Re: [digitalradio] Re: DEX vs. MT-63 -- Linux Version?
Thanks, that site has all sorts of ham software a lot of it for Linux/Windows. Digital modes is something I have not tried before and I want to get involve so this will help a lot, I mostly run Linux myself. I use Puppy Linux on a old laptop for it's speed and also to rescue data from PC's that will not boot. At 11:13 PM 2/23/2007, you wrote: I downloaded the live http://www.w1hkj.com/flpuppy.htmlflPuppy Live-CD today with fldigi 3.0 built-in and have been playing around a bit with it and I am impressed. With everyting in RAM it is sure fast. I saved everything and will see if all is restored when I boot the computer again. Darrel VE7CUS On 22-Feb-07, at 10:42 AM, kd4e wrote: What Linux app would you recommend that offers DominoEX, especially DEX11 = -12 and DEX22 = -9 with and without FEC? I am in the midst of a major reorganization of my radio room and may dedicate a Kenwood TS-180 to digital modes, including DominoEX and also sstv, dsstv, PSK31, etc ... seems there are new digital modes or updates to existing ones every week! I need to find an affordable older laptop and run the tiny Puppy Linux OS with digital modes on it. Possibly an older IBM 600-series as they are very reliable and lots of parts are available. Whatever I can be sure will be natively compatible with Linux and will run directly (if not charge the internal battery) on 12vdc. WDYT? It does seem that DEX22/FEC works better than DEX11 without FEC in many cases even though the throughput speed is about the same. However, under weak signal condx, I suspect that DEX11 wihout FEC would work deeper into the noise. As I am finding out on many HF circuits, the ability to handle the vagaries of the ionosphere is often more important than the raw ability to handle AWGN. I did think that MT-63 would do better than DEX11/FEC and DEX22/FEC, but it was much worse during the 160 meter test. Signal strengths were generally quite good though and QRN was not too bad considering the time of year here in the northern hemisphere. It will be most interesting to see what happens this summer with static crashes. It just seemed like DEX was able to handle static crashes better than other non-ARQ modes. 73, Rick, KV9U -- Thanks! 73, doc, KD4E ~~ Projects: http://ham-macguyver.bibleseven.comhttp://ham-macguyver.bibleseven.com Personal: http://bibleseven.comhttp://bibleseven.com ~~ Cecil Bayona KD5NWA www.qrpradio.com 'Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you with experience.'
Re: [digitalradio] Can I get a rig with MORE?
I downloaded the code from the SVN a couple of days ago and I'm wondering what will the Radio core will do, I don't need a detailed explanation just some broad strokes. At 05:15 PM 2/15/2007, you wrote: Walt: Frank, Eric, and I have specfically answered all of your questions about the Linux support. It is completely controllable under Linux now especially for those who have no need for fancy radio GUI's. For those that need GUI's there ARE GUI's and more will be coming. Roger Rehr has painted the road with crayola crayon especially for you: http://www.nitehawk.com/w3sz but the Linux code does not have the polished presentation of the Windows version of code AND IT DOES NOT SUFFER FROM ITS LIMITATIONS. It is poised to take off now. There are several approaches to take such as dttsp-shell (available from Edson Pereira) or the java GUI done by John Melton or usSDR gui done by Jonathan Naylor. Frank and I are not interested in doing this GUI work. We are interested in support anyone who wants to do the GUI work. Bob N4HY (coauthor DttSP with AB2KT) DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA wrote: Peter, IMHO, the SDR-1000 has some of the best specs. out and is the most configurable transceiver on the market. I have seen the insides of the transceiver several times and the construction looks good. But note that it is only controllable using MS NT (maybe), W2K, XP but I understand that there is a problem controlling it with Vista. According to Felx Radio there is third party software to control the SDR-1000 with Linux but I'll be darned if I can find anything that gives steps 1, 2, 3, to take, to download, compile the application or configure the radio. If a manufacturer claims that there is 3rd party software but can't tell you where it is, then I think they should not claim that there is such software and let it go at that. For that reason I am leery of buying hardware that makes such claims. I have seen demonstrations of the SDR-1000 and I have used the TS-1000/2000 series radios and the SDR-1000 is most impressive against the Yaesu radios. 73, Walt/K5YFW -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter G. Viscarola Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 1:30 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] Can I get a rig with MORE? I work digital modes (PSK, RTTY, MFSK, Olivia, etc) almost exclusively. I also have a pretty low noise environment, living out in the country and with my antenna (a dipole) almost 100' from the nearest RF noise source. Note that upgrading my antenna system is really not an option at this point for a whole lot of reasons. I presently have a TS-2000 and I like it a lot. I like the ability to use the IF DSP to narrow the passband from each side to isolate the signal I want. I've been pretty successful with it, too. Given my modest setup I'm rapidly closing-in on my first 100 for DXCC, after being on HF for only about 4 months. Could I gain some sensitivity/selectivity/better filtering by upgrading my rig? What rigs might folks suggest? How about the SDR-1000? Better? Worse? Something else? I'm relatively new to HF, so I'm looking for some elmering I suppose -- Is my rig doing as well as any? Or, is a significant step up possible? Again... I'm interested strictly in digital mode performance. And, again, while I'd *like* to put up a tower with a beam (and I *know* the old adage about 1 dollar spent on antennas is worth 100 spent in teh shack), that just can't happen (for any price I can pay) given my location. Thanks for your opinions, de Peter K1PGV __ Announce your digital presence via our DX Cluster telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Our other groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxlist/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup http://groups.yahoo.com/group/contesting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wnyar http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Omnibus97 Yahoo! Groups Links -- AMSAT Director and VP Engineering. Member: ARRL, AMSAT-DL, TAPR, Packrats, NJQRP, QRP ARCI, QCWA, FRC. ARRL SDR WG Chair Taking fun as simply fun and earnestness in earnest shows how thoroughly thou none of the two discernest. - Piet Hine Announce your digital presence via our DX Cluster telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Our other groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxlist/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup http://groups.yahoo.com/group/contesting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wnyar http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Omnibus97 Yahoo! Groups Links Cecil KD5NWA www.qrpradio.com www.hpsdr.com Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscripti catapultas habebunt. (When catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults!)
Re: [digitalradio] PocketDigi and ATS-3A
You might consider getting Michael Harnage W1MT to mirror you changes, he has several versions of the software available at his site. URL:http://w1mt.qrpradio.com/ At 08:52 AM 2/12/2007, you wrote: Hi gang. In spirit of QRP digital operation, I plan to extend PocketDigi and ATS-3A firmware to support modulation of FSK modes (RTTY, MFSK16, Olivia, Domino) and PSK modes by the ATS-3A DDS directly. Ron Pfeiffer N1ZSW donated his ATS-3A for my Pocket PC / DDS experiments! Thanks a lot, Ron! 73, Vojtech OK1IAK Cecil Bayona KD5NWA www.qrpradio.com www.hpsdr.com 'Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you with experience.'
Re: [digitalradio] Re: Eliminating musical sound card problems
I guess it's your version of Linux that is the problem, I use Ubuntu V6.06 and have several PC's with it. I also have two MP3+ USB sound card that I plug into a PC when I need additional sound card, it works fine on all PC's. I also have one with Suse V10.1 and it didn't have any issues with it either. Linux can sometimes be a little cranky with multiple sound cards depending on the distro you use. At 11:34 AM 2/3/2007, you wrote: Anyone want to try a Creative SoundBlaster USB MP3+ external device? http://www.soundblaster.com/products/mp3+/ Two Line-In and two Line-Out RCA connectors. Optical-In and Optical-Out Phones and Mic-In 1/8 connectors Volume Control. Included CD adds tons of features. Not as Linux-friendly as I had hoped so I am selling it. Perhaps someone else can put it to good use. Was $39. on sale plus shipping ... Asking $35. Incl. shipping USA, orig. box, etc. A 2nd sound device such as a Creative, Griffin iMic, or perhaps the new TigerTronics all-in-one device, will go a long way towards eliminating this phenomenon, as Windows, if I am not mistaken, generates its noise on the primary card. I do this on Linux in my shack. 73, Leigh/WA5ZNU -- Thanks! 73, doc, KD4E ~~ Projects: http://ham-macguyver.bibleseven.com Personal: http://bibleseven.com ~~ Announce your digital presence via our DX Cluster telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Our other groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxlist/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup http://groups.yahoo.com/group/contesting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wnyar http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Omnibus97 Yahoo! Groups Links Cecil Bayona KD5NWA www.qrpradio.com 'Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you with experience.'
Re: [digitalradio] PSK on AM and you get two sidebands for diversity
The SoftRock V6.1 two band transceiver is very expensive, it's $32 if you can afford that much I recommend you buy one. ;} What a deal! At 06:19 PM 2/1/2007, you wrote: Don't know... I'll have to do a google search on softrock and see what it is. If that *is* what a softrock is, I may just have to get one to play with :) Jose A. Amador wrote: Isn't that a Softrock using SDR-1000 or M0KGK software? Jose, CO2JA Announce your digital presence via our DX Cluster telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Our other groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxlist/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup http://groups.yahoo.com/group/contesting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wnyar http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Omnibus97 Yahoo! Groups Links Cecil Bayona KD5NWA www.qrpradio.com 'Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you with experience.'
Re: [digitalradio] Softrock 40?
The TxRX is available in several models, but you can of course make changes to it. 160M only 80M and 40M 40M and 30M The SoftRock V6.2 lite is available in a multitude of bands. You either send a money order or what most do is send a Paypal payment. See the email below; Hi.. Lots of the SoftRock Lite kits are available for quick response to PayPal orders. The v6 SoftRock Lite with the v6.2 circuit baord is a single-board receiver kit that provides single-band coverage with each kit. The board size is 1.5 inches square and a height of about 0.6 inches. Connections on the board provide for QSD mute so the SoftRock can be used with a separate transmitter. A view of the of the earlier v6.0 SoftRock may be seen at http://ewjt.com/kd5tfd/sdr1k-notebook/sr40/sr6-production/index.htmlhttp://ewjt.com/kd5tfd/sdr1k-notebook/sr40/sr6-production/index.html which gives a good idea of the general look of the SoftRock Lite board except the Lite is a square board. The software may be download at no cost with a number of programs available that will play the SoftRock receiver. Please see: Flex Software http://www.flex-radio.com/http://www.flex-radio.com/ Rocky Software http://www.dxatlas.com/rocky/http://www.dxatlas.com/rocky/ KGKSDR Software http://www.m0kgk.co.uk/sdr/index.phphttp://www.m0kgk.co.uk/sdr/index.php SDRadio Software http://digilander.libero.it/i2phd/sdradio/index.htmlhttp://digilander.libero.it/i2phd/sdradio/index.html Winrad Software http://digilander.libero.it/i2phd/winrad/index.htmlhttp://digilander.libero.it/i2phd/winrad/index.html Documentation to build the kit may be downloaded from files area of http://groups.yahoo.com/group/softrock40/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/softrock40/ You will have to register at of the website to download the documents for the kit. Here are the five kit options that are being offered at this time. 40m kit option 40m kit at $10 US/Canada and $11 for DX will tune the following ranges: 40m when used with a soundcard that samples at 48 kHz - 7.032 to 7.08 MHz 40m when used with a soundcard that samples at 96 kHz - 7.008 to 7.106 MHz 80m kit option 80m kit at $10 US/Canada and $11 for DX will tune the following ranges: 80m when used with a soundcard that samples at 48 kHz - 3.504 to 3.552 MHz 80m when used with a soundcard that samples at 96 kHz - 3.48 to 3.576 MHz 160m kit option 160m single band kit at $10 US/Canada and $11 for DX will tune the following ranges: 160m when used with a soundcard that samples at 48 kHz - 1.819 to 1.867 MHz 160m when used with a soundcard that samples at 96 kHz - 1.795 to 1.891 MHz 30m kit option 30m single band kit at $10 US/Canada and $11 for DX will tune the following ranges: 30m when used with a soundcard that samples at 48 kHz - 10.100 to 10.148 MHz 20m kit option 20m single band kit at $10 US/Canada and $11 for DX will tune the following ranges: 20m when used with a soundcard that samples at 96 kHz - 13.968 to 14.094 MHz Orders will be accepted by PayPal to user name mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] or by mailing a check or money order to me at: Tony Parks 1344 E 750 N Springport, IN 47386 Thanks for your interest the SoftRock projects. 73, Tony KB9YIG At 09:58 PM 1/20/2007, you wrote: Andy, You send PayPal to Tony Parks when he says he has some. He doesn't have a web site but he turns out thousands of kits and assembled boards quickly and extraordinarily cheaply. I ordered a special v6lite on the K2 IF frequency assembled (have built a softrock40 myself already) and got it in my mailbox for under $30. So, search the recent messages on the softrock40 yahoo group for Tony's posts. I believe the current model is v6 txrx, the first that does tx. I think it is monoband but the next round will be dual band. 73, Leigh/WA5ZNU On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 6:43 pm, Andrew O'Brien wrote: Is there a web site that one can go to and ORDER a Softrock 40 kit ? All I can find are dead links and outdated ones that refer to version 5. Announce your digital presence via our DX Cluster telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Our other groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxlist/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup http://groups.yahoo.com/group/contesting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wnyar http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Omnibus97 Yahoo! Groups Links Cecil Bayona KD5NWA www.qrpradio.com Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far the Universe is winning. -- Rich Cook.
Re: [digitalradio] US Hams Codeless Feb 23
If you do psychological testing then the 75M band will be empty. At 08:51 PM 1/19/2007, you wrote: Your analogy does not work: obviously it is impossible for blind people to drive safely, but it is not impossible for people to communicate safely and effectively by radio without Morse Code. A better way to screen out the idiots would be to use psychological testing. The Code tests obviously haven't done the trick. Alan NV8A On 01/19/07 08:56 pm John Becker wrote: Funny how it worked so well so damn long with the requirement. this PC stuff has got to stop. what's next blind people driving? This change eliminates an unnecessary regulatory burden that may discourage current Amateur Radio operators from advancing their skills and participating more fully in the benefits of Amateur Radio, the FCC remarked in the Morse code RO. B A L O N E Y SK Announce your digital presence via our DX Cluster telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Our other groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxlist/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup http://groups.yahoo.com/group/contesting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wnyar http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Omnibus97 Yahoo! Groups Links Cecil KD5NWA www.hpsdr.com www.qrpradio.com Sacred cows make the best hamburger Don Seglio Batuna
Re: [digitalradio] New to PSK31 - advice please ??
Adrian Brentnall wrote: HI Andrew Thanks for the reply (Sorry for the top posting - Thunderbird doesn't seem willing to break your text into smaller segments for in-line reposnses.) I'm using a straight cable connection from rig to PC (with appropriate attenuation !) Actually - I did have a very quick QSO last night with a DK0 station - so that proves that 'something' is working g - and that was on about 15w pep - so maybe there's no need to worry about anything higher-powered (radio is an Alinco DX70 - low power 10-ish W, high power round about the 100) The second station I called couldn't read me - but then - that's life I take your point about audio/signal levels on TX. Digipan has a 'tune' facility - they advise tweaking the tx drive until it juyst stops increasing, then backing it off to half that level, a indicated on the SWR meter. Been doing that, and it seems to help. The antenna is a 132ft doublet fed with open feeder right back to the atu. Not ideal from the RF-in-the-shack point of view, but supposed to be good from the matching point of view. My thought was, that by effectively isolating the reg and the PC from each other, I'd stand a better chance of success. Since posting I've found a source of 600R 1:1 transformers (apparently used in telecomms / modems applications - and available from RS's Irish sibling - www.radionics.ie) - costing about 5 euro each - so that's not too bad I might go the whole hog and opto-isolate the PTT line as well - I've got a box of opto-isolators somewhere g Many thanks Adrian EI5JV Andrew O'Brien wrote: Adrian, How are you connecting your PC to the radio? It just a straight connection of cable from/to the souncard and rig? I did this year ago when PSk31 was new, even with this potentially poor method I was able to get 20 watts out without an nasty raspy signals. 20-30 watts is plenty of power for PSK31 in Europe. In the old days of PSK pioneering the most common QSO task was one of getting signal reports. Operators were happy to spend time with a new PSKer and let them vary their ouput levels until any distorted signals were eliminated or greatly reduced. If we can find a ham from this group that can set up a schedule with you, it will help you a lot. Aside from the isolation issue, there is also the need to make sure that your signal is not too hot, that your audio output from the soundcard is low. In Windows soundcard mixer, make sure you have the audio slider at a fairly level. Start low and increase it slightly. I assume you have also read about the need to check your ALC settings. No ALC reading , or a very slight hint of ALC on the meter, is usually recommended. Sorry I can't help with a source of opto isolators in Eire. Do they have Dixons there or Tandy? In the USA Tandy sells them. On 1/2/07, *adrianrav4* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All Having just moved house ( country!), and set up the HF radio gear for the first time in quite a few years - I'm having a dabble with PSK31. I suspect that I'm having problems with poor isolation between the radio and the PC - at the moment the 'quickly knocked-up' interface is 'direct' - no opto or transformer isolation. I can read the PSK31 quite nicely (using DigiPan) - and load up the TX on low power (10W) - but higher TX power seems to generate odd squeaks and general instability ...also - I have yet to get a reply from any other station on PSK - which makes me wonder if my signal's getting distorted past the point of readability ? Does anybody have a source for 1:1 audio isolation transformers ? I can't seem to find them from the usual suspects (ebay, CPC...?) - would need to be an organisation that ships to Ireland. Many thanks in advance Adrian - EI5JV Remember an old modem will have one of those transformers inside. -- Cecil KD5NWA www.qrpradio.com www.hpsdr.com Sacred Cows make the best Hamburger! Don Seglio Batuna
Re: [digitalradio] Best 40KHz for PSK SSB QRP on 40 80M?
kd4e wrote: Andrew O'Brien wrote: Can USA ops actually use 7035 ? I worked an African there the other night via Feld Hell but then wondered if I was not supposed to be down there with data modes? USA 7000 - 7125 is OK for Data 7025 - 7125 is Data CW CW is not permitted in 7000 - 7025 Check the band chart, CW, is allowed from 7.000MHz to 7.300MHz, the segment from 7.000MHz to 7.025MHz is for Extra license only, but CW, data and, RTTY is allowed in that segment of the 40 meter band in the US. -- Cecil KD5NWA www.qrpradio.com www.hpsdr.com Sacred Cows make the best Hamburger! Don Seglio Batuna
Re: [digitalradio] Best 40KHz for PSK SSB QRP on 40 80M?
list email filter wrote: I thought that 7000 - 7025 was the Extra CW / RTTY / Data segment? At any rate, aren't we (USA licensed amateurs operating in ITU Region 2 or in international waters aboard a USA registered ship) allowed to operate CW anywhere we have privileges (with the exception of 60m)? Or have I missed something with the recent changes? Erik N7HMS kd4e wrote: Andrew O'Brien wrote: Can USA ops actually use 7035 ? I worked an African there the other night via Feld Hell but then wondered if I was not supposed to be down there with data modes? USA 7000 - 7125 is OK for Data 7025 - 7125 is Data CW CW is not permitted in 7000 - 7025 You are correct, CW is allowed in any band segment where you have privileges, with the exception of 60 meters. -- Cecil KD5NWA www.qrpradio.com www.hpsdr.com Sacred Cows make the best Hamburger! Don Seglio Batuna
Re: [digitalradio] Announcing : Annual Digitalradio Awards 2006.
Brett Owen Rees VK2TMG wrote: Cecil, Thanks for the pointer to the Softrock txrx kit - it looks like a lot of fun for not many dollars. A question for you - is mounting the surface mount components do-able for the average ham with no special surface mount gear? Tnx es 73 de Brett VK2TMG Besides soldering with an iron there are three other techniques available for soldering SMT's. I document the use of a toaster oven on my site and there are links to sites that use a embossing air gun, and another that uses a skillet. The oven is good for two sided boards, the embossing gun is good for two sides, one side at a time, it's also good for removing or salvaging componets off a board, and the use of a skillet, good for single sided boards only. The site with the embossing gun tutorial has a small supply of soldering paste for sale. In these methods the oven or the skillet, should not be used to cook food any longer, lead poisoning is not a good thing. I personally have used the oven and the embossing gun methods and they both work quite well. both allow you to take your time and place the components before soldering the whole board in one shot. I have poor vision and I find that soldering SMT boards with an oven considerably easier that soldering a board with components. URL:http://www.hpsdr.com/Public/Projects/SMT/SMT.html I recommend if you are going to try these methods, to read up on it first, once you start soldering it goes rather quickly and you have no time to be looking information up, and that you try it on a simple project first like a dummy load. -- Cecil KD5NWA www.qrpradio.com www.hpsdr.com Sacred Cows make the best Hamburger! Don Seglio Batuna
Re: [digitalradio] Announcing : Annual Digitalradio Awards 2006.
w6ids wrote: Hey, Cecil I went to the link at the end of your message. The site seems a bit sparse. I did learn of Soft Rocks a while ago, but it memory serves, it seemed like the project was sort of going into a sleepy mode. Tell me where to look for specific thingies like pricing for additional frequency bands, any goals for power out like perhaps 10 or 50 watts, development goals, software/GUI, typical ops. I saw the subdirs that incuded articles but I'm looking for what the info would be NOW. Is there a specific window through which orders can be placed, other than what's shown on the site? Where are all the units that have been sold? If they're on the air, sadly, I've never run across one. I wonder if my questions only show me to be a bit of a simple digital mushroom or something? Now, that said, if I missed something at the site I just visited, forgive me. I'm interested Howard W6IDS Richmond, IN First, that is not an official site of any kind so it does not reflect the latest and greatest available information. The official place for information is the Yahoo SoftRock40 group, that is the place where the designer of the SoftRock series discusses upcoming new items and people who use the SoftRock's discuss changes and improvements. You are not going to find much information in any other list. I have not updated my site in a while so it's a little behind the times, I'm planning on updating my site some time in the next two weeks. I have no clue where you got the information that the project was not active, it has been continually active and several different models have been available. Recently some beta's of a transceiver model was made available and after a few tweaks will be available early next year (next week). Since up to now the effort was concentrated on receivers explains why you have not heard one on the air, the few that are on the air besides receiving are made by individuals, but soon with an official transceiver so there will be a few on the air. The initial run will be 1000 transceivers. This project is a technology sampler and as such is not meant to compete with commercial units, the output will be slightly over 1 watt peak, it will be up to individuals to go further by additions of their own amplifiers. There are several people that are modifying their software to create a transceiver, but so far most are not making the source code available for custom modifications, the only exception is the FlexRadio software, a special modified version is available from Bill Tracey and will soon be incorporated into the Flex main release. All information on the project is to be found in the Yahoo group including schematics, ordering information, and building instructions. Originally the first SoftRock was made available by the AMQRP club, but due complains from QRP-L members about the volume of emails and the AMQRP club imploding the people interested in the project moved to the Yahoo list since it became obvious that the AMQRP club was not going to do anything further with it. This list has been very active since September 2005. URL:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/softrock40/ -- Cecil KD5NWA www.qrpradio.com www.hpsdr.com Sacred Cows make the best Hamburger! Don Seglio Batuna
Re: [digitalradio] Announcing : Annual Digitalradio Awards 2006.
w6ids wrote: Thanks, Cecil, for the informative reply. I can't tell you where/how I got the impression that the project was sleepy. It has been quite some time since my first exposure to it, so the memory is a bit dull on this aspect. I must say that your message was well received here. I'll take on the related forum and join in. It should be fun to play with such a project, for sure. Just let me ask this and I'll then move forward. Is the technical support/sharing within the group similar to that found with Linux or is it less robust? I'm referring to Elmering for want of a better word. Howard W6IDS Richmond, IN - Original Message - From: KD5NWA To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 6:33 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Announcing : Annual Digitalradio Awards 2006. SNIP SNIP First, that is not an official site of any kind so it does not reflect the latest and greatest available information. The official place for information is the Yahoo SoftRock40 group, that is the place where the designer of the SoftRock series discusses upcoming new items and people who use the SoftRock's discuss changes and improvements. I'm not sure what the Linux support groups are like, although I use mostly Linux I don't belong to any group. The group is very friendly, and if you are having problems lots of people will assist you, many discuss possible mods and others chime in with their experiences. Personally it's one of the best groups that I belong to. -- Cecil KD5NWA www.qrpradio.com www.hpsdr.com Sacred Cows make the best Hamburger! Don Seglio Batuna
Re: [digitalradio] Re: External hard drives?
KV9U wrote: 1.This is a bit off topic, but I have often wondered why some windows programs require Windows Registries and some work completely without this. What causes a software author to cross the line that requires those registry entries and all the complications that go with it? 2. USB pens can be a lifesaver. A year ago we needed a particular software program to run for Field Day and although I had the program on my computer, we needed to put it on some other ones and of course no more floppy drives. USB pen to the rescue. Had never used one before. 3. Speaking of OS and USB pens, this may be one of those times to consider using one of the Linux distributions that has been specifically designed for this kind of media. The amateur radio software quantity and quality seems to finally be getting better on Linux although it still has a long way to catch up to MS OS software. 73, Rick, KV9U Dave Bernstein wrote: Bob did not suggest a docking station, Sal, he suggested a second hard drive. I have used his recommended solution with my IBM T42P laptop, and it works extremely well; one can swap identities in the time required to terminate Windows and reboot; the physical drive swap takes a few seconds. With respect to your claim that The USB PEN drive will work on almost every computer provided that the programs were correctly installed, I suggest that you (carefully) open the Windows Registry editor and examine the Software sections of HKCU and HKLM -- you'll find that DX Atlas, DXLab, Ham Radio Deluxe, LotW, and QRZ all maintain settings there. Other popular digital mode applications may as well -- I don't have Digipan, MixW, or MultiPSK currently installed on this PC, and my examination was cursory. There is no way to properly install any of DX Atlas, DXLab, Ham Radio Deluxe, LotW, or the QRZ CDROM callbook in a way that makes them pen-drive portable. There are web pages that list pen-drive portable applications, e.g. http://pendriveapps.com/ and http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/369/656 but I've found no mention of digital mode amateur radio applications so far. Establishing such a list would be helpful, but I suggest that an application only be added after 1. its author asserts that the application is pen-drive portable 2. someone actually tests the application in a pen-drive portable configuration It would also be useful to compare performance in a pen-drive configuration vs. a hard-drive configuration. 73, Dave, AA6YQ I use Puppy Linux on a USB stick as a emergency data recovery OS from a failed system and it works great as a general purpose OS, I also use it when I travel to deal with on-line banking, I can use anyones PC and not leave anything on their system. It has Open office, mail setup, and anything else I need, so my stick makes anyone elses' machine have all my tools without making any changes to their PC. -- Cecil KD5NWA www.qrpradio.com www.hpsdr.com Sacred Cows make the best Hamburger! Don Seglio Batuna
Re: [digitalradio] Announcing : Annual Digitalradio Awards 2006.
Andrew O'Brien wrote: Biggest disappointments of the year : 1. ALE . Has just not taken off in the amateur world. 2. Softrock 40. What happened to it ? The AMQRP club is all but dead, so nothing will be coming from that direction. The creator of the SoftRock40 however has not stopped, the latest is the SoftRock V6.1. Right now in beta phase is the SoftRock 6.1 RxTx transceiver that will soon go in production, it features 2 bands 80M 40M and outputs approximately one watt of power. The cost will be $32 and orders will be taken early next year. There is a Yahoo group where all things SoftRock is discussed, it the SoftRock40 group. -- Cecil KD5NWA www.qrpradio.com www.hpsdr.com Sacred Cows make the best Hamburger! Don Seglio Batuna
