Hi all, Is a Codec2 HF repeater useful? That is the question.
Sydney to Brisbane, comments from VK4MIL VK2ZIW : been listening on 40m today excellent audio Looking at the HAP charts, today is an ordinary day. So, with modest to poor antennae here, it IS useful. Comments please. Alan VK2ZIW On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 16:04:15 +1000, Al Beard wrote > Hi, > I've been running "freebeacon" modified to beacon (every 3 mins) > and to re-transmit your QSO, from the digital data received, when triggered. > > The ionosphere gives a station a huge coverage area but 2000 Km away > (typically on 20m). So, a relay station in Sydney NSW could cover all > of New Zealand. Or perhaps a Darwin station could cover all NSW and VIC. > > I need some test stations to see if this repeater idea is worthwhile. > (Full duplex can come later) > > Can a USA or Canadian station deploy this modified "freebeacon" for > testing at least? > Sourcecode: > www.unixservice.com.au/parrot/src/ > Hardware: > Any SSB transceiver with soundcard and PTT interface to any Linux > box, Intel or Raspberry Pi. > > My Sydney location is too close to Melbourne or Brisbane and the > noise level here is extra high on 40 and 80m. > > Yes, I know I bang on with this but Edison, who saw the commercial > opportunity to replace carbon arc lamps, did 1000 experiments .... > Probably took years too. > > --------------------------------------------------- > Alan VK2ZIW > > OpenWebMail 2.53, nothing in the cloud. > > _______________________________________________ > Freetel-codec2 mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freetel-codec2 --------------------------------------------------- Alan VK2ZIW OpenWebMail 2.53, nothing in the cloud. _______________________________________________ Freetel-codec2 mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freetel-codec2
