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

2009-04-04 Thread doug_helbling
Thanks again, folks, for the Newb replies last month. I've been busy dealing with some family health issues since then, but finally got back to my Great Digital Communications Exploration this week. Today I landed my first QSO! Got a 599 from Mexico right off the bat on my first attempt. Fol

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

2009-03-11 Thread kh6ty
Doug, poke around the laptop a little more and see if there is "boost" on the Mic input. On my laptop, turning off the boost turns the mic input into the equivalent of a line input. 73, Skip KH6TY http://kh6ty.home.comcast.net

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

2009-03-11 Thread Bill McLaughlin
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "doug_helbling" 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 audio input to the > PC was indeed the Mic input, not Li

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

2009-03-11 Thread doug_helbling
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 audio input to the PC was indeed the Mic input, not Line In, as suggested more than once. Unfortunately, on this PC (a laptop

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

2009-03-11 Thread Simon (HB9DRV)
14.230 USB is very active... Simon Brown, HB9DRV www.ham-radio-deluxe.com - Original Message - From: marc You can find HF Slow Scan TV at: 3.730 LSB, 7.033 LSB (rare), 14.230 USB, 28.680 USB. These are calling frequencie. So +/-3KHz you'll find SSTV.

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

2009-03-11 Thread marc
Doug, You can find HF Slow Scan TV at: 3.730 LSB, 7.033 LSB (rare), 14.230 USB, 28.680 USB. These are calling frequencie. So +/-3KHz you'll find SSTV. Marc - PD4U

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

2009-03-10 Thread Christian Crayton
Hello, Doug. I have to keep stealth dipoles up as well, and I find that two regular Slinkies, with a 1:1 current balun in the middle on the ceiling of my second-floor shack tune up very well on 40, 30, 20 and 10 meters. I'm sure I'm just warming the clouds, but have made contacts on PSK31 over 1,

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

2009-03-10 Thread Andrew O'Brien
-Welcome Doug, it will eventually get "easy" to recognize most common digital modes, by eyesight. Lets start with the basics... If the signal is in USB mode and around 7070, 14070, 10140, 21070 and 28120 it is almost certainly PSK31. Park on 14070 or 10140 USB during the day, turn on the "S