Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-06 Thread Miroslav Skoric (YT7MPB)
expeditionradio wrote: > A blatant example was what we saw with abolition of morse testing. If > the old morse test wasn't enough to scare away the first generation of > computer-raised youngsters, then the next generation of web kids was > turned off by the vitriol spewed by those who fought to k

Re: [digitalradio] Secure forwarding between JNOS and FBB

2008-04-21 Thread Miroslav Skoric (YT7MPB)
John Simon wrote: > Yes many years ago VK2YKQ used to assess my FBB BBS using JNOS or another > version od NOS. Please don't ask me what or how it was done, it is in the > dim dank past. B-) Hope this helps and encourages you to continue. > > 73, John de VK2

[digitalradio] Secure forwarding between JNOS and FBB

2008-04-17 Thread Miroslav Skoric (YT7MPB)
Hi all, The next thing I would like to experiment with, is to try the MD2/MD5 password exchange between two bbs's FBB<>JNOS: Several years ago, I experimented with the automated FBB<>FBB password exchange, using Protus utility made by Jesus EB5AGF. It worked great for not only forwarding but for s

Re: [digitalradio] AO-16 soundcard BPSK demodulator

2007-11-22 Thread Miroslav Skoric (YT7MPB)
Mark Thompson wrote: > AO-16 soundcard BPSK demodulator > Btw, is there a good site about using soundcards for VHF/UHF packet radio? Misko > Wouter Jan Ubbels PE4WJ has produced a JAVA 1200 bit/s BPSK AX.25 soundcard > demodulator for a PC. > > This is especially useful for the Amateur Radio

Re: [digitalradio] NIC issue

2007-11-17 Thread Miroslav Skoric (YT7MPB)
ely to work with settings for ISA cards. Thanks for suggestion, Misko YT7MPB > Jose, CO2JA > > Miroslav Skoric (YT7MPB) wrote: > > >>Recently I changed the network card to one based on 3c905-tx chip. It >>makes me wonder how to make it working with Linux Mandrake

[digitalradio] NIC issue

2007-11-14 Thread Miroslav Skoric (YT7MPB)
Recently I changed the network card to one based on 3c905-tx chip. It makes me wonder how to make it working with Linux Mandrake 9.1 ? It is a PCI card (before it I used an ISA card that worked fine, but I moved it to another comp). Misko YT7MPB

Re: [digitalradio] New hams

2007-05-02 Thread Miroslav Skoric (YT7MPB)
Rick, KV9U wrote: > As one who has probably had the most classes in my area to bring in new > hams over several decades, there is no question that the new entrants > tend to not be near as motivated as we once had. That is because it > brings in a larger number of those who have more of a super

Re: [digitalradio] Test in Packet

2007-02-22 Thread Miroslav Skoric (YT7MPB)
Jose A. Amador wrote: > > Misko, > > You need a JNOS executable compiled for a 286. I did so some 9 years ago > and had my JNOS versions for DOS custom compiled. You need some Borland > compiler, I used BC 3 back then. > Hello Jose, tnx for reply. Well I managed to get various installation t

[digitalradio] Test in Packet

2007-02-20 Thread Miroslav Skoric (YT7MPB)
Hello to all, I plan to make some test with JNOS or other derivatives and wonder what versions of *NOS might be ok for my old 80286 PC AT (12 MHz CPU, 1MB RAM, cca 10MB free space on HDD). That old comp I use now to telnet to my Pentium box running LinFBB/WinFBB. I might be interested in making

[digitalradio] Test in Packet

2007-02-04 Thread Miroslav Skoric (YT7MPB)
Hello to all, I plan to make a promotion of the amateur digital radio, packet in particular, during a scientific event ACM-SIGCSE ITiCSE 2007 - Inclusive Education in Computer Science, 12th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 25-27th June 2007, Universit

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Don't ignore proposals/local HF net successes

2006-12-31 Thread Miroslav Skoric (YT7MPB)
KV9U wrote: > > Rather, they are mostly interested in working some simplex and some > repeaters and more rarely now, some packet. And many of them eventually > let their license expire. I do like the ARRL's proposal that we need to > make HF available to new hams. In fact, the thought that ham

[digitalradio] Test in Packet 110 bauds

2006-12-31 Thread Miroslav Skoric (YT7MPB)
Patrick Lindecker wrote: > Hello to all, > > We have done a short experimentation in APRS Packet 110 bauds, Fred > (OH/DK4ZC) repeating the frames ("digipeater"). > > It works well. The signal must be good but not so powerful as in Packet 300 > bauds. So I could exchange APRS frames with Fred

Re: [digitalradio] Wow Olivia Automatic?

2006-04-27 Thread Miroslav Skoric (YT7MPB)
doc kd4e   bibleseven.com wrote: > > Automatic modes make sense for non-technical > marine and other specialty apps but not for > Amateur Radio operators.  We know how to listen > for an open freq, how to send a CQ, and other > such skills. > IMHO, some kind of 'automatic' mode should exist -

Re: [digitalradio] Tom's rival group

2006-04-27 Thread Miroslav Skoric (YT7MPB)
Andrew O'Brien wrote: > > The number of digital modes is amazing and new ones come along > regularly, thanks to the selflessness of so many talented ham radio > operator software programmers. To name a few: AMTOR, CW, DominoEX, > Hellschreiber, PSK, MFSK16, Olivia MFSK, PACTOR, RTTY, SSTV,