[digitalradio] FCC Denies Two Amateur Radio Petitions for Rulemaking

2008-05-08 Thread Mark Thompson
FCC Denies Two Amateur Radio Petitions for Rulemaking In two separate decisions released today, the Federal Communications Commission denied two Petitions for Rulemaking (PRM) having to do with Amateur Radio. These two PRMs, one filed by Mark Miller, N5RFX, of Arlington, Texas, concerning

[digitalradio] X-1J4 Serial Control via Host Mode

2008-05-08 Thread nq4y
I am trying to use the host serial console functionality to control a repeater controller from a X-1J4 TheNet digipeater. The issue I'm running into is the fact that the digipeater appears to repeatedly be sending a string to the repeater controller that the repeater controller interprets as

[digitalradio] 300 baud limit open to change Re: FCC Denies Digital Stone Age Petition

2008-05-08 Thread expeditionradio
Mark N5RFX wrote: I am disappointed that the FCC did not elaborate on the purpose of Section 97.307(f) which limits specified RTTY or data emissions to a symbol rate not to exceed 300 bauds... Why is that there? The FCC has spoken and the status quo prevails. Hi Mark, This FCC order

[digitalradio] 300 baud limit open to change Re: FCC Denies Digital Stone Age Petition

2008-05-08 Thread expeditionradio
bruce wa4gch wrote: So does this meen we can junk 99% of all ham stations for your idea of what ham radio should be? Ha ha, Bruce! Good one. Seriously, though, this is more of a rejection of backward-thinking attempts to stifle USA hams' future while the rest of the world passes us by.

[digitalradio] Fw: GO-32 9.6k APRS Sked May 17, ~8:30pm EDT

2008-05-08 Thread Mark Thompson
- Forwarded Message From: Joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 8, 2008 10:21:30 AM Subject: [illinoisdigitalham] GO-32 9.6k APRS Sked May 17, ~8:30pm EDT I'm putting together a little sked for APRS operations on GO-32.  I've been listening, and there doesn't

[digitalradio] Re : Digital Stone Age

2008-05-08 Thread Mel
To those of us residing in places outside of the USA, meaning the rest of the world, in plain English, what does all this rejection of the petition mean ? May I hazard a guess and suggest that when the radio conditions improve and communications around the world resume to a reasonable

Re: [digitalradio] Re : Digital Stone Age

2008-05-08 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
If it had become law in the US the rest of the world would be operation on modes that us in the USA can no longer operate. We would be kicked back to the stone age. That's it in a few words. At 03:25 PM 5/8/2008, you wrote: To those of us residing in places outside of the USA, meaning the rest

Re: [digitalradio] Fw: GO-32 9.6k APRS Sked May 17, ~8:30pm EDT

2008-05-08 Thread Russell Blair
Mark, Is there a program that I can use to decode GO-32 downlink my radion is a IC-706MKII2 and using HRD to track the bird.    Thanks Russell NC5O   = IN GOD WE TRUST ! = Russell Blair NC5O Skype-Russell Blair  Hell Field #300 DRCC #55 --- On Thu, 5/8/08,

[digitalradio] what is this HF sound please?

2008-05-08 Thread Tooner
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[digitalradio] 300 baud limit open to change Re: FCC Denies Digital Stone Age Petition

2008-05-08 Thread johnhutchinsusa
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, expeditionradio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: bruce wa4gch wrote: So does this meen we can junk 99% of all ham stations for your idea of what ham radio should be? Ha ha, Bruce! Good one. Seriously, though, this is more of a rejection of

Re: [digitalradio] 300 baud limit open to change Re: FCC Denies Digital Stone Age Petition

2008-05-08 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
And if this became law we in the USA would be sitting back watching while the rest of the world operated the modes that we now could not. Bonnie makes a very good point when she say we would be back in the stone age. John, W0JAB At 10:05 PM 5/8/2008, John WB4NNY wrote: Bruce makes a serious

Re: [digitalradio] 300 baud limit open to change Re: FCC Denies Digital Stone Age Petition

2008-05-08 Thread Sholto Fisher
Hello Bonnie, I was wondering if you could bring me ( others in the group) up-to-date with your MIL 188-141A ALE experiments? specifically I would be be interested in knowing how most messages are passed? are they AMD/DBM or DTM? The only ALE signals I have heard recently (at least on 30m)