Re: [digitalradio] Multiband Scanning ALE on HF and VHF

2006-08-22 Thread John Becker
Joe I think there is a misunderstanding about what we running ALE are doing with it. We do *NOT* stop on every frequency that we scan to transmit a signal or call but do scan a given list of them for other calling us or a call for the net. Can we QRM a on going QSO? Sure can. And that could

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Multiband Scanning ALE on HF and VHF

2006-08-22 Thread KV9U
Bonnie, For some reason I am not understanding clearly what you have been saying. Previously you said that ALE is not being used to frequency hop. What is your definition of frequency hopping vs. transmitting on a series of channels? (As I stated earlier, this has no connection with FHSS).

Re: [digitalradio] Re: PC-ALE Signal Detect Before Transmitting: An Experiment

2006-08-22 Thread KV9U
Dave, If a sound card implementation worked well, it would not be difficult to move the Winlink 2000 system towards SCAMP. During the beta testing about a year and a half ago, several PMBO's were readily set up to handle SCAMP (Sound Card Amateur Messaging Protocol). It would not have been

[digitalradio] ICOM R9500

2006-08-22 Thread port_lock
Just saw this, replacement for R9000 WOW! Wonder if they will sell it here? http://www.onjapan.net/2006/hamfair/dsc9.jpg http://ndl-dx.se/icom_r9500/ has pdf brochure James Z Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Multiband Scanning ALE on HF and VHF

2006-08-22 Thread kd4e
For some reason I am not understanding clearly what you have been saying. Previously you said that ALE is not being used to frequency hop. What is your definition of frequency hopping vs. transmitting on a series of channels? (As I stated earlier, this has no connection with FHSS). You

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Multiband Scanning ALE on HF and VHF

2006-08-22 Thread Harold Aaron
I think there is some confusion over frequency hopping, so I will throw my 2 uneducated cents into the discussion. My limited experience is with MARS-ALE, and I have been using it for only a month or so. The term frequency hopping as I understand it, relates to changing frequencies very quickly

RE: [digitalradio] Multiband Scanning ALE on HF and VHF

2006-08-22 Thread DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA
A question I have always wondered about on HF. How do you prevent the hidden transmitter effect? I don't think you can unless all stations transmit a To list each time they transmit...i.e. K5ABC, W6PK, W3INI, WA4HPE DE K7XYZ. Then you know that even though you may not be hearing all of the

Re: [digitalradio] Inititating a QSO with ALE short duration calling and signalling

2006-08-22 Thread kd4e
Mostly, ALE is used to initiate a QSO that then happens using some other method such as SSB voice, psk, fsk, ofdm, or mfsk. With ALE, there are no shifting gears, no pounding away, and no long-winded CQs or extended calling such as traditional voice, image, digi texting, Pactor, RTTY, or

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Multiband Scanning ALE on HF and VHF

2006-08-22 Thread KV9U
If the pops or bursts of ALE is the turkey gobble sound, then this is not a minor point of interference. If a person was on a frequency that has been claimed by the ALE enthusiasts as their frequency, and a few dozen users are sending the 8psk signal every so often, that would be intolerable

RE: [digitalradio] Re: PC-ALE Signal Detect Before Transmitting: An Experiment

2006-08-22 Thread DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA
Any data mode will work with WinLink if the WinLink station is set up to receive that mode and the interface can send an emulated a telnet port connection to the WinLink server over the Internet. WinLink isn't fancy, it just works. Walt/K5YFW -Original Message- From:

Re: [digitalradio] Icom IC-F7000 transceiver with ALE and SELCALL

2006-08-22 Thread chasm
On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:50:18 -, expeditionradio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By the way, Chas, please tell me more about Kenwood's ALE standards, because I was not yet aware that Kenwood had an ALE radio. Hams use the MIL STD 188-141 ALE, and that is the one that is found embedded in the Micom,

[digitalradio] FH ALE Re: Multiband Scanning ALE on HF and VHF

2006-08-22 Thread expeditionradio
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, KV9U [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For some reason I am not understanding clearly what you have been saying. Previously you said that ALE is not being used to frequency hop. Hi Rick, I'm not quite sure why you are talking about frequency hopping.

[digitalradio] Pinging Re: Inititating a QSO

2006-08-22 Thread expeditionradio
Say for the moment that 100 Hams are pinging, what happens when 10,000 Hams are pinging and they are doing so on the same bands they now frequent? doc, KD4E At that point, you would call it a RTTY DX contest :) Bonnie KQ6XA Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to

[digitalradio] Ping

2006-08-22 Thread expeditionradio
doc, KD4E wrote: At what threshold of Ham usage does this pinging of Ham frequencies move from a minor factor to a major one? Say for the moment that 100 Hams are pinging, what happens when 10,000 Hams are pinging and they are doing so on the same bands they now frequent? Then you would