[digitalradio] Re: Its all getting out of hand.........

2008-01-14 Thread Demetre SV1UY
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Jack Chomley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think these discussions about ALE who, PSK this, who hates Pactor etc are starting to destroy this group. We all have our favourite ideas/opinions etc. IF people feel strongly about regulatory or operational

Re: [digitalradio] Its all getting out of hand.........

2008-01-14 Thread Steinar Aanesland
*applause* 73 de LA5VNA Steinar - Original Message - From: David [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, January 14, 2008 2:41 Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Its all getting out of hand. To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Hi

[digitalradio] VK4JRC Pactor Operations......

2008-01-14 Thread Jack Chomley
Hi all Pactorologists! I now have my band scanning function running (I think!) for Pactor connects. The controller talks to my Icom 718 to scan 10 frequencies in 5 bands, the scan delay for each frequency is 3 seconds. My tones are Mark 1600 Space 1400 with USB mode on all frequencies.

[digitalradio] VK4JRC Pactor Operations......amendment!

2008-01-14 Thread Jack Chomley
Hi all Pactorologists! Sorry, the first frequency should read 14.078 NOT .087 Back to yourscheduledprogramme! 73s Jack VK4JRC

[digitalradio] Re: VK4JRC Pactor Operations......amendment!

2008-01-14 Thread Demetre SV1UY
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Jack Chomley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all Pactorologists! Sorry, the first frequency should read 14.078 NOT .087 Hi Jack, Are these frequencies CENTER frequencies? I will try to connect you today sometime and keep trying different times until we

Re: [digitalradio] Re: VK4JRC Pactor Operations......amendment!

2008-01-14 Thread Jack Chomley
At 08:27 PM 1/14/2008, Demetre wrote: Hi Jack, Are these frequencies CENTER frequencies? I will try to connect you today sometime and keep trying different times until we can link. Back to yourscheduledprogramme! 73s Jack VK4JRC 73 de Demetre SV1UY Hi Demetre, They are DIAL

Re: [digitalradio] Re: VK4JRC Pactor Operations......amendment!

2008-01-14 Thread Jack Chomley
At 08:45 PM 1/14/2008, Skip wrote: Jack, I use my 80m base-loaded, tophat, vertical on 30m, and it works great! 80m and 30m are harmonically related. 3.5 x 3 = 10.150. Similar to using a 40m antenna on 15m. 73, Skip KH6TY Skip, Thanks for that. Unfortunately its a Cushcraft MA-5V 20m through

Re: [digitalradio] Re: VK4JRC Pactor Operations......amendment!

2008-01-14 Thread kh6ty
Sadly, my antenna cannot accommodate 30 metres.. 73s Jack VK4JRC Jack, I use my 80m base-loaded, tophat, vertical on 30m, and it works great! 80m and 30m are harmonically related. 3.5 x 3 = 10.150. Similar to using a 40m antenna on 15m. 73, Skip KH6TY

[digitalradio] Re: (was : Trouble at mill RTTY contesters war

2008-01-14 Thread Dave Bernstein
AA6YQ comments below --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, John Becker, WØJAB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John, do you really characterize the innovation that's been driving the development of new digital modes as madness? Do you really think that the explosion of soundcard digital mode users is

[digitalradio] Re: (was : Trouble at mill RTTY contesters war

2008-01-14 Thread Dave Bernstein
AA6YQ comments below --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, John Becker, WØJAB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John, do you really characterize the innovation that's been driving the development of new digital modes as madness? Do you really think that the explosion of soundcard digital mode users is

Re: [digitalradio] IARU Region 2 Bandplan: Errors Re: HF Automatic Sub Bands

2008-01-14 Thread kh6ty
The station you singled out, VE2AFQ, is not operating illegally when operating just below 14070 as a Pactor PMBO. A polite reminder sent to the station might work? Tried that before 1-1-08 and got no reply. Will try again now that the bandplan has been published, but it really should be

Re: [digitalradio] Re: VK4JRC Pactor Operations......amendment!

2008-01-14 Thread Jack Chomley
At 10:01 PM 1/14/2008, you wrote: --- In mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.comdigitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Jack Chomley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Demetre, They are DIAL frequencies, and I am running my published tones. IF a few people want to coordinate other dial frequencies and

[digitalradio] Re: VK4JRC Pactor Operations......amendment!

2008-01-14 Thread Demetre SV1UY
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Jack Chomley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Demetre, They are DIAL frequencies, and I am running my published tones. IF a few people want to coordinate other dial frequencies and standardize on a different tone set, I am happy to change anything

[digitalradio] Re: (was : Trouble at mill RTTY contesters war

2008-01-14 Thread dl8le
For clarification only: Your statement, John, about DXLab as program suite with Dave as author is incorrect. I'd suggest you look into the facts before communicating wrong statements like All the modes you have built your software around I don't use when your next sentences are informing us

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Trouble at mill RTTY contesters war with HFlink

2008-01-14 Thread Phil Barnett
On Sunday 13 January 2008 08:15:45 pm John Becker, WØJAB wrote: The anti-automatic  and   anti-everything-that-is-not-PSK31 hams have a very hard time understanding what the rest are doing. Some of us are just ant-Bully In The Neighborhood. You simply refuse to recognize that some modes are a

[digitalradio] Re: VK4JRC Pactor Operations......amendment!

2008-01-14 Thread Demetre SV1UY
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Jack Chomley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK Demetre, I will leave it run for another hour or so, before I go to bed. I would leave it run all night, but the transceiver band switching relays will keep me awake! Fire it up again at 1900z FB Jack, I will

Re: [digitalradio] IARU Region 2 Bandplan: Errors Re: HF Automatic Sub Bands

2008-01-14 Thread Rick
This seems to me to sum up much of the difficulty in working together to solve a common problem. It is my understanding (and someone can correct me if I am wrong about this) that the ARRL approached the FCC a while back and asked them if the rules could be changed here in the U.S. so that

Re: [digitalradio] VK4JRC Pactor Operations......

2008-01-14 Thread w6ids
- Original Message - From: Jack Chomley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 4:57 AM Subject: [digitalradio] VK4JRC Pactor Operations.. Hi all Pactorologists! I now have my band scanning function running (I think!) for Pactor

Re: [digitalradio] VK4JRC Pactor Operations......

2008-01-14 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
I'm still trying for W0JAB (John) and you, of course. I've heard no signal from you whatsoever to date, same think for W0JAB. I'm still trying and I'm sure the effort will pay off before long. Howard - when I call out a dial frequency for pactor such as the one I hang out on 7077.5 it's going

Re: [digitalradio] (was : Trouble at mill RTTY contesters war

2008-01-14 Thread Jose Amador
For me, the proven offenders can be ATTENDED stations. The past week I was linked to a Winlink station on 40 meters when somebody started calling on top of us. I turned on my linear, and he kept on calling. Three options to be heard: my correspondent, me, and me and my half gallon linear.

Re: [digitalradio] VK4JRC Pactor Operations......

2008-01-14 Thread w6ids
- Original Message - From: John Becker, WØJAB [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 11:42 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] VK4JRC Pactor Operations.. Howard - when I call out a dial frequency for pactor such as the one I hang out on

[digitalradio] Re: (was : Trouble at mill RTTY contesters war

2008-01-14 Thread jgorman01
What frequency were you using? Was it a keyboard mode that started calling on top of you, or a modem mode? Hard to believe someone with a keyboard mode and a waterfall display would start over top of you, although there are jerks everywhere. Jim WA0LYK --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Jose

Re: [digitalradio] Re: (was : Trouble at mill RTTY contesters war

2008-01-14 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
This is not new in any way Jim. Just a few weeks Tony, K2MO was in a QSO on 7077.5 Pactor and someone started calling CQ and then just sent trash. I did sent a email. His reply was (as it always is) I was thinking it was a PMBO station . John, W0JAB At 01:51 PM 1/14/2008, you wrote: What

[digitalradio] multipsk

2008-01-14 Thread n0alo
Greetings Am new to the list and do have a problem. I downloaded multipsk and was able to run the program but when I shut it down, it left the desktop full of folders. Did miss something in the installation? Thanks Lynn

[digitalradio] Continuing evolution of HF Ham radio communications:

2008-01-14 Thread Patricia (Elaine) Gibbons
Regarding the continuing vocal disagreement (and flame-wars) between the live chat operators, Morse operators, and the BBS/Winlink or ALE network operators: Two HF bands are discussed below as examples of possible ongoing evolution throughout the amateur radio service's spectrum

[digitalradio] Re: multipsk

2008-01-14 Thread Bill McLaughlin
Hello Lynn, That is not a normal install. Perhaps you inadvertently unzipped the files into your desk top? You might also ask on the dedicated Multipsk group - alot of very helpful people there, although I am sure Patrick monitors this group also. 73, Bill N9DSJ --- In

Re: [digitalradio] Continuing evolution of HF Ham radio communications:

2008-01-14 Thread bruce mallon
Elaine You really know how to make Friends with comments like STONE AGE . Seems to me that the ones dragging there knuckles on the ground are those who fail to accept the fact that there are other things but using the ham bands for E-MAIL When you start to act like others exist and they

[digitalradio] Re: (was : Trouble at mill RTTY contesters war

2008-01-14 Thread Bill McLaughlin
Hello Jose, You are correct, it does not seem that attended stations are always listening stations. Have seem many clients qrming each other and probably, to some locations, qrming the PMBO itself as they are calling the PBMO that is already linked. Might explain why, even though supposed busy

[digitalradio] Re: Continuing evolution of HF Ham radio communications:

2008-01-14 Thread jgorman01
First, let me say that these recommendations are based solely upon hopes and dreams. There are no facts or data with by which one can adequately assess the recommendations. If you want to convince someone that further segmentation of the rtty/data segments into smaller and smaller pieces is a

Re: [digitalradio] Continuing evolution of HF Ham radio communications:

2008-01-14 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
At 07:26 PM 1/14/2008, you wrote: Seems to me that the ones dragging there knuckles on the ground are those who fail to accept the fact that there are other things but using the ham bands for E-MAIL Bruce If I may - here is one of the so called email that you referred to. this message was

[digitalradio] PSK63 Party: Congratulations to Dave AA6YQ and others

2008-01-14 Thread Andrew O'Brien
Results of the EPSK PSK63 QSO Party are in.. Continental Party Winners Continent Call Sign EPC QSOs Mults Score WW Place Europe RU3QR 0016 599 490 1253910 001 Asia 4L1QX 0203 421 361 674709 012 Africa CN8YZ 0364 409 311 515327 017 North America AA6YQ 2640 144 105 59220 095

Re: [digitalradio] PSK63 Party: Congratulations to Dave AA6YQ and others

2008-01-14 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
Gee I did no make the list.

[digitalradio] Re: Continuing evolution of HF Ham radio communications:

2008-01-14 Thread jgorman01
But you're ignoring the aggregate effects. It's like showing your wife a hair off an elephant that is rampaging through your house and saying, no big deal, look it's just a little hair. Jim WA0LYK --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, John Becker, WØJAB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 07:26 PM

Re: [digitalradio] (was : Trouble at mill RTTY contesters war

2008-01-14 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Jose Amador wrote: For me, the proven offenders can be ATTENDED stations. Indeed, Jose, this is always possible. Who among us has not on some erroneous occasion transmitted without listening long ENOUGH, and instead unintentionally QRMed an innocent QSO? But VERY few of us would ever do

[digitalradio] Re: PSK63 Party: Congratulations to Dave AA6YQ and others

2008-01-14 Thread Bill McLaughlin
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, John Becker, WØJAB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gee I did no make the list. Well, John, you did at least as well as I did or better. 73. Bill N9DSJ

Re: [digitalradio] Re: (was : Trouble at mill RTTY contesters war

2008-01-14 Thread Jose A. Amador
7102.2, center frequency. Certainly, a busy frequency. I cannot tell what mode called on top of me, because, robotic or manned, all pactor link initiations are about the same. Only after you receive a system ID or a human greeting you get to know. But I guess, given the frequency, that it was

[digitalradio] QRM wars.

2008-01-14 Thread Jose A. Amador
OK, Bill, I had heard it before, and refrained to comment, but this time I suffered it myself. I decided to change the subject to something more appropiate to what I am referring to. I have been thinking a bit about all thisI am tempted to try to monitor using Multipsk with the soundcard

RE: [digitalradio] PSK63 Party: Congratulations to Dave AA6YQ and others

2008-01-14 Thread Dave AA6YQ
Thanks, Andy. That was my first -- and likely last -- contest. 73, Dave, AA6YQ -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andrew O'Brien Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 9:15 PM To: DIGITALRADIO Subject: [digitalradio] PSK63