re: [digitalradio] Re: An open letter: W1AW and 80m psk31 interference

2009-09-24 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- On Thu, 9/24/09, theophilusofgenoa twst...@windstream.net wrote: From: theophilusofgenoa twst...@windstream.net Subject: [digitalradio] Re: An open letter: W1AW and 80m psk31 interference To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009, 11:24 AM I would like to put

Re: [digitalradio] Has anyone tried the ASuS EEE pc 901?

2009-06-24 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- On Mon, 6/22/09, jeffnjr484 jeffnjr...@yahoo.com wrote: From: jeffnjr484 jeffnjr...@yahoo.com Subject: [digitalradio] Has anyone tried the ASuS EEE pc 901? To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, June 22, 2009, 11:24 AM Hello, Has anyone used the ASUS laptop for psk31 or any

Re: [digitalradio] sstv

2009-06-05 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- On Fri, 6/5/09, ronaldfparmenter ronaldfparmen...@yahoo.com wrote: From: ronaldfparmenter ronaldfparmen...@yahoo.com Subject: [digitalradio] sstv To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, June 5, 2009, 2:02 PM what mode do i set too for sstv ?? I assume you are asking

Re: [digitalradio] HF RTTY help

2009-05-27 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- On Wed, 5/27/09, Christopher K. Greenhalgh ch...@n8wct.com wrote: From: Christopher K. Greenhalgh ch...@n8wct.com Subject: [digitalradio] HF RTTY help To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 5:29 PM Hello all! Newbie to the group, and to HF RTTY as well, and

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Modes - What are they and What about New Developement??

2009-02-22 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- On Sun, 2/22/09, Gmail - Kevin, Natalia, Stacey Rochelle spar...@gmail.com wrote: From: Gmail - Kevin, Natalia, Stacey Rochelle spar...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Modes - What are they and What about New Developement?? To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday,

Re: [digitalradio] HAL ST-8000A to Teletype ASR33

2008-11-30 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- On Sun, 11/30/08, Steve Ripper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Steve Ripper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [digitalradio] HAL ST-8000A to Teletype ASR33 To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, November 30, 2008, 12:01 AM I have a HAL ST-8000A and recently purchased a Teletype ASR33

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ASCII ?

2008-10-01 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- On Wed, 10/1/08, hankvond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: hankvond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [digitalradio] Re: ASCII ? To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 8:30 PM --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, John Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why did

Re: [digitalradio] ASCII ?

2008-10-01 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- On Wed, 10/1/08, John Becker, WØJAB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: John Becker, WØJAB [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [digitalradio] ASCII ? To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 9:56 PM Rick I agree about your ASCII comment but as far as RTTY goes, just

Re: [digitalradio] SignaLinkUSB freq response and S/N

2008-09-03 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- On Wed, 9/3/08, Russell Hltn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Russell Hltn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [digitalradio] SignaLinkUSB freq response and S/N To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2008, 1:29 PM On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 6:11 AM, Peter G. Viscarola

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-03 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- On Thu, 7/3/08, tailfeathers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: tailfeathers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, July 3, 2008, 4:03 PM PSK software is simple to use and free everywhere...Is

Re: [digitalradio] Signal on 3850

2008-05-14 Thread Ralph Mowery
hear anything here in VK. John de VK2XGJ Stop worrying about Life You'll never get out of it alive - Original Message - From: Ralph Mowery [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 12:23 PM Subject

Re: [digitalradio] Signal on 3850

2008-05-14 Thread Ralph Mowery
no signature, no Call, no identification whatsoever. That is why I asked the question. John de VK2XGJ Stop worrying about Life You'll never get out of it alive - Original Message - From: Ralph Mowery [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio

[digitalradio] Signal on 3850

2008-05-13 Thread Ralph Mowery
A friend told me to lisen on 3850 lsb +- a kc or two. There is some digital type signal there. Does anyone know what it is and where it is comming from.

Re: [digitalradio] Going Digital

2008-03-30 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- Andrés Arrieta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm new into HAM radio, I've investigated about digital comms but now all my ideas are mixed up. For an easy start what do I buy to do some PSK31 and FSK. I have a Kenwood TS-450S. Sorry if this is a stupid question but I'm desperate.

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Operating FSK RTTY in a contest ?

2008-02-11 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- Robert Chudek - K0RC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andy, Regarding matching the RTTY tones... matching a tone is difficult for some people and easy for others. For example, some people sing off key! Were you good at matching the note of the pitch pipe in music class? :-) You said some

Re: [digitalradio] Software Development [was] Logging for MultiPSK and DM780

2008-02-01 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- John Becker, WØJAB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Speaking of, I (and others) sure wish when writing RTTY software you developers would add or force a CR/LF after 70 charters. I really don't think the glass operators would notice or mind. And us using paper would notice the most since we

Re: [digitalradio] Old RTTY machine - force the end of line sequence after 72 charcters

2008-02-01 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- Patrick Lindecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello John and Ralph, If it did not get a space, it would force the end of line sequence after 72 charcters. In Multipsk (and perhaps in other soft) this option exists (button 1 CR/LF/72 char.). It permits to communicate with old RTTY

Re: [digitalradio] General questions about SSTV

2008-01-25 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- Bob Christenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, I'm looking into SSTV. I see that popular frequencies to operate it are 7171, 7173, 14230 and 14233. Are these pictures sent using an analog or digital method? What popular software is being used? Is there another Yahoo group for this?

Re: [digitalradio] Standard sideband for digi modes?

2007-12-31 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- Zack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the standard rule for sidebands for the digital modes? Are all bands 160-6 USB (for RTTY, PSK, WSJT, etc)? I have been looking for this info but have not found it. A web link would be very helpful! Thanks Zack N8FNR RTTY in the ham bands

Re: [digitalradio] A tad off-topic - Excess coax

2007-10-28 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- Dave 'Doc' Corio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Chuck. Since that is just about the exact dimension for a choke balun from the original Windom design, would it have any effect on the impedance? I suppose I could just wrap it up and see for myself, but thought I should at least be

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Current balun

2007-10-20 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- Phil Wells [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave wrote: I understand the basics of using a balun, but have a question about the specifics. Sorry to have to ask this Dave, but if you understand the

Re: [digitalradio] Current balun

2007-10-18 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I understand the basics of using a balun, but have a question about the specifics. Using a dipole, what would be the difference between using a 4:1 balun compared to a 6:1 balun? Which would I choose, and why would I choose it? Planning on feeding the

Re: [digitalradio] AGC and Digital Modes

2007-07-27 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- Jon Maguire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to query the digital mode users regarding the AGC setting. I'm currently running PowerSDR 1.9.1 beta (original SVN), DXLabs Commander interfaced via VComm to a test version of Multipsk. I currently have the AGC set to MED, and I

Re: [digitalradio] PSK31 freq's for U.S.A. CURRENT......

2007-07-13 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- rhettduke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been reading about psk31 for almost a year now.finally got on the air last week and am having so much fun. I have limited my operation to the 20m band.tuning my rig to 14069.5 USB as specified in the digipan set up guideand am

Re: [digitalradio] Breaking News! HF Enhanced WSJT Software Now Released

2007-05-04 Thread Ralph Mowery
There is a period (.) at the end of the first url that must be removed and the site will come up. http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT --- Dave Corio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andy, both download sites come back as not found. 73 Dave KB3MOW Andrew O'Brien wrote:

Re: [digitalradio] Digital modes duty cycle and the ft-897

2007-04-11 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- Andrew O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and some modes are on-off, FSK RTTY versus AFSK RTTY for example, Feld Hell. Andy RTTY is on all the time and is 100 % duty cycle all the time. It does not mater if you are feeding the tones into a ssb audio input or if you are

Re: [digitalradio] NBFM Packet Voice on HF?

2007-02-01 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- Danny Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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? Danny Douglas N7DC ex WN5QMX ET2US

Re: [digitalradio] Understanding QSB ?

2007-01-08 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- Andrew O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When on phone or CW and experiencing QSB, I do not usually give much thought to other signals nearby on the band. Tonight while watching 20M PSK signals at 22 hours UTC, I watched the whole 3 kHz spectrum come and go in unison. I have never

Re: [digitalradio] Regional communications ?

2006-12-26 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- Andrew O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My entry in to amateur radio was via 10 meters and the quest for DX, I had no real interest in local communication. Over the years I have had hams ask me to help them set-up their stations for digital mode operation and have occasionally

Re: [digitalradio] Best sound card for digital

2006-12-15 Thread Ralph Mowery
Try the digital modes with what you have. It may work fine for your operations. I have used much slower computers with built in sound cards and they seem to do ok for casual use. 73 de KU4PT --- Leslie Elliott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi - I just joined yesterday, and this is my first

Re: [digitalradio] new to ham radio

2006-10-06 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- geobentcpht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, My name is George Bentley. I have recently received my ham radio operators license. I am looking for software that i can use with my computer. I am new to this and would appreciate any help. thanks George KI4LMI Software to

Re: [digitalradio] Newbie

2006-08-12 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- kd5zxx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Being a newbie to ham radio and digital in particualr, I would like to at least listen in. Not much in the way fo equipment at the time, but I do have a Kenwood R-1000 receiver with a random length long wire antenna. What is the cheapest and easiest

Re: [digitalradio] different modes

2006-07-22 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- barry whittemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, i just joined the group. i have been using rtty and some psk31 for a while but would like to know if there is a page that defines the various modes, software available and frequencies to use? thanks barry WB1EDI One of the best

Re: [digitalradio] 16 bit sampling?

2006-06-03 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- kc0rdg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would anyone know if it's possible to use less than 16 bit sampling and still be able to decode digital modes such as RTTY and PSK? I don't mean the sample rate, such as 11025 used in MixW, I mean the digital sampling of the actual audio.

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Mono mic input?

2006-05-31 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- kc0rdg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe I should have clarified more... If I use a mono jack with a mono sound card, will I be able to decode RTTY, PSK and the other digital modes? There is no reason you shouldn't. The sound comming out of the radio is mono. Only one side is used

Re: [digitalradio] FSK the old way

2006-04-11 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Folks, Let's cast our minds back to the days of AM (Advanced Modulation, for those who are unfamiliar with the abbreviation G) rigs and RTTY. Now I know that simple AFSK would work - and provide both sidebands and the carrier and really

Re: [digitalradio] Problem: a (almost) total lack of knowlege.

2006-02-03 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- zl1gbb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone help me out? I am just getting into digital modes. Very steep learning curve for my 67 year old brain. But I will manage with a little help. My problem is I do not understand the uses of the equipment. My handbook on my radio (ft857d)

RE: [digitalradio] WHY ? ? ?

2005-10-23 Thread Ralph Mowery
Sure it does. Switch to USB and the st-6 to 'reverse' and it will receive just fine. If the transmitt tones are set to the reverse it will also transmit just fine while in USB. --- John Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The same does not hold true for those of us still using 1970 equipment

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Ideas for posts/masts ?

2005-09-11 Thread Ralph Mowery
Can you say more about PVC masts, or point to an article on the subject? I had just never thought of using PVC for masts on the assumption that it would be too flexible to use. If you do use the pvc, look in the electrical section of the store at the grey plastic conduit. It is more

Re: [digitalradio] Wanted, CHEAP !!!! USB-RS232 adapter - Or another Solution

2005-08-04 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- Rick Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Want to go portable PSK with my Laptop and have a Rascal KIT RS232 interface for PSK. Anyone know of A CHEAP (AKA XYL radar invisible) USB-RS232 adapter that works (IE Providing the KEYING through RS232 I have now ) Or is there another route

Re: [digitalradio] CW

2005-06-22 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- mac2251 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a question concerning cw using MixW or Hamscope. Is it legal or not? I have heard both sides. Anyone have the facts.Mike K9HCK As long as it is CW it is legal. If you feed a pure sine wave into a ssb transceiver the output will be

Re: [digitalradio] Interface kits

2005-05-20 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- Mark Milburn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to think about having a club project for building interfaces to get some additional members on digital modes. Anybody know of any low cost kits or have any suggestions about such a project? Many thanks for any help. 73 Mark

Re: [digitalradio] Hamshack Hack v.06 just released

2005-04-13 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- DavesRadio\RR\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: would someone explain to me what this Hamshack Hack thing is? bear in mind that I'm an old man and not at all puter litterate so keep it in small words...lol K5DRC BULL SHOALES LAKE http://www.bullshoals.org/lake.htm AR/MO STATE LINE

Re: [digitalradio] Re:TNCs

2005-03-13 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- John Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good article. I put my service monitor on to the HAL ST-6 just to see how *tight* the filters are. Mark 2125 Hz would drop out +/- 10 Hz. Space 2295 Hz drops out at +/- 12 Hz. the other 2 are 11 and 10 Hz.. What do you mean by drop out ?