RE: [digitalradio] Re: Operating ROS In USA

2010-07-20 Thread Rud Merriam
Actually, the Nazi's did obey the law. (That is not a defense of their actions.) They just changed the law to make whatever they wanted to do legal, or did it outside of Germany where the law did not apply. - 73 - Rud Merriam K5RUD http://mysticlakesoftware.com/ -Original Message

RE: [digitalradio] ROS are sending data from your PC

2010-07-09 Thread Rud Merriam
Could this ROS discussion be taken offline or elsewhere? I expect others, like I, are sick of the rehashing. (And if you are sick please don't reply in support of this message - that would be as bad as the rehashing.) Andy?? - 73 - Rud Merriam K5RUD http://mysticlakesoftware.com

RE: [digitalradio] The first official release of SDR-Radio Console

2010-05-04 Thread Rud Merriam
Hi Andy, Are you near Ripley? I'm in Houston know but grew up just east of Buffalo in East Amherst. My father is from Westfield and had a lot of family there so we used to drive down once a month of so. Of course we went through Ripley to get there. - 73 - Rud Merriam K5RUD http

RE: [digitalradio] Re: 1976 FCC - Delete all Emission Types from Part 97

2010-03-09 Thread Rud Merriam
the OO would get onto you, and so would the FCC eventually. Same for operating analog in the digital section. - 73 - Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://mysticlakesoftware.com/ -Original Message- From: KH6TY [mailto:kh...@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 2

[digitalradio] Spectrum Spreading

2010-02-27 Thread Rud Merriam
of all this. - 73 - Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://mysticlakesoftware.com/

RE: [digitalradio] Why would anyone

2009-10-29 Thread Rud Merriam
Baud rate is baud rate, i.e. symbol change. There is nothing in the regulations about how much the symbol can change. Packet and RTTY uses two tones. PKS31 uses one. By your argument Packet and RTTY should be banned because their symbol change is larger than PSK31s. - 73 - Rud Merriam K5RUD

RE: [digitalradio] Why would anyone

2009-10-29 Thread Rud Merriam
No, Packet can't operate at more than 300 baud. Nothing on HF can exceed 300 baud. I didn't argue this implicitly or explicitly. You made the argument implicitly. - 73 - Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://mysticlakesoftware.com/ -Original Message- From

RE: [digitalradio] OT WEB HOSTING QUESTION

2009-10-24 Thread Rud Merriam
Check out Google Apps at http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html. You get a lot of capability for free. You can register a domain name for them ($10 / year) which is the only cost. There is not a site builder but you can build pages with a WYSIWYG online editor. - 73 - Rud

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Puppy Mail

2009-10-22 Thread Rud Merriam
Been to Scotland but not that a far north. The wife of an associate is from north of Aberdeen. He is from Aberdeen. I could barely understand him when he was speaking English. I had no hope of understanding her - speaking English. - 73 - Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http

RE: [digitalradio] Provisional article on RS ID on Wikipedia

2009-09-15 Thread Rud Merriam
I went into Wikipedia and removed the deletion notice. I added a comment that this is a good article for the world-wide amateur radio community and it should remain. - 73 - Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://mysticlakesoftware.com/ -Original Message- From

RE: [digitalradio] Fldigi Linux CD

2009-07-22 Thread Rud Merriam
I just downloaded and used ImgBurn in the last couple days to create a Win 7 RC DVD. It worked fine. - 73 - Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://mysticlakesoftware.blogspot.com/ -Original Message- From: Andrew O'Brien [mailto:andrewob...@gmail.com] Sent

RE: [digitalradio] QST article about RS-ID

2009-07-11 Thread Rud Merriam
QEX might be interested in an in-depth technical article. - 73 - Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: Andy obrien [mailto:k3uka...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 6:34 AM To: digitalradio; wn

RE: [digitalradio] The ARQ Advantage?

2009-06-25 Thread Rud Merriam
Ah, AX.25 is an ARQ mode. How is it different from other ARQ modes vis-a-vis evaluation? - 73 - Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net http://thehamnetwork.net/ -Original Message- From: Charles Brabham [mailto:n5...@uspacket.org] Sent: Thursday

RE: [digitalradio] Boot discs for emcomm/ham radio

2009-06-11 Thread Rud Merriam
of those is.) With them on a hard drive the install goes faster and I don't have to get everything installed all at once. I just add things back as I need them. - 73 - Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net http://thehamnetwork.net/ -Original Message

RE: [digitalradio] Question about mail servers on HF

2009-03-31 Thread Rud Merriam
On article about HF email in Africa is at http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6299. I remembered it but not the details so Google africa hf email. There are some other search results you might want to read. - 73 - Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Unable to set clock

2009-03-19 Thread Rud Merriam
It looks like your firewall or router is block the time service port. That is the ntp service on port 123. - 73 - Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: Kim [mailto:kimme...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 3

RE: [digitalradio] on another note

2009-02-23 Thread Rud Merriam
- Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net http://thehamnetwork.net/ -Original Message- From: John Bradley [mailto:jbrad...@sasktel.net] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 2:48 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com; hfl...@yahoogroups.com Cc: multi

RE: [digitalradio] Modes - What are they and What about New Developement??

2009-02-22 Thread Rud Merriam
, since the latency is on the order of seconds. - 73 - Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net http://thehamnetwork.net/ -Original Message- From: Gmail - Kevin, Natalia, Stacey Rochelle [mailto:spar...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 5:30

[digitalradio] Skip - Quad detials?

2008-11-26 Thread Rud Merriam
Could you provide sufficient details on the quad to allow building it? Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net

RE: [digitalradio] Suggestions for cheap Packet 2m rig

2008-11-06 Thread Rud Merriam
- Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: Sholto Fisher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 4:07 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] Suggestions for cheap Packet 2m rig Hi All

RE: [digitalradio] Fast ARQ Hardware

2008-08-29 Thread Rud Merriam
. No changes needed there, either. Nothing changes in the protocol. Nothing is required of the protocol. Nothing of the protocol is damaged. Nothing of the protocol is thrown away. Actually the tone could be useful as a marker. The receiver could use it to tune into the transmitted signal. Rud

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Signalink No Good for ARQ Modes

2008-08-26 Thread Rud Merriam
Or the protocol implementers need to recognize the need to generate a tone to trigger the VOX. This would be analogous to the delay they provide for transmitter keying. - 73 - Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From

RE: [digitalradio] New Digital Mode Winmor

2008-08-26 Thread Rud Merriam
If the protocol is used on ham frequencies it must be documented. I think for this mode a number of people would raise a stink if it is not documented sufficiently to implement. - 73 - Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Signalink No Good for ARQ Modes

2008-08-26 Thread Rud Merriam
that defines the radio interface and sending an audio tone, possibly sub audible, is all that needs to change. - 73 - Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: expeditionradio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 26

RE: [digitalradio] AX.25 vs Something New

2008-08-09 Thread Rud Merriam
, would be an improvement to our RF digital communications. I liked the point about not needing a timer to monitor timeouts with the sliding window. AX.25 has a plethora of timers that make it a hassle to implement. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net http

RE: [digitalradio] AX.25 vs Something New

2008-08-08 Thread Rud Merriam
transmitted in one burst. The time delays waiting for TX stability have a big impact on throughput. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Mayfield - AA5J Sent

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Has anyone looked into FPGA-based digitalmodes?

2008-08-06 Thread Rud Merriam
family visit commitments. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jose A. Amador Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 1:54 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com

[digitalradio] AX.25 vs Something New

2008-08-06 Thread Rud Merriam
links. Providing gateways and bridges to existing networks is problem to address. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: Jose A. Amador [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 5:59 PM To: digitalradio

RE: [digitalradio] AX.25 vs Something New

2008-08-06 Thread Rud Merriam
Here is a presentation by Phil with the same information: http://www.qsl.net/n9zia/newlink/page1.html The paper at a different URL: http://www.ka9q.net/papers/newlinkpaper.pdf Phil's papers: http://www.ka9q.net/papers/ Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Has anyone looked into FPGA-based digitalmodes?

2008-08-05 Thread Rud Merriam
For one reason because AX25 is an abomination. It packs to many protocol layers into one format and does not provide any FEC. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Has anyone looked into FPGA-based digitalmodes?

2008-08-04 Thread Rud Merriam
AX25 is also an ARQ mode. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net http://thehamnetwork.net/ -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Brabham Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 4:17 PM

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Has anyone looked into FPGA-based digitalmodes?

2008-08-04 Thread Rud Merriam
LDPC is to old to be under patent protection. The doctoral thesis that defines it is from the 60s. The problem is they did not have the computing power to utilize LDPC. It was rediscovered in the 90s. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original

RE: [digitalradio] Digital Modes Overview Wiki Project ?

2008-06-12 Thread Rud Merriam
You can put it on my site, thehamnetwork.net, which is a wiki. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: Andrew O'Brien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 5:22 AM To: DIGITALRADIO Subject: [digitalradio

RE: [digitalradio] USB Sample Rate - Vista Help

2008-05-27 Thread Rud Merriam
I killed my one running copy of Vista so cannot help. The software _should_ be setting the rate it needs. If not, complain to the developer. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto

RE: [digitalradio] Dayton FCC Forum

2008-05-25 Thread Rud Merriam
My interpretation is he was not stating an opinion on the topic, but just saying that an opinion would be needed to clarify such use. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [digitalradio] Memristors : Electronics' 'missing link' found

2008-05-02 Thread Rud Merriam
I have been trying to understand this since I saw the news the other day. I wonder what impact such a device might have on RF or audio. For example, what is its reactance? Why is does it not appear at the macro level but has to be nano-technology? Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Multiple Digital Modes: Time to get rid of most ?

2008-04-23 Thread Rud Merriam
characters. 4. Send an end of message character. 5. The receiver displays each character as received. 6. After the FEC is received and decoded the receiver displays any corrected characters in the appropriate place on the display. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http

RE: [digitalradio] UI Design

2008-02-01 Thread Rud Merriam
consumed effort by the user. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net http://thehamnetwork.net/ -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon Brown Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 3:35 AM

[digitalradio] TV Whitespace Testing

2008-01-20 Thread Rud Merriam
of whitespace.) Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Emergency agencies/ ham equipment/ hams in emcomm

2008-01-11 Thread Rud Merriam
the rescue problem. A supply truck or helicopter with supplies can make it in once a day. The multiple vehicles, trucks or helicopters, to evacuate people were not available. Your hypothetical versus others real world experience is misleading you. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery

RE: [digitalradio] Emergency agencies/ ham equipment/ hams in emcomm

2008-01-10 Thread Rud Merriam
. Cell service gets wiped out when 1,000s of people are stuck bumper to bumper on the freeways. The NGOs like United Way and the Food Bank do not want to allocate their resources toward developing communications capabilities. They will provide stations. We provide the people. Rud Merriam K5RUD

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Curmudgions and an idea for digital operation

2008-01-10 Thread Rud Merriam
Jim, That yourself, family and property are supposed to come first, even in ARES. It is common sense that a volunteer operator is not going to be focused on their activity if they are worrying about all the other issues. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http

RE: [digitalradio] Emergency agencies/ ham equipment/ hams in emcomm

2008-01-10 Thread Rud Merriam
I fully concur with Rick's comments. I find Bonnie's responses very off-putting with respect to trying ALE. The same can be said for Winlink 2000 even though I run a Telpac node. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Oregon Governor Allocates $250,000 for Digital Communications Network

2008-01-09 Thread Rud Merriam
How is the government going to get operators? Any full time staff will have a multitude of other duties to perform. As a taxpayer you should appreciate the government supporting volunteers and obtaining equipment that is less costly than the equivalent commercial gear. Rud Merriam K5RUD

RE: [digitalradio] Bozo Guide for SVN (subversion)

2008-01-05 Thread Rud Merriam
get a menu that lets me do day to day operations on my local and Google repository. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of cesco12342000 Sent: Saturday

RE: [digitalradio] Questions on digital opposition

2007-12-26 Thread Rud Merriam
the hurricane Rita evacuation in the Houston area. There are also situations where transferring documents is more accurate and more quickly done in modes other than voice or CW. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies

2007-12-19 Thread Rud Merriam
in Austin. That is a distance of 130 or more miles. Since local use of NVIS would be to reach the state EOC in Austin it is a feasible route if dependable. This is using FM so SSB might work reliably. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message

[digitalradio] Technical Question: FDMDV

2007-12-06 Thread Rud Merriam
The statement about it being 50 baud, RRC filtered... confuses me. My understanding of theory is that baud equals the spread between tones in an OFDM or 2* baud in basic multi-tone signal. That does not fit with a 50 baud and 75 Hz separation. What am I missing? Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Technical Question: FDMDV / QPSK in PSK31

2007-12-06 Thread Rud Merriam
while the Q carries the other. The encoding below determine how the two bit streams are created. The URL did not work for me. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Technical Question: FDMDV

2007-12-06 Thread Rud Merriam
Which still leaves me confused. Whether it is QPSK or BPSK it doesn't matter. That determines the bits per symbol (or baud). Bit rate has nothing to do with tone separation. A 50 baud signal should have either a 50 Hz or a 100 Hz separation by my understanding. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC

RE: [digitalradio] Re: The sorry state of VHF/UHF Packet

2007-11-30 Thread Rud Merriam
the message bases. There are scenarios where the group message approach makes sense. How about locating and communicating with people in shelters? Send all individual's messages using NNTP to all shelters. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message

RE: [digitalradio] Re: The sorry state of VHF/UHF Packet

2007-11-29 Thread Rud Merriam
Which radio? ...and ampr.org is impossible to deal with. If IP addressing became useful going to an IPv6 subnet where every ham could have a 100 addresses would be a better approach. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From

RE: [digitalradio] Re: The sorry state of VHF/UHF Packet

2007-11-28 Thread Rud Merriam
newsgroup. The incident commander could pick up the message from any served location. Others could see the message and respond also. Hams could be encouraged to use a system by bonus points for sending contest and field day entries via the system. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County

RE: [digitalradio] The sorry state of VHF/UHF Packet

2007-11-27 Thread Rud Merriam
and frustrating to operate. I do have a packet station up for Winlink. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net

RE: RE: [digitalradio] The sorry state of VHF/UHF Packet

2007-11-27 Thread Rud Merriam
radio I want to be portable. I want to at least have code compile cleanly on Linux. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday

RE: [digitalradio] Re: The sorry state of VHF/UHF Packet

2007-11-27 Thread Rud Merriam
of protocol levels. It was a not bad idea at the time. The use of modem chips was a bad choice for an RF environment. Again, not a bad idea at the time. To get a better idea of my thinking see my web site in my signature. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net

RE: [digitalradio] The sorry state of VHF/UHF Packet

2007-11-27 Thread Rud Merriam
I work in C++ using MS Visual studio. My latest venture into Linux was targeted at getting KDE running. I openly solicit collaboration on protocols via my web site (see signature line). Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message

RE: [digitalradio] Re: PSK63 activity!

2007-11-19 Thread Rud Merriam
This is also rationalization. The ability to provide disaster communications entails many skills. Good contesting is virtually meaningless to that skill set. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio

RE: [digitalradio] Re: PSK63 activity!

2007-11-19 Thread Rud Merriam
over my head since it was focused for DX. He probably would have done better with his backup antenna stapled to the rafters in his attic. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [digitalradio] PSK63 activity!

2007-11-18 Thread Rud Merriam
More akin to an AM contest of the 60s including SSB to encourage it. RTTY is an older digital mode. It _should_ be replaced by the newer narrow band mode just as SSB replaced AM, and for the same reasons. Equivalent performance with improved RF usage, mainly bandwidth. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES

RE: [digitalradio] Testing Digital Codes at Bit Level

2007-11-06 Thread Rud Merriam
decoder, e.g. RS decoder? Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net http://thehamnetwork.net/

RE: [digitalradio] Testing Digital Codes at Bit Level

2007-11-06 Thread Rud Merriam
In addition, if you have a systematic code versus convolutional or trellis encoding is the bit flipping not applicable? One of my other research activities is on Low Density Parity Codes since they approach channel capacity better than other codes. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County

[digitalradio] Testing Digital Codes at Bit Level

2007-11-05 Thread Rud Merriam
that noise cannot remove a bit but is that a valid assumption? Fading: is it valid to simulate fading by removing some bits in the data stream? Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net

RE: [digitalradio] Re: ALE400 - Narrow band ALE mode now available

2007-11-02 Thread Rud Merriam
Yes, the laws of physics do get in the way. They say that wider bandwidth is the technique to use. The trick in that situation is that the bandwidth is used by multiple users at the same time. Everyone is background noise to the other guy. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX

[digitalradio] Poisson, Shannon, and the Radio Amateur

2007-11-02 Thread Rud Merriam
uses the same bandwidth but appears as noise to one another. The paper goes into that in detail but is readable even to those who are not mathematicians. It also provides a good explanation of Shannon-Hartley. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net

RE: [digitalradio] Re: QEX Article on HF Digital Propagation

2007-10-27 Thread Rud Merriam
it work to 7.82 dB. The channel capacity for that SNR per Shannon-Hartley is 88 bps. PSK-31 attains less that half the channel capacity. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [digitalradio] Re: QEX Article on HF Digital Propagation

2007-10-27 Thread Rud Merriam
the performance. In another message I see Rick wondering about the BW for PSK-31. I saw some other values reported but did not pursue that question and went with the conventional usage. For CW I just used a number for reasonable character speed. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX

RE: [digitalradio] Re: QEX Article on HF Digital Propagation

2007-10-27 Thread Rud Merriam
the ambition this evening to calculate the Eb/N0 for the modes to see how they compared on that basis. I just tossed in the theoretical channel capacity to show the theoretical capacity. The results are also applicable to the threads on possible new modes of operation. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES

RE: [digitalradio] PSK under ionospheric flutter, was: QEX Article on HF Digital Propagation

2007-10-26 Thread Rud Merriam
-path, and Doppler. Ah, more digging into the internet... Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net

[digitalradio] Pactor OFDM??

2007-10-26 Thread Rud Merriam
I just read the Pactor 3 specification. I am not sure that it is OFDM. It is multi-tone but the spacing of the tones seems wider than OFDM requires. But I may be missing something in the technical definition OFDM of that differentiates it from MT. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County

RE: [digitalradio] Re: QEX Article on HF Digital Propagation

2007-10-26 Thread Rud Merriam
have seen, as a single number. Instead it is determined by the power, noise, and bandwidth. More simply, by the SNR and bandwidth. One of the datum I found interesting is that below 0 dB SNR the channel capacity drops precipitously. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http

[digitalradio] Sub Channel DQPSK

2007-10-26 Thread Rud Merriam
Would the phase distortion that can corrupt a PSK signal occur the same on a M-PSK signal? If the phase distortion affects all the sub channels then doing differential PSK among the sub channels would work where symbol to symbol DxPSK would not work. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery

RE: [digitalradio] Re: QEX Article on HF Digital Propagation

2007-10-26 Thread Rud Merriam
received bandwidth? Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 7:53 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re

[digitalradio] Comments on Communicational and Technology from CA

2007-10-25 Thread Rud Merriam
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/20911 Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net

[digitalradio] QEX Article on HF Digital Propagation

2007-10-25 Thread Rud Merriam
for even a chat mode. Interestingly, RTTY performs about the same under all the conditions tested. PSK either works well or just fails. It has problems in flutter conditions which seem to me be the conditions prevalent a lot of the time. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http

RE: [digitalradio] QEX Article on HF Digital Propagation

2007-10-25 Thread Rud Merriam
You might try emailing the author for a copy. I checked the QEX web page because they always feature an article. Unfortunately it was another article for this issue. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio

[digitalradio] RE: QEX Article on HF Digital Propagation

2007-10-25 Thread Rud Merriam
After a comment off list from Demeter I checked the Pactor specifications. It uses DBPSK or DQPSK. Why do the reports about Pactor indicate it is more robust than the QEX article would indicate? Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original

RE: [digitalradio] RE: QEX Article on HF Digital Propagation

2007-10-25 Thread Rud Merriam
Doppler. It did not do well with 2 ms multipath and 1 Hz Doppler. Since Pactor uses PSK I wondered if it would similarly fail as shown by the PSK31 results. I suspect that it handles Doppler better through frequency tracking algorithms. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http

RE: [digitalradio] RE: QEX Article on HF Digital Propagation

2007-10-25 Thread Rud Merriam
Any chance of you locating that study information? I would like to use every technique possible to maximize the data in a 500 Hz signal. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL

[digitalradio] OFDM Proposal: Details

2007-10-24 Thread Rud Merriam
frequency includes the guard band so it may be one of three values. By determining that value the guard band period is also determined and the actual guard band removed. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net

RE: [digitalradio] Re: OFDM Proposal

2007-10-21 Thread Rud Merriam
play with this. I will keep the group updated either by direct results or questions. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Hekman Sent: Sunday, October 21

RE: [digitalradio] Vista Digital System Navigation for Hardware Setting and Info

2007-10-20 Thread Rud Merriam
may be turning into a certified old fart. g I would clarify that the main issues in my message were about a live distro of Linux with ham software. I have since received an email direct from the authors with some guidance. It may be a couple days before I can try that software again. Rud

RE: [digitalradio] Vista Digital System Navigation for Hardware Setting and Info

2007-10-20 Thread Rud Merriam
nothing to do with Vista. g Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 4:02 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re

RE: [digitalradio] NBEMS HF testing frequency suggestion

2007-10-19 Thread Rud Merriam
I just burned the CD. I will setup the laptop and rig to try on these frequencies and nearby. Probably operational in 20-30 minutes. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [digitalradio] Re: HF OFDM

2007-10-18 Thread Rud Merriam
rates less than roughly 40 Hz there would be no need for a guard interval. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of cesco12342000 Sent: Thursday, October 18

RE: [digitalradio] Re: HF OFDM

2007-10-18 Thread Rud Merriam
Why does all the symbol need to be undistorted? Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of cesco12342000 Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 1:22 AM

[digitalradio] OFDM Proposal

2007-10-18 Thread Rud Merriam
well that would work? g Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Need to Expand the HF Auto Band Segments

2007-10-18 Thread Rud Merriam
Emcomm is a major reason for the US Amateur Radio Service as part of the FCC regulations. Since a disasters do not keep working hours I would say 24/7 operation is needed. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From

[digitalradio] Why Amateur EmComm?

2007-10-18 Thread Rud Merriam
communications 24/7 on a frequency we can do so. I am not inclined to do this. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Tindal Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007

RE: [digitalradio] Let me understand

2007-10-18 Thread Rud Merriam
may be able to bring in the equipment, for example. In addition, there is interest by disaster relief organizations for this capability. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [digitalradio] Why Amateur EmComm?

2007-10-18 Thread Rud Merriam
it apparently is not for them. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Flavio Padovani Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 2:38 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Need to Expand the HF Auto Band Segments

2007-10-18 Thread Rud Merriam
giving live reports. Now you can tune to a half-dozen cable channels. The pressure is on all responders to communicate at that pace. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Why Amateur EmComm?

2007-10-18 Thread Rud Merriam
awareness is at a high level since 9/11 and Katrina/Rita so it is a good selling point. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jgorman01 Sent: Thursday

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Why Amateur EmComm?

2007-10-18 Thread Rud Merriam
I suggest you study the history of amateur radio. Enough said by me... Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jgorman01 Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 6

RE: [digitalradio] NBEMS HF testing frequency suggestion

2007-10-18 Thread Rud Merriam
I will attempt to get on the air this weekend, also. Probably Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. My antenna is an NVIS 80m dipole so I may not cover much territory. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Need to Expand the HF Auto Band Segments

2007-10-18 Thread Rud Merriam
this and I intend to do so within the regulations. There is one ham's reasons for pursuing my part of this hobby. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Need to Expand the HF Auto Band Segments

2007-10-18 Thread Rud Merriam
I do not do boats much, but prefer not to listen to them, so prefer sailing. g Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger J. Buffington Sent: Thursday

RE: [digitalradio] Need new emergency communications mode: Project Management

2007-10-17 Thread Rud Merriam
the slings and arrows of the Why didn't you do XYZ? that will come later. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net

RE: [digitalradio] Need new emergency communications mode: Server

2007-10-17 Thread Rud Merriam
. distributed on a large number of Internet connected PCs. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 8:57 AM

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Need new emergency communications mode: Project Management

2007-10-17 Thread Rud Merriam
Demetre, I think one of the design requirements is that once the network gets a clear frequency it never stops using it. grin That way any interference is caused by THEM!! Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net Rud, I wish you good luck with your effort

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