[digitalradio] Fwd: [tapr-announce] Join Us at the First TAPR/AMSAT Joint Hamvention Banquet

2007-03-10 Thread Mark Thompson
Joint TAPR/AMSAT Banquet at Dayton 2007 For many years, AMSAT and TAPR have held competing Hamvention dinners on Friday evening. Given the tremendous overlap in membership and interest between the two groups, this has always required tough choices. We're pleased to announce that this year,

[digitalradio] 2007 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference issues call for papers

2007-03-10 Thread Mark Thompson
* 2007 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference issues call for papers: Technical papers are solicited for presentation at the 26th annual ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC), Friday-Sunday, September 28-30, in Hartford, Connecticut. Papers will also be published in the

[digitalradio] Fw: Fwd: (CARMA) Fire: Unintelligibility of Digital Radio Transmissions

2007-03-20 Thread Mark Thompson
In a message dated 3/20/2007 7:00:50 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: IAFC MEMBER ALERT: FOR IMMEDIATE REVIEW Contact: IAFC Communications Department www.iafc.org Common Fireground Noise May Cause Unintelligibility of Digital Radio Transmissions Fairfax, Va., Mar.

[digitalradio] Fwd: [tapr-announce] TAPR PSR Needs Articles for Dayton Hamvention Issue

2007-04-16 Thread Mark Thompson
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 5:48 PM Subject: [tapr-announce] Write Now for PSR I say again: The editorial staff of TAPR's quarterly newsletter Packet Status Register (PSR) is busily preparing the next issue (the Dayton Hamvention

[digitalradio] Fwd: [tapr-announce] Join Us at the First TAPR/AMSAT Joint Hamvention Banquet

2007-04-20 Thread Mark Thompson
Joint TAPR/AMSAT Banquet at Dayton 2007 For many years, AMSAT and TAPR have held competing Hamvention dinner on Friday evening. Given the tremendous overlap in membership and interest between the two groups, this has always required tough choices. We're pleased to announce that this year,

[digitalradio] ARRL Withdraws Regulation by Bandwidth Petition, Plans to Refile

2007-04-27 Thread Mark Thompson
ARRL Withdraws Regulation by Bandwidth Petition, Plans to Refile NEWINGTON, CT, Apr 27, 2007 -- The ARRL has announced it's withdrawing its controversial November 2005 Petition for Rule Making (RM-11306) calling on the FCC to establish a regulatory regime to segment bands by necessary bandwidth

[digitalradio] Fwd: [tapr-announce] Write Early and Write Often

2007-07-05 Thread Mark Thompson
In a message dated 7/4/2007 5:21:53 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Write early and write often, is what your TAPR's Packet Status Register (PSR) editor says as the deadline of PSR approaches. Any and all contributions to TAPR's quarterly newsletter are welcomed and will

[digitalradio] PropNet Propagation Tracking Featured on RAIN Report (Part 2)

2007-07-13 Thread Mark Thompson
This week: Due to recent 6 10-meter openings, the RAIN Report reruns a two-part program with Ev Tupis, W2EV about PropNet propagation tracking using PSK31. Part 2 (10 minutes)is available at: http://www.therainreport.com/rainreport_archive/rainreport-7-12-2007.mp3 Part 1 (12 minutes) is

[digitalradio] Meteor Random QSO Hour,13:00 - 15:00 UTC, Weekly

2007-07-14 Thread Mark Thompson
Random QSO Hour 13:00 - 15:00 UTC Meteor Scatter Saturday July 14, 2007 (This event repeats every week.) Location: http://www.ykc.com/wa5ufh/ Notes: RANDOM HOUR “Activity Period” Call CQ’s on: Freq: 144.140 MHz 50.260 MHz Two meters RH 13:00 – 14:00 UTC FSK441A Six meters RH 14:00 – 15:00

[digitalradio] D-STAR Repeaters ARES Digital Networks Discussed at ARRL Board Meeting

2007-07-27 Thread Mark Thompson
*** The ARRL Letter Vol. 26, No. 30 July 27, 2007 *** IN THIS EDITION: * + ARRL Board of Directors Acts on Background Checks, Digital Issues at July Board Meeting * +Available on ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/audio/ == ARRL Board of Directors Acts on

[digitalradio] Fwd: [tapr-announce] PSR Deadline is Here, But...

2007-08-07 Thread Mark Thompson
- Forwarded Message In a message dated 8/7/2007 6:48:47 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The deadline for submissions to TAPR's Packet Status Register (PSR) is today, but if you have something that is almost ready and only needs a little more work to be

[digitalradio] Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference at Huntsville Hamfest

2007-08-24 Thread Mark Thompson
GAREC-07 IARU International Coordinator for Emergency Communications Hans Zimmermann, F5VKP/HB9AQS. [S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA, Photo] Almost 100 people interested in Emergency Communications attended GAREC-07, third global Amateur Radio conference focusing on Emergency Communications and

[digitalradio] Fwd: [tapr-announce] DCC 2007 - Make Your Hotel Reservations Soon!

2007-08-28 Thread Mark Thompson
- Forwarded Message In a message dated 8/27/2007 11:17:03 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 26th Annual ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference September 28-30, 2007 Hartford, CT http://www.tapr.org/dcc -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Hotel Reservations -

[digitalradio] Fw: [illinoisdigitalham] SDR Seminar at ARRL/TAPR DCC

2007-08-28 Thread Mark Thompson
- Forwarded Message From: djs13 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 4:41:46 PM Subject: [illinoisdigitalham] SDR Seminar at ARRL/TAPR DCC N4HY to Present Software Defined Radio Seminar at ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference (Aug 28, 2007) --

[digitalradio] ARRL / TAPR DCC (Digital Communications Conference) 2007 Conference Schedule (Tentative)

2007-08-28 Thread Mark Thompson
http://www.tapr.org/pdf/DCC_2007_Schedule_Preliminary.pdf Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/

[digitalradio] D-STAR Presenter / Presentation Needed at DCC (Digital Communications Conference)

2007-08-29 Thread Mark Thompson
The upcoming DCC in Hartford, CT has two slots for presenters still open. In recent years there has been a D-STAR presentation, but this year no presenter has been identified and Icom is not available to do a presentation due to other obligations. I could do an Overview / Introduction

[digitalradio] A Beginner's Look at Ham Radio's Digital Future with Jeff Reinhart, AA6JR

2007-08-31 Thread Mark Thompson
A Beginner's Look at Ham Radio's Digital Future with Jeff Reinhart, AA6JR http://www.therainreport.com/rainreport_archive/rainreport-8-30-2007.mp3 Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an

[digitalradio] Fwd: [tapr-announce] DCC 2007 - Did you make your hotel reservations?

2007-09-04 Thread Mark Thompson
In a message dated 9/4/2007 10:26:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 26th Annual ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference September 28-30, 2007 Hartford, CT http://www.tapr.org/dcc -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Did you make your hotel reservations? If you did,

[digitalradio] The Necessity of Regulating the Ham Bands by Bandwidth by Rich Moseson, W2VU at Dayton Hamvention

2007-09-07 Thread Mark Thompson
The Necessity of Regulating the Ham Bands by Bandwidth by Rich Moseson, W2VU at Dayton Hamvention http://www.therainreport.com/rainreport_archive/rainreport-9-6-2007.mp3 Take the Internet to Go:

[digitalradio] NFCC votes to recommend FCC treat all repeaters as repeaters

2007-09-20 Thread Mark Thompson
- Forwarded Message From: Jay Maynard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 1:15:49 PM Subject: NFCC votes to recommend FCC treat all repeaters as repeaters The membership of the National Frequency Coordinators' Council has voted to ask the FCC to

[digitalradio] TARA Rumble PSK Contest, 10/6

2007-09-21 Thread Mark Thompson
There's a Rumble in the Jungle Posted by: w7psk [EMAIL PROTECTED] w7psk Date: Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:18 am ((PDT)) The time has come for the annual RUMBLE. Starts on OCT 06 this year, teams should submit their information soonest so we can get the world team challenge going. More

[digitalradio] ISS Packet System On Line

2007-09-21 Thread Mark Thompson
- Forwarded Message From: John [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 2:17:08 PM Subject: [frrl] ISS Packet System On Line Packet is now active on 145.825 simplex but will be shut down prior to the Soyuz relocation activity planned for Sep 27. No word

[digitalradio] Using Winlink to Deliver Email - W3QA Dayton Presentation

2007-09-22 Thread Mark Thompson
Using Winlink to Deliver Email - W3QA Dayton Presentation http://www.therainreport.com/rainreport_archive/rainreport-9-21-2007.mp3 Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket:

[digitalradio] ALE On The Air Week, October 5 - 15

2007-09-22 Thread Mark Thompson
ALE On The Air Week Posted by: expeditionradio [EMAIL PROTECTED] expeditionradio Date: Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:50 am ((PDT)) ALE On The Air Week is 5-15 October. http://hflink.com/aotaw It is an international readiness event, with direct HF messaging, HF SMS (phone texting), or short

[digitalradio] HF JT65A Demo on You Tube

2007-09-24 Thread Mark Thompson
HF JT65A Demo on You Tube Posted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] WA3LTB Date: Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:48 am ((PDT)) Hello All, I have placed a demo 20 Meter JT65A QSO on You Tube at: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wa3ltb Click on the link to View it if you are

[digitalradio] Soundcard Interfacing Video

2007-09-25 Thread Mark Thompson
Randy Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I posted a video the other day about soundcard interfacing. It may help to explain some of the possibilities. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmsFhz_dyAg Randy K7AGE

[digitalradio] PSK31 Receiving Videos

2007-09-25 Thread Mark Thompson
Introduction to PSK31 - Receiving http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQpBGh9RMEQ Sample of 20 Meter Activity for PSK31 Introduction Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHNvp7FfP6E Be a better

[digitalradio] IARU GAREC-2007 HFLINK ALE Presentations

2007-09-26 Thread Mark Thompson
GAREC-2007 IARU Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference HFLINK ALE Presentations http://www.hflink.com/garec/ HFLINK - HF ALE (Automatic Link Establishment) Emergency Communications Network http://hflink.com/

[digitalradio] RAIN REPORT: The NFCC and Jay Maynard, K5ZC, push for FCC D-STAR Repeater Clarification, Part One

2007-09-28 Thread Mark Thompson
RAIN REPORT: The NFCC and Jay Maynard, K5ZC, push for FCC D-STAR Repeater Clarification (Part One, 13 minutes). http://www.therainreport.com/rainreport_archive/rainreport-9-27-2007.mp3 Shape Yahoo! in

[digitalradio] The Signal From Hell

2007-09-30 Thread Mark Thompson
The Signal From Hell Hank Greeb, N8XX [EMAIL PROTECTED] September 28, 2007 A FYBO QRP contest way up north? Not ’til Hell freezes over! (PS: It did.) This is an outbuilding typically used as a woodshed, but we found it open and used it as the 40 meter operating shack. We had to close a

[digitalradio] Amateur Radio Newsline Report - RADIO LAW: NFCC ASKS FCC TO DECLARE DIGITAL VOICE REPEATERS THE SAME AS ANALOG

2007-09-30 Thread Mark Thompson
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1572 - September 28, 2007 Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1572 with a release date of Friday, September 28, 2007 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a Q-S-T. The National Frequency Coordinators' Council asks the FCC to declare all digital voice

[digitalradio] Announcing the October 2007 Weekend 30-meter POP (Play On PropNET)

2007-10-02 Thread Mark Thompson
30-meter POP Announcement Posted by: Ev Tupis [EMAIL PROTECTED] w2ev Date: Mon Oct 1, 2007 7:05 pm ((PDT)) Announcing the October 2007 Weekend 30-meter POP (Play On PropNET) From October 6, UTC through October 7, 2359 UTC

[digitalradio] Mark the Play on PropNET Weekend on Your Calendar

2007-10-04 Thread Mark Thompson
Mark the Play on PropNET Weekend on Your Calendar Play on PropNET is a two-day, worldwide event designed to promote PSK31 and propagation study on the 30 meter band. This event, scheduled for UTC October 6 -2359 October 7, will be on 10.1395 MHz. Simply download PropNetPSK, a free PropNET

[digitalradio] 30m Afternoon PSK Ragchew - Tue Wed Afternoons, 10/2/2007, 12:00 pm

2007-10-04 Thread Mark Thompson
30m Afternoon PSK Ragchew - Tue Wed Afternoons, 10/2/2007, 12:00 pm Posted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue Oct 2, 2007 3:56 am ((PDT)) Reminder from: 30meterPSKGroup Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/30meterPSKGroup/cal 30m Afternoon PSK Ragchew - Tue Wed

[digitalradio] RAIN REPORT: The NFCC and Jay Maynard, K5ZC, push for FCC D-STAR Repeater (Part Two, 14 minutes)

2007-10-05 Thread Mark Thompson
RAIN REPORT: The NFCC and Jay Maynard, K5ZC, push for FCC D-STAR Repeater Clarification (Part Two, 14 minutes). http://www.therainreport.com/rainreport_archive/rainreport-10-5-2007.mp3 Be a better

[digitalradio] ARRL/TAPR Hold Digital Communications Conference - 2008 DCC in Chicago

2007-10-05 Thread Mark Thompson
== ARRL/TAPR CELEBRATE 26TH ANNUAL DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE The ARRL and TAPR held their 26th Annual Digital Communications Conference this past weekend, September 28-30, in Hartford, Connecticut. The DCC is an international forum for radio amateurs to meet, publish their work and

Re: [digitalradio] Advantages of D-STAR Digital Voice Data

2007-10-15 Thread Mark Thompson
Rick - I've seen you mention these negatives about D-STAR several times on various lists so I've felt compelled to respond. I grew up in a rural area of Wisconsin similar to where you live. In a low density area of population is difficult to support many things out of the mainstream

[digitalradio] Video of ARES Use D-STAR

2007-10-17 Thread Mark Thompson
Video of Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) use of D-STAR http://youtube.com/watch?v=q8dUJp0rc0g __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

[digitalradio] New RTTY Contesting Survey

2007-10-18 Thread Mark Thompson
New RTTY Contesting Survey Posted by: Don Hill AA5AU [EMAIL PROTECTED] aa5au Date: Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:08 pm ((PDT)) Please participate in a new rttycontesting.com survey at: http://www.rttycontesting.com/2007survey/survey_oct07.html This survey will last 2 weeks and will be closed on

[digitalradio] ARRL's HF Digital Handbook (New 4th Edition - Now Shipping)

2007-10-23 Thread Mark Thompson
ARRL's HF Digital Handbook -- by Steve Ford, WB8IMY ARRL’s HF Digital Handbook is your guide to understanding the most active HF digital communication modes in use today. There is something here for every radio operator—beginners and more advanced operators alike. And, as this technology

[digitalradio] Fw: Fwd: [tapr-announce] PSR Contributors Wanted

2007-10-23 Thread Mark Thompson
In a message dated 10/23/2007 6:09:59 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It is time to get to work on the next issue of TAPR's quarterly newsletter, Packet Status Register (PSR). If you would like to contribute an article for the newsletter, your contribution would be

[digitalradio] Fw: D-STAR using Analogue SSB

2007-10-25 Thread Mark Thompson
- Forwarded Message From: jk1zrw [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 9:56:15 PM Subject: Re: UT118 Adaptor --- Tony Langdon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 10:45 AM 10/26/2007, you wrote: Yes, it works any band. Only requirement is AF bandwidth of your rig. If

[digitalradio] ALE400 – Narrow band ALE mode now availabl e

2007-11-01 Thread Mark Thompson
ALE400 – Narrow band ALE mode now available Patrick F6CTE has announced that a narrow band version of the popular Automatic Link Establishment (ALE) software is now available. On the HFLink Yahoo group he writes: For those interested in doing ALE and ARQ FAE using a narrow bandwidth (400

[digitalradio] Digital Voice Dongle Project

2007-11-02 Thread Mark Thompson
This project is to create a small board that when plugged into a PC USB port, will provide an interface to a DVSI digital voice VOCODER chip. The idea is to be able to use a PC and soundcard and listen and talk to a D-Star voice data stream over the internet. Other uses would be to create a

[digitalradio] 10 MHz Amateur Radio balloon to Cross the Atlantic

2007-11-05 Thread Mark Thompson
- Forwarded Message From: John [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 5, 2007 4:50:26 PM Subject: Balloon Launch 10 MHz Amateur Radio balloon to cross the Atlantic Amateurs at the University of Tennessee Amateur Radio Club are launching a balloon with a beacon in the 10 MHz Amateur

[digitalradio] TAPR PSR On-Line

2007-11-05 Thread Mark Thompson
TAPR Packet Status Register Online Quarterly Journal of Technical, Non-Technical User Digital Information Articles http://www.tapr.org/psr.html For Information Discussion about ALL the Ham Radio Digital Modes: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/illinoisdigitalham/

[digitalradio] The IARU EmCom Party is today, Sunday 11 November.

2007-11-11 Thread Mark Thompson
11 November IARU EmCom Party : ALE- SSB Ham Net (Sunday) Posted by: expeditionradio [EMAIL PROTECTED] expeditionradio Date: Sat Nov 10, 2007 6:59 pm ((PST)) The IARU EmCom Party is today, Sunday 11 November. IARU EmCom Party on-the-Air is an *emergency communication exercise*, not a

[digitalradio] Call for papers at 12th Annual Southeastern VHF Society Conference

2007-11-14 Thread Mark Thompson
Call for papers at 12th Annual Southeastern VHF Society Conference The Southeastern VHF Society is calling for the submission of papers and presentations for the upcoming 12th Annual Southeastern VHF Society Conference to be held in Orlando, Florida on April 25th and 26th, 2008. Papers and

[digitalradio] AO-16 soundcard BPSK demodulator

2007-11-19 Thread Mark Thompson
AO-16 soundcard BPSK demodulator Wouter Jan Ubbels PE4WJ has produced a JAVA 1200 bit/s BPSK AX.25 soundcard demodulator for a PC. This is especially useful for the Amateur Radio satellite AO-16. A Beta version of the software can be downloaded from: http://home.casema.nl/b.ubbels/Warbler.htm

[digitalradio] New release of MULTIPSK

2007-11-19 Thread Mark Thompson
New release of MULTIPSK Patrick Lindecker F6CTE has made available the latest version of his popular data mode software MULTIPSK 4.5 He writes: The new release of MULTIPSK (4.5), CLOCK (1.7.6) and MULTIDEM (2.1.1) are in my Web site http://f6cte.free.fr/ The main mirror site is Earl's,

[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.

[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

[digitalradio] Fw: PSK Without a Computer

2007-11-24 Thread Mark Thompson
- Forwarded Message From: John [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 4:21:10 PM Subject: [frrl] PSK without at Computer http://www.amqrp.org/kits/nue-psk31/index.html I got this link from ken, N9WCX. 73, John Yahoo! Groups Links

[digitalradio] MDXA PSK Death Match, Saturday, December 15 00:00Z - Sunday December 16 24:00Z

2007-11-26 Thread Mark Thompson
Michigan DX Association PSK Death Match Saturday, December 15 00:00Z - Sunday December 16 24:00Z http://www.mdxa1.org/deathmatch.html Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo

[digitalradio] National Packet Radio Registry

2007-11-27 Thread Mark Thompson
National Packet Radio Registry USPacket.org is happy to announce our National Packet Radio Registry. This is a registry for US Packet operators who would like to exchange Packet mail with other radio hams. To register your packet address with the NPRR, send a personal Packet message to:

[digitalradio] Results of ARRL D-STAR Web Survey

2007-11-27 Thread Mark Thompson
ARRLWeb Survey Results Poll date: November 16, 2007 Do you have any active D-STAR systems in your area? Yes, several 21.9 % (611) Yes, one 11.9 % (331) No, but one is going on the air soon 3.4 % (96) No, but we're in the planning stages 3.5 % (98) No 43.0 % (1200) I've never heard

[digitalradio] Newsline Poll: Do You Plan To Buy A D-Star Radio For Christmas?

2007-11-30 Thread Mark Thompson
Do you plan to treat yourself to a D-Star radio for Christmas? Amateur Radio Newsline is conducting a very unscientific survey to see how many are and how many are not. Its easy to participate: Just take your web browser to http://www.arnewsline.org/ and scroll down the page until you see the

[digitalradio] TARA RTTY Melee Contest Results

2007-12-03 Thread Mark Thompson
Thanks From TARA Melee Committee Posted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] mrbill19532000 Date: Sun Dec 2, 2007 2:27 pm ((PST)) Howdy Folks: On behalf of TARA's Digital Contesting Team I'd like to personally thank all of you that once again participated in this year's running of

[digitalradio] ARRL RTTY/Digital Mode Round-Up, January 5 - 6 (Includes Baudot RTTY, ASCII, AMTOR, PSK31 Packet)

2007-12-04 Thread Mark Thompson
2008 ARRL RTTY Round-Up Rules General Rules Object: Amateurs worldwide contact and exchange QSO information with other amateurs using digital modes (Baudot RTTY, ASCII, AMTOR, PSK31, and Packet—attended operation only) on 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meter bands. Any station may work any other

[digitalradio] Southwest Ohio Digital Symposium Saturday, January 12th,

2007-12-04 Thread Mark Thompson
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 Thesken Hall, on the Middletown Campus of Miami University, Middletown, Ohio. If you have a particular subject of interest which

[digitalradio] New Digital Voice Mode FDMDV

2007-12-05 Thread Mark Thompson
New Digital Voice Mode FDMDV A new Digital Voice mode FDMDV has been announced on the N1SU.com website. It claims to be able to require a bandwidth of only 1.1 kHz. The website says: FDMDV is the latest digital voice mode on HF - it caters to high quality digital voice under poor band

[digitalradio] Announcing New Chicago Area Amateur Radio Yahoo Group

2007-12-06 Thread Mark Thompson
Chicago Amateur Radio Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChicagoAmateurRadio/join/ The Chicago Amateur Radio Yahoo Group is dedicated to promoting closer communication and sharing of amateur radio knowledge technique among fellow amateur radio enthusiasts. The goals of the Chicago Amateur

[digitalradio] RAIN Report: Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, Talks About a New Direction for APRS

2007-12-07 Thread Mark Thompson
RAIN Report: Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, Talks About a New Direction for APRS http://www.therainreport.com/rainreport_archive/rainreport-12-6-2007.mp3 Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast

[digitalradio] PSK31 Operating Video

2007-12-08 Thread Mark Thompson
PSK31 Operating Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaAXMzGIUGA Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.

[digitalradio] PSK31 Transmitter Level Adjustment Video

2007-12-08 Thread Mark Thompson
PSK31 Transmitter Level Adjustment Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3CwHaX7t5M Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.

[digitalradio] Hellschreiber Demonstration Video

2007-12-08 Thread Mark Thompson
Hellschreiber Demonstration Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR-EmyEBVqA Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

[digitalradio] Misleading and Incorrect Rumors Surround IARU Region 2 Band Plan

2007-12-10 Thread Mark Thompson
Misleading and Incorrect Rumors Surround IARU Region 2 Band Plan Misleading and incorrect rumors are surrounding the recently revised band plan of IARU Region 2, adopted at its triennial conference in Brazil in September. The following statement was authorized by ARRL President Joel Harrison,

[digitalradio] ARRL RESPONDS TO CQ EDITORIAL REGARDING REGION 2 BANDPLAN

2007-12-10 Thread Mark Thompson
HAM RADIO POLITICS: THE ARRL RESPONDS TO CQ EDITORIAL REGARDING REGION 2 BANDPLAN The President of the American Radio Relay League has responded to a C-Q Magazine editorial dealing with the soon to be in place Region 2 bandplan and also to our coverage of the story here on Newsline. Joel

[digitalradio] Update on New Digital Voice Mode FDMDV

2007-12-10 Thread Mark Thompson
Update on new Digital Voice Mode FDMDV The new Amateur Radio Digital Voice mode FDMDV, which has a bandwidth of just 1.1 kHz, seems from initial tests to produce good results. FDMDV achieves it's very low bandwidth, just 1.1 kHz, by a combination of a low sample rate and having no Forward

[digitalradio] Fw: Southwest Ohio Digital Technical Symposium, January 12th

2007-12-11 Thread Mark Thompson
- Forwarded Message From: K8CM [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 8:58:05 AM Subject: [illinoisdigitalham] SWO Digital and Technical Symposium The 22nd annual Southwest Ohio Digital and Technical Symposium will be held from 8 AM to approximately

[digitalradio] Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies

2007-12-13 Thread Mark Thompson
Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies With the storms in the Pacific Northwest dying down, throughout it all, Amateur Radio operators were there to help. After a visit on December 4 to the Oregon town of Vernonia, Governor Ted Kulongoski said, I'm going to tell you who the heroes were from

[digitalradio] MULTIPSK New release (4.6) with PSK250 - DTM/DBM

2007-12-16 Thread Mark Thompson
New release (4.6) of MULTIPSK (PSK250 - DTM/DBM) Posted by: Patrick Lindecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] f6cte Date: Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:49 pm ((PST)) New release (4.6) of MULTIPSK Pour les francophones: la version française de ce message se trouve sur mon site (http://f6cte.free.fr). Il suffit

[digitalradio] Minnesota / Minneapolis Use of D-STAR 1.2 GHz High-Speed Data

2007-12-17 Thread Mark Thompson
Minnesota / Minneapolis Use of D-STAR 1.2 GHz High-Speed Data http://www.14567.org Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.

[digitalradio] Recordings of Amateur Radio Data Modes

2007-12-19 Thread Mark Thompson
MP3 Recordings of Amateur Radio Data Modes The British Amateur Radio Teledata Group (BARTG) has made available MP3s of the sounds of various Digital Modes. With the proliferation of different Amateur Radio digital modes in recent years, it can be difficult for the newcomer to identify what

[digitalradio] New PSK31 tutorial videos

2007-12-24 Thread Mark Thompson
New YouTube PSK31 tutorial videos Randy K7AGE has recently put a couple of new PSK31 tutorial videos on YouTube. PSK31 Transmitter Level Adjustment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3CwHaX7t5M PSK31 - Operating http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaAXMzGIUGA Randy has previously posted several

[digitalradio] New release of FDMDV - Amateur Radio Digital Voice

2007-12-25 Thread Mark Thompson
New release of FDMDV - Amateur Radio Digital Voice A new version (10a-Dec-07) of the Digital Voice mode FDMDV is now available from the N1SU.com website. This mode is remarkable in that it occupies a bandwidth of only 1.1 kHz as against the 2.4 kHz needed for an SSB signal. The new version

[digitalradio] Ham Radio BrowserToolbar and PocketDigi Mobile Log forWindows Mobile/PocketPC PDAs by N0HR

2007-12-28 Thread Mark Thompson
N0HR Software Resources N0HR's ham radio website, http://www.n0hr.com has many free resources for ham radio: The Ham Radio Toolbar for Internet Explorer Firefox: http://www.n0hr.com/Ham_Radio_Toolbar.htm HamLinks is a free ham radio toolbar that extends your (Internet Explorer or

[digitalradio] ARRL RTTY/Digital Mode Round-Up , 1/5/2008

2007-12-28 Thread Mark Thompson
ARRL RTTY/Digital Mode Round-Up Date: Saturday January 5-6, 2008 Location: Baudot RTTY, ASCII, AMTOR, PSK31, and Packet—attended operation only on 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meter bands Notes: 2008 ARRL RTTY Round-Up Rules General Rules Object: Amateurs worldwide contact and exchange QSO

[digitalradio] Ham Radio BrowserToolbar and PocketDigi Mobile Log forWindows Mobile/PocketPC PDAs by N0HR

2007-12-29 Thread Mark Thompson
N0HR Software Resources N0HR's ham radio website, http://www.n0hr.com has many free resources for ham radio: The Ham Radio Toolbar for Internet Explorer Firefox: http://www.n0hr.com/Ham_Radio_Toolbar.htm HamLinks is a free ham radio toolbar that extends your (Internet Explorer or

[digitalradio] Digital Radio Century Club JT65A New Years Crawl, 12/31/2007, 6:00 pm

2007-12-30 Thread Mark Thompson
Digital Radio Century Club JT65A New Years Crawl Date: Monday December 31, 2007 Time: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Location: JT65A ONLY on 20M or 40M ONLY (suggested frequencies - 14074.077 7035.40) Notes: Announcing the Digital Radio Century Club New Years Crawl Date : January 1 2008 Time : Z

[digitalradio] ARRL HF Digital Communications On-Line Course

2008-01-02 Thread Mark Thompson
ARRL Continuing Education Course Registration (Jan 2, 2008) -- Registration remains open through Sunday, January 6, 2008 for these online courses beginning on Friday, January 18, 2008: Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 2 (EC-002); Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 3

[digitalradio] Kenwood NEXEDGE

2008-01-02 Thread Mark Thompson
- Forwarded Message From: Tom Power [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2008 5:08:13 PM Subject: [illinoisdigitalham] Kenwood NEXEDGE Did anyone else notice Kenwood's announcement of their new NEXEDGE Land Mobile system?. Looks like Kenwood's version of

[digitalradio] Meteor Scatter Emcomm Email Project Using 6m APRS

2008-01-07 Thread Mark Thompson
APRS Meteor Scatter Email System Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, US Naval Academy Satellite Lab, Annapolis, MD The self plotting of APRS packets and global connectivity of the APRS-Internet System (APRS-IS) makes it ideal for an Emergency Meteor Scatter Email System. . The mission objective is to be

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

2008-01-09 Thread Mark Thompson
Oregon Governor Allocates $250,000 for Digital Communications Network The State of Oregon's Office of Emergency Management (OEM) received $250,000 from Governor Ted Kulongoski's Strategic Reserve Fund to further develop and enhance a statewide Amateur Radio digital communications network,

[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

[digitalradio] Fw: APRS W9YJ-11 Near Space balloon experiment (time critical)

2008-01-17 Thread Mark Thompson
- Forwarded Message From: Patrick Ryan KC6VVT [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 1:15:36 PM Subject: [illinoisdigitalham] APRS W9YJ-11 Near Space balloon experiment (time critical) Currently tracking a balloon carrying APRS over Canada launched

[digitalradio] 30 Meter VK/ZL/Pacific Digital Weekend

2008-01-17 Thread Mark Thompson
30 Meter VK/ZL/Pacific Digital Weekend When: Weekend of February 9/10 2008 Time: For convenience of Universal Time and a reference point this 'Free and Easy' activity will start around 0600Z on the 9th and end 1900Z on the 10th of February Where: 10.138 to 10.145 KHZ Modes: PSK31 RTTY or

[digitalradio] RTrak APRS Tracking Now Available for Order

2008-01-18 Thread Mark Thompson
RTrak Now Available for Order Posted by: Jason Rausch [EMAIL PROTECTED] ke4nyv Date: Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:13 pm ((PST)) RPC Electronics is happy to announce that we are taking pre-orders for our brand new RTrak All-In-One APRS tracker. The RTrak is the first true all in one APRS tracking

[digitalradio] Valentine Sprint PSK Contest

2008-01-19 Thread Mark Thompson
Contest Announcement: Valentine Sprint Posted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] melachri Date: Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:05 pm ((PST)) The PODXS 070 club is pleased to announce a new contest, coming up on Friday night, 15 February. The Valentine Sprint will help you PSK contesters fill

[digitalradio] New release of FDMDV Digital Voice

2008-01-24 Thread Mark Thompson
New release of FDMDV Digital Voice A new verion of the Amateur Radio digital voice software FDMDV is available. FDMDV version 6-Jan-2008 is now out of beta testing and proves to be stable. It includes various fixes related to incompatibility with different soundcards and PCs. On some PCs

[digitalradio] RAIN Report: NTS MARS Use of Digital Technology

2008-02-02 Thread Mark Thompson
RAIN Report: John Tipka, W8UL, and Bo Lindfors talk about NTS MARS Use of Digital Technology (12 minutes) http://www.therainreport.com/rainreport_archive/rainreport-2-1-2008.mp3 Be a better friend,

[digitalradio] ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference in Chicago Dates Announced

2008-02-05 Thread Mark Thompson
Dates for ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference in Chicago Announced (Feb 4, 2008) -- The Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Corporation (TAPR) has announced that the 2008 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference will take place September 26-28 at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Elk Grove Village,

[digitalradio] Call for Papers - ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference

2008-02-05 Thread Mark Thompson
Conferences: ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference The 27th DCC September 26-28, 2008 - Chicago , Illinois Introduction Mark your calendar and start making plans to attend the premier technical conference of the year, the 27th Annual ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference

[digitalradio] Wefax Now Free If You Own CSS Products

2008-02-08 Thread Mark Thompson
Wefax Now Free If You Own CSS Products Creative Services Software announced today that users who have purchased Pacterm or PKTerm 1.5 or later now can use Wefax for Windows at no additional charge. The new release of Wefax for Windows uses the Pacterm or PKTerm serial numbers and keys.

[digitalradio] DV Dongle Video Information

2008-02-16 Thread Mark Thompson
DV Dongle Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z68aSuQnhDE DV Dongle Information http://www.dvdongle.com/DV_Dongle/Home.html DV Dongle Ordering Information http://www.hamradio.com/cgi-bin/uncgi/ase?ITEM=dvdongle

[digitalradio] SDR Presentation at Chicago ARRL/TAPR DCC

2008-02-17 Thread Mark Thompson
SDR Presentation Announced for Chicago ARRL/TAPR DCC(Digitial Communications Conference) Sunday Seminar 'Software Radio Through the Looking-Glass' Phil Harman, VK6APH One of the most exciting, and rapidly evolving, aspects of Ham Radio is that of Software Defined Radios. What was initially

[digitalradio] New TAPR PSR On-Line

2008-02-19 Thread Mark Thompson
TAPR PSR Winter 2008 PSR http://www.tapr.org/pphlogger/dlcount.php?id=taprurl=ftp://ftp.tapr.org/psr/psr104.pdf DCC / Fall 2007 PSR http://www.tapr.org/pphlogger/dlcount.php?id=taprurl=ftp://ftp.tapr.org/psr/dcc_103_2007.pdf DCC (Digital Communications Conference) - Chicago, September

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