--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Andrew O'Brien" <k3uka...@...> wrote: > > --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Mel" <Gzerogqk@> wrote: > > > > I remember reading about PSK in QRZ, which I could afford in those days. As > > a user of PacTOR I was quite excited about this, so later in the year when > > I visited the amateur radio show in the UK known as the Leicester Rally I > > intended to gain some information and buy an opto coupler. I walked all > > round, asked at various stands about buying a PSK opto coupler and all I > > got was " What's PSK?" The designer of PSK was unknown to those in Britain. > > > > Kind regards, Mel G0GQK > > > > > Well Mel, I would say that is typical of those in the Midlands , since Peter > was , I think, living 4 miles from my UK home in those days. He lives in a > small village in Cumbria, You know that those in the south and midlands > think it is nothing but sheep north of Lancaster. G3PLX also co-invented > AMTOR >
I think he is still there ? latest project is a software defined tx/rx ,I have spoked with him on 80 and the tx/rx sounded very good His beacon software is in use on 5 megs http://www.rsgb-spectrumforum.org.uk/5mhz%20beacons.htm and at the moment , Andy G4JNT is running a slimmed down version of the beacon on 500 Khz http://groups.google.com/group/uk500khz/web/multi-function-beacon-by-andy-g4jnt G ..
