Re: [digitalradio] Re: digital radio interactive sked page
It is hard to keep so many resources in mind all the time unless you promote it. I had completely forgotten about it until recently. Andy's sked pages for other groups is new to me and I can see where it could really help increase activity. One thing that may work for some groups is having a common frequency for their mode. HF Pack has all sorts of frequencies for different modes. Another group is the NREN (National Radio Emergency Network) which is a kind of niche group that promotes the use of CW as the primary contact resource for emergencies. They typically monitor 7050, 10.115, (some of their info says 10.120) and 14050 as much as possible. If you were operating portable with simple equipment it would almost have to be CW to work with modest antennas and a couple of watts and they can take message traffic out of normal net sequence. 73, Rick, KV9U Andrew O'Brien wrote: BUT the use has been a LOT less than I anticipated. I created the idea with digital modes of all kinds in mind and the use has been quite low. As an after thought, I set up a second page for the Straight Key Century Club ( http://www.obriensweb.com/skccsked/skccsked.php ) and the use there has been very high, often 20-30 users within a 10 minute period. I also created one for Worked All States ( http://www.obriensweb.com/was/was.php ) , even that exceeds the digital one at times. US Islands group will be using one that we created for them ( http://www.obriensweb.com/usi/usi.php ) soon. I am contemplating perhaps a separate page for ALE experiments. Andy K3UK
Re: [digitalradio] Re: digital radio interactive sked page
On 7/25/07, Andrew O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am contemplating perhaps a separate page for ALE experiments. Andrew, personally i would welcome that, since ALE is overwhelming anything else on the digital sked page. So far i'm not having much luck with ALE and my interest is more in WSJT on HF, and also in other digital modes for random contacts. 73 de wn1z Orrin
Re: [digitalradio] Re: digital radio interactive sked page
Sorry to hear this. You would think that they would remove it from their web site if they discontinued it. I have been monitoring some of their frequencies and have been hearing some CW but probably just coincidental use of those freqs? It always was a niche activity and clearly was something that QMN was closely associated with. I have read some of the editorials and realized this was mostly the idea of one person. But it is the sign of the times and one wonders how easy it will be to make CW contacts if you really needed to ask for help, assistance, or ability to route e-mail or other messages to a third party (such as for pick up time from a remote location). I think it is really neat when amateur radio is used for such things and there is no other practical alternative. Maybe they should have worked closer with HF Pack? Some of the frequencies were pretty close so that if you were in trouble and calling CQ for help they might hear you. The problem is that unless it is a full blown emergency, it might be difficult to route messages to the average ham who does not know how to do this. I have not had to handle emergency traffic as incoming from remote backpackers but have had some CW contacts with folks who were operating casually from remote locations. I find that quite enjoyable even though they may be fairly weak. Unfortunately it would be very difficult to operate with other digital modes than CW since you have to have so much other equipment to make it work. We are really fortunate today with the ultra compact and moderately priced portable HF CW rigs, but ironically fewer and fewer hams will be able to use them since they won't have the skill. 73, Rick, KV9U n2qz wrote: NREN is basically defunct due to lack of interest and participation. According to Jim W8SIW on Apr. 4 2007, Interest in the program was quite low, and the NREN concept evolved into essentially an auxiliary web page for QMN (albeit a very good one, thanks to Chuck, AA8VS).
Re: [digitalradio] Re: digital radio interactive sked page
Rick wrote: Another group is the NREN (National Radio Emergency Network) which is a kind of niche group that promotes the use of CW as the primary contact resource for emergencies. They typically monitor 7050, 10.115, (some of their info says 10.120) and 14050 as much as possible. If you were operating portable with simple equipment it would almost have to be CW to work with modest antennas and a couple of watts and they can take message traffic out of normal net sequence. NREN is basically defunct due to lack of interest and participation. According to Jim W8SIW on Apr. 4 2007, Interest in the program was quite low, and the NREN concept evolved into essentially an auxiliary web page for QMN (albeit a very good one, thanks to Chuck, AA8VS). -- 73 de Nick N2QZ Section Traffic Manager, Eastern New York Section Net Manager, NYS/E FISTS #11469 SKCC #1027
Re: [digitalradio] Re: digital radio interactive sked page
don't get discouraged about use, Andy , since it is summer and radio activities take a back seat to many other things, especially in this house. Haven't figured out how to go HF ALE mobile in a golf cart or boat. The Sked page has been a lot of fun, and has spurred some interesting experiments. Thanks again for all your great work. John VE5MU - Original Message - From: Andrew O'Brien To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: digital radio interactive sked page BUT the use has been a LOT less than I anticipated. I created the idea with digital modes of all kinds in mind and the use has been quite low. As an after thought, I set up a second page for the Straight Key Century Club ( http://www.obriensweb.com/skccsked/skccsked.php ) and the use there has been very high, often 20-30 users within a 10 minute period. I also created one for Worked All States ( http://www.obriensweb.com/was/was.php ) , even that exceeds the digital one at times. US Islands group will be using one that we created for them ( http://www.obriensweb.com/usi/usi.php ) soon. I am contemplating perhaps a separate page for ALE experiments. Andy K3UK On 7/25/07, Jon Maguire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Orrin, there are folks using other modes on the page. Thanks to Andy for such a great tool. 73... Jon W1MNK Just curious, is anyone on this list using the Digital Radio Interactive Sked Page (http://www.obriensweb.com/drsked/drsked.php) for anything other than HFLINKNET / ALE stuff? Or has anyone seen any activity there lately for other than ALE testing? Just checking. Orrin wn1z in northeast Calif. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.19/917 - Release Date: 7/25/2007 1:16 AM
Re: [digitalradio] Re: digital radio interactive sked page
BUT the use has been a LOT less than I anticipated. I created the idea with digital modes of all kinds in mind and the use has been quite low. As an after thought, I set up a second page for the Straight Key Century Club (http://www.obriensweb.com/skccsked/skccsked.php ) and the use there has been very high, often 20-30 users within a 10 minute period. I also created one for Worked All States (http://www.obriensweb.com/was/was.php ) , even that exceeds the digital one at times. US Islands group will be using one that we created for them ( http://www.obriensweb.com/usi/usi.php ) soon. I am contemplating perhaps a separate page for ALE experiments. Andy K3UK On 7/25/07, Jon Maguire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Orrin, there are folks using other modes on the page. Thanks to Andy for such a great tool. 73... Jon W1MNK Just curious, is anyone on this list using the Digital Radio Interactive Sked Page (http://www.obriensweb.com/drsked/drsked.php) for anything other than HFLINKNET / ALE stuff? Or has anyone seen any activity there lately for other than ALE testing? Just checking. Orrin wn1z in northeast Calif.
[digitalradio] Re: digital radio interactive sked page
Orrin, there are folks using other modes on the page. Thanks to Andy for such a great tool. 73... Jon W1MNK Just curious, is anyone on this list using the Digital Radio Interactive Sked Page (http://www.obriensweb.com/drsked/drsked.php) for anything other than HFLINKNET / ALE stuff? Or has anyone seen any activity there lately for other than ALE testing? Just checking. Orrin wn1z in northeast Calif.
