[digitalradio] Time for a Digital Skimmer ?

2010-01-11 Thread Andy obrien
I've been playing around with CW Skimmer , again. I'm 10 days in to my trial. Previously I had tried it and gave up because I was not too impressed with the CW decoding ability compared to that of Multipsk .. This time I have used it a bit more and learned more about how to use it. In

AW: [digitalradio] What's new in SSTV ?

2010-01-11 Thread Siegfried Jackstien
Easypal and mmsstv are totally different .. mmsstv is for analog sstv . every tone stands for a pixel in the picture Easypal is digital sstv The pixels (or any other data) is computed with error correction and other things . The whole thing is the transmitted in packets (or better say

Re: [digitalradio] What's new in SSTV ?

2010-01-11 Thread Andy obrien
Phil, Easypal is a whole different world. Makes MMSSTV appear antique. Give it a try some time. Andy K3UK

Re: [digitalradio] What's new in SSTV ?

2010-01-11 Thread Phil Williams
Thanks for all the answers. I will download it this week. philw de ka1gmn On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 6:13 AM, Andy obrien k3uka...@gmail.com wrote: Phil, Easypal is a whole different world. Makes MMSSTV appear antique. Give it a try some time. Andy K3UK

[digitalradio] NEW : Digitalradio 2010 Challenge via Clublogs

2010-01-11 Thread Andy obrien
I have arranged for clublogs.org (http://www.clublogs.org) to add Digitalradio as a club . This means you can connect to their web site, registered, and then upload your log . The upload will be an ADIF upload. If you need help with that part, just let me know, it is quite easy. You also

[digitalradio] Re: NEW : Digitalradio 2010 Challenge via Clublogs

2010-01-11 Thread obrienaj
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[digitalradio] First Feld Hell Sprint of 2010 this Saturday - and now a QRP class

2010-01-11 Thread scollaysquarewriter
DOH! Please join us this Saturday, January 16th, from 1600Z - 1800Z for the Simpsons Sprint, with bonus points for QSOs with anyone in a town named Springfield (there are 34 in the U.S. and a few in England, too!) Also bonus points for QSOs with anyone named Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, or

[digitalradio] Clublogs... see standings versus others

2010-01-11 Thread Andy obrien
-- Forwarded message -- From: Rob - G4LMW g4...@btconnect.com Date: Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 8:26 AM Subject: Re: [skcc] SKCC Now Listed at Clublogs... see standings versus others To: s...@yahoogroups.com Thanks Andy Can I correct the URL: http://www.clublog.org ClubLog is a

Re: [digitalradio] Re: NEW : Digitalradio 2010 Challenge via Clublogs

2010-01-11 Thread Dave Ackrill
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Re: [digitalradio] Re: CSS to release The PK-232 25th Anniversary Software CD

2010-01-11 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
Ok - I see the point now. guess I'm just getting slow. I do have 3 of the PK-232MBX's and use them much. One of them I got back in 1988 or so new for about 300 bucks. Used for the most part for AMTOR and some what for HF and VFH packet. Would be just the thing to run on my old 8088 system. May

Re: [digitalradio] Re: NEW : Digitalradio 2010 Challenge via Clublogs

2010-01-11 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
I guess that's because you Andy are the only one that I know of that try's *every* new mode that comes down the pike. I guess I really need to take a good look at some of the newer sound card modes. I just got so turned off by that do nothing PSK 31.

Re: [digitalradio] Re: NEW : Digitalradio 2010 Challenge via Clublogs

2010-01-11 Thread Dave Ackrill
John Becker, WØJAB wrote: I guess I really need to take a good look at some of the newer sound card modes. I just got so turned off by that do nothing PSK 31. The various WSJT modes can be quite entertaining, especially if you are into VHF and UHF and JT65 is gaining support on HF as well.

RE: [digitalradio] Clublogs... see standings versus others

2010-01-11 Thread Dave AA6YQ
There have been several reports on the DXLab reflector that Club Log ignores the DXCC entity uploaded with each QSO, attempts to determine the DXCC entity itself from its database, and sometimes gets it wrong. 73, Dave, AA6YQ -Original Message- From:

Re: [digitalradio] Clublogs... see standings versus others

2010-01-11 Thread DANNY DOUGLAS
I had a bunch of pages of rejected contacts, where it tried to say they were different countries, than I had logged. They were correct on a few of the eastern block USSR countries, when all the changes were being made there. Most of those have been straightened out, and the only mistakes now

Re: [digitalradio] Clublogs... see standings versus others

2010-01-11 Thread Dave Ackrill
Dave AA6YQ wrote: There have been several reports on the DXLab reflector that Club Log ignores the DXCC entity uploaded with each QSO, attempts to determine the DXCC entity itself from its database, and sometimes gets it wrong. From what I can make out, a message on the Club Log forum will

[digitalradio] New to the group

2010-01-11 Thread clive_2e0bsl
Thought id say hi to the group. Wonder if anyone knows what the signals are round 1.877 - 2k wide is it Olivia or some other MSK?

[digitalradio] Annual Statement of Rules

2010-01-11 Thread obrienaj
Digitalradio Message Posting Rules: Messages that promote commercial products are NOT allowed, with the exception of products directly associated with Amateur Radio or Short Wave Listening. Messages should be related to amateur radio, shortwave listening, and especially digital communication.

AW: [digitalradio] New to the group

2010-01-11 Thread Siegfried Jackstien
Maybe stanag 4285 …. Used by military …. Tune to 1875 usb don´t know the submode or i fit is really stanag4285 and i fit is coded or not ….. What soft have you for digital?? Dg9bfc Sigi _ Von: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalra...@yahoogroups.com] Im Auftrag von

[digitalradio] Re: New to the group

2010-01-11 Thread clive_2e0bsl
I use Ham Radio Deluxe mainly. I have Skysweeper but havnt used that in a while. I think it does Stanag 4539. 73 --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Siegfried Jackstien siegfried.jackst...@... wrote: Maybe stanag 4285 …. Used by military …. Tune to 1875 usb don´t know the submode or i fit

AW: [digitalradio] Re: New to the group

2010-01-11 Thread Siegfried Jackstien
I use multipsk most of the time …. And there is a multipsk usergroup So next versions and “whishes” from the users are discussed there (and bug reports if there are any) Nice software … you should try it out Dg9bfc Sigi _ Von: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com

[digitalradio] Mystery signal on 75M

2010-01-11 Thread jhaynesatalumni
I was listening on the top end of 75M this afternoon about 4PM CST and heard a strange wideband signal, sounded a little bit like rushing wind. Brought up a digital waterfall and found that it extended from 3990.15 to 3997.85. The waterfall display was rather blotchy, suggesting some internal

RE: [digitalradio] Mystery signal on 75M

2010-01-11 Thread Cortland Richmond
There's some European DRM broadcasting in that range. Cortland [Original Message] From: jhaynesatalumni jhhay...@earthlink.net To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Date: 1/11/2010 8:27:07 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Mystery signal on 75M I was listening on the top end of 75M this afternoon

Re: [digitalradio] Mystery signal on 75M

2010-01-11 Thread J. Moen
Is DRM that wide? - Original Message - From: Cortland Richmond To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 5:48 PM Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Mystery signal on 75M There's some European DRM broadcasting in that range. Cortland [Original

Re: [digitalradio] Mystery signal on 75M

2010-01-11 Thread Cortland Richmond
Sure is. See the Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Radio_Mondiale Also see the complaints! http://www.mail-archive.com/hard-core...@hard-core-dx.com/msg06085.html FWIW, we in the US still have some AM HD Radio stations on IBOC wiping out reception of adjacent frequencies.

Re: [digitalradio] Mystery signal on 75M

2010-01-11 Thread J. Moen
OK, I was thinking of the narrow bandwidth WinDRm and even better FDMDV that we used until it was discovered we were using a proprietary codec. DRM for HF broadcast really is pretty wide, comparatively. Thanks for the links. Jim - K6JM - Original Message - From: Cortland