Re: [digitalradio] Sound card install problem

2007-11-20 Thread Andrew O'Brien
I already have the pack on my HD, as I do use automatic updates. So, my question is... if you have the pack already on your HD, how do you take care of the install when prompted to insert the CD with the service pack on it ? Andy. On Nov 19, 2007 10:40 PM, r_lwesterfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [digitalradio] Re: digital voice within 100 Hz bandwidth

2007-11-20 Thread Mike Lebo
Bob, I was thinking about an SSB signal that is off frequency. Most of the time I could get the information I need to get the contact. I never intended this to be hi-fidelity. I just want it to be good enough. Miken6ief On Nov 18, 2007 12:11 PM, Robert Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [digitalradio] Re: digital voice within 100 Hz bandwidth

2007-11-20 Thread Mike Lebo
Vojtech, Thank you for reading my papers. I have no intention of re-inventing the wheel. The project is like echolink and does not understand speech or change to text. Books that have been done in the past did not have narrow bandwidth as their main objective. I do not need hi-fidelity to

[digitalradio] Sound Card Interfacing.

2007-11-20 Thread Kevin Natalia
Hi All, I am wondering if it is possible to use one of these USB headsets as my sound interface to my TS-480S/AT, with some modification (cut the headset off). I brought one of these awhile ago cheap (on special), a PowerWave Speaker/Mic headset, and have been using it on my computer for

Re: [digitalradio] Sound Card Interfacing.

2007-11-20 Thread kh6ty
I am wondering if it is possible to use one of these USB headsets as my sound interface to my TS-480S/AT, with some modification (cut the headset off). Kevin, you can use use a USB sound adapter from Geeks.com http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HE-280Bcat=GDT It works great. If you

[digitalradio] Building Wireless Community Networks (Available from ARRL)

2007-11-20 Thread Mark Thompson
Building Wireless Community Networks -- 2nd edition, by Rob Flickenger This book is about getting people online using wireless network technology. The 802.11b standard (also known as WiFi) makes it possible to network towns, schools, neighborhoods, small business, and almost any kind of

[digitalradio] 802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide (Available from ARRL)

2007-11-20 Thread Mark Thompson
802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide -- by Matthew S. Gast Creating and administering wireless networks. As we all know by now, wireless networks offer many advantages over fixed (or wired) networks. Foremost on that list is mobility, since going wireless frees you from the tether of

[digitalradio] APRS -- Moving Hams on Radio and the Internet (Available from ARRL)

2007-11-20 Thread Mark Thompson
APRS -- Moving Hams on Radio and the Internet -- A Guide to the Automatic Position Reporting System by Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU APRS is among the most popular activities using personal computers in ham radio applications. Getting started often requires little more than a VHF radio and computer.

Re: [digitalradio] I Apologize

2007-11-20 Thread AA0OI
Hi John: The problem is that during a contest ,, contesters have all the channels, and it doesn't matter if you do find a clear spot,, contestester will move in within in a kc and take out ANY other communications that are going on.. whether it be ssb qso, digital sstv, sstv.. If the idea is to

[digitalradio] Re: digital voice within 100 Hz bandwidth

2007-11-20 Thread Vojtech Bubnik
Books that have been done in the past did not have narrow bandwidth as their main objective. Look at the LPC-10 codec. You could try it by downloading internet telephony software from speakfreely.org. The codec was developed with the low bandwidth in mind and its intelligibility is on the

Re: [digitalradio] I Apologize

2007-11-20 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
Sorry you feel that way Garrett. But it's been that way the 37 years that I have been a ham. Since many do get on just to work the contest how about putting those that are not contesting in that 100kc ? The needs of the many outweight the needs of the few ! At 05:13 PM 11/20/2007, you wrote: Hi

[digitalradio] Re: I Apologize

2007-11-20 Thread Howard Brown
Garrett, I have always wondered why the FCC allows this to happen. It seems to me that they are violating the rules. I have a similar question about Pactor 3. Can someone explain why it is allowed? My impression is that it is wider than 500 Hz and isn't that the maximum bandwidth? Howard K5HB

[digitalradio] Important info for digital operators: signal quality

2007-11-20 Thread wd4elg_base
Ladies and Gentlemen I respectfully request that each of us take a moment to read page 50 in ARRL's QST magazine, December 2007 edition. It addresses signal quality of digital transmissions using the PC soundcard, and how to avoid over-driving the signal. Overdriving causes spallter and

RE: [digitalradio] Sound card install problem

2007-11-20 Thread r_lwesterfield
Hello Andy, When I really felt like being a risk taker, I have Google searched for SP2 on the web and downloaded it that way - who knows what might be inside that download but it worked for me. It might work for you depending on your particular needs. Rick - KH2DF -Original Message-

Re: [digitalradio] Sound card install problem

2007-11-20 Thread Howard Brown
Andy, on my hard drive there is a directory C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles\I386. This may be what the program is looking for, if it exists on your drive too. Howard K5HB - Original Message From: Andrew O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November

Re: [digitalradio] Re: I Apologize

2007-11-20 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Howard Brown wrote: Garrett, I have always wondered why the FCC allows this to happen. It seems to me that they are violating the rules. I have a similar question about Pactor 3. Can someone explain why it is allowed? My impression is that it is wider than 500 Hz and isn't that the

Re: [digitalradio] Re: I Apologize

2007-11-20 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
Roger your beating a very dead horse. In just 41 days all the wide robots will have to be in their own sub-band. I sure hope this anti-wide stuff will stop soon. John, W0JAB Keep in mind that the enforcement resources of the FCC are pretty limited, and Pactor 3 is not all that ubiquitous.

Re: [digitalradio] Re: I Apologize

2007-11-20 Thread Rick
John, At this time there is no strict limit on digital mode width except: 97.307 Emission standards. (f)(2)No non-phone emission shall exceed the bandwidth of a communications quality phone emission of the same modulation type. This refers primarily to the HF bands. Since the exact bandwidth

Re: [digitalradio] Re: I Apologize

2007-11-20 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker, WØJAB wrote: Roger your beating a very dead horse. In just 41 days all the wide robots will have to be in their own sub-band. I sure hope this anti-wide stuff will stop soon. John, W0JAB You mean you hope that the anti-Pactor stuff will stop. But you have completely

Re: [digitalradio] Re: I Apologize

2007-11-20 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
Points taken. What about the times I and other have been up around 075 to 077 with KB to KB on one of the Pactor modes and without seeing any text someone starts calling CQ with one of the sound card modes? I did post a message about it a while back but I feel that once anyone saw the word

Re: [digitalradio] Re: I Apologize

2007-11-20 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker, WØJAB wrote: Points taken. What about the times I and other have been up around 075 to 077 with KB to KB on one of the Pactor modes and without seeing any text someone starts calling CQ with one of the sound card modes? There is a difference. 1. In the last 5 years of

[digitalradio] Fw: ARRL D-STAR Web Survey Ongoing Now

2007-11-20 Thread Mark Thompson
- Forwarded Message From: Patrick Ryan KC6VVT [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 8:56:12 PM Subject: [illinoisdigitalham] ARRLWeb Survey ongoing now ARRLWeb Survey ongoing now side bar at www.arrl.org Do you have any active D-STAR systems in your

[digitalradio] ARRl Web Survery Results - Will a Digital Mode Overshadow CW, SSB or FM?

2007-11-20 Thread Mark Thompson
ARRLWeb Survey Results Poll date: October 13, 2006 Do you foresee the development of a digital mode within the next 10 years that will become so popular among hams it will overshadow CW, SSB or FM? Yes 48.9 % (2104) No 51.1 % (2198) Total votes: 4302 Note: You may vote only once. This