Re: [digitalradio] Re: Solving the RSID problem once and for all
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 02:39:56AM -0400, Tony wrote: On 8/16/2010 7:01 AM, jon_g4fut wrote: I thoroughly agree with you Tony. It becomes a chore when one cannot recognise a signals footprint and then has to click through all the digital modes. THEN the wretched transmission ends before success is achieved. :-) It certainly is frustrating Jon. I cannot understand why RS-ID is not used - all it takes is a click of the mouse. Not exactly, as the car rental advertisements say. First it takes software support, which MixW lacks (Are you folks *LISTENING* to us, MixW developers?). I installed HRD and DM780 because MixW doesn't support RSID and I got so damn tired of failing to ID the correct mode/submode by ear and eye. Once the software support is present, then a click of the mouse will suffice. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Frustrated old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] World's nastiest PSK31 signal
On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 09:18:20PM -0400, Andy obrien wrote: On 10M tonight, from Mexico See attached, the image around 500 Hz is his MAIN signal with LOTS of side bars, and the image around 1700 Hz is also him ! I don't see an attachment, OM. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] Re : new question
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 08:46:18PM -, raf3151019 wrote: Do any Old Buffers in the UK remember the original Ros, the one by the name of Edmundo Ros ? He used to have a small band, had a half hour a week on the old BBC radio and his band played at social gatherings where the young rich and gay used to dance the hours away. Yes! Thanks for resurrecting those neural paths! The sort of music I imagined Bertie Wooster and Lord Peter Wimsey dancing to. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] Contestia Digital Mode Freqs
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:49:43AM -0400, Thomas F. Giella NZ4O wrote: Contestia is one of the few mainstream digital modes that I have not worked. Where should I look for QSO's frequency wise? Just above the PSK crowd, generally. I've seen them intermixed with Olivia and other multitone modes -- so much so that I had to switch from MIXW to DM780 just so I could decode the mode-ID sequence and see what was what. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] ROS are sending data from your PC
On Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 12:47:51PM -0700, Jeff Moore wrote: As for the 3000 people that are being quiet on this list, how much of that is that they don't want to be singled out by a psychotic non-ham software author for inclusion in his list?? This is my first -- and, I hope, my last -- post on ROS. I've been quiet because it became apparent to me quite early in the game that the software was spread-spectrum within the meaning of the term as the FCC understands it. The author demonstrated quite early in the game that he wasn't a ham and didn't understand the sense of community that we hams, as a group, demonstrate and display more often than not; he also demonstrated through his blacklisting that he is vindictive, which is not conducive to his establishing a record of trust. Now it has been shown beyond contradiction that his software posts notices on one or more DX Cluster nodes; I haven't installed the software and so can't see where the controls, if any, for this behavior are located, but I do see users indicating that there are no controls for the reporting behavior. That's inexcusable, if it's true. Likewise, if this reporting behavior isn't advertised in the documentation, *that* is inexcusable as well. All this is in addition to the HF beaconing behavior, the very high ratio of bandwidth to baudrate, and other technical objections. I wash my hands of ROS, both the software and its author. I'll have naught to do with it. But this is an appropriate forum for discussion of the software, especially by amateur radio operators in venues where its use is legal, so I won't voice any objections to that. I may unsubscribe if things get too silly and Andy doesn't throttle them; that's just voting with my feet. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] in need of a USB to DB9 cable
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:52:15AM -0500, John Becker, WJAB wrote: Anyone know of a source? It would help to hear more about the application, John. I suspect you want a USB-Serial converter, rather than just a patch cable. There are dozens of the out there, some working better than others. The best I've found so far has been the no-longer-sold Radio Shack converter, but I've had others that were tolerable. All require drivers to be installed; Microsoft knows about some and installs them automagically, others require the CD or other softcopy files. I use two Radio Shack USB-Serial converters in my shack. One connects the shack PC to my RigBlaster Pro; the other connects the shack PC to the Yaesu FT-897D. The Radio Shack drivers aren't officially supported on Windows XP, but only through Windows 2000. I had to resort to some trickery to get them to install. Very 73, de -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] Why does the ARRL continue to push for Pactor III support...
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 02:53:16PM +0100, Ian Wade G3NRW wrote: From: Andy obrien k3uka...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 Time: 08:08:41 and 2K80J2D (which is generally known as PACTOR-III) ??? are popular narrowband data modes. Since when was Pactor III a narrow-band mode? In comparison to commercial mass-market broadcast FM, it is. Other than that, it isn't. If the ARRL claims that it is, my response is: All the pigs have been serviced and fueled and are in all respects ready for flight, Sir. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin http://www.obriensweb.com/digispotter.html Chat, Skeds, and spots all in one (resize to suit)Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: digitalradio-dig...@yahoogroups.com digitalradio-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: digitalradio-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [digitalradio] VHF / UHF Digital Beyond line-of-sight
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 03:32:18AM -0400, KH6TY wrote: Hi Tony, Thanks for making the recording of aircraft reflections. Yes, we also see and hear aircraft reflections mixed with atmospheric disturbances all the time. The aircraft reflections sound similar to what you hear on the beacon, and you can identify those because they vary in frequency and intensity as the airplane approaches or recedes, just like you hear. However, what we experience on UHF over longer paths is a constant chopping up of the SSB phone signal, or narrow digital signals, and that seems to correlate with the Hepburn propagation maps, especially when the path crosses two or more levels of ducting, when signals can be strong, but SSB is still not very understandable. When both stations are within the same ducting level, the only audible Doppler effect is usually reflections from airplanes, and sounds much like your recording. When there is no propagation enhancement showing on the Hepburn maps, there is usually a fast, constant, chopping up of the SSB phone signal, and when we switch to a relatively wide digital mode, like Olivia or Contestia, which continues to print for a couple of seconds after transmission has ceased (due to the interleaving and FEC, I guess) print is perfect. The frequency of the audible chop is generally around two to three times per second, which is less than the latency of the digital mode. Those modes which display very little or no latency seem to be the ones that fail to print. Over the next few weeks, we are now going to compare Contestia variations with different bandwidths and latency to see how print compares to the observed period of chop on SSB phone. I find the above very interesting indeed. Jim, WB5UDE, and I have just begin a series of experiments on VHF (2m) digital mode communications. We live about 20 miles apart as the crow flies, I in Norman, OK, and Jim in west OKC, OK. We've both been using Yaesu FT-897D with 2m J-poles. Jim has been using FLDigi, and I have been using HRD with DM780 and MixW. Since I live down in the South Canadian River valley, there isn't much chance I'll get LOS contacts with anyone outside my immediate area, until I get antennas up on a 400' tower. I wish. So far we have found that the FH-style modes (OLIVIA, Contestia, THOR, etc.) don't work at all well for us. We tried some changes to bandwidth and bitrate for OLIVIA and Contestia, than tried very slow THOR-4 just to see if _any_ FH mode would work; no go, which was very most surprising. I'll see the signal level go well up past the squelch marker, but can't get a good decode. In contrast, the PSK-style modes (BPSK-31 and -63, so far) work very well, with solid copy once we get the decode passband overlaid on the received signal. This has been difficult for some reason: we have found we have to do it manually. The audible received signal isn't at all choppy, and I haven't heard fading, choppiness, or aircraft reflections, though there may be some, as Jim lives 2 miles S of Wiley Post airport and I live 1 mile S of Max Westheimer Airport in Norman, with the approach/takeoff paths for Will Rogers Airport directly between us. Jim and I are planning to have lunch together today, and I expect to work out a formal test program with him, setting out the mode/BW/rate list. Readers in the Metro OKC/Norman area are invited to join us. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] RSID Query
On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 07:18:48PM -0400, Tony wrote: All, I was just wondering if there's any confusion or misunderstanding among the group about RS-ID? We all know that it's not always easy to identify a mode by sight and sound yet I still see many calling CQ without any mode identification. The end result, no contacts. I'm sure most of the seasoned digital ops know what RS ID is and what it does, so what's the reasoning behind not using it? Tony -K2MO FLDIGI - Check RX ID / TX ID in upper right corner of program window. Click CONFIGURE / IDS to set preferences. MULTIPSK - Click RS ID / RX RS ID in main window. Click CONFIGURATION / MANAGMENT OF ID's. Check CONTINUOUS DETECTION. Ham Radio Deluxe / DM780 Version 5 Open DM780. Click OPTIONS / MODES + IDs / REED SOLOMON TAB. Check: ENABLE RSID DETECTION / SHOW IN QSO WINDOW AS HYPERLINK SHOW POPUP WINDOW / SHOW RSID BUTTON ON QSO TRANSMIT TOOLBAR MixW: I _like_ RSID. I like it a lot, especially since lots of the multitone modes (OLIVIA, Contestia, THOR, and the like) sound and look alike to me, and I spend a lot of time trying to identify the particular submode and copy what's being sent. WIthout RSID, it sometimes takes enough time that the station on the other end quits. I've switched to HRD+DM780 precisely because they do offer RSID, even though I have a paid-up license for MixW. I vastly prefer MixW because it suits my operating style and its interface is IMHO better designed. I'm getting to the point of being less uncomfortable with HRD and DM780, but still prefer MixW. I also like having a text-mode log file with ;-separated items per line, as I can read it directly and bang it right out to my website. That *DOES* *NOT* in any mean that I have anything other than the most lively respect and admiration for HRD, DM780, and Simon's other works, or for him. It's just a matter of personal preference. C'mon, Yuri and company! Add RSID (and video ID) to MixW! -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] Opposition to the KQ6XA Recommendation
On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 12:37:25PM -, kb2hsh wrote: This is little more than a frequency grab by Bonnie that would benefit the HF-ALE group, I feel, the most. If adopted, this would give Bonnie her own frequencies...channels if you will, that she or ANYONE else from the HF-ALE network could claim...and then chase away legal ops using her/their frequencies. It's pretty shameful on her part that she waited until the last possible minute to sneak her proposal through to the ARRL. If we had known in advance of her antics, she would have heard an earful from many, I'm sure. Hopefully, this pathetic excuse for spectrum sharing will be turned down. I hope so. But it's going to take some shouting down to get her proposal nuked. Show of hands from those who mailed in some sort of opposition, please? -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] KQ6XA Recommendation IARU Region 2 Bandplan to ARRL
On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 10:10:22AM -0400, KH6TY wrote: Yes, do it! I just received this response from ARRL: Thank you for taking the time to respond to the ARRL's invitation to submit comments on the IARU Region 2 Band Plans to the ARRL Ad Hoc Band Planning Committee. Your comments will be read and considered by committee members as they prepare recommended ARRL positions for the Region 2 Conference later this year. I just submitted this; no response yet: TO: ARRL BOARD OF DIRECTORS' BAND PLANNING COMMITEE REPRESENTING USA FOR IARU REGION 2 BANDPLAN COMMITTEE ARRL, NEWINGTON, CT, USA From: Mike Andrews, W5EGO Bonnie Crystal, KQ6XA, submitted the following proposal to you at the last possible instant, so as to preclude or forestall comment or opposition within the time limits established by the ARRL BoD for submission of recommendations, supporting comments, or opposition. I oppose her recommendation in its entirety. Ms. Crystal would reserve roughly 15% of each HF band for robot stations, and -- if I judge rightly -- about 50% of 30 meters, an already narrow band. Automatic stations already are a blight on the amateur bands, transmitting without regard to existing traffic, disrupting existing communications, and thereby operating in conflict with accepted amateur radio practice and FCC rules. In the event of an emergency, up to 100% of the amateur bands are available for emergency traffic. Ms. Crystal would carve out an excessive and unreasonably large part of each band outside emergencies for stations which _might_, during an emergency, be called on to carry such traffic. Ms. Crystal appears to have determined to carry the flag of EMCOMM to the exclusion of other amateur radio communications modes, almost all of them of far longer standing, and to the detriment of amateurs not involved in her own particular sub-branch of the hobby that is amateur radio. Her plan is excessive in its scope, but far too limited in its vision, and should not be implemented as submitted. I was taught, when I was growing up, that if something was working well enough, one shouldn't tinker with it. The current band plan for HF is, indeed, working well enough, and should not be tinkered with. : FROM: BONNIE CRYSTAL KQ6XA, : International Coordinator, Global ALE High Frequency Network (HFN) : : DATE: 05 APRIL 2010 : : SUBJECT: RECOMMENDATION FOR CHANGE TO IARU REGION 2 BANDPLAN : : Dear Band Planning Committee Members, : : In response to ARRL Seeks Input for New IARU Region 2 Band Plan : http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2010/03/04/11374/?nc=1 : : Here is an offering of essential recommendations with a : carefully researched band segmentation chart, to help : enable ARRL to represent hams effectively in the process : of committee deliberations, for the upcoming : IARU Region 2 Bandplan this year. : : INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND : I write to you, as a very active operator in USA's Amateur : Radio Service, and in my capacity as International Coordinator : for the Global ALE High Frequency Network, a 24-7-365 interconnected : network of hams operating simultaneously on all international : HF bands for the past 3 years. I have presented papers and : participated in expert panels at Global Amateur Radio : Emergency Communications (GAREC) and other HF Conferences, : on the subject of international emergency / disaster : communications and HF Automatically Controlled Data Station : innovations. I have worked with groups and nets of digital : and analog modes to achieve voluntary HF net coordination. : I maintain a survey of HF band activity and a : comprehensive up-to-date international ham radio : bandplanning resource at http://hflink.com/bandplans : : MOTIVATION AND HOPE FOR A NEW HF BANDPLAN : The motivation for this correspondence is the hope that : the ARRL Representative to IARU Region 2 bandplanning : committee can work aggressively toward a better bandplan : this year, especially one that is both compatible : with USA's FCC Amateur Radio Service rules, and : designates adequate spectrum space for automatic : fast data stations. The previous plan had many : many errors, mostly due to essentially being copied : from an old IARU Region 1 bandplan, without regard : to appropriateness for Region 2 hams. : : THE EMCOMM BACKBONE: HF AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLED DATA STATIONS : HF Automatically Controlled Data Stations have become : a vital lifeline for many stations in remote areas : of our IARU Region. The networks of ham operators : that use and keep these fast data stations on the : air daily have become the main backbone of : emergency/disaster HF communications in the North :
Re: [digitalradio] Re: KB1OOQ-5 back ON-LINE (Comcast comes through)
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 03:06:38AM -, aa777888athotmaildotcom wrote: Pretty good, those Comcast folks. Expensive as hell, but good. Fixed in an hour and before bedtime, even :-) Very unusual to have an outage, actually, especially with no weather in the area. In 10 years I can count them on the fingers of one hand. So, fewer than 32, then. Never trust a man who can count to 1023 on his fingers. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] Re: KB1OOQ-5 back ON-LINE (Comcast comes through)
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 02:19:00PM +, Stelios Bounanos wrote: On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:41:19 -0500, mikea mi...@mikea.ath.cx said: On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 03:06:38AM -, aa777888athotmaildotcom wrote: Very unusual to have an outage, actually, especially with no weather in the area. In 10 years I can count them on the fingers of one hand. So, fewer than 32, then. Never trust a man who can count to 1023 on his fingers. Mike, my right pinky is the LSB and I'm having trouble with numbers like 811. Bit swapping doesn't help! Do you play the guitar? :) Serious (concert-grade) classical guitarist and lutenist; started learning in 1957, and try to practice at least an hour a day every day. 811 is (MSB ... LSB) 11001 01011 It's difficult to get the ring fungers all the way up without extending the second finger, because of the way the tendons work. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] I'm curious about this Mix W oddity
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 02:56:31PM -, raf3151019 wrote: Its happened so often that I'm now curious to know why a CQ response from a user of Mix W, always a Russian or an east European station, begins halfway down the screen. Each line of information is often two or three lines apart which means that sometimes the whole screen is jumping around with important information vanishing up the screen ! I now prevent this happening by clearing the receive window if my call appears halfway down the screen, the following text will then continue properly, where it should, at the top of the screen. What causes this and why does it only happen with Mix W ? I've seen some hams begin a QSO with multiple newlines, which has the effect you describe. I don't run any other digital interface program, and so don't have the opportunity to compare. You might consider turning on the save logfile option for a while, and afterwards have a look at it to see if there are multiple newlines at the begining of the QSO where you see this occur. 73, de -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] Re: Curious sound card modes question -
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 08:30:29PM -0500, KH6TY wrote: It will be spread spectrum if the tone frequencies are controlled by a code as explained in the ROS documentation: A system is defined to be a spread-spectrum system if it fulfills the following requirements: 1. The signal occupies a bandwidth much in excess of the minimum bandwidth necessary to send the information. 2. Spreading is accomplished by means of a spreading signal, often called a code signal, which is independent of the data. 3. At the receiver, despreading (recovering the original data) is accomplished by the correlation of the received spread signal with a synchronized replica of the spreading signal used to spread the information. Standard modulation schemes as frequency modulation and pulse code modulation also spread the spectrum of an information signal, but they do not qualify as spread-spectrum systems since they do not satisfy all the conditions outlined above. Note that all three conditions must be met to be considered spread spectrum. I don;t know if it would be possible to send the data in less bandwidth, but, for example, PSK31 accomplishes the same typing speed in a bandwidth of 31 Hz, instead of in 2000 Hz, so ROS is probably truly spread-spectrum. Remember that spread spectrum was conceived as a way of coding transmissions so they could not be intercepted and decoded. In fact actress Hedy Lamarr invented spread spectrum, and you can read that here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr. The difference is the use of a code to spread the data and signals to avoid detection and monitoring by those without the same code. She invented FHSS as a torpedo control technique; most folks don't know that she had an EE degree. DSSS came about later, as a classified technique called Phantom, to permit transmissions with a low probability of interception (LPI). With a typical 3 KHz bandwidth receiver, or even a 50 KHz wide panadaptor, you won't see all the spectrum from a wideband (say, 100 KHz spreading code) DSSS transmission. You may notice only a slightly raised noise floor. But that's only part of the deal with DSSS. The correlation and despreading produces a really nice gain in noise immunity, as well. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] Re: RS ID
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 08:57:44PM +0100, f6...@free.fr wrote: Hello all, To complete what Votjech wrote, for technical aspects of RS ID there is a paper about RS ID under the PAPERS on my Web site (http://f6cte.free.fr/PAPERS.ZIP). The hashing method introduced by Votjech is really very powerful and i integrated it in the last RS ID sources (in Pascal). Very cool, Patrick. I agree that your notion of identifying modulation types by unique numerical codes transmitted as a prefix is a great breakthrough, and I thank you for it. Now if I can just get the MixW developers to integrate the code into their system ... . -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] Need your help picking HF radio.
On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 11:07:39AM -0700, Alan Wilson wrote: I'd have to go with the Yaesu ft-857D, it does it all with a small footprint, reasonable price and very dependable. +1 Make sure it's the 857D, not the base FT-857; some of the base 857s have a problem with runaway oscillation on 6m, as I found out the hard way, but I've never had a problem with my 857D. If you get the optional all-in-1 hand mike, you can control everything on the radio except squelch level with the mike. The FT-857D works very well with Ham Radio Deluxe and with MixW, too. If you are willing to spend a bit more, you can get the FT-897D, bit brother to the FT-857D. The menu system is very similar, it can use that same all-in-1 hand mike, and you can run it through HRD and MixW, too. Both radios use the same programming software, too. Nice rigs. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] Which radio ?
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 11:02:05AM +, Ted Wager wrote: I am returning to amateur radio after 15 years qrt and looking for a new radio Main interests are listening hf and digi modes, principally psk..My choice is down to either the yaesu ft450 or the Yaesu ft-857d.Any comments on my choice welcome and should I look at any other radios ? I have both, and the 857D's big brother the 897D; all three work very nicely in the digital modes. Given the choice between the 450 and the 857/897, I'll take the 857/897 because of the 2m and 70 cm support *and* because there are a few more choices available in the 8x7 menu system. I'd also pick the 857D over the 450 because it is more suited to mobile use, and because the rest of the radio can be separated from the control head and put somewhere out of the way to save space. Welcome back. 20m is good here from about 0730 to 2000 local. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] Re: Puppy Mail
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 07:23:10PM -0700, Russell Blair wrote: Andy, I cant get the Puppy to load from CD, I put the CD in the drive and reboot, the monitor just goes blank.?Did you have to do anything other than just put the CD in the drive and reboot. I download the ISO?(PSKmail-Puppy-412.iso). Well I will keep trying to get it to work.. Your PeeCee has to be set up to boot from CD. Some can't, in which case you're SOL on that device. Many can, but the CD isn't set up in the boot device list. The BIOS setup screen is the place to go to add the CD; it needs to go before the hard disk, or it'll never be checked for a bootable CDROM in it. Getting to the BIOS setup screen can be an interesting exercise in its own right; Google for the right incantation for your manufacturer and model. A few come from the vendor or manufacturer already set to look at the CD drive before the hard disk, in which case you're in clover. And, of course, you have to use the right incantation to get the ISO image burned to a CDROM as a disk instead of as an ISO file. That may take some research on its own, if you haven't found it already. Very best of luck. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Pages at http://www.obriensweb.com/sked Recommended digital mode software: Winwarbler, FLDIGI, DM780, or Multipsk Logging Software: DXKeeper or Ham Radio Deluxe. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:digitalradio-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:digitalradio-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: digitalradio-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [digitalradio] Re: Puppy Mail
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 08:34:08AM -0700, Russell Blair wrote: Well Mike, I did all that other having the decodeing ring to chang the iso to ? so it would load from a boot. I first loaded to a 512M memery stick. on the 512 stick it show as an iso how do I convert it to a bootable program. Step 1 is to burn the .iso to a CD or DVD (if you're running Windows), or to mount the .iso as a filesystem (if you're running FreeBSD or Linux or some other Unixy OS). An ISO file is a one-file image of all the bits and bytes on the CD/DVD, not something that generally is usable by itself except for shipping a CD/DVD image around. Just copying the ISO file to the USB stick isn't going to get you usable files. Step 2 is to update the boot sector on the USB stick. A quick Google search came up with lots of hits; this is one that may have solutions you can use: http://www.bootdisk.com/pendrive.htm. WARNING: You may have to format the USB stick as part of this process. First, Preserve Anything You Don't Want To Lose! Step 3 is to copy all the files from the CD or DVD or filesystem to the USB stick, preserving the directory structure. That's easy. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] Re: RS ID use ?
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 12:48:04PM -0400, F.R. Ashley wrote: Hi all, I'm another long-time MixW user and prefer it over the other programs. But like Andy, K3UK, I'm afraid MixW is becoming another orphaned ham program! How well I remember the old XPWin programs and Gary just threw in the towel one day and got out of ham radio. I've seen posts before about the future of MixW, some reporting Nick is indeed working on an upgrade. Instead of speculation, I'm sure someone out there must know Nick personally who can get the answers from the horses mouth, as they say. +1 It's not the money, either: it's that it has so much potential, but isn't being kept up to current capabilities. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] Re: Damm, my SignaLink has Stopped TXing
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 08:26:55AM +1300, Gmail - Kevin, Natalia, Stacey Rochelle wrote: HI All, The SignaLink would not work with any data software even MixW I tried. DM780, MMSSTV, WinMor, MixW and a couple of others . I pulled all the cables out and re-inserted them. This is a USB device so there is no RTS or DTS to worry about. It was very plain and simple, plug and go (basically). The thing is it ran from the day I received it which was about 5-6 weeks ago. There have been no changes with the computer (to all programs), yes there have been the odd update for the likes of DM-780 and WinMor, but MMSSTV and MixW are the originals. So why a change to trigger the PTT from the SignaLink? I then went through the manual and found that pin 4 gives double the sensitivity to the PTT, which I then jumped and this did improve the PTT. BUT I am still at a loss why one day it was working fine and then the following days it has stopped. Maybe a line to Tigertronics see if they have any ideas (Unless they monitor here) I had a SignaLink. It just died one day; cause unknown. One of these days I may dig into it, if I haven't already trashed it -- which I suspect I have. I now run a RigBlaster Pro, and have since the SignaLink failed. It's more interesting to configure and connect, but Just Works now. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] Radio for 30 Meters.?????
On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 02:28:22PM -, ve3hsc wrote: Who makes the BEST radio for 30 meters. That's a how long is a piece of string? question, OM. Best with respect to what qualities? Sensitivity, audio quality, filtering, DSP, tolerance of strong signals near a weak one, what? -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] ALE400 testing
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 01:04:01PM -0600, John Bradley wrote: using the selective call function under Auxillary Functions, enter my call (VE5MU) on your station list, and sue selective call to connect. Wow! I hadn't realized that Canada was so litigious. Thanks, John. I learned something about the program function from your note. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] Re: An open letter: W1AW and 80m psk31 interference
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 04:24:37PM -0700, Ralph Mowery wrote: --- On Thu, 9/24/09, theophilusofgenoa twst...@windstream.net wrote: From: theophilusofgenoa twst...@windstream.net Subject: [digitalradio] Re: An open letter: W1AW and 80m psk31 interference To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009, 11:24 AM I would like to put in a few words in defense of the ARRL.? I learned the code prior to getting my novice license in 1955.? At the time, that was just about the only way one could learn, at least on a kid's salary. These transmissions have been on forever, so I do question Why is the code practice sessons even needed now ? In 1955 very few probably had tape recorders or an easy method to get perfect code practice. Now you can get a computer for almost nothing (some will even give you an old computer just to get it out of the house). I gave one away to a fellow years ago just so he could run a code program. When I was working on my Extra, I got myself up to speed listening to W1AW. I suspect that people still do that; who am I to tell them that they have to use a computer instead? Maybe they do it while driving to or from work; for a while, I did, and was happy to be able to do so. I grant that Morse proficiency no longer is required for licensing, but it certainly is required if one is to work CW, and I find the W1AW sessions to be useful in keeping my speed up when I don't have the opportunity to get on the air and pound brass. I'm not entirely happy with the ARRL, but I do appreciate this service -- though I very strongly wish they'd move the 80m transmissions away from the digital sub-band, and have told them so in no uncertain terms. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Pages at http://www.obriensweb.com/sked Recommended digital mode software: Winwarbler, FLDIGI, DM780, or Multipsk Logging Software: DXKeeper or Ham Radio Deluxe. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:digitalradio-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:digitalradio-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: digitalradio-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [digitalradio] Come Here Watson
On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 10:01:21AM -0400, David Struebel wrote: I think you have it mixed up Watson was associated with Alexander Graham Bell and the telephone not Thomas Edison. Quite right. I blame the pain pills. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] Come Here Watson
On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 09:01:51AM -0500, chas wrote: Andrew O'Brien wrote: Message ID: NDTTDN5FRWGW Date: 2009/09/19 13:11 From: KI4MTB To: K3UK Source: KI4MTB Subject: //WL2K Test Test from KI4MTB http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr002.html Alexander Graham Bell's notebook entry of March 10, 1876, describes the first successful experiment with the telephone, during which he spoke through the instrument to his assistant, Thomas A. Watson, in the next room. Bell writes, I then shouted into M [the mouthpiece] the following sentence: 'Mr. Watson--come here--I want to see you.' To my delight he came and declared that he had heard and understood what I said. The occasion was that Bell had spilled some battery acid on himself and wanted Watson to help him neutralize it and wash it off. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] Anybody On Tonight?
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 08:42:10PM -0500, r_lwesterfield wrote: Where is everybody hanging out? I was on 20m BPSK31, having a nice chat with KE5AAO/MM, captain of the Gulf Service, near Cabinda, W Africa, off the coast of Angola. Condx were a bit rough, but that's a long haul for 40 watts. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] Need help with Rigblaster Plus and FT100
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 12:39:29AM -, ke4qcm wrote: Hello All, I have a FT-100 and Rigblaster Plus-I can get the radio to key up but there is no modulation/RF power/No signal being sent out, can anyone help with this please? (I have the special Yaesu cable (microphone jack on FT100 to back of rigblaster) and have wired it according to the diagram). Also, I have tried wiring the rigblaster directly from back of rigblaster to the data port on the ft100 (ps/2 style port and still same problem). If the radio is keying up but the power out is zero, then there's a problem somewhere in the audio chain between your PC and your radio. Start by plugging headphones into the soundcard port you're using to drive the RigBlaster and having the digimode program send something -- CQ would be OK. If you don't hear anything, then it's time to get into the audio mixer on the PC, move sliders up, and uncheck any Mute checkboxes: if you can't hear it, your radio certainly won't. Once you have sound coming out of the PC, follow the chain to the RigBlaster. Make sure the audio is going into the right port on the Rigblaster, and then check the RigBlaster audio out and/or phones ports for tones. If you have tones there, then the next stop is the radio, to make sure that it's hearing the mike when you hit the PTT switch and talk into it. If it is, but you're not seeing the PC tones come through the RigBlaster, then you'll need someone who knows more than I do. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
[digitalradio] Yaesu FT-450: CAT problems with MixW and HRD
I traded another ham in the area my Yaesu FT-857D for a 9-month-old Yaesu FT-450 with the built-in autotuner. I like it very well, except that I have not been able to get the FT-450 to talk with my PC using either a serial cable straight to the PC or a known-good Radio Shack USB-Serial converter. Programs I've tested with are the current versions of MixW and HRD. Both still work with the Yaesu FT-897D I still have, but not with the FT-450. Yes, the speed settings match on PC and radio. Yes, the PC is set to 8-N-1. Has anyone else here had problems with CAT to/from a Yaesu FT-450? Has anyone here got CAT working to/from a Yaesu FT-450? -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] Update on ham radio confiscation in Palmdale
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 04:07:02PM -0700, D.G. wrote: Update on ham radio confiscation in Palmdale http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G0fskKSfMA C'mon. That's not an update, OM, and it's absolutely content-free. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] Re: Use the *$%#ing RS ID!/QST article
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 08:15:15PM +0200, Simon (HB9DRV) wrote: Just wait for HRD 6.0 with SDR console support :) SDR console support as in HRD 6.0 will drive my RFSpace SDR-IQ, display and demodulate spectrum from it? Or in some other sense? Either way, Thanks Very Much, yet again, for HRD and its brethren. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] Fw: ARLB027 W1AW to add new digital modes to its transmitting schedule
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 01:00:11PM -0700, Sholto Fisher wrote: I wonder when how they surveyed the W1AW listeners? Perhaps I missed the opportunity to respond? Did anyone here respond to their survey? Survey? I certainly wasn't aware of one. I think I'd have remembered if it had been in, or announced in, QST, and I don't remember anything of the sort. That may be my memory going, but I think not. I _suppose_ it could have been conducted as part of their broadcasts, with a request that people respond by mail or to a given E-mail address. Since I don't copy the W1AW code or RTTY transmissions, I wouldn't have seen them in those cases. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] 2 Meter FM Digital Modes
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 09:20:30PM -, Phil Williams wrote: Is there anyone out there who is active in using digital modes on 2 meters? I would be especially interested in experiences with digital modes such as MFSK and DominoEX. There has been a number of presentations on this particular aspect of the hobby and it would be interesting to know how what is being used for equipment and software. Sure. I'm limited to 25W out of a Moxon, and I'm down in a floodplain where LOS isn't particularly good. Want to set up a sked? -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] Need help adjusting sound levels.
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 06:42:10PM -, Ralph Lambert wrote: This is my first post on the digitalradio group so play nice (please). [:)] I have a couple of questions that I need clarification on. Also I need some help related to the questions. When I was first started learning about the digital modes i.s. PSK31, RTTY. I read that you need run your power never more than 50% of what the transmitter (FT-857D) puts out. Presumably to protect the finals. Then adjust the audio levels never higher, once again 50% or less. Makes sense But wait then recently I have been reading on this group about how operators (DX) are running at 100w or greater... Once again keeping the audio levels under control. So without starting a war will I blow out my finals running at 100w? ...and is there anybody willing to sked a contact to help get my signal where it needs to be. Some contacts tell me I am doing realy well while other say I am splattering and to turn down my input. Although how my input effects someone else is a mystery to me. I would think that my output would be the culprit. ...and RSID rocks thanks to all involved. My setup: FT-857D at 50w G5RV at 28ft Z100 auto tuner Buxcom Rascal GLK (me and sodering irons don't get along) DM 780 v5 beta Sorry for the long post just wanted to get it clear for all including me. 73, Ralph (AJ4GR) I run my FT-897D at 40 Watts; I certainly wouldn't want to run it at 100% (100 Watts) in any digital mode, just because it's a good way to fry the finals. I'm monitoring 20 meters right now. Send me a note in reply to let me know where and when you'd like to meet me. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] Double Entries on Waterfall
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 07:08:36PM -, Ralph Lambert wrote: Why do I sometimes see double entries for the same call sign in the waterfall. Is this some one working split? It seems like it is a duplex issue or am I way off the boat on this one? What program are you running, Ralph? MixW? DigiPan? HRD? Other? -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] DM 780 Drift
On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 12:34:19PM -, ac0mj wrote: Good Morning to the group, I have a question about the drift in Digital Master 780. I am sending out CQs in RTTY this morning on 20m and noticed as on other modes in the past that the signal I send drifts to the right slightly over time. I started on 14.084.10 and a half hour later I am at 14.084.35. I realize this is a minuscule drift, but I was wondering why it is happening. I'll bet that you have AFC turned on, and that the frequency is drifting because of AFC. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
Re: [digitalradio] City attempts to shut down ham radio .... !!
On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 06:36:57AM -0400, Cortland Richmond wrote: Also see the court decision at http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/kw6ww/misc/Palmdale/ZubarauMinuteOrder.pdf That's very encouraging; I'd love to see the five volumes of administrative record. In fact, I'll host it on my website if some kind soul will find it, scan it, and make the softcopy available to me. I had expected that the judge in any appeal would view PRB-1 and any state statute (section 65680.3 of the Government Code, in this instance) as supporting the ham in the action, and this judge did exactly that, which is good. He put the cherry on top, though, by declaring the City Council decision to be an abuse of discretion and by noting that the City's brief is based on local ordinances with only a passing reference to the statute. That's a pretty good slap on the sensitive parts for the Council and their attorney, who *REALLY* should have known better. Now, when's MixW going to get code to support RSID? Many's the time I've found myself fishing for the right settings in Olivia or some other digimode. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
