Re: [digitalradio] Help files in vbdigi

2008-01-10 Thread kh6ty
VBdigi is looking for the following files in D:\Program Files\NBEMS directory: emailsetup.rtf flarq.rtf logbook.rtf messaging.rtf vbdigi.rtf vbdigisetup.rtf Do a search for flarq.rtf and tell me where it is located on your system. Thanks. Skip - Original Message - From:

[digitalradio] Re: Curmudgions and an idea for digital operation

2008-01-10 Thread jgorman01
Hate to tell you but some of us cranky, bitter, and rude (old) men have simply been there and done that. You just don't want to hear that. For example, do you think a permanently installed ham antenna is going to survive on a roof top when all other commercial grade antennas have been destroyed?

Re: [digitalradio] Emergency agencies/ ham equipment/ hams in emcomm

2008-01-10 Thread Rick
As we have been finding out through testing, ALE may have a place in a few niche interest areas but it is likely to be of limited value on the ham bands, and not well supported, since the shared nature of the bands do not lend themselves well to this kind of continuously dedicated

Re: [digitalradio] Pactor Packet Spot Page now up.

2008-01-10 Thread w6ids
On the Spot Page and monitoring 14.078 as of 1615Z Howard W6IDS Richmond, IN - Original Message - From: vk4jrc [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 9:19 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Pactor Packet Spot Page now up. Hi all Pactor Packet

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Curmudgions and an idea for digital operation

2008-01-10 Thread Alan Barrow
jgorman01 wrote: Hate to tell you but some of us cranky, bitter, and rude (old) men have simply been there and done that. I certainly saw and worked with some generous kind old man hams in my efforts. (Shared a shelter operation with an 80 year old!!) But did not see hardly any of the same

Re: [digitalradio] Emergency agencies/ ham equipment/ hams in emcomm

2008-01-10 Thread Steve Hajducek
Hi Rick, From reading your comments I see you still fail to fully understand the potential value of ALE to Amateur Radio, especially to ECOM. ALE is the great facilitator to follow on communications, nothing aside from MIL-STD AQC-ALE and the host of copy cat systems such by the likes of

Re: [digitalradio] Emergency agencies/ ham equipment/ hams in emcomm

2008-01-10 Thread Alan Barrow
Rick wrote: As we have been finding out through testing, Hmm, you've been testing ALE? Don't see you in many of the logs. I've been testing/using/linking ALE for a couple of years now. Getting a really good understanding of what works well, what does not, etc. I know you have a very strong

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Curmudgions and an idea for digital operation

2008-01-10 Thread Rick
Guys, You both have valid views. Isn't it more that one is mostly discussing smaller types of disasters, the ones that are the most common, and the other is discussing much larger scale incidents that rarely happen (but they do happen and we may wish to consider preparing for them as best we

RE: [digitalradio] Emergency agencies/ ham equipment/ hams in emcomm

2008-01-10 Thread Rud Merriam
I walked the piney woods and hills of East Texas in cold and rain looking for the astronauts and parts of the shuttle Columbia. Ham radio via repeaters was the only way to communicate on a wide scale in that area at that time. Yes, cell phones worked in some areas but would have been a PITA when

[digitalradio] Re: Help files in vbdigi

2008-01-10 Thread jhaynesatalumni
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, kh6ty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: VBdigi is looking for the following files in D:\Program Files\NBEMS directory: emailsetup.rtf flarq.rtf logbook.rtf messaging.rtf vbdigi.rtf vbdigisetup.rtf Do a search for flarq.rtf and tell me where it is

[digitalradio] Re: Curmudgions and an idea for digital operation

2008-01-10 Thread jgorman01
Rick, Good posting. I don't know how many times to say it, I'm not against volunteering and using ham radio for emergency communications. However, for me ham radio does come after several other things. I don't think some of the emcomm folks understand this. For the folks that went to the

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Help files in vbdigi

2008-01-10 Thread kh6ty
Please try creating a folder, C:\Program Files\NBEMS, copying the files there, and see if VBdigi finds those. Skip - Original Message - From: jhaynesatalumni [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 4:09 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Help

Re: [digitalradio] Pactor Packet Spot Page now up.

2008-01-10 Thread w6ids
- Original Message - From: vk4jrc [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 9:19 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Pactor Packet Spot Page now up. Hi all Pactor Packet people, Sholto, KE7HPV has been kind enough to put up a spot page for Pactor

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Curmudgions and an idea for digital operation

2008-01-10 Thread Rud Merriam
Jim, That yourself, family and property are supposed to come first, even in ARES. It is common sense that a volunteer operator is not going to be focused on their activity if they are worrying about all the other issues. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX

[digitalradio] 30 meter Observations

2008-01-10 Thread John Bradley
Over the past several weeks I have been operating digital modes on 30m and have come to the conclusion that This is a highly under-rated band. Currently there are 3 automatic spotting stations running on 30M PSK on 10140.0. They are N9Puz, KF4IN, and VK2XGT. The spotting page is very rapid,

[digitalradio] Re: Help files in vbdigi

2008-01-10 Thread jhaynesatalumni
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, kh6ty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please try creating a folder, C:\Program Files\NBEMS, copying the files there, and see if VBdigi finds those. No, it did not find them there either.

[digitalradio] OT: ARES family priority

2008-01-10 Thread Alan Barrow
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Rud Merriam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim, That yourself, family and property are supposed to come first, even in ARES. It is common sense that a volunteer operator is not going to be focused on their activity if they are worrying about all the other

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Help files in vbdigi

2008-01-10 Thread kh6ty
Ok lets start over. Uninstall NBEMS from Settings/Control Panel/Add or remove prograams. Check to see that D:\NBEMS is gone and if not, delete the folder. To be safe, delete c:\NBEMS if it exists and c:\Program Files \NBEMS. The download the installation program from http://www.w1hkj.com/NBEMS

Re: [digitalradio] 30 meter Observations

2008-01-10 Thread John Simon
Hi John, I've often wondeered why I only see stns from Europe and not the USA. I agree that 30Mx is a fascinating band, a lot like 6Mx only more fun. B-) The Call is VK2XGJ not T. 73, John de VK2XGJ One of the reasons politicians try so hard to get

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Curmudgions and an idea for digital operation

2008-01-10 Thread Rick
Hi Jim, One of the prime directives of the ARECC Courses is that you and your family and their safety come first before others. That group was violating basic common sense and emergency recommendations that have been developed over a long time. You don't want someone distracted with personal

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Oregon Governor Allocates $250,000 for Digital Communications Network

2008-01-10 Thread Ed
Not knocking the volunteers for sure. I do have a question. How come the money wasn't invested in public safety equipment using public safety NTIA assigned frequencies to do the same thing? the cost involved to purchase commercial equipment, antennas, peripherals, labor to install, and

Re: [digitalradio] Emergency agencies/ ham equipment/ hams in emcomm

2008-01-10 Thread Shuler Burton
IN SC we have a simialr system SCHEARTS that we are building into hospitals. grants provide the equipment and hams have instaslled it into the hospitals. then some of the staff have gotten ham licences also Ares / races supplement the staff. 2M and 440 repeater system. the digital part is APRS

RE: [digitalradio] 30 meter Observations

2008-01-10 Thread Curt Givens
John and others I just opened MixW and tuned up on 10.140 don't see anything on the waterfall but will try to watch and listen for a bit. XYL just got in from work and dinner will need preparing soon. See you on the waterfall. 73's Curt Curt Givens KC8STE, AAR5VR Army MARS Earthdog and

Re: [digitalradio] Emergency agencies/ ham equipment/ hams in emcomm

2008-01-10 Thread Rick
Alan, The testing was completed months ago and you know that very well as I have discussed this before. I do not have a particularly strong position on ALE. Have you ever considered that it might be you and your group who take such a view? My view is in the middle as I have stated over and

[digitalradio] Re: 30 meter Observations

2008-01-10 Thread Don
John VE5MU, I agree with your observations...the band is great and under used. I can tell you it doesn't die at night, it is open most all night but just not used, thus the auto spotters to provide documentation along with the Propnet stations that are documenting 30m also. de kb9umt Don

[digitalradio] Ale Sounding: What is it and how does it work?

2008-01-10 Thread John Bradley
Chris , ZL1BOE you will be told by others that ALE is widely used to set up QSO's and QSY's using the one line message ability . You will also be told that it is used widely for keyboard to keyboard QSO's and that there are thousands of Hams using ALE ( last figure I heard was 6000) . These

[digitalradio] The cat's meow of JT65A spots.

2008-01-10 Thread Andrew O'Brien
Thanks to a post by K7EK on the Multipsk reflector, I just discovered a great resource for JT65A operators and thos interested in propagation data.Check http://jt65.w6cqz.org , maybe everyone already knows this site except me! The site has reverse beacons that automatically post JT65A spots to

RE: [digitalradio] Emergency agencies/ ham equipment/ hams in emcomm

2008-01-10 Thread Rud Merriam
I fully concur with Rick's comments. I find Bonnie's responses very off-putting with respect to trying ALE. The same can be said for Winlink 2000 even though I run a Telpac node. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From:

[digitalradio] SW Ohio Digital Symposium, Saturday, 1/12

2008-01-10 Thread Mark Thompson
http://www.swohdigi.org/ Twenty Second Annual Southwest Ohio Digital Symposium Saturday 12 January 2008 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Planning is underway for the 22nd annual SW Ohio Digital Symposium to be held from approximfrom 8 AM to approximately 4:30 PM EST, Saturday, January 12, 2008 in