It would have been a great experiment if I had known what I was doing. In typical philw fashion, I jumped head first and thrashed around, randomly spinning knobs, flipping switches, tapping on meters, toggling the mains, and throwing levers in a completely random fashion.
Eventually, I managed to produce some desireable results by sending something readable to Andy. Manuals....bah!!!! philw de ka1gmn On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Andy obrien <k3uka...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Well, it was not really a GREAT experiment in the grand scheme of > things... but it worked . Phil KA1GMN proved my earlier point about > ALE.. despite a lack of overall "robustness" comapred to other digital > modes... it IS USEFUL for finding people. Today I was scanning > multiple frequencies and bands ...every 2 seconds, and my station > heard a call for me from KA1GMN... The software cause my rig to stopp > scanning, our stations LINKED , we used the AMD mode in ALE for brief > keyboard chat, determined that we could have an easier time with > another mode, chose ALE400 and had a nice long QSO with great copy. > > So, ALE does provide a useful way to contact friends and an > alternative to traditional CQ methods. > > Andy K3UK > >
