[digitalradio] Re: Encomm error loading CD

2007-10-28 Thread kh6ty
#_ Tnx for any help Dave KB3MOW 73, Skip KH6TY No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.12/1096 - Release Date: 10/27/2007 11:02 AM

Re: [digitalradio] Encomm error loading CD

2007-10-29 Thread kh6ty
(either Line input or Mic input), you can just use the volume control on the transceiver and get any amount of visibility on the waterfall you want. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Charles Brabham [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007

Re: [digitalradio] PSK63 activity!

2007-11-18 Thread kh6ty
for helping launch PSK63! 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Andrew O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: DIGITALRADIO digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 7:10 PM Subject: [digitalradio] PSK63 activity! I assume that Skip will be happy. His PSK63 efforts

Re: [digitalradio] PSK63 activity!

2007-11-18 Thread kh6ty
of a RTTY signal. Isn't accomplishing the same job in less bandwidth what we should all be trying to do in an ever more crowded world? It is not like adding CW to a phone contest because both RTTY and PSK63 are keyboard modes. Phone and CW are not. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From

Re: [digitalradio] Re: PSK63 activity!

2007-11-19 Thread kh6ty
contests. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Rud Merriam [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 12:42 PM Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Re: PSK63 activity! This is also rationalization. The ability to provide disaster communications entails

Re: [digitalradio] Re: PSK63 activity!

2007-11-19 Thread kh6ty
is worthwhile and includes preparation for contests as well as proving out equipment setups during contests. Operating skills for contests are definitely different from those need for emergency communications, though. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Rud Merriam [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [digitalradio] Sound Card Interfacing.

2007-11-20 Thread kh6ty
have any feedback or ground loop problems, just insert an isolation transformer in the transmit audio line. 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Time to do something real with ALE400 ?

2007-12-11 Thread kh6ty
(proposed by Bonnie): 1837.0, 3589.0, 7037.5, 10141.5, 14074.0, 14094.0, 18104.5, 21094.0, 24926.0, 28146.0, 50162.5, 144162.5 (AF at 1625 Hz). The complete list of frequencies is on http://hflink.com/ale400;. 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Time to do something real with ALE400 ?

2007-12-11 Thread kh6ty
Patrick, It is my understanding that 7040 in the US and 7035 in Europe are both QRP watering spots where many are using crystal control, low power, and cannot relocate. Is ALE400 at 7037.5 going to straddle both of those frequencies? No, it will not. My mistake! I was thinking about 4000 Hz

Re: [digitalradio] 30 Meter digital

2007-12-22 Thread kh6ty
. Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 10:13 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] 30 Meter digital My use of the band is mostly based upon propagation and, as you pointed out, minimal competition

Re: [digitalradio] 30 Meter digital

2007-12-22 Thread kh6ty
experiment some years ago in which scientists set up two cages of rats, one overcrowded and one just at capacity. The rats in the overcrowded cage ate each other until they were no longer overcrowded. Skip KH6TY It is almost for sure that if the FCC equated DV as being similar to any other

Re: [digitalradio] 30 Meter digital

2007-12-22 Thread kh6ty
their annual 24-hour QSO party on November 18 and the passband was filled with PSK63 stations for 24 hours. Andy can elaborate. You might give it a try next time and compare the speed of exchanges to RTTY contests, of which there are many. 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Building a USB Sound Interface

2007-12-23 Thread kh6ty
is too high, add a simple resistive attenuator as outlined in the DigiPan Help. Some transceivers need a 1:1 audio isolation transformer in that line, and some do not. This is about as inexpensive as you can get for an interface. Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Gmail - Home

Re: [digitalradio] Digest Number 3730

2007-12-25 Thread kh6ty
I filed my comments today on Mark's petition, which is very well written and logical, and encourage everyone else who values space to work without interference from email robots also to do so. Merry Christmas to all! Skip KH6TY Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Page

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Questions on digital opposition

2007-12-26 Thread kh6ty
will transmit anyway in response to a client station that cannot hear me. This is the problem with unattended stations. When stations on both ends are attended, each can hear a station local to itself, so the chances of inadvertant QRM to a local station are probably cut in half. 73, Skip KH6TY

[digitalradio] Re: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread kh6ty
with attended stations on shared bands, and your explanation would be very much appreciated! Thanks in advance, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread kh6ty
KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Re: FCC: Petition to Kill Digital Advancement

2007-12-29 Thread kh6ty
will like to serve as beta testers, try the system with each other, and send feedback to us so that we may improve the system as much as possible. Please reserve comments until after you have used the system. We wish you and everyone else a happy and prosperous New Year! 73, Skip KH6TY

[digitalradio] NBEMS available for beta testing

2008-01-01 Thread kh6ty
comments and bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Happy New Year to you all! The NBEMS Development Team Skip, KH6TY Dave, W1HKJ

Re: [digitalradio] Help file error in VBdigi

2008-01-02 Thread kh6ty
Thanks, Andy. Will check this right away. Skip - Original Message - From: Andrew O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: DIGITALRADIO digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 10:08 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Help file error in VBdigi Dave/Skip When I attempt to minimize

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS available for beta testing

2008-01-02 Thread kh6ty
Kevin, I think you can trust this setup.exe. It is a Microsoft-generated installation program that only adds a few Microsoft DLL's to your system and installs the program files we have created. I'd go ahead and make an exception for this particular setup.exe. Skip KH6TY ZoneAlarm

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS setup

2008-01-02 Thread kh6ty
. (and all my open windows get minimized). Right-click on the Taskbar and see if Quick Launch is checked. If not, check it. It sound like you are trying to drag it to the Taskbar and not the Quick Launch toolbar. 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Text message passed ok via VBdigi texas to KH6 land

2008-01-02 Thread kh6ty
have been much stronger. I am amazed we could had a QSO at all, under such poor conditions! You are my first totally random ARQ QSO using the NBEMS, and I connected with your beacon signal, so I am very gratified with the result tonight! 73, Skip KH6TY Mount Pleasant, SC FM02 - Original

[digitalradio] Re: Text message passed ok via VBdigi texas to KH6 land

2008-01-03 Thread kh6ty
We did this between Illinois and Texas, and between North Carolina and Texas so we did not have the benefit of NVIS. This probably increased our retries. Can we control the size of transmitted units? Or does the program reduce unit size in difficult conditions? Thanks for a great

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS

2008-01-03 Thread kh6ty
the progress bar on Flarq has progressed from white to green to full green and then white again. 73, Skip KH6TY Oh dear, fist trial with NBEMS was not a happy one, for me, I'm afraid... Appart from not knowing my way round the program, which is not the fault of the program of course, I also had

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS problem

2008-01-03 Thread kh6ty
always use VOX for PTT if you use the mic input of the transceiver. Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 4:45 PM Subject: [digitalradio] NBEMS problem I went ahead today

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS problem

2008-01-03 Thread kh6ty
, I am using VOX to key the Kenwood TS-440 via the AFSK RCA jacks after I re-discovered (have not used this for digital for many, many years) that it can not be driven adequately via the Line out from the sound card when using the 13 pin DIN plug. 73, Rick, KV9U kh6ty wrote: Rick, do you

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS/Flarq Frequencies

2008-01-04 Thread kh6ty
be watching 30m now and will be available for some NBEMS ARQ file transfers. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Andrew O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 6:12 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS/Flarq Frequencies I think

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS/Flarq Frequencies

2008-01-04 Thread kh6ty
on that frequency if they can hear either of the stations. Today I was able to correctly configure my emachines computer to run the vbdigi software using the suggested frequency of 10137 +1000 Hz. I happened to be on the same time as Skip, KH6TY, and so we were able to work each other although

Re: [digitalradio] Testing NBEMS

2008-01-05 Thread kh6ty
and will posting an update soon, which will also fix a few isolated bugs that have been reported. 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS Frequencies.

2008-01-05 Thread kh6ty
Kevin, Do you realize that 3 x 3.5 = 10.5, which is close to 10.137. An 80m antenna will operate on the third harmonic for 30m operation! I have never seen this published as far as I can remember. Lots of references to using a 40m antenna on 15 m, but not to using an 80m antenna on 30m. This

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Pactor on 30 M

2008-01-06 Thread kh6ty
Von: kh6ty [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Jim Gorman [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mark Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Greg Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED], Albert Schramm [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: [digitalradio] Re: Pactor on 30 M Sent this email this morning: Good morning

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Pactor on 30 M

2008-01-06 Thread kh6ty
Should be http://www.w1hkj.com/NBEMS. The k and h were transposed. Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Chuck Mayfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Pactor on 30 M Try: http://www.w1khj.com

Re: [digitalradio] A weekend of NBEMS: Some questions.

2008-01-06 Thread kh6ty
, but it can only work if a narrowband mode is used, so that there are many stations in the passband (in the same area of the band). 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Help files in vbdigi

2008-01-10 Thread kh6ty
VBdigi is looking for the following files in D:\Program Files\NBEMS directory: emailsetup.rtf flarq.rtf logbook.rtf messaging.rtf vbdigi.rtf vbdigisetup.rtf Do a search for flarq.rtf and tell me where it is located on your system. Thanks. Skip - Original Message - From:

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Help files in vbdigi

2008-01-10 Thread kh6ty
files in vbdigi --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, kh6ty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: VBdigi is looking for the following files in D:\Program Files\NBEMS directory: emailsetup.rtf flarq.rtf logbook.rtf messaging.rtf vbdigi.rtf vbdigisetup.rtf Do a search for flarq.rtf and tell me where

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Help files in vbdigi

2008-01-10 Thread kh6ty
to D: drive? Maybe that is a clue. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: jhaynesatalumni [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 5:35 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Help files in vbdigi --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, kh6ty [EMAIL

Re: [digitalradio] PACTO! I CQ

2008-01-11 Thread kh6ty
Copying you FB in South Carolina, Howard, using DigiPan 2.0. Sorry - No Pactor 1 transmit capability - my PK-232 is in mothballs! Skip - Original Message - From: w6ids [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 2:10 PM Subject:

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

2008-01-13 Thread kh6ty
stations do not, and cannot, listen first for any other activity within range of the unattended station). It does not matter how short a time the unattended interference signal is on either. If it disrupts a QSO, it is *too long*. Skip KH6TY Announce your digital presence via our Interactive

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

2008-01-13 Thread kh6ty
All the ALE data activity is in the automatic subbands unless the stations manually QSY off frequency under operator control. So what's the concern? As long as it always stays in the automatic subbands, there should be no concern. In fact, ALE is a valuable resource, IMHO. Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Is Propnet/HF APRS legal in USA ? (was : Trouble at mill RTTY contesters war with HFlink

2008-01-13 Thread kh6ty
they! 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] HF Automatic Sub Bands

2008-01-13 Thread kh6ty
representative to the IARU. Under FCC rules, automatic operations with less than 500 Hz bandwidth may be conducted anywhere the mode is authorized. http://www.iaru-r2.org/wp-content/uploads/region-2-mf-hf-bandplan-e.pdf 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: expeditionradio [EMAIL PROTECTED

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

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

2008-01-14 Thread kh6ty
, to the detriment of all. 73, Skip KH6TY John VE5MU No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.2/1222 - Release Date: 1/13/2008 12:23 PM

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

2008-01-15 Thread kh6ty
, but not detectable by the remote station, in an email delivery system. It is this capability that makes it possible for radio amateurs to *share* a limited amount of spectrum that one-way systems do not possess. Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Digitalradio Group

2008-01-16 Thread kh6ty
to preface an off-topic post with OT: and those who do not want to be bothered with off-topic posts can simply filter them out, or use the Delete key. Doesn't work with digests, but those can be scanned visually and OT: skipped over. 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] TV Whitespace Testing

2008-01-20 Thread kh6ty
, time and I don't remember exactly everything it was used for, but the idea is not new. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Rud Merriam [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 3:47 PM Subject: [digitalradio] TV Whitespace Testing The FCC

Re: [digitalradio] QRV 40m Narrow-Band SSTV

2008-01-25 Thread kh6ty
for each picture but probably about the same time for the average PSK31 exchange of text. Andy On Jan 25, 2008 8:02 PM, kh6ty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the narrowbnad SSTV QSO, Tony. Sorry I was so slow - my first time and I did not read Andy's bozo guide! ;-( I can

Re: [digitalradio] QRV 40m Narrow-Band SSTV

2008-01-25 Thread kh6ty
Skip, Thanks for the narrowbnad SSTV QSO My pleasure and thank you. Nice signal from KH6 -- punched through the QRM. Tony -K2MO - Original Message - From: kh6ty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 8:02 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio

Re: [digitalradio] QRV 40m Narrow-Band SSTV

2008-01-25 Thread kh6ty
swapping pictures, like regular SSTV, but without any way to communicate during the picture reception, or am I missing something? 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 7:26 PM Subject: [digitalradio

[digitalradio] New Beta release of NBEMS, version 1.2.0

2008-01-27 Thread kh6ty
and Features under VISTA), find NBEMS, and remove it. Then run the latest setup.exe installation program. The NBEMS Development Team Skip, KH6TY Dave, W1HKJ

Re: [digitalradio] New Beta release of NBEMS, version 1.2.0

2008-01-27 Thread kh6ty
, the very *first* item you come to is the download link, so that is not too hard to find, is it... 73, Skip KH6TY From: John Becker, WØJAB [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.your-site.com/nbms/download Really it's like saying you can see my tax return for 2006 at http://www.irs.gov spending

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Logging for MultiPSK and DM780

2008-02-01 Thread kh6ty
to see that happen. The need never goes away! Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Dave Bernstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 3:39 AM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Logging for MultiPSK and DM780 Re UDP servers, we established

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Narrow SSTV contact

2008-02-06 Thread kh6ty
to integrate images with QSO's in addition to SSTV techniques, but none of them may be all what we wish they were! 73, Skip KH6TY

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

2008-02-29 Thread kh6ty
-polarized mobiles over distances just exceeding 100 miles, when the elevations of both myself and the mobile do not exceed 30 feet ASL. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Theodore A. Antanaitis To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 4:16 PM Subject

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

2008-03-01 Thread kh6ty
on Sunday nights. 73, Skip KH6TY

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

2008-03-01 Thread kh6ty
is an exciting new world on 2m SSB, both phone and digital, for anyone who has only used 2m to work repeaters, and it is well worth considering trying. It is not all weak signal work, either! 73, Skip KH6TY

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

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Keeping NBEMS in mind

2008-03-02 Thread kh6ty
narrowband modes, instead of wider modes, for the most effective and reliable emergency messaging over distances up to 100 miles. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team No virus found in this incoming message

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Keeping NBEMS in mind

2008-03-02 Thread kh6ty
emergency communications when asked to do so. Even going from PSK31 (which tens of thousands now use) to PSK63 is a no-brainer, which is one of the reasons we chose to use PSK63 as the base mode for NBEMS. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Keeping NBEMS in mind

2008-03-02 Thread kh6ty
this problem, and there may be a way to improve that cascaded loss of sync in the faster modes, due to QRN, but we have not yet tackled this problem. Fortunately, for our 100 mile emcomm uses, QRN and QSB are not problems on VHF, and ARQ takes care of the multipath reflection problem. 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Keeping NBEMS in mind

2008-03-02 Thread kh6ty
. I am interested to know if you also find flutter on VHF within 100 miles. Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: John Bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 9:30 PM Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Re: Keeping NBEMS in mind This may

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Keeping NBEMS in mind

2008-03-03 Thread kh6ty
it will work under poor HF conditions. ALE400 works well into the weeds, and it would be great to see you and Patrick team up to combine NBEMS and Ale400 in one package. John VE5MU From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kh6ty Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Keeping NBEMS in mind

2008-03-03 Thread kh6ty
In that case, it will be necessary to switch to HF and use NVIS antennas, which extends the range to 300 miles but with somewhat less throughput using ARQ due to static crashes. Using ARQ will still get the messages through without errors - it just takes longer. 73, Skip KH6TY Not only

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Keeping NBEMS in mind

2008-03-03 Thread kh6ty
can demonstrate the difference here, since I have both NVIS and regular 80m antennas. I have found around 2 S-units of static noise reduction using the NVIS antenna. 73, Skip KH6TY We do plan on using HD, NVIS antennas and data modes as long as they are faster than I can receive CW (about

Re: [digitalradio] Re: 10 Tips for the PSK31 Digital Mode

2008-03-12 Thread kh6ty
not use AGC, but distribute gain in such as way that it can copy weak signals adjacent to strong ones, without distorting the last IF stage or detector, but few transceivers can do this. A dual-loop AGC system may help and some high-end transceivers have this. 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Re: 10 Tips for the PSK31 Digital Mode

2008-03-12 Thread kh6ty
is to always transmit with a linear, clean, signal so your unwanted sidebands do not QRM any adjacent station, either near to you or somewhere else 73, Skip KH6TY .

[digitalradio] Re: [NBEMSham] HF FLARQ Freqs?

2008-03-24 Thread kh6ty
and VBdigi, so you can easily confirm with whomever you are testing that you both have the same version. The April issue of QST headlines NBEMS on page 80 and does a good job of putting NBEMS in the proper perspective. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team - Original Message - From: Rick

Re: [digitalradio] April QST page 35

2008-03-25 Thread kh6ty
chose either to use the Internet to forward the message or deliver it by any other means. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team - Original Message - From: John Becker, WØJAB [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 9:26 PM Subject: [digitalradio

Re: [digitalradio] April QST page 35

2008-03-25 Thread kh6ty
the bands also. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: John Becker, WØJAB [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 11:17 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] April QST page 35 Sorry Skip I have not gotten to page 80 yet

Re: [digitalradio] 80M warbler rig / Other modes ?

2008-03-29 Thread kh6ty
take care of any errors. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Andrew O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: DIGITALRADIO digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 10:10 PM Subject: [digitalradio] 80M warbler rig / Other modes ? Before I go looking through my junk boxes

[digitalradio] Re: 30 Meter QRP Weekend April 19th 20th

2008-04-11 Thread kh6ty
If everyone who thought 30m was dead just called CQ, that opinion might change very quickly! Try it! It is a time-honored technique! ;-) 73, Skip KH6TY

[digitalradio] 30 meters dead

2008-04-13 Thread kh6ty
Started listening to 30m at 8 AM. Only heard a propnet station coming on periodically. For one hour, no other activity - took a *big* risk - called CQ! ;-) Worked Columbia and California. When in doubt - just try calling CQ! Maybe the band is not dead after all. 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Anyone need a $6.50 soundcard ?

2008-04-13 Thread kh6ty
computer soundcard for use by Windows. Just use VOX for PTT. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Andrew O'Brien To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:41 AM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Anyone need a $6.50 soundcard ? --- In digitalradio

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Anyone need a $6.50 soundcard ?

2008-04-13 Thread kh6ty
This makes about as inexpensive a complete PSK31 interface as you can get! If you have any feedback problems, just add a Radio Shack isolation transformer in the transmit audio line. 73, Skip KH6TY Hello Andy, I have used almost the similar USB sound adapter and made a modification to get a very high

Re: [digitalradio] Cheap USB soundcards ordered

2008-04-13 Thread kh6ty
Andy, There may be some misunderstanding. I already have four of the USB Sound Adapters, which I will use to help local hams get on NBEMS. Please take me off your list, as I don't need any more. Thanks, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Best line of the day

2008-04-13 Thread kh6ty
times of many static crashes and let us know the result, I would greatly appreciate it. Multipsk supports both DominoEx, and MFSK16 under Windows, as does fldigi, under Linux. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

Re: [digitalradio] RFSM8000 and Yaesu FT857

2008-04-18 Thread kh6ty
. The best around here seem to be the little green ones from Radio Shack. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Leskep To: Digitalradio Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 9:08 PM Subject: [digitalradio] RFSM8000 and Yaesu FT857 Greetings to all Is anyone using the FT857

Re: [digitalradio] RFSM8000 and Yaesu FT857

2008-04-19 Thread kh6ty
fast. Anyway, it is probably better to use something other than the FT-857 for digital modes as finding the ALC threshold is very critical for getting low IMD, even on PSK31, and drift is a problem on 2 meters unless you have the TCXO option, which my FT-857 does not. 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] USB - RS232 adapter for Vista 64bit?

2008-05-09 Thread kh6ty
/usbfob.pdf) 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Signal on 3850

2008-05-14 Thread kh6ty
, around 1500 Hz tone frequency, so that is probably what you heard, since you are close by. The new mode is called DEX and is expected to be released for NBEMS HF beta testing with this group in about two weeks. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team - Original Message - From

Re: [digitalradio] Signals on 3584 + audio

2008-05-14 Thread kh6ty
Hi Rick, FYI, our tests last night indicate that MFSK16 still copies the best at low S/N, but only when there are no static crashes, but DEX16 or DEX11 have much fewer errors when there are static crashes. The problem with MFSK16, as you found, is the mistuning tolerance. For messaging, when

Re: [digitalradio] Signals on 3584 + audio

2008-05-14 Thread kh6ty
PSK63 with DominoEX16 for our 2 meter net, after two more weeks of tests to see how it performs with multipath reflections. I'll include mention of the sample rate to use in the Help file. Thanks for the tip! 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Mark Miller To: digitalradio

Re: [digitalradio] Keeping connected and tools in the toolbox

2008-06-13 Thread kh6ty
and data on the same frequency. In addition, although we are improving NBEMS support on HF with a new static-robust mode (soon to be released), 2 meters is still the band of choice for fastest transfers and dependable point-to-point circuits. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

[digitalradio] Re: [psk31] Digest Number 1739

2008-06-23 Thread kh6ty
Neil, QuikPSK (http://www.qsl.net/kh6ty/psk63/) can send a picture of your ugly face, even if you do not have an Internet connection. It is not very big, but big enough to see how ugly you look! ;-) (URL) My name is Neil and I am 46 years old - up pops a picture of my ugly face. 73, Skip

Re: [digitalradio] Move away from PSK63 /31 in NBEMS?

2008-08-18 Thread kh6ty
. The popular IC-746Pro, for example, drifts 100 Hz between receiving and start of transmitting, unless a TCXO is added, causing the loss of the first few characters or words on PSK63, so I have switched our 2 meter digital net from PSK63 to DominoEx. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

Re: [digitalradio] Move away from PSK63 /31 in NBEMS?

2008-08-19 Thread kh6ty
at the ppm issues with modes such as MFSK, even a few Hz is a problem. Generally, not on HF so much, as transceivers tend to have less drift on HF, especially on 80m and 40m, but definitely on VHF, where excessive drift can often be a serious problem for some digital modes. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS

Re: [digitalradio] Re: signalink sL+

2008-08-25 Thread kh6ty
Skip - Original Message - From: expeditionradio [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 10:19 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: signalink sL+ Signalink is not capable of high speed ARQ. It uses vox, and doesn't have a real PTT with RTS. Bonnie

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Signalink No Good for ARQ Modes

2008-08-27 Thread kh6ty
with traditional PC ALE or AMTOR, but is fine to use with other soundcard modes, so you do not continue to mislead others. I think you owe Rud Merriam a personal apology for calling him ridiculous. It is YOU who are in the wrong, not he... 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

Re: [digitalradio] What Is A Good FLARQ Frequency?

2008-09-03 Thread kh6ty
On two meters, we use 144.144 around 1500 Hz using DominoEx 11. On HF, we use 3584 around 1500 Hz, and MFSK16. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team I have flarq running here and would like to give it a try. Anybody out there want to suggest a good frequency? Rick - KH2DF/W5

Re: [digitalradio] Re: NBEMS opeation procedure

2008-09-04 Thread kh6ty
as solid as a NVIS circuit, so it is not a very good measure of NBEMS performance on either HF (up to 300 miles distant) or VHF (up to 100 miles distant), which would constitute the distances for almost any real emcomm situation. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team - Original Message

[digitalradio] Re: [NBEMSham] NBEMS opeation procedure

2008-09-04 Thread kh6ty
to the DISCONNECTED state... We will be correcting the flarq Help file on the next release. Thanks for your understanding... 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

Re: [digitalradio] Soundblaster cards and digital applications

2008-09-08 Thread kh6ty
frequencies than most onboard soundcards. In this case, the soundcard might be the problem, and not the system. Anyway, we have beat this horse to death. I am happy you finally found a solution to your own system that works for you, and we can move on to other issues. :-) 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Sound card question

2008-10-11 Thread kh6ty
Patrick, John, This is all we have published at the moment. More will be released at a later date. We are busy with the launch of NBEMS and have no time right now to write detailed specifications. http://w1hkj.com/FldigiHelp/Thor.html 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team - Original

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Sound card question

2008-10-11 Thread kh6ty
Patrick, John, The link on the Thor web page, http://w1hkj.com/FldigiHelp/Thor.html, provides some additional technical specifications for Thor: http://w1hkj.com/FldigiHelp/Modes/THORdesc.htm To answer John's question, Thor uses full time FEC. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

Re: [digitalradio] Re: How Can We Push HF Emcomm Messages to the Field?

2008-11-25 Thread kh6ty
at all. However, DominoEX and MFSK16 can still decode when the S/N is 10 or 12 dB UNDER the noise level, and that is how we get such long distance communication on 2m. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team - Original Message - From: Howard Z. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio

Re: [digitalradio] Re: How Can We Push HF Emcomm Messages to the Field?

2008-11-26 Thread kh6ty
free to use it. Even the digital interface for FM transceivers can be useful, as it can be built for $10, which is much less than the $100 SignaLink USB, which also has its own DOX. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team - Original Message - From: Howard Z. [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [digitalradio] Re: How Can We Push HF Emcomm Messages to the Field?

2008-11-26 Thread kh6ty
to know how much range you can get in your hilly rural area by using FM, DominoEx, and horizontal antennas on 2m. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team - Original Message - From: Rick W [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 3:38 PM Subject: Re

[digitalradio] Correction on URL for Optimized Quad

2008-11-26 Thread kh6ty
The correct URL for the picture of the two-element Optimized Quad is http://home.comcast.net/~hteller/OptimizedQuad.jpg A period at the end of the link in my email accidentally got included in the URL. Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Howard Z. [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [digitalradio] Re: How Can We Push HF Emcomm Messages to the Field?

2008-11-26 Thread kh6ty
No hard feelings, Howard! Your passion for the hobby is appreciated, and many of us have hit the Send key, wishing immediately afterward that we had not! Regardless, I thought many of your points were well made and bared repeating. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team - Original

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