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

2008-03-01 Thread kh6ty
Ted, I agree that in a single array configuration it does not have the gain realizable by a directive antenna, no omni-directional antenna will. But in those cases where a rotatable antenna is not feasible nor permitted (as on some public structures housing EOCs) This illustrates the core of

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

2008-03-01 Thread Rick
Lots of interesting things. I completely accept that VHF SSB (which can also mean digital) communication is really the only practical longer distance VHF mode that works without infrastructure. But will we have a turn around in the number of operators who actually use these modes? There is no

[digitalradio] Reminder: Digital Voice Net today.

2008-03-01 Thread Andrew O'Brien
WinDRM / DRMDV / FDMDV Digital Voice Net at 3:00PM EDT, 2000 UTC , 14236 USB.

[digitalradio] CQ Rhode Island

2008-03-01 Thread Andrew O'Brien
I was checking my LOTW data and discovered I just need Rhode Island for WAS (any mode). I long ago got WAS via paper QSL cards (all on 10M as a Novice) but never got around to packaging up the cards and taking them to a field check. LOTW is much easier. So anyone here in Rhode Island that I

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

2008-03-01 Thread kh6ty
Rick, I completely accept that VHF SSB (which can also mean digital) communication is really the only practical longer distance VHF mode that works without infrastructure. But will we have a turn around in the number of operators who actually use these modes? There is no question that an

[digitalradio] ALE400 frequencies

2008-03-01 Thread John Bradley
Expeditionradio said: This narrow auto sub-band is time-shared with many different automatic/semi-automatic nets and stations, including various packet and pactor modes. The segment is only 4kHz wide, so if one is using a standard 3kHz SSB filter, it almost covers the whole segment. It

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

2008-03-01 Thread kh6ty
Please correct FT-890 to read FT-897. Thanks, Skip KH6TY

[digitalradio] D-STAR at the 2007 Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon

2008-03-01 Thread Mark Thompson
http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2008/03/01/2/?nc=1 D-STAR at the 2007 Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon By Erik Westgard, NY9D [EMAIL PROTECTED] March 1, 2008 Minnesota hams put the D-STAR system to work. The Hennepin County Communications Van joins other Amateur Radio vehicles and

[digitalradio] Re: Final goodbye for early web icon

2008-03-01 Thread Jerry W
My first ISP was AOL (July 1995), even before AOL connected to the World Wide Web. After AOL connected to the WWW it was difficult to get on as the telephone lines were always busy. Quit AOL and went with a local newspaper portal and they used ATT's World Wide Web. Netscape was the browser used.

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

2008-03-01 Thread Walt DuBose
Moving on to mode/throughput, let me put on my Incident Commander cap... As an incident commander, I would rather have a printed/written message than one delivered verbally. If I know that you have a digital print system, I would want that and especially if you tell me its error free. The

[digitalradio] 160 Meter Digital Voice

2008-03-01 Thread jr1961bobo
Just wondering if anyone in the Northeast would like to meet on 160M while the band is still in good shape and qso in digital voice. I live in Maine and often cannot get good copy on the 14.236 net. I'm sure it would work really well on this band at this time of the year.. Let me know a good

[digitalradio] Keeping NBEMS in mind

2008-03-01 Thread Andrew O'Brien
I was trolling 20M today and found a familiar callsign sending CQ. The station was looking to test file sending with NBEMS (VBdigi and FLARQ). It has been almost 2 months since I used NBEMS but I fired it up and was able to talk my contact through the process of sending his first PSK ARQ file.