[digitalradio] Re: Bad PSK signals ?

2007-03-10 Thread mulveyraa2
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Chuck Mayfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Suggestion: Don't wait for an OO. Look up his call at QRZ.com, get his phone number, give him a call and talk to him about the problem. The op probably does not know that he is over-driving his audio. I've

[digitalradio] Re: 3580kHz-3600kHz Freq Coordination Info

2007-03-08 Thread mulveyraa2
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Dave Bernstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The WinLink folks could easily use the SCAMP busy detector to augment their PMBOs, eliminating their current propensity to transmit on already-busy frequencies. This would require 1. adding a soundcard to each

[digitalradio] Re: Those microphone thingies in digital bands

2007-03-06 Thread mulveyraa2
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Roger J. Buffington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brad wrote: KL7's, KP4's and KH6's can operate SSB from 7075 to 7100. . Brad VK2QQ That's news to me. Is that right? 10 seconds with Google will direct you to Part 97.307.f(11)

[digitalradio] Re: Computers that operate on 12 vdc

2007-01-29 Thread mulveyraa2
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, ZPO [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some of the brands I've used: Panasonic Toughbook (I'm typing this on a CF-18) Itronix (old 6250, ix250, ix260) Getac (some old - some new) Even though most of them aren't natively 12VDC, they often have 12V auto adpaters

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

2007-01-23 Thread mulveyraa2
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, kd4e [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Becker wrote: At 02:03 PM 1/21/2007, you wrote in part: There was no good reason to distort the tests by inserting the specialized hardware, I believe that Pactor I will run on a sound card, only Pactor II and

[digitalradio] Re: Random thoughts on digital operating...

2007-01-09 Thread mulveyraa2
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Simon Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think you should run these on the 480 as they are in the AF chain and will always degrade the information you need to decode the signal. It's not what you hear, it's what your software can decode. Let the

[digitalradio] Re: Random thoughts on digital operating...

2007-01-09 Thread mulveyraa2
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, John Bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED] w I regularly use the rig's filters to enhance the signal quality at my end. one thing I haven't got my head around yet are the noise blankers and noise reduction devices, which seem to have an adverse effect on the quality of

[digitalradio] Re: Random thoughts on digital operating...

2007-01-09 Thread mulveyraa2
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Roger J. Buffington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simon Brown wrote: I don't think you should run these on the 480 as they are in the AF chain and will always degrade the information you need to decode the signal. It's not what you hear, it's what

[digitalradio] Re: Random thoughts on digital operating...

2007-01-09 Thread mulveyraa2
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Roger J. Buffington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mulveyraa2 wrote: Are you using the mechanical filters, the DSP filters, or both? Particularly for digital modes, the mechanical filters will make a world of difference, since they'll be reducing

[digitalradio] Re: Random thoughts on digital operating...

2007-01-09 Thread mulveyraa2
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Danny Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem with running power in PSK mode, would mostly go away, if one is careful about how much audio drive he is applying to the signal. To ensure there are no side lobes on the waterfalls of other ops, you much

[digitalradio] Re: LOTW Olivia, not a lot !

2007-01-03 Thread mulveyraa2
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Chuck Mayfield - AA5J [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are probably right, Danny. However, I neither know nor care what DXCC Entity I am in and I got the following back from the request: Processing file 'AA5J.tq5' 2007-01-03 03:15:49 Started processing

[digitalradio] Re: LOTW Olivia, not a lot !

2007-01-03 Thread mulveyraa2
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Chuck Mayfield - AA5J [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mulveyraa2 wrote: -- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com, Chuck Mayfield - AA5J You're not reading the error message it gave you. It says that Call sign, DXCC Entity

[digitalradio] Re: Elecraft K2 for digital modes

2006-08-30 Thread mulveyraa2
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Nacho [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I´m thinking about to build Elecraft K2 kit with SSB option for working in digital modes, but I have received some comments about this rig is not enought apropiate for digital modes because it hasn´t enought

[digitalradio] Re: Timing requirements of digital ARQ

2006-08-28 Thread mulveyraa2
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, KV9U [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since I am not a programmer, other than taking some rudimentary courses, reading some of Don Lancaster's books, and knowing that it is not something I could ever do very well, something still doesn't seem right to me when

[digitalradio] Re: How much power do you run?

2006-06-30 Thread mulveyraa2
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Johnne Ables [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I mentioned in a previous post (For which I was adequately chastised off-group) I am interested in utilizing the new digital modes. I am interested in a new TenTec rig. Is the 20 watt Argonaut 516 adequate or

[digitalradio] Re:All Channels are Busy Channels? Free Decoding Rights?

2006-06-22 Thread mulveyraa2
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Bill Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ORIGINAL MESSAGE: At 01:41 AM 6/22/2006, expeditionradio wrote: I can sit here and decode and participate in an Olivia 500/16 QSO on 20meters that I cannot hear by ear and I cannot see any signal on the waterfall.

[digitalradio] Re:All Channels are Busy Channels?

2006-06-22 Thread mulveyraa2
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Dave Bernstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Your software has access to the entire transceiver pass band -- it can hear what you would QRM if you transmitted. If there is no signal within the transceiver pass band, then the range of frequencies on which you

[digitalradio] Re:All Channels are Busy Channels? Free Decoding Rights?

2006-06-22 Thread mulveyraa2
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Dave Bernstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The simple rebuttal to this post is its already been done. SCAMP demonstrated a highly-effective busy frequency detector running on a PC and soundcard more than a year ago. OK, now you're verging into the

[digitalradio] Re:All Channels are Busy Channels? Free Decoding Rights?

2006-06-22 Thread mulveyraa2
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Bill Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ORIGINAL MESSAGE: At 08:57 AM 6/22/2006, mulveyraa2 wrote: The software would need to be able to determine whether any of *dozens* of possible signals are present in the passband. In the case of some of the more

[digitalradio] Re: Olivia frequencies

2006-01-24 Thread mulveyraa2
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Dean Gibson AE7Q [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Volume of traffic is the issue. Why is that an issue? The last time I checked, the FCC doesn't limit us to the number of QSO's we have, or the time we can spend on the air. Now, As a general comment...