Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400: Ready for next stage ?

2010-05-24 Thread Jon Maguire
Andy, We can do all this in Multipsk, right? No need for PCALE etal? 73... Jon W1MNK On 5/22/2010 8:34 AM, Andy obrien wrote: With dozens of NEW ALE 400 operators in the past week since K2MO's QST article, I wonder if the new ALE 400 enthusiasGs are now ready for the next logical stage in

Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400: Ready for next stage ?

2010-05-24 Thread Andy obrien
Yes. On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 8:49 PM, Jon Maguire w1...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: Andy, We can do all this in Multipsk, right? No need for PCALE etal? 73... Jon W1MNK On 5/22/2010 8:34 AM, Andy obrien wrote: With dozens of NEW ALE 400 operators in the past week since K2MO's QST

[digitalradio] ALE 400: Ready for next stage ?

2010-05-22 Thread Andy obrien
With dozens of NEW ALE 400 operators in the past week since K2MO's QST article, I wonder if the new ALE 400 enthusiasGs are now ready for the next logical stage in ALE 400 sue... SCANNING and LINKING. Using ALE as it was intended , over multiple channels . I've been down this road before and had

Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400

2010-05-20 Thread Hal Stang
it was quite interesting. again thank you, 73 Hal Stang WD4MDA - Original Message - From: H Stang To: H Stang WD4MDA Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 11:44 AM Subject: Fw: [digitalradio] ALE 400 - Original Message - From: Patrick Lindecker To: digitalradio

Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400

2010-05-20 Thread Patrick Lindecker
Hello Hal, For details about beacon: http://f6cte.free.fr/The_ARQ_FAE_beacon_easy_with_Multipsk.doc 73 Patrick - Original Message - From: Hal Stang To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400 Patrick

Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400

2010-05-20 Thread Nikola Nikolov
! Best 73's ! De Nick - LZ1ZM - Original Message - From: Patrick Lindecker f6...@free.fr To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 3:23 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400 Hello Nick, Look at this paper: http://f6cte.free.fr

Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400

2010-05-19 Thread Patrick Lindecker
- Original Message - From: H Stang To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 9:42 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400 Chuck, I saw your email and went to 14074 but didn't hear or see you. Band was ruff. just finished two ALE 400 QSO's with KEIAF

Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400

2010-05-19 Thread Patrick Lindecker
: [digitalradio] ALE 400 What about those having not access to QST and still wishing to try out ALE 400 ? Best 73's! De Nick - LZ1ZM On Wed, 19 May 2010 04:15:39 +0300, Andy obrien k3uka...@gmail.com wrote: June QST On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 9:07 PM, wb4...@teara.org wb4...@teara.org

[digitalradio] ALE 400

2010-05-18 Thread ac5pw10
Is anybody on to tinker with ALE400?? It's 1751Z I'm monitoring 14074.00 and will monitor most of the rest of the day. I'm still trying to figure it out so please bear with me till then. 73, Chuck AC5PW

Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400

2010-05-18 Thread H Stang
about that. So more study. Good luck. Hal Stang WD4MDA Hellschrieber #: FD 2599 wd4...@comcast.net Jacksonville FL - Original Message - From: ac5pw10 To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 1:56 PM Subject: [digitalradio] ALE 400 Is anybody

Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400

2010-05-18 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
I was wondering what that noise was. Guess the pactor did not bother you.

Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400

2010-05-18 Thread charles standlee
To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, May 18, 2010 2:42:37 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400   Chuck, I saw your email and went to 14074 but didn't hear or see you.  Band was ruff. just finished two ALE 400 QSO's with KEIAF AND WB2LMV.  QSB aplenty. I am in the same mode of trying

Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400

2010-05-18 Thread charles standlee
, WØJAB w0...@big-river.net To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, May 18, 2010 3:56:41 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400   I was wondering what that noise was. Guess the pactor did not bother you.

Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400

2010-05-18 Thread wb4...@teara.org
At 05:56 PM 5/18/2010 -, you wrote: Is anybody on to tinker with ALE400?? It's 1751Z I'm monitoring 14074.00 and will monitor most of the rest of the day. I'm still trying to figure it out so please bear with me till then. 73, Chuck AC5PW I know this is probably an old question... but is

Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400

2010-05-18 Thread Andy obrien
June QST On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 9:07 PM, wb4...@teara.org wb4...@teara.org wrote: At 05:56 PM 5/18/2010 -, you wrote: Is anybody on to tinker with ALE400?? It's 1751Z I'm monitoring 14074.00 and will monitor most of the rest of the day. I'm still trying to figure it out so please

Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400

2010-05-18 Thread Nikola Nikolov
What about those having not access to QST and still wishing to try out ALE 400 ? Best 73's! De Nick - LZ1ZM On Wed, 19 May 2010 04:15:39 +0300, Andy obrien k3uka...@gmail.com wrote: June QST On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 9:07 PM, wb4...@teara.org wb4...@teara.org wrote: At 05:56 PM

[digitalradio] ALE 400 : 8 watts from a Hamstick

2010-05-16 Thread Andy obrien
Not bad, Colorado to New York with SF 69 and K Index 2. CQ DE K6CIA [FAE CQ] CQ DE K6CIA [FAE CQ] CQ DE K6CIA [FAE CQ] [Connection done with K6CIA] hello and thanks for call...name Jim and qth Pueblo, Colorado...very nice day here, and ur pretty strong...i have some intermittent noise, but

[digitalradio] ALE-400 Chat Mode Skeds pse

2010-04-09 Thread Tony
All, I'll be QRV ALE-400 CHAT MODE this evening. 14074.0 / 3586.0 +/- QRM. Please send email direct for skeds. Thanks, Tony -K2MO

[digitalradio] ALE-400 - Keyboard mode / ALE

2009-10-10 Thread Tony
All, I've been advocating the use of ALE-400 ARQ FAE as a keyboard chat mode and it seems that some may be unaware of the modes additional features. Aside from keyboard chat, ALE-400 can be configured to automatically respond to connect requests, messaging, and LQA (Link Quality Analysis)

[digitalradio] ALE-400 Skeds

2009-09-30 Thread Tony
All, I'll be QRV ALE-400 in the evenings on 20 meters. My station will not be left unattended so please see Andy's sked page for activity. Skeds welcome via email @ d...@otponline.net QRG - 14106.0 USB DIAL Testing - ALE-400 sounding / connects / chat mode QSO / mail transfers. Sked

RE: [digitalradio] ALE-400 Skeds

2009-09-30 Thread John Bradley
tried just now (2200UTC) nothing yet. Ve5EOC and VE5MU both listening John VE5MU From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalra...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tony Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:41 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] ALE-400 Skeds

Re: [digitalradio] ALE-400 Skeds

2009-09-30 Thread Andrew O'Brien
...@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Tony *Sent:* Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:41 PM *To:* digitalradio@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* [digitalradio] ALE-400 Skeds All, I'll be QRV ALE-400 in the evenings on 20 meters. My station will not be left unattended so please see Andy's sked page

Re: [digitalradio] ALE-400 Skeds

2009-09-30 Thread Tony
: [digitalradio] ALE-400 Skeds I will be attempting to set up Email via ALE400 tonight. Andy K3UK On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 5:53 PM, John Bradley jbrad...@sasktel.net wrote: tried just now (2200UTC) nothing yet. Ve5EOC and VE5MU both listening John VE5MU *From:* digitalradio

RE: [digitalradio] ALE-400 Skeds

2009-09-30 Thread John Bradley
To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] ALE-400 Skeds Andy, Long chat with Jose (CO2JA) on ALE-400 this evening. He was running his 10 watt Manpack rig and G5RV. Tony -K2MO - Original Message - From: Andrew O'Brien mailto:andrewob...@gmail.com andrewob

[digitalradio] ALE-400 Testing Resumes

2009-09-28 Thread Tony
All, I'll be QRV ALE-400 each evening for the rest of this week starting tonight. My station will not be left unattended so please see Andy's sked page for activity. Skeds welcome @ d...@otponline.net QRG - 14106.0 USB Testing - ALE-400 sounding / connects / chat mode QSO / mail transfers

[digitalradio] ALE-400 Skeds Pse

2009-09-24 Thread Tony
All, Anyone care to chat on ALE-400? I'll be on 20 meters this evening. Skeds welcome Tony -K2MO

Re: [digitalradio] ALE-400 Skeds Pse

2009-09-24 Thread Tony
QRV ALE-400 - 14074.0 Tony - K2MO - Original Message - From: Tony d...@optonline.net To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:31 PM Subject: [digitalradio] ALE-400 Skeds Pse All, Anyone care to chat on ALE-400? I'll be on 20 meters this evening

[digitalradio] ALE-400 QSO WID OH7JJT

2009-09-06 Thread Tony
All, Had a nice ALE-400 QSO with OH7JJT today at 17:00z on 20 meters. He mentioned that there are other OH stations active on this mode and that they work regularly on 80 meters. Tom, WB2YDS was able to connect to OH7JJT as well running 5 watts to a vertical. This is one ARQ chat mode that

[digitalradio] ALE 400 Digital sked page

2009-08-28 Thread Sholto Fisher
Just wondered why there are so few spots on Andy's sked page recently? http://www.obriensweb.com/sked/ also I am QRV on 14074 with RS-ID and CALL ID monitoring. 73 Sholto K7TMG

[digitalradio] ALE-400 in Qso with VE5MU

2009-08-28 Thread Tony
All, In Qso with VE5MU ALE-400 / 14074.0. Time is 23:30z. I'll be here all evening. Tony -K2MO

[digitalradio] ALE-400 - New Version Works FB

2009-08-23 Thread Tony
All, Patrick made a few changes with ALE-400 and the latest version seems to be working fine. The test version ran smoothly during my QSO with K0PFX (thanks Mel). 73, Tony -K2MO

[digitalradio] ALE-400 QSO Basics

2009-06-15 Thread Tony
All, Multipsk / ALE-400 ARQ QSO Basics... Connecting: 1. Switch to ALE-400 mode in the main window. 2. Click ARQ FAE button 3. Click AUX FUNCTIONS - Aux Functions window will appear. 4. Enter the stations call sign in the SELECTIVE CALL ARQ FAE box. 5. Click the CALL button. Answering: 1.

[digitalradio] ALE-400 QSO Basics

2009-06-15 Thread Tony
All, Multipsk / ALE-400 ARQ QSO Basics... Connecting: 1. Switch to ALE-400 mode in the main window. 2. Click ARQ FAE button 3. Click AUX FUNCTIONS - Aux Functions window will appear. 4. Enter the stations call sign in the SELECTIVE CALL ARQ FAE box. 5. Click the CALL button. Answering: 1.

[digitalradio] ALE-400 Skeds

2009-06-11 Thread Tony
All, I'll be QRV ALE-400 ARQ chat mode this evening. QRG 14074.0 USB +/- QRM Skeds welcome Tony -K2MO

RE: [digitalradio] ALE-400 Skeds

2009-06-11 Thread Fred VE3FAL
@yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] ALE-400 Skeds All, I'll be QRV ALE-400 ARQ chat mode this evening. QRG 14074.0 USB +/- QRM Skeds welcome Tony -K2MO --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 090610-0, 06/10/2009 Tested on: 6/11/2009 7:51

[digitalradio] ALE-400 FAE -- ARQ Collisions

2009-05-28 Thread Tony
All, It's important to make sure your rigs vox delay is off when working ALE-400-ARQ. We've managed to cause a few tx/rx change-over collisions while in QSO by forgetting to turn it off. Tony -K2MO

Re: [digitalradio] ALE-400

2009-05-27 Thread Rick W
Hi Tony and group members, Based on the use (or non use) of ARQ modes for general ham use, suggests to me that they are going to be primarily used for messaging. This is something that we must have for public service/emergency communications, but there are relatively few who are oriented

[digitalradio] ALE-400 / minimum S/N

2009-05-27 Thread Patrick Lindecker
Hello to all, About S/N here are my measures: Lowest S/N (125 bauds ARQ FAE in ALE): - 6.5 dB(- 8.5 dB with many repetitions) Lowest S/N (50 bauds ARQ FAE in ALE400): - 11.5 dB(- 13.5 dB with many repetitions) The tests have been done with 30 characters message. The Tony's tests, as far as

[digitalradio] ALE-400

2009-05-26 Thread Tony
All, Had a chance to see ALE-400 in action for the first time thanks to K7TMG. I was very pleased to see how sensitive the mode was and how well balanced it is between bandwidth and throughput. I did test ALE-400 with a path simulator a while back and sensitivity was very good. It seemed to

Re: [digitalradio] ALE-400

2009-05-26 Thread Sholto Fisher
And another point worth emphasizing is now that MultiPSK's RS ID detection can be extended throughout a 44KHz bandwidth using its SdR interface, it should be possible to initiate an ALE400 FAE ARQ connection to a friend using their SELCAL which will be detected by them automatically anywhere

RE: [digitalradio] ALE-400

2009-05-26 Thread John Bradley
26, 2009 4:37 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] ALE-400 All, Had a chance to see ALE-400 in action for the first time thanks to K7TMG. I was very pleased to see how sensitive the mode was and how well balanced it is between bandwidth and throughput. I did

Re: [digitalradio] ALE-400

2009-05-26 Thread Tony
baud HF Packet!!! Are you available for a contact? I'm on 14073.0 USB + 1000Hz. ALE-400 Tony -K2MO - Original Message - From: John Bradley jbrad...@sasktel.net To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 11:32 PM Subject: RE: [digitalradio] ALE-400 Hey man you

[digitalradio] ALE 400

2009-01-21 Thread John Bradley
VE5MU is back on 3584.5 beaconing every 2 minutes (as of 2300Z)

Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400 auto speed change

2008-06-07 Thread Patrick Lindecker
to the antenna, which is sufficient for a continuous working. HW? 73 Patrick - Original Message - From: Rick W. To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 3:42 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400 auto speed change Hi Patrick, As you know the Russian

Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400 auto speed change

2008-06-07 Thread Howard Brown
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 7, 2008 3:20:53 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400 auto speed change Hello Rick, Do you think that it would be possible for some hams to develop something similar, or better yet, follow the MIL-STD specifications so

Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400 auto speed change

2008-06-06 Thread Rick W.
With the ALE/FAE modes, the basic ALE 8FSK waveform is used, only slowed down in baud speed from 125 to 50, with the improved sensitivity but reduced throughput, but of course, a much narrower ham friendly bandwidth conserving mode when in ALE/FAE400 vs ALE/FAE 2000. Note that the bandwidth is

Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400 auto speed change

2008-06-06 Thread Patrick Lindecker
@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 8:48 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400 auto speed change With the ALE/FAE modes, the basic ALE 8FSK waveform is used, only slowed down in baud speed from 125 to 50, with the improved sensitivity but reduced throughput, but of course, a much

[digitalradio] ALE 400 auto speed change

2008-06-05 Thread Andrew O'Brien
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Rick W. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: speeds to match conditions, something that has not been done to any great extent on sound card modes. Rick, KV9U Would it be possible for ALE 400 in multipsk to use the SNR measurement of the slave

[digitalradio] ALE 400

2007-12-29 Thread John Bradley
Happy New Year to all! Just before Christmas, Sholto and I were busy with ALE400 on 10136.0 , with good results most days between the west coast and Central Canada, as well as into the US mid-west. Haven't been listening on 20M much since the band has been very poor here, I think because of

Re: [digitalradio] ALE 400

2007-12-29 Thread Rick
Hi John and group, I have written these frequencies down on a card here in the shack so I can easily refer to them. They are quite different from the ALE400 frequencies that Bonnie invented, but to me are just as valid as long as we can agree on one spot frequency per band. One nice thing is