Re: [digitalradio] DEX and 160M

2007-02-14 Thread KV9U
, Rick, KV9U John Bradley wrote: AT 02:30 Z listening on VFO 1806.5 (actual 1807.5) DEX and anything else that shows up. Nothing heard so far. anybody on 80 tonite? John VE5MU No virus found in this incoming message

[digitalradio] 160 meter PropNet Station Identified

2007-02-14 Thread KV9U
rules. This is a vanity call for the club station of the Society of Contest Operators and Radio Experimenters of NY. The trustee is W2EV. Maybe they have some kind of a STA? 73, Rick, KV9U

Re: [digitalradio] Domnio, PAX etc

2007-02-13 Thread KV9U
W1OER was on 14.073 just now so worked him and chatted a bit. He was calling in DEX11/FEC and I was set up for DEX11 w/o FEC. And then realized that I was actually on FEC because I had the RS ID Detect turned on. 73, Rick, KV9U John Bradley wrote: at 1800Z 20 seems to be open into the mid

Re: [digitalradio] Te-Tec Jupiter

2007-02-12 Thread KV9U
the Ten Tec product, but then you would expect it to considering the price difference. 73, Rick, KV9U Walt DuBose wrote: Is anyone on the list using a Ten-Tec Juliter? If so, I would be interested in its performance on sound card digital modes. Tnx 73, Walt/K5YFW

Re: [digitalradio] Can I get a rig with MORE?

2007-02-12 Thread KV9U
would not likely work many other stations unless you were going for the really weak signals buried in noise and next to strong signals. Then a rig with a much better receiver would be needed such as the Ten Tec Orion or even Omni's. 73, Rick, KV9U Peter G. Viscarola wrote: I work digital

Re: [digitalradio] Can I get a rig with MORE?

2007-02-12 Thread KV9U
FT9000 series and ICOM 7800. But do you really need this kind of superior receiver? Most of us don't. Other factors have to be factored in as well. 73, Rick, KV9U Leigh L Klotz, Jr. wrote: As they used to say about Leica, get a K2 for backup so when one of your rigs breaks you can use the K2

Re: [digitalradio] 160M 1807.5

2007-02-12 Thread KV9U
with S5 to S-9 on peaks. I see that there are Tstorms just south of us a few hundred miles. 80 meters is also noisy too with S7 to S9 QRN. 73, Rick, KV9U John Bradley wrote: at 0315 Z K9NP, VE5MU, and K3GAU on 500/16 olivia ve5mu , John

Re: [digitalradio] Newbie to DigitalRadio - Couple of Questions

2007-02-08 Thread KV9U
will get much more adept at knowing the mode and maybe the speed, but sometimes you will not be able to decode something because you have not matched the speed, mode, and even sometimes whether it might be reversed tones. 73, Rick, KV9U Kevin wrote: I am starting to get back into digital modes

[digitalradio] More digital testing of DEX

2007-02-06 Thread KV9U
to use the FEC or not. The FEC of course cuts whatever speed you were using in half to handle the overhead. Anyone else doing anything with DEX lately and can report on how it performs on various bands? 73, Rick, KV9U

Re: [digitalradio] Re: SDR-1000

2007-02-05 Thread KV9U
difference when it comes to that one program that we need. One person can make (and they have made) a sea change in the digital world. Some are on this group. 73, Rick, KV9U Walt DuBose wrote: But that still doesn't preclude amateur radio operators from have a place to store compiled

Re: [digitalradio] Where to start in digital

2007-02-05 Thread KV9U
kind of digital capabilities on each end so needs to be completely worked out in advance and practiced regularly to ensure that operators have working equipment and how to use it. 73, Rick, KV9U pcooke2002 wrote: I am a fairly inexpeirenced ham, and wanting to experiment with digital. Can

Re: [digitalradio] Re: SDR-1000

2007-02-04 Thread KV9U
can't you use a program from the multiverse. Even converting it from one of the package managers to another package manager that fits your Linux distribution? 73, Rick, KV9U Walt DuBose wrote: Thanks for the encouragement Frank. For over 2 years now Gerald had been telling me that Oh yes

Re: [digitalradio] Re: SDR-1000

2007-02-04 Thread KV9U
and high performance way, it could impact the end users in a very positive way. But I am not sure if this will be anything for the desktop, since it seems geared mostly for the server. 73, Rick, KV9U Leigh L Klotz, Jr. wrote: This is just what package managers do. There are two main package

Re: [digitalradio] Windows Vista Ultimate

2007-02-04 Thread KV9U
I wasn't going to put this URL up, but it is such a clever one: http://www.linuxgenuineadvantage.org/ If you don't have a funny bone or two, don't take a look. 73, Rick, KV9U Walt DuBose wrote: Please check out windows Vista Ultimate at http://www.degredo.net/ You may find that you want

Re: [digitalradio] An observation on Olivia

2007-02-02 Thread KV9U
with DominoEX, especially with FEC, but it has not been easy to find anyone else. Calling on DEX11 seems to not be successful on bring up anyone on 160, even with RSID enabled. 73, Rick, KV9U Right now I'm copying a QSO where the stations are using Olivia 16/500 on 80M. I'm in NW Arkansas

Re: [digitalradio] Re: FNpsk

2007-02-01 Thread KV9U
, Rick, KV9U Walt DuBose wrote: So is 1200 baud = 1200 bps and 1200 bps (1200 / 8) = 120 cps? If so then 120 cps (120 / 6) = 20 wps X 60 sec. or 1200 WPM. That's over 1.5 pages per minute. (Page = 72-76 characters X 60 - 66 lines per page.) Walt/K5YFW Chris Jewell wrote: Walt DuBose

Re: [digitalradio] Vista emphasizes security over compatibility

2007-02-01 Thread KV9U
back upon someday. And now MS is going to be at the Asian Linux Conference. What is the world coming to:) 73, Rick, KV9U kd4e wrote: 7. While Microsoft made a passing attempt at retrofitting security into its early operating systems, they didn't get any money for this. So, we should

Re: [digitalradio] Re: just wondering

2007-01-31 Thread KV9U
This may be a dumb question, but is there any way to do real time communication with WSJT, in other words, have a keyboard to keyboard conversation? 73, Rick, KV9U Bill McLaughlin wrote: Hi David, Have only worked WSJT modes on vhf on usbno reason JT6M (for example) would not work

Re: [digitalradio] Computers that operate on 12 vdc

2007-01-31 Thread KV9U
to run most things on 13.8 VDC. I won't buy any rigs that can not run directly on this voltage. I see some late model HT's that can not run on 13.8 VDC such as the ICOM D-Star HT's and I won't buy that kind of equipment anymore. 73, Rick, KV9U James Wilson wrote: Is there a noise free 12 volt

Re: [digitalradio] NBFM Packet Voice on HF?

2007-01-31 Thread KV9U
them on the waterfall. 73, Rick, KV9U Paul L Schmidt, K9PS wrote: kd4e wrote: Anyone familiar with NBFM Packet activity on 10M, 29,100 - 29,300MHz ? I came upon an old Sonar VFX 680 NBFM/CW exciter that covers 160-2M and it got me wondering why NBFM is not included across the Ham HF

Re: [digitalradio] Zero Modulation Doppler Tone

2007-01-31 Thread KV9U
phase information of the tones. 73, Rick, KV9U Walt DuBose wrote: I was exchanging E-mails with one of the individuals who was initially involved in writing the MIL-STD that created multine tone modems and the use of a single tone with no modulation in PSK modes to track and correct

Re: [digitalradio] Re: FNpsk

2007-01-31 Thread KV9U
something like +8 db S/N to function. This means it is about the same or slightly worse than the OFDM mode used in digital SSTV programs. Anyone else have more real world numbers? 73, Rick, KV9U Walt DuBose wrote: Here is an interesting question... What is the user throughput in WPM or CPS (what

Re: [digitalradio] ARRL TTF Report

2007-01-31 Thread KV9U
proposals seem like things that have either already been invented )Activity detection), or need further explaining as to what they have done (Digital Multimedia Above 50 MHz group with a scalable OFDM system on 6 meters). 73, Rick, KV9U DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA wrote: Please see

Re: [digitalradio] Re: FNpsk

2007-01-31 Thread KV9U
value such as your 120 cps. Seem reasonable? 73, Rick, KV9U Walt DuBose wrote: How can 1200 baud = 1320 WPM? In the case of AX.25 baud=bps since a mark-space=one bit. An 8 bit ASCII character with start and stop bits would be 10 bps so 1200 bps=120 CPS. If a word is 6 characters

Re: [digitalradio] Computers that operate on 12 vdc

2007-01-29 Thread KV9U
the portability desires, it surprises me that we don't have a number of products like that. 73, Rick, KV9U DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA wrote: Rick, A friend found an old P-II or maybe it was a P-III laptop with a bad screen and keyboard at a swapfest for $100 and it really did work. Had

Re: [digitalradio] The ultimate emergency laptop ?

2007-01-29 Thread KV9U
the idea of the product being sent, rather than any money, which is often syphoned off by corrupt regimes. The one problem with this particular laptop is that it would be too underpowered for amateur digital programs. Of course it would be OK as a modest terminal. 73, Rick, KV9U Per wrote

Re: [digitalradio] The ultimate emergency laptop ?

2007-01-29 Thread KV9U
be slow. Compared to what they have now, it is quite an improvement. 73, Rick, KV9U Danny Douglas wrote: Maybe I am blind, but dont see the internet connectivity. My understanding is they are wireless. The plan, as I read it earlier, is to make them by the millions, and have private

Re: [digitalradio] Re: FNpsk

2007-01-29 Thread KV9U
competition for new kind of sound card data. Did I just miss it? I did a search for anything with digital in the name and did not find much. 73, Rick, KV9U Andrew O'Brien wrote: --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Walt DuBose [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can someone tell me about FNPSK

[digitalradio] Computers that operate on 12 vdc

2007-01-27 Thread KV9U
available. 73, Rick, KV9U

Re: [digitalradio] PSK and RTTY decode bult in to rigs

2007-01-27 Thread KV9U
, they are also fairly small and to me it is impractical compared to a computer screen. As Bob says, the decoding is very good for the ICOM, but once you push the RTTY button you are forced to use FSK. 73, Rick, KV9U Robert Chudek - K0RC wrote: Andy, In my opinion, that feature is in a gray area

Re: [digitalradio] PSK Modes

2007-01-24 Thread KV9U
to compare directly, and apparently the combination is better. 73, Rick, KV9U Jose A. Amador wrote: KV9U wrote: If I understand it correctly, the raised cosine pulses tend to be more efficient with power, reduce the crest factor (Pactor 2 is under 1.5), and perhaps make it easier

Re: [digitalradio] PSK Modes

2007-01-23 Thread KV9U
multitone modems, perhaps a 2 tone and an 8 tone (similar to pactor 2 and 3) and have one with R-S and one with Viterbi and see if there is any difference on various circuits. Does anyone have information on this already? 73, Rick, KV9U Jose_Angel Amador Fundora wrote: We know from Pactor 2

[digitalradio] SCS modems and Linux OS

2007-01-23 Thread KV9U
OS. 73, Rick, KV9U kd4e wrote: Yes, you need one of the proprietary MS versions of windows. Windows is *not* the only OS out there -- millions of people use Apple or Linux. When, not if, the proprietary MS windows OS goes down and you find yourself in a non-MS windows environment

Re: [digitalradio] PSK Modes

2007-01-23 Thread KV9U
. But for starters, maybe just a simple packet size. 73, Rick, KV9U Walt DuBose wrote: One solution suggested to me was that each tone be individually shaped/filtered before transmitting and then each tone have an individual brick wall filter before it is decoded. I believe

Re: [digitalradio] Baud rate

2007-01-23 Thread KV9U
and with our relatively low power levels. DV may become popular in the VHF and higher spectrum, but even then the price has to come way down and the current codecs are not impressive with voice quality compared with analog FM. 73, Rick, KV9U Jack McSpadden wrote: I am a little behind the curve

Re: [digitalradio] Working Asia from Eastern USA

2007-01-23 Thread KV9U
that the lower bands will get better too with more sunspots? 73, Rick, KV9U Roger J. Buffington wrote: Keep in mind that we are near or at the bottom of the 11 year sunspot cycle. While it is possible to work anywhere during any time in the cycle, openings will become better and far more common

Re: [digitalradio] Baud rate continued

2007-01-23 Thread KV9U
and can even compete with CW. 73, Rick, KV9U Jack McSpadden wrote: Hi Rick and thanks for helping me to understand some of the finer points of data vs digital voice. When PSK31 first got started a few years ago, I got a rig interface for my Kenwood 570DG I owned at the time and worked it very

Re: [digitalradio] Re: HF Digital Modes and NVIS (iow, short range??? as in 300 mi or

2007-01-23 Thread KV9U
and long distance. You would think that there would be several alternative paths but I suppose for smaller sized communities, that is not possible. 73, Rick, KV9U Danny Douglas wrote: Gee Rick, you mean the whole telephone system, inclulding cells were out for one cut? Sounds like they need

Re: [digitalradio] Re: US Hams Codeless Feb 23

2007-01-22 Thread KV9U
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 things, she is probably right about that:) 73, Rick, KV9U James M Punderson IV wrote: Hi Rick, I work as a VE for some clubs here in NJ. We just had a session last

Re: [digitalradio] PSK Modes

2007-01-22 Thread KV9U
as well as P modes? Or is it because it has no coding such as Reed-Solomon block coding or Viterbi convolutional coding? 73, Rick, KV9U Jose_Angel Amador Fundora wrote: Nino: I have not had luck with Chip...not a single QSO so far. On 40 meters local NVIS test it did not work. Maybe the 300

Re: [digitalradio] US Hams Codeless Feb 23

2007-01-21 Thread KV9U
hopeful that we can expect an increase in digital operators. 73, Rick, KV9U larry allen wrote: Hi Danny.. The problem we are having is that most of our new hams don't seem to get on the air... We have more hams now than ever before yet our bands are quieter than they have ever been, since

Re: [digitalradio] Re: US Hams Codeless Feb 23

2007-01-20 Thread KV9U
, threatening out existence. And you would lose the technical folks, the young folks, and lower income folks, who would be unwilling or unable to jump through the hoops that we used to have to jump through. 73, Rick, KV9U Brad wrote: Whatever next Danny? Should we be able to read punched paper

Re: [digitalradio] US Hams Codeless Feb 23

2007-01-20 Thread KV9U
priveleges get on the CW bands, they will find other slower speed Technicians calling CQ. Maybe it will be like in the old days when you would often hear 5 wpm (at most) signals on 80 and 40 meters calling CQ in what was then the Novice portion of the bands. 73, Rick, KV9U Danny Douglas wrote

Re: [digitalradio] US Hams Codeless Feb 23

2007-01-20 Thread KV9U
. 73, Rick, KV9U Danny Douglas wrote: Yes Rick, I am positive that the ARRL did exactly that. They published the results, and made written statements in QST that they would fight for a continuation of the standing rules at the IARU/ITU level, then turned right around an voted with the rest of them

Re: [digitalradio] Re: HF Packet BBS?

2007-01-18 Thread KV9U
some interest in APRS, even some packet clusters for DXers, but emergency use would seem to be the main compelling interest and even there it is a very small subset of hams. 73, Rick, KV9U Harv Nelson wrote: my view is that, while we were screwing around trying to make an HF packet

Re: [digitalradio] Re: HF Packet BBS?

2007-01-17 Thread KV9U
companies with their own fiber, you might be able to access another ISP if you have a bridge such as Winlink 2000. But I would not build my emergency communications system based on that and would want to focus on what amateur radio has to offer and that is RF. 73, Rick, KV9U Bill McLaughlin

Re: [digitalradio] Re: HF Packet BBS?

2007-01-17 Thread KV9U
as they can help. Cavities may not be the right size though. Ten meters is the only HF band that can legally operate 1200 baud packet but it is rarely used. There were some 6 meter packet links used in our state but I am not sure if they are still in operation. 73, Rick, KV9U kd4e wrote: Do you

Re: [digitalradio] Ham software authors afraid of ALE - NOT!

2007-01-17 Thread KV9U
this waveform could go down to? And what is the thruput? 73, Rick, KV9U Steve Hajducek wrote: Hi Rick, No. The only similarity between PACTOR would be PACTOR I and that would be that both are FSK, actually 2FSK vs. 8FSK and that is about it. The similarities between ALE, particularly DBM ARQ

Re: [digitalradio] SignaLink USB

2007-01-17 Thread KV9U
it the frequency, mode, etc. 73, Rick, KV9U Robert Phelps wrote: KU4A Yes I have the new Signalink USB,and found it pretty easy to setup and get working.I was used to another interface that used my computer's soundcard. The signalink's built in sound card is low noise

Re: [digitalradio] Re: HF Packet BBS?

2007-01-16 Thread KV9U
gone from one extreme to another with no balanced approach that I think is needed so we have access to the best of both worlds. 73, Rick, KV9U Mark Milburn wrote: Hi Rick.. You understand it exactly right. There are a few HF users, but most of the product of our efforts are VHF stations

Re: [digitalradio] Re: HF Packet BBS?

2007-01-16 Thread KV9U
Well, the internet was reality and there was no way to stop it. The only way that radio amateurs could have prevented the linking to the internet would have been to making it illegal and I don't think many would support you on that. Radio by itself has a benefit. Primarily an emergency

Re: [digitalradio] Re: HF Packet BBS?

2007-01-16 Thread KV9U
this be useful in areas where many do not have internet access? 73, Rick, KV9U Jose A. Amador wrote: KV9U wrote: E-mail is tremendously more useful than the hierarchical packet system because it works not just for hams, but for anyone with e-mail, which is ubiquitous in countries

Re: [digitalradio] Re: HF Packet BBS?

2007-01-16 Thread KV9U
. This really should be detailed on the ARRL web site along with the many other digital specs, don't you think? 73, Rick, KV9U Steve Hajducek wrote: Hi Andy, A system that implemented the ALE Data Block Message (DBM) ARQ protocol using the PC Sound Device Modem (PCSDM) which at a raw 125 baud

Re: [digitalradio] Re: HF Packet BBS?

2007-01-15 Thread KV9U
was it the primary purpose of the HF part of packet to forward to the VHF BBS's or were (are) there stations who get this directly off of the HF connection? 73, Rick, KV9U Mark Milburn wrote: I think so, but probably none of the ones I am involved with unless there are prior arrangements. I

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Movement toward open digital software?

2007-01-13 Thread KV9U
it is not the vendors who write the drivers as the Linux developers sometimes have reverse engineered them if they really want a particular device to work with their OS. Probably true with other OS's. 73, Rick, KV9U Peter G. Viscarola wrote: It's not anti-competitive, and it's not sponsored or driven

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Pactor versus Olivia

2007-01-13 Thread KV9U
than an ARQ mode. Since any modulation scheme you can do in a discrete box should be able to be done with computer DSP/soundcards why is there such a discrepancy? 73, Rick, KV9U Jose A. Amador wrote: I am afraid it is as Rein says. FBB, which uses B1F compression (hope I remember right) does

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Pactor versus Olivia

2007-01-13 Thread KV9U
? On a separate note, how feasible is it to incorporate L-Z/Huffman combined compression in any data mode, including keyboard mode? 73, Rick, KV9U N2QZ wrote: B2F compression is a misnomer. B2F is the message structure and message exchange proposal protocol used for email messages in Winlink 2000

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Movement toward open digital software?

2007-01-13 Thread KV9U
this with the rest of us. 73, Rick, KV9U Simon Brown wrote: I bang my head against a large lump of concrete while supporting / developing for all of 'Windows / VMS / OS400 / Linux / UNIX (6 flavours)' for my company, I am *not* going to do it for a hobby! (I sometimes doubt my sanity in programming as I

[digitalradio] OT: Movement toward open digital software?

2007-01-12 Thread KV9U
development on *NIX OS's and that includes amateur radio programs too. 73, Rick, KV9U Peter G. Viscarola wrote: Windows preeminence on the desktop has nothing to do with the operating system itself, or it's cost 20 years back. Windows command of the desktop stems directly from Microsoft's

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Movement toward open digital software?

2007-01-12 Thread KV9U
in readibility, then you would not have any problems using the lower quality fonts. For detailed information, see: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO/index.html 73, Rick, KV9U jhaynesatalumni wrote: --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, KV9U [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My main criticism

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Pactor versus Olivia

2007-01-12 Thread KV9U
this still work reasonably well with a throughput faster than most can keyboard? And by using the B2F compression, and doubling the throughput, get further enhancements? 73, Rick, KV9U Rein Couperus wrote: Unfortunately this won't work. BZ2 compression is based on 'redundancy' in a message

[digitalradio] Movement toward open digital software?

2007-01-11 Thread KV9U
in recent days are doing that right now and I think we can see that this will increase the movement toward FOSS. 73, Rick, KV9U Jose A. Amador wrote: The efforts I am seeing might indicate that we are attempting to bite a bit too large On one side, the reports that Q15X25 works better at 2300

Re: [digitalradio] Movement toward open digital software?

2007-01-11 Thread KV9U
, etc.), are also the hams who are moving toward Linux OS. It also appears that this could be drastically accelerated in the coming years. 73, Rick, KV9U o. wrote: Dear Rick; I am trying to go into LINUX. I very well understand your idea of using a cross platform interoperability

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Pactor versus Olivia

2007-01-11 Thread KV9U
more throughput for more users than one large bandwidth user at a time. 73, Rick, KV9U DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA wrote: If you looked at the PDF document of KN6KB's measurements, that is what is showes. The only difference between Pactor I, II and III is the throughput (NetByte/minute

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Pactor versus Olivia

2007-01-11 Thread KV9U
never been used for nearly a 2:1 compression for improved throughput. This could be applied to any system, including keyboarding. 73, Rick, KV9U DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA wrote: Well I can't hear a CW signal at a -5 dB SNR. Can you? But I don't think minus teens...but that is what

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Movement toward open digital software?

2007-01-11 Thread KV9U
. That is the main thing, having enough turn around time so the computer can control the PTT in a timely manner. When I observe how fast my computer can control my ICOM rig through the CI-V, I would have to say that it is quite fast but probably not able to key CW. 73, Rick, KV9U cesco12342000 wrote: I

Re: [digitalradio] Movement toward open digital software?

2007-01-11 Thread KV9U
World momentum. If UNIX had been available for $50 instead of $1000 back 20 years ago I doubt that MS would have succeeded in the marketplace. 73, Rick, KV9U Danny Douglas wrote: That is one of the reasons I dont get into Linux. I watched others, stressed out at school, trying to get

Re: [digitalradio] Pactor versus Olivia

2007-01-10 Thread KV9U
be times of doppler, bit smearing, multipath, etc., that would make pactor modes completely unusable even though low baud rate modes would work quite well. 73, Rick, KV9U Rich Mulvey wrote: What BW/tones were you using for the Olivia comparison? The thing about Pactor 1 is that it's adequate

Re: [digitalradio] Understanding QSB ?

2007-01-08 Thread KV9U
a really bad design for HF and could not possibly compete with much older TU's. And they were right. I borrowed an old tube TU and found it so much better performing since it used both tones with a comparator, etc. 73, Rick, KV9U Ralph Mowery wrote: ...from watching many hours of RTTY

Re: [digitalradio] RTTY Contest on 17M

2007-01-07 Thread KV9U
, what would you call them? 73. Rick, KV9U Danny Douglas wrote: Probably some of our new upgraded people who have no idea that contesting is disallowed on the WARC bands. They will find out in one of two ways: They will give a nice letter from the FCC, or the sponsor will disallow their entry

Re: [digitalradio] Problems Keying With WIN DRM and Icom 746

2007-01-04 Thread KV9U
other software, I have not been very interested in trying to adapt to programs that do not have this capability. 73, Rick, KV9U Andrew O'Brien wrote: Are you using a Rigblaster pro, plus, or plug and play ? I found this reference, not sure if it helps. *RIGblaster plug play Operational

Re: [digitalradio] Re: External hard drives?

2006-12-30 Thread KV9U
, Rick, KV9U Dave Bernstein wrote: Bob did not suggest a docking station, Sal, he suggested a second hard drive. I have used his recommended solution with my IBM T42P laptop, and it works extremely well; one can swap identities in the time required to terminate Windows and reboot; the physical

Re: [digitalradio] AEA232MBX

2006-12-30 Thread KV9U
, the sound card modes are going to be the best way from a cost and operational standpoint since there continue to be new modes created. 73, Rick, KV9U AD5VJ Bob wrote: I have had an AEA 232MBX, in fact two of them, for quite some time now. I used to use them all the time for RTTY and packet

Re: [digitalradio] Keying interface

2006-12-30 Thread KV9U
for you. 73, Rick, KV9U Dave wrote: Would anyone have a CW keying interface they would be willing to sell? I'd like to be able to send CW from my PC to my IC-746 (non-Pro). I have a RIGblaster already hooked up, but that's no good for CW. I'm not too concerned with copying CW on the PC, just

Re: [digitalradio] 30M operations

2006-12-28 Thread KV9U
to try PC-ALE, so I plan to download the latest version and see if I can then make it work with my CI-V control for my ICOM rig. I have not been able to do that with previous versions. 73, Rick, KV9U 7L4IOU wrote: Hi Rick and All I will QRV (with RSID) from 1300 to 1500z (ur sunrise

Re: [digitalradio] Regional communications ?

2006-12-27 Thread KV9U
with another station. This is one time that break-in CW totally blows away other digital mode. We really don't have any other QSK digital modes, do we? 73, Rick, KV9U Bill Aycock wrote: Andy- My recommendation would be 6M. We have a local net thatcovers a radius of over 50 miles, at night

Re: [digitalradio] Re : Regional Communications

2006-12-27 Thread KV9U
modes. I could even go to CW:) I would like to know if there are other stations that call on 30 meters and what frequency/modes they use. Can anyone help with that? 73, Rick, KV9U Mel wrote: Hello everyone, The posting by Paul K9PS was very interesting. I have a fascinated interest in 30

Re: [digitalradio] 30M operations

2006-12-27 Thread KV9U
know that often by the time a person reads this, it could be hours later so they won't have time get to this frequency, even if we could work. 73, Rick, KV9U Danny Douglas wrote: I have 1882 QSOs logged on 30 meters, and 253 countries and have found it an excellent DX Band. That is two more

Re: [digitalradio] Regional communications ?

2006-12-26 Thread KV9U
would have to exceed 60+ feet to be too high on 80 meters. Double that for 160 meters and half it for 40 meters. Needless to say, many of us have NVIS dipoles on the low bands without even trying:) 73, Rick, KV9U Paul L Schmidt, K9PS wrote: Follow-up -- forgot 160m antennas. While a full

[digitalradio] Legal implications of rules interpretations

2006-12-23 Thread KV9U
if the interpretation was what most would consider to be reasonable. I supppose amateur radio issues can be considered by some to be of very little value in life compared to other CFR's with their rules, but they work exactly the same way under 47 CFR 97. KV9U John Champa wrote: Steinar, I

Re: [digitalradio] Re: 14078.4 Success!

2006-12-23 Thread KV9U
an opening occurs, or better yet, move up a hundred Hz and operate with the digital mode of your choice. 73, Rick, KV9U jhaynesatalumni wrote: So it seems that just by suggesting a particular frequency for calling someone has stirred up a bunch of digital modes activity. One thing I'll suggest

Re: [digitalradio] Clarification : Establishing digital calling/beacon frequencies

2006-12-22 Thread KV9U
and that will enter even a narrow 100 Hz passband when using a narrow mode like CW. For many of us, CW in a voice area is not a problem since we just hit the ANF or MNF as the case may be. 73, Rick, KV9U Danny Douglas wrote: The way I read this, it was not because they were on a band plan for CW

Re: [digitalradio] Clarification : Establishing digital calling/beacon frequencies

2006-12-21 Thread KV9U
, but I suspect that most will be around 1000 to 1500 Hz higher than their dial frequency. Are there any hams who find that they prefer other center frequencies due to some reason or due to their rigs filtering requirements? 73, Rick, KV9U Andrew J. O'Brien wrote: Just to clarify my original

Re: [digitalradio] Clarification : Establishing digital calling/beacon frequencies

2006-12-21 Thread KV9U
of digital operating is much lower than even CW, much less phone. 73, Rick, KV9U Danny Douglas wrote: As to the 160 meter band, I was taken aback by your comment about operating digital outside of 1800- 1810 bandplan. Bandplans are arbitary and there is NO force of law in them as far as I know

Re: [digitalradio] CW software?

2006-12-20 Thread KV9U
that can compete, I would appreciate knowing. I have not tried this program with transmitting but perhaps others can critique that feature. It appears to be similar to programs that inject an audio tone to transmit. 73, Rick, KV9U Robert Meuser wrote: Speaking of keyboards and the like

Re: [digitalradio] Establishing digital calling/beacon frequencies ?

2006-12-19 Thread KV9U
It is possible that I misread Andy's suggestion, but what you wrote below should be in agreement with what I wrote. My position is that the frequency should be the actual frequency and not the dial frequency. 73, Rick, KV9U Danny Douglas wrote: Very basic math of course, but unless everyone

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-15 Thread KV9U
a rather large price. 73, Rick, KV9U John Champa wrote: Only from the League's lawyer, silly. That's as good as it gets. Anyway, does anyone really want a response directly from the FCC, for Cat's sake?! Not I, dear sir. Especially after their recent Uni-Bus or whatever that crash was (HI). Here

Re: [digitalradio] 15 dec

2006-12-15 Thread KV9U
kind of remote operation, that would allow them to continue to operate in a similar manner to what they had been doing. But it will likely mean a lot fewer P3 stations on the 80 meter band. 73, Rick, KV9U David Michael Gaytko // WD4KPD wrote: with all the translations of the new 80m rules, i

Re: [digitalradio] 15 dec summary ?

2006-12-15 Thread KV9U
in the past. And there is no longer a 20 wpm code test either. So upgrading from Advanced to Extra is relatively easy today and new Extra privileges seem pretty worthwhile now. 73, Rick, KV9U Bert Morton wrote: General Class ops have lost all privileges from 3600 to 3800. Advanced Class ops have

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Effective Date ? FCC Drops Morse Code

2006-12-15 Thread KV9U
of operators will be able to work CW in the same area instead of being segregated as it once was where the higher classes could move to the Novice area, but the Novices could not operate in the main CW area. 73, Rick, KV9U Leslie Elliott wrote: I'm pretty sure that anyone who is a technician

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ARRL QRM Explains? [Was: Dec 15?]

2006-12-13 Thread KV9U
that does get the bulletins and there are probably a few who use the practice. A reasonable accomodation would have been to only allow such stations to operate in the automatic sub bands. 73, Rick, KV9U Salomao Fresco wrote: Hi! Bear in mind that W1AW transmissions are scheduled! The ARRL

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Dec 15?

2006-12-13 Thread KV9U
station can hear. And going to VHF or more doesn't make any difference. In fact, the hidden transmitter effect has been a problem with packet radio for decades. 73, Rick, KV9U DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA wrote: If A and B can hear each other but can't hear C or D then if A or B transmits

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ARRL QRM Explains? [Was: Dec 15?]

2006-12-13 Thread KV9U
experience. 73, Rick, KV9U Roger J. Buffington wrote: KV9U wrote: They also have claimed that the W1AW operator listens on each frequency and can tweak the frequency if necessary. I am not sure if this is true or not and it would be very difficult to do this since they simulcast on some

Re: [digitalradio] PAX 2 with Linux?

2006-12-12 Thread KV9U
to PSKmail. 73, Rick, KV9U kd4e wrote: Now this is a truly exciting Web site! http://pskmail.wikispaces.com/ Will have to contact the developer and ask about plans for PAX 2 or other apps. I see that he is working on APRS integration. Is there a PAX 2 app for Linux yet?

Re: [digitalradio] Dec 15?

2006-12-12 Thread KV9U
Maybe operate SSTV or FAX on 3605 if you have an extra class license? OK, OK just kidding.. Well, sort of just kidding:) 73, Rick, KV9U Andrew J. O'Brien wrote: I assume the new regs go in to effect at midnight Eastern time, 0500 UTC DEC 15, 2006. Does anyone have a suggestion

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New 80m USA Keyboarding Digi Frequencies

2006-12-11 Thread KV9U
have some spot frequencies to call on each of the HF bands? 73, Rick, KV9U Skip Teller wrote: Thanks, Bonnie, for granting us a PSK31 watering hole from 3580 to 3583. ;-) That is large enough to accomodate ALL PSK31 users on 80m in the whole world! In fact, if you monitored the recent

Re: [digitalradio] Will Windows Vista bring a windfall?

2006-12-11 Thread KV9U
. Sincerely, Rick, KV9U ***I know that companies do pay MS something under $100 for the OS, but they get a huge amount of support and other perks that they feel make it a no brainer. That is why Linux OS has no traction with OEM's. And why the price of some of the Linux OS loaded computers

Re: [digitalradio] Six meter digital operation

2006-12-09 Thread KV9U
for digital transmissions that would work when packet would be hopeless. Thanks for the suggestion. 73, Rick, KV9U Alex Flinsch wrote: On Dec 8, 2006, at 3:36 PM, KV9U wrote: If there are any of you who do operate digital 6 meters, do you find specific spot frequencies are common for casual

[digitalradio] OT: Why we lost 11 meters

2006-12-08 Thread KV9U
, tactical type communications that actually work without long skip interference. But this was only possible due to the much lower cost of developing and manufacturing equipment for these frequencies with more recent technology. 73, Rick, KV9U larry allen wrote: We lost 11 meters because we were

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New 80m USA Keyboarding Digi Frequencies

2006-12-08 Thread KV9U
other purposes. Narrower modes in a similar situation have a much smaller footprint that allows many more users over a wide bandwidth footprint. 73, Rick, KV9U Dave Bernstein wrote: 97.221 limits 80m automatic operation with more than 500 hz bandwidth to 3.620-3.635; for verification, see

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