Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2008-01-05 Thread Jose A. Amador
w6ids wrote: snip I'm sorry, but I have never understood WHY the mode got dropped just because PSK came alive. I see no reason why it can't be as fun to use as legacy RTTY. I'm probably odd man out but frankly, after some trial and error testing, I have little interest in MT63, Olivia,

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2008-01-01 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
At 01:20 PM 12/31/2007, you wrote: I might be wrong but I think that MixW can parse Pactor1 FEC. de Roger W6VZV Why even try? You have stated a number of times pactor is dead !

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2008-01-01 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
At 08:34 PM 1/1/2008, you wrote: John, you might ask yourself if your above comment is worthy of your personal level of maturity. Roger please, I'm not the one that can't fine a pactor QSO.

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2008-01-01 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker, WØJAB wrote: At 08:34 PM 1/1/2008, you wrote: John, you might ask yourself if your above comment is worthy of your personal level of maturity. Roger please, I'm not the one that can't fine a pactor QSO. Yes, John, a terrible moral failing, I know... 8-)

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-31 Thread Rick
Elaine and I had some attempts to work each other the past few days as I heard her on the bands but we were always quite weak to each other. If we had been using Pactor modems, especially those from non SCS manufacturers, I doubt that we would have had any luck connecting. We did have a small

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-31 Thread dalite01
@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD? Elaine and I had some attempts to work each other the past few days as I heard her on the bands but we were always quite weak to each other. If we had been using Pactor modems, especially those from non SCS

[digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-31 Thread Nick
CQing on 14.0755 Pactor ARQ FWIW... de Nick KU2A FN42dw

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-31 Thread w6ids
- Original Message - From: Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD? Elaine and I had some attempts to work each other the past few days as I heard her

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-31 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Nick wrote: CQing on 14.0755 Pactor ARQ FWIW... de Nick KU2A FN42dw How does one CQ in Pactor ARQ? de Roger W6VZV

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-31 Thread Sholto Fisher
You don't, you would use either Pactor-1 FEC or RTTY to call CQ first. 73 Sholto KE7HPV. - Original Message - From: Roger J. Buffington [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 10:44 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-31 Thread w6ids
: w6ids [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 10:19 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD? - Original Message - From: Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 31

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-31 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Sholto Fisher wrote: You don't, you would use either Pactor-1 FEC or RTTY to call CQ first. Yes, I know. That was my point. I haven't heard a Pactor FEC signal in 3 or 4 years. de Roger W6VZV

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-31 Thread Sholto Fisher
: Monday, December 31, 2007 10:56 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD? Sholto Fisher wrote: You don't, you would use either Pactor-1 FEC or RTTY to call CQ first. Yes, I know. That was my point. I haven't heard a Pactor FEC signal in 3 or 4 years

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-31 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Sholto Fisher wrote: You know I head a Pactor-1 FEC call around 14,061 a couple days ago but I don't have my PK-232 anymore so couldn't reply. I wonder if it was someone in this group? 73 Sholto KE7HPV. I might be wrong but I think that MixW can parse Pactor1 FEC. de Roger W6VZV

[digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-31 Thread Demetre SV1UY
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: CQing on 14.0755 Pactor ARQ FWIW... de Nick KU2A FN42dw Hi Nick, I can be QRV tomorrow (1/1/08) between 14 and 16 UTC on that frequency if you wish. The MUF will be around 16-17 MHZ during these times so we should be OK. Is

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-31 Thread w6ids
- Original Message - From: Roger J. Buffington [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 2:28 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD? I was active on the TNC modes, i.e. Amtor, Pactor, RTTY for a lot

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-31 Thread F.R. Ashley
Howard, I've read where the thinking is that most hams won't bother with the PACTOR I if only because of little desire to buy an expensive outboard TNC. What about the hams who never threw away their original TNC, the one sitting in the closet per se? I've often wondered the same thing.

[digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-31 Thread Nick
OK congrats on the technicality but my point was looking for ARQ response. If someone replies FEC with a soundcard I'll answer. --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Roger J. Buffington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nick wrote: CQing on 14.0755 Pactor ARQ FWIW... de Nick KU2A FN42dw How does

[digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-31 Thread Nick
Hi Demetre That would be 14.0755 center freq AFSK. I am terrible with schedules due to commitments but will try to call CQ at times between 14 and 16z on 1/1/08. My 20m antenna at present is a G5RV and there is a hill in the direction of EU. We are in this QTH for another 3 months then will be

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-31 Thread Jack Chomley
At 05:28 PM 31/12/2007,Roger wrote: I was active on the TNC modes, i.e. Amtor, Pactor, RTTY for a lot of years, roughly 1989-2003 or so. Pactor was quite popular until the early 2000s, when PSK31 was introduced by Peter Martinez. This ushered in an age of narrow-frequency soundcard modes, which

[digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-31 Thread Demetre SV1UY
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Jack Chomley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I still use a TNC for PSK31, IF I want to run a minimalist station, without a laptop ;-) The SCS PTC-IIex has PSK31 built in that allows me to use a hand held battery powered dumb terminal on it, or my Psion 3MX

[digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-31 Thread Bill McLaughlin
Yes for receive. Also, MultiPSK can also receive and transmit Pactor I FEC. 73, Bill N9DSJ --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Roger J. Buffington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sholto Fisher wrote: You know I head a Pactor-1 FEC call around 14,061 a couple days ago but I don't have my

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-30 Thread w6ids
- Original Message - From: Bill McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 12:56 AM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD? Hello Howard, I use Pactor I every now and then for keyboard to keyboard

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-30 Thread Patricia (Elaine) Gibbons
_ From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of w6ids Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 9:58 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD? - Original Message - From: Bill McLaughlin [EMAIL

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-30 Thread Roger J. Buffington
w6ids wrote: - Original Message - From: Bill McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:bmc%40wonderwave.net To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 12:56 AM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD

[digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-29 Thread Bill McLaughlin
Hello Howard, I use Pactor I every now and then for keyboard to keyboard. It is hit and miss for me; more a novelty than an oft-used mode. 73 Bill N9DSJ --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, w6ids [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There have been recent comments attesting to the demise of PACTOR I.