[digitalradio] HAARP and Moon Echo of HAARP received well in South Bend, Indiana 6.7925
Copied 6.7925 HAARP and the Moon Echo of HAARP real well in South Bend, Indiana using a SDR-IQ on a 10-160 Carolina Windom Antenna. Also copied the signal of a carrier around 0503Z that tuned / swept into the frequency. Thought it was the HAARP signal looking for the sweet spot, but now not sure. Did record a 50 kHz spectrum to the hard drive using the SDR-IQ, and the HAARP primary signal and he moon reflected signal were both recorded. They can be heard and seen on the 3D running spectrum display. Other signals coming and going up and down the band from the HAARP frequency are also copyable in these files. I limited file size to below 45 Megs per file in the series of files covering the time period. The one with the moving carrier is about 22 megs. The first half of the time period I couldn't hear HAARP echo's due to the interfering signal on the low end of the frequency, but great copy after the frequency cleared up. No copy at all on 7.4075 due to the Dentro Cuban Jamming Command and Radio Martà as identified by Glenn Hauser. 73 from Bill - WD8ARZ http://hflink.net/qso/
[digitalradio] Vista Digital System Navigation for Hardware Setting and Info
Navigating can be such a pain when going from xp to vista. Both worlds have there plus and minus properties and I am not advocating or bashing either. Just happen to use em and other operating systems, and I am glad to share that experience. In Vista and using the default Vista Control Panel: === To Manage / View your System Hardware so you can see what your com ports are: Control Panel Additional Options Device Manager View hardware and devices Now you will have the Device Manager panel and will see a com port selection 'if' you have any com ports active. Open the com port icon and plug in and unplug your Rigblaster Plug Play. You will see the com port and info come and go with that activity. (Please note: the usb ports on your laptop will have a com port number assigned to them in Vista that will not match with the same com port number if that same laptop boots with xp. I have a dual boot xp/vista so was surprised to see that ...hi hi) Don forget you can change com port properties including com port assigned number if you want to. === In Vista and using the default Vista Control Panel: To Manage your Sound Options navigate the following - Control Panel Additional Options Hardware and Sound Sound Icon Gives you access to all your sound options. Under 'Change system sounds' you will find under the Recording tab the Microphone Icon. Double click that Icon and you will have the Microphone Properties panel. Under custom you can enable / disable Microphone Boost (I havent had to do that on my two vista laptops, they are enabled) Of course Levels tab lets you set the Microphone volume level. Or: Choose Classic View in the Control Panel, and you will have the XP control panel icons you might be more comfortable navigating around with. Dont forget to have the Rigblaster Plug Play drivers installed for Vista. 73 from Bill - WD8ARZ HFN Pilot Station for ALE http://hflink.net/qso/ - Original Message - From: k5rud To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 12:21 AM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: NBEMS HF testing frequency suggestion I had a number of problems with the system. It booted fine. I got both programs running. I have a Rigblaster Plug Play which is a USB serial port. I could not determine what serial port that would be to setup the C-IV for my Icom. I needed that for PTT. I also tried to follow the directions for setting up their rig control but (1) where is $HOME/.something? I opened the file viewer, clicked home but saw nothing that looked like that directory. I could see no input. This is a laptop and I only have mike input. I could generate output from the sound card so I think the sound card was found okay. I decided to pass on this for right now and switch back to Windows. This is the first use of the Rigblaster since I got arrived on Wednesday. It is working under Vista using DM780 and HRD. It is neat using the C-IV to control the rig! The only hassle is that the mike input is to hot so overdrives the sound card. Guess I need to put a pot to allow adjusting it. Since this is my first digital experience I do not know what signals I am hearing to select the digital mode. I did listen to a PSK-31 QSO. But while I can hear and see other signals I cannot get them to decode. Rud K5RUD
[digitalradio] Ham radio today and its roots. 'Hobby' was not top dog in the listing
Ham radio today is no doubt 'different' today than it was in the past. But the past is our history. Wasn't to many years ago that the purpose of ham radio had a listing in the FCC rules. Hobby wasn't the top one listed .. 73 from Bill - WD8ARZ - Original Message - From: Chuck Mayfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 2:25 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: FCC and the unattended ALE/PACTOR lepers Folks, [mounting soapbox] when I was young, say 45 years ago, my brothers and I would be arguing. One would say Dad, so and so is doing [whatever]. Dad would reply, Do you guys REALLY want me to come in there? Look. Government toleration of ham radio is good. Government regulation of ham radio is ok. Government over-regulation of ham radio is not so good. Do we REALLY want the Government to CONTROL ham radio? It is a HOBBY, after all. sigh Relax. Enjoy the hobby. [dismounting soap box] 73, Chuck - AA5J
[digitalradio] Digital Vacation Plans
Storms gone, back on the air!! Program problems seem to be worked out now (transmit audio levels and atu operation). Next I will load up the bbs software and see how that goes. Will be on and off the air from the base from time to time all weekend as I test software and move the system from the base to the mobile setup. On vacation the next two weeks, yahoo!! Will be a mix at home in South Bend, Indiana, in Alabama and in Tennessee. Plans are to mix all ham activities. Hf voice, hf ale, hf aprs, vhf aprs and Pilot station... from mobile and fixed locations in various areas. Will be a true test of the entire system and the ability to move from base to mobile to portable with the various modes. Will be one hundred percent battery operation all locations and modes. Various GPS hardware / software will be used and tested with these modes. Will be using the AvMap Geosat 5 Navigator with a five inch screen to display the APRS information when not using the laptop ( http://www.avmap.us/index.php?swt=01 ). This way I can run Vhf / Uhf APRS with out any laptop computer in the system while I use the laptop for HF Ale and APRS. A cable plugs from the D700/D7 into the G5 and provides GPS info to the equipment, and waypoint plotting of all ham station broadcasted Aprs / Gps data on to the touch screen. Separate GPS units are available to feed GPS data to each radio independently if needed (using Deluo Universal GPS modules). Deluo provides versions for usb laptop interfaces, and Kenwood D700/D7 direct plug in models. Will provide ssid information when I have that worked out. Have the HF base Ale and Aprs (TS-480HX), HF mobile Ale and Aprs (TS-480HX), Vhf/Uhf Dual Band mobile Aprs (TM-D700AG) and Walkie Talkie APRS (TH-D7AG). Will be testing walkie talkie to hf linking on this trip too . 73 from Bill - WD8ARZ
