[digitalradio] Re: PSK SPOTS

2010-02-23 Thread doug_helbling
What about PSKReporter? (http://www.pskreporter.info http://www.pskreporter.info ) While there is not a direct interface from the PSKReporter output back into your digital comm program (that I know of), there are certainly decent interfaces in fldigi (Thank you, David and friends) and HRD

[digitalradio] Re: Which Digi Program ??

2010-01-15 Thread doug_helbling
Some redundant opinions here ... If you are a Windows user, HRD and DM780 are simply twelve kinds of wonderful. Too many features? Don't use the ones you don't need. Simon designed the interface is so that features you do not use are not in your face. I had HRD/DM780 up and running in 30

[digitalradio] Re: Linux Here I come!

2009-11-01 Thread doug_helbling
I use Ubuntu 8.04 here with fldigi and qsstv and it is very well behaved. If you are new to Linux, you could do worse than Ubuntu. I would consider going with 9.04 though, instead of 9.10, at least until you figure out if all the possible Ham radio applications you might want to run WILL run

[digitalradio] Re: Throught of a Digital Propagation Tool

2009-10-22 Thread doug_helbling
PSKReporter is pretty cool. Now that it is supported in HRD/DM780 as well as FLDigi, it is really easy to enable. And it provides the individual operator with tangible feedback on their own, at least if they are operating on one of the more busy bands, like 20M. If your station is idle, you

[digitalradio] Re: Any more for North America PSKmail network?

2009-10-20 Thread doug_helbling
I have been watching this thread with interest. This last weekend I dialed in the 30M freq at 10.148 and was pleased to hear some reasonably strong signals on my faithful IC-718. I will upgrade my fldigi install and see if I can get this going in the next week or two ... - Doug / KE7SEI

[digitalradio] Re: An open letter: W1AW and 80m psk31 interference

2009-09-22 Thread doug_helbling
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, frankk2ncc frank.k2...@... wrote: That sounds like a very reasonable request. Well written and good job! f, k2ncc I agree with Frank that this was a reasonable and civilized response. I have since read W1AW's reply as well, and it, too, seems

[digitalradio] Re: Wine/Linux and HRD/DM780 anyone?

2009-06-05 Thread doug_helbling
Thanks, Peter / Phil / John / Simon et al for your suggestions. I have managed to avoid installing Vista altogether, but I will likely give all of these suggestions a try, including using Windows 7, which I am going to have to try anyway at some time or other. I still vastly prefer Linux

[digitalradio] ARRL Handbook 2010 and Digital Modes

2009-06-05 Thread doug_helbling
I subscribe to an Oregon AREA/RACES yahoo-email list, where one of the members recently posted this article: Modulation modes of amateur radio ../../../../wash_co_ares_races/message/2388;_ylc=X3oDMTJyb2w5MzFnBF9TAz\

[digitalradio] Wine/Linux and HRD/DM780 anyone?

2009-06-04 Thread doug_helbling
I started out using HRD / DM780, then for OS reasons (not having to do with HRD or DM780 ... both performed flawlessly), I switched over to Linux and have been running fldigi for the last couple of months. No big complaints ... fldigi is well behaved, and general performance of the Linux box

[digitalradio] Re: Question for the Linux gurus

2009-05-16 Thread doug_helbling
Great discussion on Linux here ... glad to see someone willing to give it a try. I just switched over to Linux for digital modes, and while I miss some of the features of Simon's very fine HRD/DM780 program, the performance boost I get from Linux is outstanding and FLDigi is very well behaved on

[digitalradio] Re: Newb digital mode guy with Newb questions

2009-04-04 Thread doug_helbling
is still my new best friend. Thank you, Simon! --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, doug_helbling doug_helbl...@... wrote: Thanks for the welcome and the great advice and counsel, Patrick/Andrew/Christian/Marc/Simon/Siegfried et al. I did some more poking around on my rig, and found that my

[digitalradio] Newb digital mode guy with Newb questions

2009-03-10 Thread doug_helbling
Greetings, all. I'm a rather new ham and very recent General class licensee who is very interested in digitial modes. I've acquired a RiggBlaster, fabricated a second computer-to-tranceiver control interface (home brew version of CT17 from N9ZLE) and have got Simon Brown's HRD and DM780