[digitalradio] Kenwood NEXEDGE

[Mark Thompson]

- Forwarded Message 
From: Tom Power <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2008 5:08:13 PM
Subject: [illinoisdigitalham] Kenwood NEXEDGE

Did anyone else notice Kenwood's announcement of their new NEXEDGE
Land Mobile system?. Looks like Kenwood's version of the Motorola
MotoTrbo system. 


http://www.kenwood.co.jp/en/news/20071221.html

Nice to see Kenwood is finally playing in the IMBE technology space
besides APCO25 (P25). Now all we need is some Kenwood original D-Star
equipment here is the US .  




Yahoo! Groups Links




  

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[digitalradio] ARRL HF Digital Communications On-Line Course

[Mark Thompson]

ARRL Continuing Education Course Registration (Jan 2, 2008) -- Registration 
remains open through Sunday, January 6, 2008 for these online courses beginning 
on Friday, January 18, 2008: Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 2 
(EC-002); Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 3 (EC-003R2); Antenna 
Modeling (EC-004); HF Digital Communications (EC-005); VHF/UHF -- Life Beyond 
the Repeater (EC-008), and Radio Frequency Propagation (EC-011). Each online 
course has been developed in segments -- learning units with objectives, 
informative text, student activities and quizzes. 
 
Courses are interactive, and some include direct communications with a 
Mentor/Instructor. Students register for a particular session that may be 8, 12 
or 16 weeks (depending on the course) and they may access the course at any 
time of day during the course period, completing lessons and activities at 
times convenient for their personal schedule. Mentors assist students by 
answering questions, reviewing assignments and activities, as well as providing 
helpful feedback. 
 
Interaction with mentors is conducted through e-mail; there is no appointed 
time the student must be present -- allowing complete flexibility for the 
student to work when and where it is convenient. To learn more, visit the CCE 
Course Listing page or contact the Continuing Education Program Coordinator. 


HF Digital Communications 
EC-005

Description: Learn to use all HF digital modes. Students will understand the 
scope of HF Digital Amateur Radio Communications; develop awareness and 
stronger skills for HF digital modes. This course has 14 lesson units, is 
expected to take approximately 25 hours to complete over an 8-week period. 
See course syllabus.
http://www.arrl.org/cce/syllabus.html#ecfive
 
 Required Student Activities. 
http://www.arrl.org/cce/student-activities.html#ec5


Prerequisites: You must have HF privileges and access to an HF transceiver. 
Course Preview 

Availability: Classes for this course begin once per month. Click on the 
Register link (below) to see the schedule for the next available class. 


Additional Info: Course requirements and materials students will need are: 1) 
Pentium PC or Mac PowerPC, (at least 200 MHz) with Windows 98 or above, or 
MacOS or Linux; 2) 16-bit sound card; 3) Ability to download and install 
applications from the Web; 4) Ability to purchase and/or create the necessary 
interface device for audio and transmit/receive switching. Basic computer, 
Internet, and email navigational skills are required. 
Articles pertaining to this course: ARRL to Offer HF Digital Communications 
Course 
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2002/04/12/3/

Optional Reference Material: HF Digital Handbook, $19.95. ARRL Order No. 9159. 
Click here to order. http://www.arrl.org/catalog/?item=9159


Fees: Member: $65 Non-member: $95 


Click here to register. https://www.arrl.org/forms/cce/reg.html?co_num=EC-005


  

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

[Howard Brown]

Skip, I had two contacts today and transferred mail and files with both 
stations.
We started out on PSK125 and dropped to PSK63.  We had strong interference
from a Pactor (1 and 3) station.  FLARQ managed to work through the QRM
and get the files transferred. In some cases we had a lot of retries but it 
worked.

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 package.  We will be trying it out on VHF as well.

Howard K5HB

- Original Message 
From: kh6ty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2008 6:39:35 PM
Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Text message passed ok via VBdigi texas to KH6 land










  



Hi Russ,



Sorry I have to rain on the parade, but I am now in South Carolina, and no 

longer in Hawaii. :-(



However, what is significant is that even with band conditions degrading 

rapidly, you managed to send me a message using Flarq, and it was received 

flawlessly with only one repeated block.



I was running 10 watts to a 20m inverted Vee in my attic (on 30m!) to your 5 

watts with a Butternut in the side yard. Band was going out, but because we 

were using ARQ, the message came through without an error, even though the 

raw text on VBdigi had errors.



If I had a 30m antenna, I would 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 Message - 

From: "Russell Blair" 

To: "Digital Radio" 

Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 7:29 PM

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



>I just had a qso on 10.137 usb with KH6TY and sent him

> a PSK31 txt message form Texas to kh6 land I was

> running 5w of power, we tryed a PSK63 but the band was

> gone and I had no copy on him. I need to play around

> and read up some more about this stuff..

>

> Russell NC5O

>

>  =

> IN GOD WE TRUST !

>  =

> Russell Blair NC5O

>  Skype-Russell Blair

> Hell Field #300

>  DRCC #55

>

>

>

> 

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[digitalradio] Re: Dead HF Packet Group??

[vk4jrc]

--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Charles Brabham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
>
> I took a look at it, but didn't bother to register. It looks like 
somebody 
> started a Yahoo group but did not know how to announce or promote the 
group 
> to prospective members.
> 
> To be honest, there is very little reason to resort to a Yahoo group 
for a 
> discussion about HF Packet when you have access to the Packet network 
> itself. - So another reason the group never took off might be that it 
is 
> redundant.
> 
> 73 DE Charles, N5PVL
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

There is very little activity on HF Packet in VK, I suggest there are 
many TNCs gathering dust ;-) Groups are an ideal way to coordinate 
skeds and help with tech info for newbies and oldies alike.
Whilst there are many people using software based modem solutions, the 
good old TNC still has a place, with inbuilt mailbox and you can drive 
it with a battery powered dumb terminal, which is great for field 
portable ops.
Use the high tech PC stuff when you operate from the comfort of your 
lounge! 
Mailbox ops are OK in VK as we can run auto, unattended stations if we 
want :-)

73s

Jack VK4JRC

Re: [digitalradio] Finding Com port

[Robert Thompson]

depending on the card, probably. please run lspci and look at the
output. Once you know the maker and model of the card, you can google
around to see if it is linux-compatible. If it is, you can find out
what is necessary to enable it in puppy.



On Jan 2, 2008 6:27 PM, Kevin O'Rorke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Maybe a bit off topic but I have placed this on "Linux hams" with no
> reply, so apologies in advance.
> This is the third time over 3 months that I have put a query on that
> forum without a reply, maybe the group is dead.
>
>
> I have downloaded pskmail_pup_w-0.5.5, installed and runs ok in windows.
> I cannot get PTT.
> I have done a dmesg and only ttyS0 is listed. I cannot use this port as
> it is committed to CAT on a range of  windows applications.
> I have a PCI Com card which Widows lists as Com3, and it is this port
> that I use for all PTT on all the other Windows programs.
> Is there any way that this PCI com can be made to be seen by PUPPY, and
> subsequently used for PTT.
>
> Kevin VK5OA
>
>
>
> Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Page at
> http://www.obriensweb.com/drsked/drsked.php
>
>
> View the DRCC numbers database at 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/database
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>



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

[Russell Blair]

Haw skip, well thats ok it was fun to get it to work,
now I'm headed to read up this program. It was nice to
work you in SC.

73 Russell NC5O

--- kh6ty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi Russ,
> 
> Sorry I have to rain on the parade, but I am now in
> South Carolina, and no 
> longer in Hawaii. :-(
> 
> However, what is significant is that even with band
> conditions degrading 
> rapidly, you managed to send me a message using
> Flarq, and it was received 
> flawlessly with only one repeated block.
> 
> I was running 10 watts to a 20m inverted Vee in my
> attic (on 30m!) to your 5 
> watts with a Butternut in the side yard. Band was
> going out, but because we 
> were using ARQ, the message came through without an
> error, even though the 
> raw text on VBdigi had errors.
> 
> If I had a 30m antenna, I would 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 Message - 
> From: "Russell Blair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Digital Radio" 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 7:29 PM
> Subject: [digitalradio] Text message passed ok via
> VBdigi texas to KH6 land
> 
> 
> >I just had a qso on 10.137 usb with KH6TY and sent
> him
> > a PSK31 txt message form Texas to kh6 land I was
> > running 5w of power, we tryed a PSK63 but the band
> was
> > gone and I had no copy on him. I need to play
> around
> > and read up some more about this stuff..
> >
> > Russell NC5O
> >
> > =
> > IN GOD WE TRUST !
> > =
> > Russell Blair NC5O
> >  Skype-Russell Blair
> > Hell Field #300
> >  DRCC #55
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> >
>

> > Be a better friend, newshound, and
> > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile.  Try it now. 
> >
>
http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
> >
> >
> 
> 
>

> 
> 
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= 
IN GOD WE TRUST ! 
= 
Russell Blair NC5O
  Skype-Russell Blair 
Hell Field #300
  DRCC #55



  

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

[kh6ty]

Hi Russ,

Sorry I have to rain on the parade, but I am now in South Carolina, and no 
longer in Hawaii. :-(

However, what is significant is that even with band conditions degrading 
rapidly, you managed to send me a message using Flarq, and it was received 
flawlessly with only one repeated block.

I was running 10 watts to a 20m inverted Vee in my attic (on 30m!) to your 5 
watts with a Butternut in the side yard. Band was going out, but because we 
were using ARQ, the message came through without an error, even though the 
raw text on VBdigi had errors.

If I had a 30m antenna, I would 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 Message - 
From: "Russell Blair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Digital Radio" 
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 7:29 PM
Subject: [digitalradio] Text message passed ok via VBdigi texas to KH6 land


>I just had a qso on 10.137 usb with KH6TY and sent him
> a PSK31 txt message form Texas to kh6 land I was
> running 5w of power, we tryed a PSK63 but the band was
> gone and I had no copy on him. I need to play around
> and read up some more about this stuff..
>
> Russell NC5O
>
> =
> IN GOD WE TRUST !
> =
> Russell Blair NC5O
>  Skype-Russell Blair
> Hell Field #300
>  DRCC #55
>
>
>
> 
> 
> Be a better friend, newshound, and
> know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile.  Try it now. 
> http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
>
>





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

[Russell Blair]

I just had a qso on 10.137 usb with KH6TY and sent him
a PSK31 txt message form Texas to kh6 land I was
running 5w of power, we tryed a PSK63 but the band was
gone and I had no copy on him. I need to play around
and read up some more about this stuff..

Russell NC5O  

= 
IN GOD WE TRUST ! 
= 
Russell Blair NC5O
  Skype-Russell Blair 
Hell Field #300
  DRCC #55



  

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[digitalradio] Finding Com port

[Kevin O'Rorke]

Maybe a bit off topic but I have placed this on "Linux hams" with no 
reply, so apologies in advance.
This is the third time over 3 months that I have put a query on that 
forum without a reply, maybe the group is dead.


I have downloaded pskmail_pup_w-0.5.5, installed and runs ok in windows.
I cannot get PTT.
I have done a dmesg and only ttyS0 is listed. I cannot use this port as 
it is committed to CAT on a range of  windows applications.
I have a PCI Com card which Widows lists as Com3, and it is this port 
that I use for all PTT on all the other Windows programs.
Is there any way that this PCI com can be made to be seen by PUPPY, and 
subsequently used for PTT.

Kevin VK5OA

[digitalradio] The Pactor Strategy???

[vk4jrc]

So, given we seem to have some Pactor people, not yet in the grave ;-)
Maybe we need to try and coordinate something as a few of us have
discussed here. I will go along with any ideas on band, freq etc.
My setup is flexible, can run a beacon if needed, set up a mailbox or
simply make itinerant CQ calls. I suspect IF I sit at the keyboard
waiting for the manager of the ionosphere, to generate some ideal
propagation possibilities..I could die waiting, at the keyboard :-)
Since unattended auto station operation is legal here (snicker!) The
mailbox may be a start with a bell, so IF I get a keybord contact, I
can hear it. Have various software I can run, according to the
features needed for my SCS PTCPro TNC.
Who wants to set up, with what:-)

73s

Jack VK4JRC

Re: [digitalradio] Testing NBEMS on 10.137

[Russell Blair]

Well I got a FLArq beacon on 10.137 usb psk31. Can
anyone hear me out there ?

Russell nc5o
--- Sholto Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> If anyone wants to try I am QRV on 10.137 (+1000AF)
> with VBDigi & FLArq.
> 
> 73 Sholto
> KE7HPV DN08
> 
> 
> 
> - Original Message - 
> From: "Bill McLaughlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 11:57 AM
> Subject: [digitalradio] Re: NBEMS setup
> 
> 
> You might try creating a shortcut to the mail folder
> and then drag the
> shortcut wherever you desire.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Bill N9DSJ
> 
> 
> --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com,
> "jhaynesatalumni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to follow the instructions in 
> > VBdigi under Help->Radio email setup.
> > 
> > I navigate to C:\NBEMS\Mail
> > I put the mouse pointer on the ARQout folder and
> > hold down the right mouse button and try to drag 
> > it to the menu bar at the bottom of the screen,
> and
> > I get the slashed-circle "not" symbol. (and all my
> > open windows get minimized).
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 


= 
IN GOD WE TRUST ! 
= 
Russell Blair NC5O
  Skype-Russell Blair 
Hell Field #300
  DRCC #55



  

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[digitalradio] Re: MultiPSK newest version

[dl8le]

Hello Omar,

as far as I know the latest version of Multipsk is 4.6.

Could it be that you have mixed this with the new DXKeeper 6.0x?

73, HNY

Juergen, DL8LE

--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "o." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi Group and Happy New Year;
> 
> I have MultiPSK Ver. 6 but lately I have noted in the group talk 
about Ver.6 *
> 
> Can anybody confirm please?
> 
> 73
> 
> de
> 
> Omar YK1AO
>

[digitalradio] FLARQ beacon on 3584 USB PSK63

[Steinar Aanesland]

Hi all
I am testing FLARQ beacon on 3584 USB PSK63.
Anyone able to copy me ?

73 de LA5VNA Steinar

[digitalradio] DigitalRadio sked page 2.0-RC1

[Joe Veldhuis]

http://www.electroblog.com/sked/index.html

This is a complete rewrite from scratch, intended to address some of the 
shortcomings and limitations of the old sked page, namely its intolerably long 
run times and the fact that any text you're entering is lost if the page 
refreshes. Test it and report any bugs to me.

Once all the bugs are fixed, we'll see about moving it to Andy's site.

-Joe, N8FQ

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS setup

[kh6ty]

>I'm trying to follow the instructions in
>VBdigi under Help->Radio email setup.

>I navigate to C:\NBEMS\Mail
>I put the mouse pointer on the ARQout folder and
>hold down the right mouse button and try to drag
>it to the menu bar at the bottom of the screen, and
>I get the slashed-circle "not" symbol. (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

[digitalradio] Testing NBEMS on 10.137

[Sholto Fisher]

If anyone wants to try I am QRV on 10.137 (+1000AF) with VBDigi & FLArq.

73 Sholto
KE7HPV DN08



- Original Message - 
From: "Bill McLaughlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 11:57 AM
Subject: [digitalradio] Re: NBEMS setup


You might try creating a shortcut to the mail folder and then drag the
shortcut wherever you desire.

73,

Bill N9DSJ


--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "jhaynesatalumni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> I'm trying to follow the instructions in 
> VBdigi under Help->Radio email setup.
> 
> I navigate to C:\NBEMS\Mail
> I put the mouse pointer on the ARQout folder and
> hold down the right mouse button and try to drag 
> it to the menu bar at the bottom of the screen, and
> I get the slashed-circle "not" symbol. (and all my
> open windows get minimized).
>

[digitalradio] Re: NBEMS setup

[Bill McLaughlin]

You might try creating a shortcut to the mail folder and then drag the
shortcut wherever you desire.

73,

Bill N9DSJ


--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "jhaynesatalumni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> I'm trying to follow the instructions in 
> VBdigi under Help->Radio email setup.
> 
> I navigate to C:\NBEMS\Mail
> I put the mouse pointer on the ARQout folder and
> hold down the right mouse button and try to drag 
> it to the menu bar at the bottom of the screen, and
> I get the slashed-circle "not" symbol. (and all my
> open windows get minimized).
>

[digitalradio] NBEMS setup

[jhaynesatalumni]

I'm trying to follow the instructions in 
VBdigi under Help->Radio email setup.

I navigate to C:\NBEMS\Mail
I put the mouse pointer on the ARQout folder and
hold down the right mouse button and try to drag 
it to the menu bar at the bottom of the screen, and
I get the slashed-circle "not" symbol. (and all my
open windows get minimized).

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS available for beta testing

[Steinar Aanesland]

Hi Andy,

7072 is not best the freq in my part of the world . Heavy QRM from SSB. 
But I will try copy you
of course ;)

73 de LA5VNA Steinar





Andrew O'Brien skrev:
>
> 7072 (VFO) PSK63 FLARQ beacon every 60 seconds with VBdigi NBECS
>
> ANdy K3UK
>
>  

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS available for beta testing

[Steinar Aanesland]

Great news Skip and Dave,. Thanks from Norway :)

73 de LA5VNA Steinar




Dave AA6YQ skrev:
>
> Nice work, Skip! Congrats!!!
>  
> 73,
>  
> Dave, AA6YQ
>  
> -Original Message-
> *From:* digitalradio@yahoogroups.com 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of *kh6ty
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 01, 2008 9:24 PM
> *To:* digitalradio@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* [digitalradio] NBEMS available for beta testing
>
> The NBEMS development team is pleased to announce the availability of a
> Windows NBEMS software suite for beta testing.
>
> The NarrowBand Emergency Messaging System (NBEMS) for Windows is a 
> suite of
> software programs designed for point-to-point, fast, error-free, 
> emergency
> messaging up to or over 100 miles distant, and takes up a very minimum of
> space on the ham bands, leaving more space for all other ham activites.
>
> The system is designed primarily for use on the two-meter band, or on HF
> with NVIS antennas, where there is a minimum of fading (QSB) to slow down
> message transfers. Two meters has the advantage that distances long 
> enough
> to span disaster areas of up to 100 miles can be dependably covered with
> small, portable antennas. In hilly regions, if two meters is not workable
> over the distances required, NVIS antennas on HF can be employed instead,
> but are not nearly as portable.
>
> The system uses the computer soundcard as the modem and, other than a 
> simple
> interface connection between the computer and transceiver, no additional
> hardware is needed.
>
> Composing and sending emergency messages on NBEMS utilizes the same 
> Outlook
> Express, Outlook, or Windows Mail, email program used for Internet email,
> and is no more difficult than sending an email over the Internet. 
> Messages
> just go over the radio instead, when the Internet, phone service, or
> repeater system is not locally reachable in an emergency.
>
> PSK63, PSK125, or PSK250 is used to modulate either two-meter SSB, or 
> HF SSB
> transmitters, using horizontally polarized antennas for greatest 
> range. Two
> meters is unique in that the propagation is more constant than on the 
> lower
> bands from 6 meters on down, range is greater, and absorption less, 
> than on
> the lowest UHF band, 70 cm, so much wider modes, that handle QSB by
> continuing to work far below the noise level, are not needed.
>
> This point-to-point system does not utilize repeaters, or email 
> robots, for
> message forwarding. All forwarding is always done by stations manned 
> by live
> operators on both ends, who can comfirm that a frequency is clear 
> locally,
> negotiate a QSY if necessary to avoid causing interference, and confirm
> delivery of a message by the intended recipient. The system depends 
> upon a
> multitude of radio amateurs providing the traditional public service
> function, similar to the way they always have, and gives more hams a 
> chance
> to help out with emergency communications without requiring a large 
> hardware
> investment.
>
> The software can also be used for daily casual communications on PSK31,
> PSK63, RTTY, or MFSK16 and is capable of sending flawless, high 
> resolution,
> passport photo-sized color images, in less than 10 minutes over any path
> that can sustain PSK250 without excessive repeats.
>
> All the members on this digitalradio reflector are invited to 
> participate in
> the beta test of the NBEMS. The NBEMS suite can be downloaded for beta
> testing from: http://w1hkj.com/NBEMS/  .
>
> Please give the system a try and send comments and bug reports to
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
>
> Happy New Year to you all!
>
> The NBEMS Development Team
>
> Skip, KH6TY
> Dave, W1HKJ
>
>  

[digitalradio] MultiPSK newest version

[o.]

Hi Group and Happy New Year;

I have MultiPSK Ver. 6 but lately I have noted in the group talk about Ver.6 
*

Can anybody confirm please?

73

de

Omar YK1AO

[digitalradio] Re: NBEMS

[Jerry W]

What are the suggested frequencies on 20 and 30 meters for NBEMS?

Jerry - K0HZI

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS available for beta testing

[Simon Brown]

FWIW I always link using MFC in a static library - this way I never need to 
ship possibly conflicting DLL's.

Downside - program can be larger, upside - less problems with user support 
which can chew up time.

Simon Brown, HB9DRV

- Original Message - 
From: "Sholto Fisher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Just a minor note, some of the Microsoft libraries (dll's) you reference 
> in
> the program are older versions. I think you might need to download Visual
> Studio SP6B, update the references and recompile? That should stop the 
> "The
> file being copied is older than the one presently on your system"
> messages...
> 

[digitalradio] NBEMS

[Howard Brown]

Calling CQ using NBEMS on 14073 + 1000 hz.  Will try to go to FLARQ if
anyone using NBEMS copies.

Howard K5HB

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS available for beta testing

[Sholto Fisher]

Hi Skip,

Just a minor note, some of the Microsoft libraries (dll's) you reference in
the program are older versions. I think you might need to download Visual
Studio SP6B, update the references and recompile? That should stop the "The
file being copied is older than the one presently on your system"
messages...

SP6 is at:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9EF9BF70-DFE1-42A1-A4C8-39718C7E381D&displaylang=en

Other than that minor note, well done and I am looking forward to trying it
out!

73 Sholto
KE7HPV.

[digitalradio] Re: Olivia question

[Jerry W]

Jeff,

What program are you trying to set up for Olivia also what is your
brand and model of the transceiver and sound device (internal or USB?).


Jerry - K0HZI





--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "jeffnjr484" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> hello,
> 
> Happy New year to everyone!!. Anyone good with olivia an how to setup
> and stuff im having some problems with the program mainly don't have a
> clue what a good setup is and need someone to mentor and maybe test with
> Jeff kd4qit
>

[digitalradio] Friendly people about...

[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

This is what often puts me off HF...

I see this.
13:40:02> Main
aoytc n ?SK
CQ CQ CQ DE UV5QA UV5QA UV5QA
CQ C
CQ CQ CQ DE UV5QA UV5QA UV5QA
CQ CQ CQ DE UV5QA UV5QA UV5QA
PSE K

So, I call him, to get this...

13:40:13> Main

DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX
CQ CQ CQ DE UV5QA UV5QA UV5QA
CQ CQ CQ DE UV5QA UV5QA UV5
PSE K

If he wanted only DX, why not start with that in the CQ?

Another one for the ignore list I guess.

Dave (G0DJA)

Re: [digitalradio] DRCC database export

[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am trying to update my DRCC member tracker, designed to help me keep 
> track of the DRCC members that I work per band and mode.  However, the 
> latest database system exports the information with speechmarks arround 
> the DRCC number and name and I don't want them.
>
> Can anyone advise how best to remove the speechmarks without having to 
> do this manually please?  I'm importing the CSV formatted file into Excel.
>
>   

All sorted now. :-)

Andy (K3UK) reminded me of the search and replace function...

Cheers - Dave (G0DJA)

[digitalradio] DRCC database export

[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

I am trying to update my DRCC member tracker, designed to help me keep 
track of the DRCC members that I work per band and mode.  However, the 
latest database system exports the information with speechmarks arround 
the DRCC number and name and I don't want them.

Can anyone advise how best to remove the speechmarks without having to 
do this manually please?  I'm importing the CSV formatted file into Excel.

Thanks - Dave (G0DJA)

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS available for beta testing

[Charles Brabham]

- Original Message - 
From: "kh6ty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 8:23 PM
Subject: [digitalradio] NBEMS available for beta testing


> The NBEMS development team is pleased to announce the availability of a
> Windows NBEMS software suite for beta testing.

What a great Christmas present for your fellow amateurs this year!

Thanks, Skip. - I am very excited about the new Windows version of NBEMS and 
look forward to trying out.

73 DE Charles Brabham, N5PVL 

Re: [digitalradio] Dead HF Packet Group??

[Charles Brabham]

I took a look at it, but didn't bother to register. It looks like somebody 
started a Yahoo group but did not know how to announce or promote the group 
to prospective members.

To be honest, there is very little reason to resort to a Yahoo group for a 
discussion about HF Packet when you have access to the Packet network 
itself. - So another reason the group never took off might be that it is 
redundant.

73 DE Charles, N5PVL
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


- Original Message - 
From: "vk4jrc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 3:39 PM
Subject: [digitalradio] Dead HF Packet Group??


I wonder if anyone here knows who runs this group?
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hf_packet_radio/
Seems like its a morgue :-) I applied 10 days ago.nothing.
While I am at ithow many active on HF Packet here?
Have a great New Year!

73s
Jack VK4JRC








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Re: [digitalradio] Re: Comments on the JT65A and Olivia contests

[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

Dave Bernstein wrote:
> 15 QSOs in about 2 hours of operating, just under half with European 
> stations, all on 20m. There was an MFSK-16 station QRV that 
> threatened my sanity; it wasn't the QRM, it was listening to 2 hours 
> of that moronic "music" that made me feel like Red Buttons in "the 
> Longest Day".

I tend to operate with the sound down on the radio, and only use the 
various monitor functions sparingly, so it's usually quiet in the shack 
when I'm playing digital modes.

The only exception being CW, as I prefer to read that myself, rather 
than use automatic decode, which has its own problems of course.

Dave (G0DJA)

Re: [digitalradio] Comments on the JT65A and Olivia contests

[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

Andrew O'Brien wrote:
> Of the 15 or so logs received so far, the comments appear to be.
>
> The bands (40 and 20M) were in very poor conditions
>
>   
I'm sorry that I wasn't able to be as active as I wanted to be.  A 
family illness and a guest staying overnight on New Years Eve/New Years 
Day hampered my access to the station.

I did leave JT65A running, and I can email a text file of what I picked 
up if anyone wants it, rather than clogging up the reflector with it.

I made 3 contacts using Olivia, and one 'gotaway' that I did not count 
as he got my callsign slightly wrong just before the signals faded out 
completely.

My brief Olivia log looks like this (I will submit it properly Andy, 
don't worry :-)  )

7000 RY 2008-01-01 2101 DL8LE 599   
7000 RY 2008-01-01 1816 UT1XA 599   
7000 RY 2008-01-01 1734 IV3AVQNot Completed 
7000 RY 2008-01-01 1704 OZ1TMK599   

Cheers - Dave (G0DJA)

[digitalradio] Re: Dead HF Packet Group??

[iam9z4cp]

HF Packet is very much alive and well, just not on the Yahoo groups.
You need to tune 14.105 and you will hear lots of HF packet. It is
known as Network 105 and has been there for about 20 years. I myself
was active here until recently, when I had to re-dedicate the computer
 that I was using for that to other things. There is a users group,
but it is on its own server. Contact Burt, VE1AMA for all the details.
Try 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Eric 9Z4CP.

 
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Andrew O'Brien"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> That group has had just three posts in 2007 and none since July, I
> think it is pushing up daisies.
> 
> Andy
> 
> 
> On Jan 1, 2008 4:39 PM, vk4jrc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I wonder if anyone here knows who runs this group?
> >  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hf_packet_radio/
> >  Seems like its a morgue :-) I applied 10 days ago.nothing.
> >  While I am at ithow many active on HF Packet here?
> >  Have a great New Year!
> >
> >  73s
> >  Jack VK4JRC
> >
> >  
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Andy K3UK
> www.obriensweb.com
> (QSL via N2RJ)
>

[digitalradio] Olivia question

[jeffnjr484]

hello,

Happy New year to everyone!!. Anyone good with olivia an how to setup
and stuff im having some problems with the program mainly don't have a
clue what a good setup is and need someone to mentor and maybe test with
Jeff kd4qit

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Comments on the JT65A and Olivia contests

[Rick]

I had one contact with AA6YQ on Olivia 500/8. There were actually two 
MFSK16 Q's going on, next to each and in between some of the Olivia 
stations. At least one was a regular digitalradio poster:)

I find MFSK16 to be much more tolerable than Olivia which also gives me 
a queasy sort of feeling. Nothing will probably ever be like Clover II 
which has to be about the most pleasant sounding digital mode. Nothing 
like raucous Pactor which is one of the worst!

But when you mentioned Red Buttons and being stressed from music, I 
immediately assumed this would have to be his performance in "They Shoot 
Horses, Don't They?". Not a recommended movie for an uplifting time 
however.

I like movies with reasonably happy endings. Maybe something like "The 
Game."

73,

Rick, KV9U



Dave Bernstein wrote:
> 15 QSOs in about 2 hours of operating, just under half with European 
> stations, all on 20m. There was an MFSK-16 station QRV that 
> threatened my sanity; it wasn't the QRM, it was listening to 2 hours 
> of that moronic "music" that made me feel like Red Buttons in "the 
> Longest Day". MFSK-16 definitely deserves its own band segment, 
> preferably with padded soundproof walls. Too bad Pactor III doesn't 
> sound like that; Winlink would have had their own private band 
> segment years ago. 
>
>73,
>
>Dave, AA6YQ
>
>   

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS available for beta testing

[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 Security Suite has blocked setup.exe from creating a new
> process. If you trust setup.exe and believe it requires a process to be
> created, then you may want to change the Trust Level of this program. It
> is also possible that the attempt to create a process was malicious in
> nature. In that case, you should not change the Trust Level so that your
> system will continue to be protected.
>
> This is the first time that this has occurred on a great number of Setup
> exe's
>
> Consequently I am reluctant to proceed further.
>
> Any help appreciated
>
> Kevin VK5OA

Re: [digitalradio] Help file error in VBdigi

[kh6ty]

Thanks, Andy. Will check this right away.

Skip


- Original Message - 
From: "Andrew O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "DIGITALRADIO" 
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 10:08 PM
Subject: [digitalradio] Help file error in VBdigi


> Dave/Skip
>
> When I attempt to minimize the help files, I get a run time error (350)
>
>
>
> -- 
> Andy K3UK
> www.obriensweb.com
> (QSL via N2RJ)
>





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Re: [digitalradio] Re: Comments on the JT65A and Olivia contests

[Simon Brown]

- Original Message - 
From: "Dave Bernstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Patrick, the newest version of DXKeeper provides a sub-mode field;
> it'd be nice if MultiPSK would log things like the Olivia tone
> constellation there: APP_DXKEEPER_SUBMODE. Perhaps Simon and I can
> convince the ADIF development community to make this a standard field.
>


Dave,

If you mean me then I'm all for it - maybe as a free-format field? At least 
there would be an official ADIF name / max length for interchange.

Simon Brown, HB9DRV 

Re: [digitalradio] Re: PSKmail

[Rein Couperus]

Flarq is based on pskmail but is not completely compatible.

If there is enough interest I could think of generating a C++ class for 
pskmail, 
that would also make it a bit faster :) Would take some time though.

73,

Rein PA0R

> -Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
> Von: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com
> Gesendet: 01.01.08 16:37:57
> An: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com
> Betreff: [digitalradio] Re: PSKmail


>  
>  
>  
> 
> > It would be nice to have the pskmail functionality in a "re-usable"
> form. 
> 
> 
> > The code is complicated enough to need deep involvement to understand. 
> > It's not possible to "quick-hack" it into C. We need the help of the 
> > author !
> 
> There is a C implementation of flARQ. It uses gtk UI toolkit and there
> is a port of gtk to Windows. I already tried to compile it on Windows
> and connect it to PocketDigi, but there is some work needed, as
> threading and communication between flARQ and flDigi are not directly
> portable to Windows.
> 
> AFAIK pskmail slightly extends protocol, that flARQ implements.
> 
> 73, Vojtech OK1IAK
> 
>   
>  
> 

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