Re: [digitalradio] Re: Soliciting suggestions

2009-08-11 Thread kh6ty
Skip KH6TY John Taylor wrote: Thanks Skip, As I replied to Simon, we have been trying the NBEMS modes of FLdigi and FLarq for a while now. We are able to communicate via fldigi in virtually every mode, but have yet to establish a connection with flarq. Any ideas are welcome ... John

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS

2009-07-31 Thread kh6ty
Rodney, The same interface you use for PSK31 will work. NBEMS is a software suite. Go to www.w1hkj.com/NBEMS and download the software for your windows or Linux version. Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team Rodney wrote: NBEMS - Narrow Band Emergency Messaging System Is anyone

Re: [digitalradio] Zapped PCs, data recovery, and Windows !

2009-07-23 Thread kh6ty
The latest Puppy Linux is here: http://puppylinux.org/downloads/official-releases/latest-production-version (not the NBEMS version, but will work). You just need a computer to access the Internet and a program that will burn an ISO. 73, Skip KH6TY Andrew O'Brien wrote: yes, I thought

Re: [digitalradio] 2 Meter FM Digital Modes

2009-07-14 Thread kh6ty
(unlike MFSK16) and fairly resistant to multipath interference. 73 Skip KH6TY Phil Williams wrote: Is there anyone out there who is active in using digital modes on 2 meters? I would be especially interested in experiences with digital modes such as MFSK and DominoEX.

Re: [digitalradio] 2 Meter FM Digital Modes

2009-07-14 Thread kh6ty
In my reply, IC-2000H should have read IC-2200H. 73, Skip KH6TY Phil Williams wrote: Is there anyone out there who is active in using digital modes on 2 meters? I would be especially interested in experiences with digital modes such as MFSK and DominoEX. There has been a number

Re: [digitalradio] Possible Purchase

2009-07-12 Thread kh6ty
and no USB or serial port is needed. Joe Veldhuis wrote: I continue to be puzzled as to why anyone would spend more than $50 on a soundcard and/or CAT interface, when both can be built for about $10 in parts. 73 -- *Skip KH6TY* http://KH6TY.home.comcast.net

Re: [digitalradio] Possible Purchase

2009-07-12 Thread kh6ty
If you are not an ARRL member, a description of the interface described on page 30 of the June QST is here: http://home.comcast.net/~hteller/interface.htm 73 Skip KH6TY Tim N9PUZ wrote: If you do not have to have an external sound card the various interfaces that use your computers

Re: [digitalradio] Re: QRV ALE-400 ARQ chat mode -- 14074.0

2009-07-05 Thread kh6ty
even programs, that extracted 7plus files from monitor. This allowed for multicasting, if the link quality was good. 73, Vojtech --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com, kh6ty kh...@... wrote: That's neat, Vojtech. Is there a link to download 7plus

Re: [digitalradio] Re: QRV ALE-400 ARQ chat mode -- 14074.0

2009-07-04 Thread kh6ty
That's neat, Vojtech. Is there a link to download 7plus? WRAP only calculates a checksum for the entire file, and if it will not unwrap, we just resend the whole file. 73, Skip KH6TY Vojtech Bubnik wrote: so we developed the Wrap program, which sends a checksum at the end of the message

Re: [digitalradio] QRV ALE-400 ARQ chat mode -- 14074.0

2009-07-03 Thread kh6ty
is strong). I think that is why only a handful of hams have any interest in ARQ modes for chatting. That is how I see it. Other's opinions may vary, of course. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team Rick W wrote: It seems that there are only a handful of hams who have any interest in ARQ modes

Re: [digitalradio] Peek-a-boo sound devices

2009-06-26 Thread kh6ty
microphone in and out. If you use Skype, it will also grab your microphone. Sorry, that I don't have a foolproof solution for you., but offer you comfort in misery! ;-) 73, Skip KH6TY Andrew O'Brien wrote: I use an internal sound card for ham operations and an external sound device

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Sound Cards

2009-06-19 Thread kh6ty
with Linux recognizing soundcards, but it sounds like even the SignaLink would be a better choice. Since then, we have come out with a Windows version of fldigi which has no problems recognizing soundcards. Thanks for the heads-up, Vojtech! 73, Skip KH6TY Vojtech Bubnik wrote: Hi Skip and others

Re: [digitalradio] FLDigi / Cygwin Question

2009-06-19 Thread kh6ty
programs will look in the folder with fldigi.exe. Just leave the folder intact and create a shortcut from fldigi.exe to the Desktop or elsewhere and you probably already do. You can leave the other cygwin1.dll's where they are. 73, Skip KH6TY Tim N9PUZ wrote: FLDigi uses the cygwin1.dll file

Re: [digitalradio] Sound Cards

2009-06-18 Thread kh6ty
bring to the outside. http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HE-280Bcat=SND 73, Skip KH6TY Thank you Peter. I've been looking at external sound cards to use with a laptop for portable work. The internal unit in my laptop doesn't work all that well and my thinking was if I use a good

Re: [digitalradio] Sound Cards

2009-06-18 Thread kh6ty
adapter when it is plugged into the USB port as you can break the connection to the circuit board if it bends too far. http://images.qrvc.com/usbfob.pdf Good luck! 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team Tim N9PUZ wrote: Tiny circuit work isn't a problem. Do you have a link

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New version of Mixw

2009-06-15 Thread kh6ty
parse all the incoming text, extract the wrapped messages, and numerically date stamp and file them for later unwrapping. None of the other MT63 modems do that, of course. 73, Skip KH6TY NNN0VFA Rick W wrote: chas, What are the MARS operators using MixW for? Are there modes

Re: [digitalradio] How do I get started with digital radio?

2009-05-28 Thread kh6ty
For about $500 you can get a secondhand IC-706MKIIG and be able to work SSB, CW, FM, or digital modes from 160m through UHF. 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] 6M 2M 70cm Periodic for digital operations

2009-05-25 Thread kh6ty
, NC, in April for other ideas. That link is also on my web page. If you want a medium gain antenna for 70 cm that you can easily homebrew, consider my SS5 skeleton-slot beam: http://home.comcast.net/~kh6ty/site/ and click on the SS5 link. Two or four of these stacked will give you enough gain

Re: [digitalradio] 6M 2M 70cm Periodic for digital operations

2009-05-25 Thread kh6ty
Andy, Another excellent high gain antenna for either 2 meters or 70 cm that can be homebrewed is the quagi: http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/woverbeck/quagi.htm You will be happiest with at least this much gain on either band. 73, Skip KH6TY Andrew O'Brien wrote: I am tempted to try get

Re: [digitalradio] 6M 2M 70cm Periodic for digital operations

2009-05-25 Thread kh6ty
and still fit into the trunk of a car for NBEMS. 73, Skip KH6TY ** Andy obrien wrote: Thanks Skip, I had a K1FO design 2M beam but took it apart , too big for me. I also have old large 2M and 440 cross polarized Yagis laying in the garage doing nothing , but again too much antenna for my back

Re: [digitalradio] FLDIGI with a Icom706MKII no PTT

2009-04-11 Thread kh6ty
. 73, Skip KH6TY http://kh6ty.home.comcast.net - Original Message - From: Andrew O'Brien To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 9:05 AM Subject: [digitalradio] FLDIGI with a Icom706MKII no PTT I am helping someone set up FL-DIGI with an Icom

Re: [digitalradio] FLDIGI with a Icom706MKII no PTT

2009-04-11 Thread kh6ty
Andy, double-check the configuration items. I have the IC-7000 and the RigCat works perfectly. I'll try to find out if RigCat works with any other IC-706MKIIG's. 73, Skip KH6TY http://kh6ty.home.comcast.net - Original Message - From: Andy obrien To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com

Re: [digitalradio] FLDIGI with a Icom706MKII no PTT

2009-04-11 Thread kh6ty
Rick's right, Andy. You can use the SignaLink +, or SignaLink USB, or build your own interface. If you want to build an interface, here is a link to one that does not use the serial port or USB port, but is powered from the IC-706 mic jack: http://home.comcast.net/~kh6ty/interface/ I have

Re: [digitalradio] No FCC data bandwidth limit on HF Re: USA ham rules

2009-03-26 Thread kh6ty
, and the Internet, the relevance of amateur radio as anything more than a hobby activity is rapidly diminishing and we can expect future regulatory changes to further support the hobby interests rather than quasi-commercial interests in amateur radio. 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Andy-Fldigi help

2009-03-26 Thread kh6ty
folder in fldigi.files, configure for RigCat (the diamonds are sorta faint, so be sure they have color if need to be checked) and see if that works. 73, Skip KH6TY http://kh6ty.home.comcast.net - Original Message - From: Russell Blair To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday

Re: [digitalradio] No FCC data bandwidth limit on HF Re: USA ham rules

2009-03-26 Thread kh6ty
sending traffic at 100 wpm, for a total of about 3000 wpm. Since the traffic on PSK63 can be passed in parallel, instead of serially, as on the Pactor-3 channel, the narrowband modes are obviously more efficient overall than a sngle Pactor-3 channel. 73, Skip KH6TY http://kh6ty.home.comcast.net

Re: [digitalradio] No FCC data bandwidth limit on HF Re: USA ham rules

2009-03-26 Thread kh6ty
of moving farther and farther toward becoming a common carrier by using automation. Take a good look at what NBEMS has to offer, and I think you will like what you see! 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team http://kh6ty.home.comcast.net

Re: [digitalradio] Skip-Fldigi help

2009-03-26 Thread kh6ty
You have to set the baud rate at whatever your transceiver requires. It is probably stated in the manual. 73, Skip KH6TY http://kh6ty.home.comcast.net - Original Message - From: Russell Blair To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 3:11 PM Subject

Re: [digitalradio] Andy-Fldigi help

2009-03-26 Thread kh6ty
transceivers - just for some. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

Re: [digitalradio] QRV Contestia / MT63 14108.0

2009-03-26 Thread kh6ty
Tony, Cannot hear you at all, but copy VE5MU S-5. On MT63-1000, Multipsk is OK, but print on fldigi is all run together like this: THEPRINTISALLRUNTOGETHER. Contestia print on John was poor compared to MFSK16. 73, Skip KH6TY http://kh6ty.home.comcast.net - Original Message - From

Re: [digitalradio] Contestia / MT63 Skeds pse

2009-03-25 Thread kh6ty
parameters, MFSK16 still holds a 1.5 dB edge in minimum S/N, and seems to work very well in heavy static, so it may turn out to be the best overall, but let's see. I used MultiPSk for my comparisons. Anxious to see what you find out! 73, Skip KH6TY http://kh6ty.home.comcast.net

Re: [digitalradio] So, what advice would you give to PSK rookies ?

2009-03-25 Thread kh6ty
1. Start with PSK31 and transceiver turned to 14.070, USB 2. Start with DigiPan 3. Read the DigiPan Help (http://home.comcast.net/~hteller/DigiPan.pdf) if you are using VISTA ;-) 73, Skip KH6TY http://kh6ty.home.comcast.net - Original Message - From: Andrew O'Brien

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Contestia / MT63 Skeds pse

2009-03-25 Thread kh6ty
Tony, I think I heard Contestia, but too weak to copy. Also, the frequency is pulled a lot by noise and static. 73, Skip KH6TY http://kh6ty.home.comcast.net - Original Message - From: Tony To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 4:35 PM Subject

Re: [digitalradio] THOR is static-proof (Re: KV9U - MT63)

2009-03-22 Thread kh6ty
- Florida corridor, and weaker stations often report negative copy, probably because the S/N is not good enough at their locations. Will find out more about the MT63-1000 real-world static resistance as summertime approaches. 73, Skip KH6TY http://kh6ty.home.comcast.net - Original Message

Re: [digitalradio] THOR is static-proof (Re: KV9U - MT63)

2009-03-21 Thread kh6ty
particular mission out of all the many available choices. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team - Original Message - From: Tony To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 5:05 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] THOR is static-proof (Re: KV9U - MT63

Re: [digitalradio] THOR is static-proof (Re: KV9U - MT63)

2009-03-21 Thread kh6ty
at a lower angle than the NVIS cloud burner signal. This reduces the effect of the static crashes, but limits the distance on 80m and 40m to about 300 miles. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Signs of life : PSKMail 30M

2009-03-21 Thread kh6ty
That's right, Andy. PSKmail uses fldigi and at Rein's request, the sweet spot default in fldigi is 1000 Hz. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team - Original Message - From: Andrew O'Brien To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 7:41 PM Subject

Re: [digitalradio] PSKmail QRG and features/issues

2009-03-21 Thread kh6ty
in order to be contactable, and besides, there is nobody present at the automatic station in order to shift frequency. How long do you REALLY expect the Winmor busy channel detector to stay enabled! 73, Skip KH6TY http://kh6ty.home.comcast.net - Original Message - From: Rick W

Re: [digitalradio] Re: 40m Band what is going on???

2009-03-20 Thread kh6ty
frequency of 14.073 to receive stations from 14070 to 14072.5 on LSB. For 40 meters, use either 7038 or 7073, LSB, for the PSK31 activity. 73, Skip KH6TY http://kh6ty.home.comcast.net - Original Message - From: Kim To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 3

Re: [digitalradio] QRV MT63 14106.0

2009-03-20 Thread kh6ty
Calling CQ at 7:00PM, but not answer. mt63-1000 73, Skip KH6TY http://kh6ty.home.comcast.net - Original Message - From: Tony To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 6:53 PM Subject: [digitalradio] QRV MT63 14106.0 All, QRV 14106.0 USB / MT63 1K

Re: [digitalradio] Skip 14106.0 MT63 CQ CQ CQ de kh6ty kh6ty

2009-03-20 Thread kh6ty
Will try MFSK16 instead. 7 dB better than MT63-1000 73, Skip KH6TY http://kh6ty.home.comcast.net - Original Message - From: Tony To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 7:04 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Skip 14106.0 MT63 CQ CQ CQ de kh6ty kh6ty Skip

Re: [digitalradio] Skip 14106.0 MT63 CQ CQ CQ de kh6ty kh6ty

2009-03-20 Thread kh6ty
keep printing during deep QSB. 73, Skip KH6TY http://kh6ty.home.comcast.net - Original Message - From: Rick W To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 8:06 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Skip 14106.0 MT63 CQ CQ CQ de kh6ty kh6ty Tony, You have

Re: [digitalradio] QRV MT63 1k 14109.5

2009-03-12 Thread kh6ty
FB Tony, I only copied a few characters and words also. We'll have to try it earlier in the day. It was a good chance to compare MT63 to DominoEx, but the band shifted too fast for us! :-( 73, Skip KH6TY http://kh6ty.home.comcast.net - Original Message - From: Tony

[digitalradio] Re: Newb digital mode guy with Newb questions

2009-03-11 Thread kh6ty
Doug, poke around the laptop a little more and see if there is boost on the Mic input. On my laptop, turning off the boost turns the mic input into the equivalent of a line input. 73, Skip KH6TY http://kh6ty.home.comcast.net

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ALE digital activity

2009-03-05 Thread kh6ty
is not familiar with the idea of FM DXing, see page 95 of the March QST. 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ALE digital activity

2009-03-05 Thread kh6ty
of arrogance among those mailbox users! 73, Skip KH6TY http://kh6ty.home.comcast.net - Original Message - From: Steinar Aanesland To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 3:10 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: ALE digital activity let's ditch PACTOR

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Some More Thoughts On WINMOR and Winlink

2009-03-04 Thread kh6ty
, that is 500 minutes, or 8 hours of continuous operating, every day of the month. Sounds like you could qualify for DXCC in a week, or WAS in just a couple of days. How about posting your log for everyone to marvel at... 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Some More Thoughts On WINMOR and Winlink

2009-03-03 Thread kh6ty
KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Transceiver Mode Setting - Digital or USB

2009-02-26 Thread kh6ty
Can I use Flarq directly on Windows??? 73 Omar YK1AO Yes, it works under Windows XP or VISTA, or Linux. 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Re: NBEMS QST article/digital weak signal FM

2009-02-23 Thread kh6ty
-706MKII, FT-857, and FT-897 are all popular rigs with multimode capability, as are the IC-746Pro and TS-2000. This kind of thing is what ham radio is all about - go for it! :-) 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Re: NBEMS QST article/digital weak signal FM

2009-02-23 Thread kh6ty
someone else with the same setup, but that should become easier to do as time goes on. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Vojtech Bubnik bubn...@seznam.cz To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 1:02 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: NBEMS QST article/digital

[digitalradio] Re: NBEMS QST article/digital weak signal FM

2009-02-22 Thread kh6ty
not seem to affect FM nearly as badly as SSB. Thanks to Tony's wondering, we will continue to evaluate different modes (and different audio center frequencies!) and post the results here. 73, Skip KH6TY Skip, it would be interesting, if you could investigate, which modulation bandwidths

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS QST article/digital weak signal FM

2009-02-21 Thread kh6ty
to work with Windows XP, Vista, Mac, Linux and Free BSD. The impression seemed to be that fldigi can work with Windows and Linux. Yes, fldigi is a cross-platform program and works on both Windows and Linux, etc. A really important point was that Skip, KH6TY, found it possible to use DominoEX modes

Re: [digitalradio] Flarq -sked pse 14074.0

2009-02-20 Thread kh6ty
Started to copy some of your beacon, but too weak to connect. Try MFSk16. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Tony d...@optonline.net To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 5:53 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Flarq -sked pse 14074.0 Roger Skip

Re: [digitalradio] Flarq -sked pse 14074.0

2009-02-20 Thread kh6ty
Try 3585 usb + 1000 Copied ur beacon, but too much QSB. Will be on 3585. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Tony d...@optonline.net To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 5:53 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Flarq -sked pse 14074.0 Roger Skip

Re: [digitalradio] Flarq Mailbox Running 14107.5

2009-02-19 Thread kh6ty
Copy you in South Carolina, but very weak as ur beam is headed West. Unable to connect. Skip - Original Message - From: Tony d...@optonline.net To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 4:51 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Flarq Mailbox Running 14107.5 All,

Re: [digitalradio] Flarq Mailbox Running 14107.5

2009-02-19 Thread kh6ty
to connect, as their minimum S/N is lower. You can even shift to a faster mode during the transfer, coordinating with Plain Talk. I am available for a sked if you wish. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Tony d...@optonline.net To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday

Re: [digitalradio] Re: No PTT, FLDIGI with ICom 746P and Digikeyer

2009-02-16 Thread kh6ty
Contgratulations, Andy! 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Andrew O'Brien k3uka...@gmail.com To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 7:19 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: No PTT, FLDIGI with ICom 746P and Digikeyer Skip, FYI... Success, we have his

Re: [digitalradio] Interface and computer problems

2009-02-15 Thread kh6ty
Mike, Have you switched to digital mode on the 746Pro? You need to hold in the SSB button for two seconds until a D appears on the display. This activates the data jack and disables the microphone. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: mac2251 k9...@insightbb.com To: digitalradio

Re: [digitalradio] No PTT, FLDIGI with ICom 746P and Digikeyer

2009-02-15 Thread kh6ty
Andy, try Rig Cat instead of Ham Lib. That should trigger the PTT with a CAT command. There seem to be quite a few reported problems trying to use Microham Digikeyer, but I do not have one, so it is hard to help understand what is wrong. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From

Re: [digitalradio] Re: No PTT, FLDIGI with ICom 746P and Digikeyer

2009-02-15 Thread kh6ty
Yes, get the 746Pro file from here: http://www.w1hkj.com/xmlarchives.html Put the file in the Rigs folder in fldigi.files. Set the baud rate, comport, and check PTT via Cat Command. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Andrew O'Brien k3uka...@gmail.com To: digitalradio

Re: [digitalradio] Re: No PTT, FLDIGI with ICom 746P and Digikeyer

2009-02-15 Thread kh6ty
Is Use PTT via Cat Command black (i.e. checked)? DTR and RTS are not needed when using CAT for PTT. Is he getting a frequency readout of the IC-746pro on fldigi? 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Andrew O'Brien k3uka...@gmail.com To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday

Re: [digitalradio] No PTT, FLDIGI with ICom 746P and Digikeyer

2009-02-15 Thread kh6ty
will detect them, so restart fldigi and then choose the port. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Andrew O'Brien k3uka...@gmail.com To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 4:11 PM Subject: [digitalradio] No PTT, FLDIGI with ICom 746P and Digikeyer I am

Re: [digitalradio] No PTT, FLDIGI with ICom 746P and Digikeyer

2009-02-15 Thread kh6ty
Andy, The Microham manual says you must disable autobaud in any ICOM used with the router. Make sure it is disabled and either 9600 baud or 19200 baud is selected in the ICOM. You must get frequency control working before you can use PTT by CAT. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message

Re: [digitalradio] Re: No PTT, FLDIGI with ICom 746P and Digikeyer

2009-02-15 Thread kh6ty
Read the manual carefully. You must specailly configure Microham to work with each radio and each application. Download the manual here: http://www.microham.com/Downloads/MK2_English_Manual.pdf 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Andrew O'Brien k3uka...@gmail.com

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Yet Another Newcomer to digital

2009-02-12 Thread kh6ty
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Re: [digitalradio] Phoenix Area PSK on VHF

2009-01-27 Thread kh6ty
developed a low cost alternative interface for FM-only transceivers. The schematic is here: http://home.comcast.net/~kh6ty/interface/schematic.jpg 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: ke7tqc ke7...@yahoo.com To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 12:11 AM

Re: [digitalradio] MFTTY

2009-01-26 Thread kh6ty
Buddy, suggest a frequency and time here: http://www.obriensweb.com/sked/ 73, Skip KH6TY What activity? I have yet to hear a MFTTY signal on any band. I've called CQ for hours but no response, mainly on 20 and 80 meters. 73 Buddy WB4M

Re: [digitalradio] RE: [multipsk] ALE400 and 141A

2009-01-20 Thread kh6ty
and see u later this has bee 3's for now VE5MU DE KV9U CLyou disco\nnect Signals were easily visible on the waterfall, but sometimes there was no decoding. Fast QSB here in South Carolina. Signal from Rick were 2 S-units over the noise level. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From

Re: [digitalradio] MFTTY - HF Path Simulations

2009-01-17 Thread kh6ty
copy using MFSK16 (but with a wider bandwidth, of course) when PSK31 started producing errors. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Tony d...@optonline.net To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 3:59 AM Subject: [digitalradio] MFTTY - HF Path Simulations

Re: [digitalradio] MFTTY - HF Path Simulations

2009-01-17 Thread kh6ty
to wait as long for the text to appear. 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] MFTTY error '380'

2009-01-16 Thread kh6ty
just overwrite them. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Russell Blair russell_blai...@yahoo.com To: Digital Radio digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 8:43 AM Subject: [digitalradio] MFTTY error '380' I updated to the newer version 3.0.146, and I am

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New MFTTY Version 30.145

2009-01-15 Thread kh6ty
and suggestions. It might turn out to be more than it appears at first glance. One thing is for sure, Norbert has done a very complete and respectable job on these initial beta implementations! 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Steinar Aanesland saa...@broadpark.no To: digitalradio

Re: {Disarmed} Re: [digitalradio] Dumb Question

2009-01-14 Thread kh6ty
What is MFTTY? Google doesn't turn up much. Go to http://www.polar-electric.com/MFTT/index.html for MTFFY information. 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Re: MFTTY 3.0.143 is out

2009-01-13 Thread kh6ty
to call CQ, F3 to answer a CQ, and then just alternate between F4 and F5 for the QSO. When finished, he just goes to the next function key in line to signoff. Of course preferences of others may vary! 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Re: MFTTY 3.0.143 is out

2009-01-13 Thread kh6ty
by where the operator makes the double-click selection. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Siegfried Jackstien siegfried.jackst...@freenet.de To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:07 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: MFTTY 3.0.143 is out the macro

[digitalradio] Digital FM versus Digital SSB on VHF

2008-11-30 Thread kh6ty
left out, and there is a minimum of dead air time compared to the typical weak signal VHF net. This works well, and we have been doing it this way for over two years now, twice a week. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

Re: [digitalradio] Re: How Can We Push HF Emcomm Messages to the Field?

2008-11-29 Thread kh6ty
, there is no free lunch! 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

Re: [digitalradio] Re: How Can We Push HF Emcomm Messages to the Field?

2008-11-28 Thread kh6ty
it almost daily for comparing antennas. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

Re: [digitalradio] Re: How Can We Push HF Emcomm Messages to the Field?

2008-11-27 Thread kh6ty
% average modulation for another 3 dB or more improvement in S/N. You simply cannot do this with phone and remain intelligible, and you cannot use redundancy with phone as you can with digital modes. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

Re: [digitalradio] Re: How Can We Push HF Emcomm Messages to the Field?

2008-11-27 Thread kh6ty
of evidence says that horizontal polarization has an advantage over vertical polarization. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team 73, Rick, KV9U kh6ty wrote: Hi Rick, Have you found that DominoEX is the best overall digital mode for FM? I know that PSK modes can have doppler errors from

Re: [digitalradio] Re: How Can We Push HF Emcomm Messages to the Field?

2008-11-27 Thread kh6ty
50eroids should read 50 periods, and on periods should read non periods, fldigit should read fldigi. Sorry - must be the wine - just got back from a family dinner! Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: kh6ty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November

Re: [digitalradio] Re: How Can We Push HF Emcomm Messages to the Field?

2008-11-26 Thread kh6ty
free to use it. Even the digital interface for FM transceivers can be useful, as it can be built for $10, which is much less than the $100 SignaLink USB, which also has its own DOX. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team - Original Message - From: Howard Z. [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [digitalradio] Re: How Can We Push HF Emcomm Messages to the Field?

2008-11-26 Thread kh6ty
to know how much range you can get in your hilly rural area by using FM, DominoEx, and horizontal antennas on 2m. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team - Original Message - From: Rick W [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 3:38 PM Subject: Re

[digitalradio] Correction on URL for Optimized Quad

2008-11-26 Thread kh6ty
The correct URL for the picture of the two-element Optimized Quad is http://home.comcast.net/~hteller/OptimizedQuad.jpg A period at the end of the link in my email accidentally got included in the URL. Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Howard Z. [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [digitalradio] Re: How Can We Push HF Emcomm Messages to the Field?

2008-11-26 Thread kh6ty
No hard feelings, Howard! Your passion for the hobby is appreciated, and many of us have hit the Send key, wishing immediately afterward that we had not! Regardless, I thought many of your points were well made and bared repeating. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team - Original

Re: [digitalradio] Re: How Can We Push HF Emcomm Messages to the Field?

2008-11-25 Thread kh6ty
at all. However, DominoEX and MFSK16 can still decode when the S/N is 10 or 12 dB UNDER the noise level, and that is how we get such long distance communication on 2m. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team - Original Message - From: Howard Z. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Sound card question

2008-10-11 Thread kh6ty
Patrick, John, This is all we have published at the moment. More will be released at a later date. We are busy with the launch of NBEMS and have no time right now to write detailed specifications. http://w1hkj.com/FldigiHelp/Thor.html 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team - Original

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Sound card question

2008-10-11 Thread kh6ty
Patrick, John, The link on the Thor web page, http://w1hkj.com/FldigiHelp/Thor.html, provides some additional technical specifications for Thor: http://w1hkj.com/FldigiHelp/Modes/THORdesc.htm To answer John's question, Thor uses full time FEC. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

Re: [digitalradio] Soundblaster cards and digital applications

2008-09-08 Thread kh6ty
frequencies than most onboard soundcards. In this case, the soundcard might be the problem, and not the system. Anyway, we have beat this horse to death. I am happy you finally found a solution to your own system that works for you, and we can move on to other issues. :-) 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS

Re: [digitalradio] Re: NBEMS opeation procedure

2008-09-04 Thread kh6ty
as solid as a NVIS circuit, so it is not a very good measure of NBEMS performance on either HF (up to 300 miles distant) or VHF (up to 100 miles distant), which would constitute the distances for almost any real emcomm situation. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team - Original Message

[digitalradio] Re: [NBEMSham] NBEMS opeation procedure

2008-09-04 Thread kh6ty
to the DISCONNECTED state... We will be correcting the flarq Help file on the next release. Thanks for your understanding... 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

Re: [digitalradio] What Is A Good FLARQ Frequency?

2008-09-03 Thread kh6ty
On two meters, we use 144.144 around 1500 Hz using DominoEx 11. On HF, we use 3584 around 1500 Hz, and MFSK16. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team I have flarq running here and would like to give it a try. Anybody out there want to suggest a good frequency? Rick - KH2DF/W5

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Signalink No Good for ARQ Modes

2008-08-27 Thread kh6ty
with traditional PC ALE or AMTOR, but is fine to use with other soundcard modes, so you do not continue to mislead others. I think you owe Rud Merriam a personal apology for calling him ridiculous. It is YOU who are in the wrong, not he... 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

Re: [digitalradio] Re: signalink sL+

2008-08-25 Thread kh6ty
Skip - Original Message - From: expeditionradio [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 10:19 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: signalink sL+ Signalink is not capable of high speed ARQ. It uses vox, and doesn't have a real PTT with RTS. Bonnie

Re: [digitalradio] Move away from PSK63 /31 in NBEMS?

2008-08-19 Thread kh6ty
at the ppm issues with modes such as MFSK, even a few Hz is a problem. Generally, not on HF so much, as transceivers tend to have less drift on HF, especially on 80m and 40m, but definitely on VHF, where excessive drift can often be a serious problem for some digital modes. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS

Re: [digitalradio] Move away from PSK63 /31 in NBEMS?

2008-08-18 Thread kh6ty
. The popular IC-746Pro, for example, drifts 100 Hz between receiving and start of transmitting, unless a TCXO is added, causing the loss of the first few characters or words on PSK63, so I have switched our 2 meter digital net from PSK63 to DominoEx. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

[digitalradio] Re: [psk31] Digest Number 1739

2008-06-23 Thread kh6ty
Neil, QuikPSK (http://www.qsl.net/kh6ty/psk63/) can send a picture of your ugly face, even if you do not have an Internet connection. It is not very big, but big enough to see how ugly you look! ;-) (URL) My name is Neil and I am 46 years old - up pops a picture of my ugly face. 73, Skip

Re: [digitalradio] Keeping connected and tools in the toolbox

2008-06-13 Thread kh6ty
and data on the same frequency. In addition, although we are improving NBEMS support on HF with a new static-robust mode (soon to be released), 2 meters is still the band of choice for fastest transfers and dependable point-to-point circuits. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

Re: [digitalradio] Signal on 3850

2008-05-14 Thread kh6ty
, around 1500 Hz tone frequency, so that is probably what you heard, since you are close by. The new mode is called DEX and is expected to be released for NBEMS HF beta testing with this group in about two weeks. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team - Original Message - From

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