[digitalradio] DARC 10-m-DIGITAL-Contest (Corona)

2008-02-29 Thread Andrew O'Brien
DARC 10-m-DIGITAL-Contest (Corona) Teilnahmebedingungen Der DARC führt folgende RTTY-Wettbewerbe auf dem 10-m-Band in den vom IARU-Bandplan zugelassenen Frequenzbereichen durch:: Termine: erstes komplette Wochenende in den Monaten März, Juli, September,

[digitalradio] OPEN UKRAINE RTTY CHAMPIONSHIP'2008

2008-02-29 Thread Andrew O'Brien
#1042;#1086;#1079;#1074;#1088;#1072;#1090; OPEN UKRAINE RTTY CHAMPIONSHIP'2008 RULES 1. Date: 01-02.March.2008. The CONTEST consist of 2(two) parts: LOW BAND (1,8 3,5 MHz)

[digitalradio] Final goodbye for early web icon

2008-02-29 Thread Andrew O'Brien
Not a ham radio related topic but I thought I would share this, I am sure some hams used this. Final goodbye for early web icon By Jonathan Fildes Science and technology reporter, BBC News Netscape's demise A web browser that gave many people their first experience of the web is

[digitalradio] Fwd: [N1MM-Digital] Upcoming Digital Changes

2008-02-29 Thread Andrew O'Brien
-- Forwarded message -- From: Rick Ellison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 8:13 AM Subject: [N1MM-Digital] Upcoming Digital Changes To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To keep everyone on the same page Here is the list of changes and or fixes that I will be sending to Tom

Re: [digitalradio] Some thoughts on antenna polarizati on for emergency use

2008-02-29 Thread Rein Couperus
For a 20 Mile path to the server I use 28 MHz ground wave, works with 5 Watts pskmail day and night. That is with PSK 250. The server has a horizontal dipole on the roof of a 65 meters high building. When I am at our contest location in Germany, 100 Miles away, I use 80 meters NVIS with 80

Re: [digitalradio] Some thoughts on antenna polarization for emergency use

2008-02-29 Thread kh6ty
Hi Ted, That's a good thought, but the problem is that achieving more than a 16 to 25 mile range without a repeater requires more gain (on at least one end - usually the home station end) than you can get from a lindenblad antenna, a big wheel, a ground plane, or even a 5/8 wavelength