Re: [digitalradio] 12M Deep Search/ Straight talk on JT65a
John GM4SLV: If you are putting together an HF-oriented call3.txt, here is mine: WN1Z CN90qk Orrin wn1z northeastern California
Re: [digitalradio] 12M Deep Search/ Straight talk on JT65a
On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:20:49 -0400 Andrew O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like Shetland John's idea about deep search work on 12 or 10 M. I think I will give it a try tomorrow on 12 and see what I come up with. Will check prop charts for best time to north of John O' Groats... Andy K3UK Andy et al, I'm going to try CQ on 24.910 (DF 0hz) on Fist Minute for most of the day while I'm around the house. I don't expect to be overwhelmed with a pile up! My simple station at the moment is IC706mk2g, set to ~20w on the sync tone, and a random length doublet only 2m agl (it was put up to monitor the 5MHz beacons sytem we have over here for our 5MHz Experiment, for which it seems to wirk adequately even given its low height, but has been pressed into service for JT65A). I will look into creating a deep search text file for as many Digital Radio members as I see are active, and I'll guess the LOC if I have to and enable the function later in the day when I've built the file. It's off CQing now as I type (@ 0928z) Let's see what I see over the day. BTW I saw nothing of the Olivia you were trying on 20m in the early hours (over here) - 20m was closed completely. Cheers, John GM4SLV IP90gg
Re: [digitalradio] 12M Deep Search/ Straight talk on JT65a
On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 10:32:25 +0100 John GM4SLV [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm going to try CQ on 24.910 (DF 0hz) on Fist Minute for most of the day while I'm around the house. I don't expect to be overwhelmed with a pile up! My simple station at the moment is IC706mk2g, set to ~20w on the sync tone, and a random length doublet only 2m agl (it was put up to monitor the 5MHz beacons sytem we have over here for our 5MHz Experiment, for which it seems to wirk adequately even given its low height, but has been pressed into service for JT65A). I ran for several hours this morning and saw no responses or other signals. I need to go out for a few hours so have stopped the CQ calls at 1312z. I'll restart when I return later this afternoon (UK time). Knowing me I'll miss the tiny 1/2 hour long opening when signals appear, but hey, there's always another day! John GM4SLV IP90gg
Re: [digitalradio] 12M Deep Search/ Straight talk on JT65a
I'm not sure which Shetland island you are on John, I checked the Lerwick market web cam but did not see you out doing your shopping. I will try you later. Andy K3UK On 4/21/07, John GM4SLV [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 10:32:25 +0100 John GM4SLV [EMAIL PROTECTED]gm4slv%40sighthound.demon.co.uk wrote: I'm going to try CQ on 24.910 (DF 0hz) on Fist Minute for most of the day while I'm around the house. I don't expect to be overwhelmed with a pile up! My simple station at the moment is IC706mk2g, set to ~20w on the sync tone, and a random length doublet only 2m agl (it was put up to monitor the 5MHz beacons sytem we have over here for our 5MHz Experiment, for which it seems to wirk adequately even given its low height, but has been pressed into service for JT65A). I ran for several hours this morning and saw no responses or other signals. I need to go out for a few hours so have stopped the CQ calls at 1312z. I'll restart when I return later this afternoon (UK time). Knowing me I'll miss the tiny 1/2 hour long opening when signals appear, but hey, there's always another day! John GM4SLV IP90gg -- Andy K3UK Skype Me : callto://andyobrien73 www.obriensweb.com
Re: [digitalradio] 12M Deep Search/ Straight talk on JT65a
On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 09:37:31 -0400 Andrew O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure which Shetland island you are on John, I checked the Lerwick market web cam but did not see you out doing your shopping. I will try you later. Andy K3UK Hi Andy, Just returned and see absolutely no evidence of any signals on 24.910 while I was out (left in on MONITOR). Now restored to CQ on first minute. I'm on the main island, and was in Lerwick, but didn't go to the Market Cross so kept myself incongito! If 12m fails to show anything perhaps we could try 15m another time. It would probably need to be an afternoon UTC for UK/USA path? I'll leave it running for now. BTW what's your (and anyone else who's interested) Locator to 6 figs and I'll start a new deep search file. Cheers, John GM4SLV IP90GG
Re: [digitalradio] 12M Deep Search/ Straight talk on JT65a
John, name is Andy and am in FN02hk . I have been monitoring 12M while watching footy on the telly but just checked and see no received signals from anyone on 12M. I will transmit for a while and see if anyone picks me up. Andy. On 4/21/07, John GM4SLV [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 09:37:31 -0400 Andrew O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] andrewobrie%40gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure which Shetland island you are on John, I checked the Lerwick market web cam but did not see you out doing your shopping. I will try you later. Andy K3UK Hi Andy, Just returned and see absolutely no evidence of any signals on 24.910 while I was out (left in on MONITOR). Now restored to CQ on first minute. I'm on the main island, and was in Lerwick, but didn't go to the Market Cross so kept myself incongito! If 12m fails to show anything perhaps we could try 15m another time. It would probably need to be an afternoon UTC for UK/USA path? I'll leave it running for now. BTW what's your (and anyone else who's interested) Locator to 6 figs and I'll start a new deep search file. Cheers, John GM4SLV IP90GG -- Andy K3UK Skype Me : callto://andyobrien73 www.obriensweb.com
Re: [digitalradio] 12M Deep Search/ Straight talk on JT65a
On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:58:12 -0400 Andrew O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John, name is Andy and am in FN02hk . I have been monitoring 12M while watching footy on the telly but just checked and see no received signals from anyone on 12M. I will transmit for a while and see if anyone picks me up. Andy. Thanks for listening/looking Andy. I'll start an HF oriented CALL3.TXT file and distribute it via the files section on the yahoo group page. Already people are starting to email me Callsign Locator pairs. The file actually has more fields available for each entry (it's a comma seperated text file), if you look through it, and some fields are for personal/equipment details too, as well as the EME field. I've been calling CQ on 24.910 since 1608 UTC (time now 1730 UTC) and in that time have seen nothing during the second minute RX periods. I'll leave it for a while longer... John GM4SLV IP90gg
Re: [digitalradio] 12M Deep Search/ Straight talk on JT65a
Hi John I have be monitoring 24.910 almost the hole day with no luck, but I was able to work South Africa on 40meter (7.045 USB) with my 12 m dipole right now. The antenna is about 8 meter above the ground and I was using 75W. 193700 3 -21 0.1 -8 3 * LA5VNA ZS6WAB KG461 10 193900 3 -22 0.1 -8 3 * LA5VNA ZS6WAB KG461 10 193900 3 -22 0.1 -8 3 * LA5VNA ZS6WAB KG461 10 194100 0 -24 -0.5 -27 25 194300 10 -19-9 3 RO 194500 7 -17 0.3 -8 3 * -27DB TU 73 1 0 LA5VNA Steinar John GM4SLV wrote: On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:58:12 -0400 Andrew O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:andrewobrie%40gmail.com wrote: John, name is Andy and am in FN02hk . I have been monitoring 12M while watching footy on the telly but just checked and see no received signals from anyone on 12M. I will transmit for a while and see if anyone picks me up. Andy. Thanks for listening/looking Andy. I'll start an HF oriented CALL3.TXT file and distribute it via the files section on the yahoo group page. Already people are starting to email me Callsign Locator pairs. The file actually has more fields available for each entry (it's a comma seperated text file), if you look through it, and some fields are for personal/equipment details too, as well as the EME field. I've been calling CQ on 24.910 since 1608 UTC (time now 1730 UTC) and in that time have seen nothing during the second minute RX periods. I'll leave it for a while longer... John GM4SLV IP90gg
Re: [digitalradio] 12M Deep Search/ Straight talk on JT65a
I was at work all day, but monitored 24910 from about 1400Z to Z . some consistent activity on a couple of different DF's, but nothing decoded into a callsign Can do the same tomorrow John VE5MU -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.5.5/769 - Release Date: 4/19/2007 5:56 PM
[digitalradio] 12M Deep Search/ Straight talk on JT65a
I like Shetland John's idea about deep search work on 12 or 10 M. I think I will give it a try tomorrow on 12 and see what I come up with. Will check prop charts for best time to north of John O' Groats... Andy K3UK On 4/20/07, Bill McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No argument from me. Alot to be garnered from this...both technically and socially. The discussion alone is of value. The mode suite is pretty much what it is in context of its intent. That it provokes interest on HF might be an arrow pointing towards abit different goal. Might even mean that because it is not conversational, it allows people to make contacts without having to converse with people like me :) In context, it is the tool of choice for me on MS and EMEthat it can even be functional on HF is a side benefit. As for the other modes, keep experimenting... 73 Bill N9DSJ --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com, Leigh L Klotz, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think W1JT has done an excellent job not only with the DSP and mode design but also with the software, making it open souirce, documenting it well both technically and for users, and seeding further development with a group of others. I don't mean to detract from this work at all. I think there are lessons to learn from JT65a on HF, and we should make sure we understand why it works and how, and that includes the social processes and the technical ones, before we go tweaking it. I think there is definitely room for a new mode that brings some of its advantages, and as Bonnie says, this time in the sunspot cycle is the perfect crucible. So, let's keep using it and getting experience, but also make the effort to look critically and deconstruct it. 73, Leigh/WA5ZNU -- Andy K3UK Skype Me : callto://andyobrien73 www.obriensweb.com
