That's true Skip, it is historical, its a leftover. How many people have we
heard in the last 10 years in Europe, with such a vitally important message,
that when conditions are too poor to continue to use telephony they conclude by
using Morse code ? Er one maybe ?
Mel G0GQK
And the same common sense attitude which occurs in Canada is also applied to
the use of frequencies in the UK. There are sections of the bands which are
agreed internationally and everybody accepts it. Although it rarely happens I
don't agree with the ruling that operators of Morse code are
Hello Andy,
It was interesting reading the description of the half square antenna you made,
particularly the comments on the comparison between vertical and the half
square. Being unable to hear European stations may partly explain why, when
conditions do improve a little, I always keep seeing
I see some like that, and surprisingly they are often like London buses, you
have two or three appearing at the same time ! The other day an horrendous load
of krap was being generated by a German station and I told him three times, in
an hour, about the poor quality of his transmission. But he
Do any Old Buffers in the UK remember the original Ros, the one by the name of
Edmundo Ros ? He used to have a small band, had a half hour a week on the old
BBC radio and his band played at social gatherings where the young rich and gay
used to dance the hours away.
Mel G0GQK
Well, would you believe it ! So what happens now ?
Mel G0GQK
Unfortunately lots of people have had bad experiences with Pactor
and,naturally, like when you've been bitten by a big dog you don't forget it !
I used to enjoy using pactor with my PK232 during the 90's but many times my
contacts were totally wiped out by a roving Pactor message system which
I believe a substantial number of American radio amateurs regard using radio
tranceivers and their associated pieces of equipment in an entirely different
way to their counterparts in Europe. The two continents are entirely different
and consequently the people who live in the two continents
How can we celebrate ? Someone could arrange a Special Event Station, we could
all sit in front of our computers decorated with coloured birthday balloons,
wearing paper party hats, and blowing those paper tubes which go Wooo, and
send strips of paper all over the place and then send Happy
Warren K5WGM. You wrote that English is not your strongest point. Well it seems
to me you did it pretty good, you expressed yourself magnificently !
Kind regards, Mel G0GQK
That's OK, if people wish to use all the different digital modes. I just hope
they don't decide to park themselves in the narrow PSK segments while they're
trying them all out, calling CQ and getting no response.
Mel G0GQK
Its happened so often that I'm now curious to know why a CQ response from a
user of Mix W, always a Russian or an east European station, begins halfway
down the screen.
Each line of information is often two or three lines apart which means that
sometimes the whole screen is jumping around with
The effects that you both have described are not similar to the events which
happen when the station replies in a QSO. Nothing other than a normal everyday
ham radio response appears, except that on occasions the response begins in the
lower half of the screen. Insted of having the normal
Both bands were open in Europe, but didn't produce anything of interest. The
same people who operate on 40, 30 and 20 metres just turned their attention to
12 metres, there was no, what we could call, DX.
Mel G0GQK
Hello John,
I also use Airlink Express, the smaller version and have been for some time
now. As you say its easy to use, has an attractive operating page and a number
of items which are helpful. I like the call grab which puts the call into the
call box and the call recognition which shows a
That's quite a sophisticated system you've made, very interesting. What is also
interesting is that the list had only one European station, so these tiddly
little sunspots are not really helping us to get across the pond.
Kind regards,Mel G0GQK
Many PSK users don't seem to have macro's for quick contacts, they only have
their standard issue words and information macro, which as you say includes
claptrap to fill space on the screen.
Everyone should have some special macro's ready for quick in an out contacts,
with only the important
I agree, its about time somebody invented an automatic overdrive controller for
PSK transmissions. I don't listen to them though, I switch the sound off, but
seeing them is more than enough for me !
Kind regards, Mel G0GQK
Considering that PSK 31 has been used for almost eleven years by many hams, I
think the tranceiver manufacturers missed the opportunity to add this facility
to their equipment many years ago.
Interest in all forms of digital communication methods grew steadily during the
first years of the new
That was an interesting comment made by Vlad,and I know from the many contacts
which I've had with Russian stations that perhaps 90% of them use Mix W. I
hazard a guess as to the reason, but suggest that its because it was created by
a Russian software programmer and that its language is
1 Take your time in setting up your digital station, read all the insructions,
check everything twice to make sure its done properly
2 Make some good macro's which provide the essential details for those who you
contact. Your callsign, name, QTH, US county, IOTA No, IARU locator square.
3
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