[digitalradio] Re: US Hams Codeless Feb 23

2007-01-22 Thread James M Punderson IV
lass license. > > My wife, who is studying for her General, although she has very little > interest in HF, thought that the reason might be that they were ready > for the test and did not want to take the chance of getting stale by the > time of the next VE test session. Like most

[digitalradio] Re: US Hams Codeless Feb 23

2007-01-22 Thread James M Punderson IV
Hi Rick, I work as a VE for some clubs here in NJ. We just had a session last Thursday at which instead of the usual 2 or 3 test takers, we had eleven of which seven were Technicians taking the General written exam. So if that's any indication, there is a lot of interest in HF out there. I think

[digitalradio] Re: BUXCOMM Rascal for the Icom IC-746 - anyone with experience?

2007-01-22 Thread James M Punderson IV
Hi Dave, I am currently using a Rascal GLX and I can definitively tell you that when plugged into the ACC1 port of my Icom 756Pro3 that it does do FSK not just AFSK. I use the same cable that a 746 would use if I recall correctly. I am pretty sure that the earlier Rascal model that I had a few ye

[digitalradio] FYI: RESTRUCTURING: UK GETS NEW BANDPLANS IN 2006

2005-12-26 Thread James M Punderson IV
RESTRUCTURING: UK GETS NEW BANDPLANS IN 2006 Hams in Great Britain will ring in 2006 with some new bandplans that will place strict regulation on the introduction of fully automatic digital communications techniques. The new plans may also hamper growth of current automated robot digital operati