[digitalradio] 40 M band change coming soon
Is there a group working on a new band plan for 40 M? If so, we need to be sure the digital community has input. Are the international SSB stations going to move from the 7060 through 7100 frequency range? If so, I would like to see an arrangement as on 20 M. Eric - K9NP
[digitalradio] NZ4O Daily LF/MF/HF/6M Frequency Radiowave Propagation Forecast #2009-07
The NZ4O Daily LF/MF/HF/6M Frequency Radiowave Propagation Forecast #2009-07 has been published on Friday 03/13/2009 at 1400 UTC, valid UTC Saturday 03/14/2009 through 2359 UTC Friday 03/20/2009 at http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf6.htm . 73 GUD DX, Thomas F. Giella, NZ4O Lakeland, FL, USA n...@arrl.net NZ4O Daily Solar Space Weather Geomagnetic Data Archive: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf5.htm NZ4O Daily LF/MF/HF/6M Frequency Radiowave Propagation Forecast Archive: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf6.htm NZ4O 160 Meter Radio Propagation Theory Notes: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf8.htm LF/MF/HF/VHF Frequency Radiowave Propagation Email Reflector: http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/kn4lf Harmful Man Induced Climate Change (Global Warming) Refuted: http://www.kn4lf.com/globalwarminglie.htm
[digitalradio] JT65A goin' to hell in a handbasket
In the past month all the high power stations who ruined Psk-31 have discovered JT65A and have shown up with their amps a-blazin. It took them about a year and a half, CBers not being the brightest tools in the shed. My sense is they'll get bored shooting the same fish in the same barrel every day and in a few months when the hammer of realization beats them on their CB heads again they'll figure they're bored enough to move on to a new mode (probably Olivia this time). Which begs the question what part of the term Weak Signal Mode don't they understand? AB7JK
[digitalradio] Re: JT65A goin' to hell in a handbasket
To tell the truth most of that year and a half was spent trying to figure out who transmits first and who transmits second, and that it can be either or but not not the same. That and trying to figure out how to set their computer clocks over the internet was a tough nut to crack. They persevered though. AB7JK --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Kim kimme...@... wrote: In the past month all the high power stations who ruined Psk-31 have discovered JT65A and have shown up with their amps a-blazin. It took them about a year and a half, CBers not being the brightest tools in the shed. My sense is they'll get bored shooting the same fish in the same barrel every day and in a few months when the hammer of realization beats them on their CB heads again they'll figure they're bored enough to move on to a new mode (probably Olivia this time). Which begs the question what part of the term Weak Signal Mode don't they understand? AB7JK
Re: [digitalradio] JT65A goin' to hell in a handbasket
I must be missing something here. If they are CB'ers on 11 meters and not on the ham bands why worry about it? But again not being a PSk operator maybe I should not be the one asking. At 10:08 AM 3/13/2009, you wrote: In the past month all the high power stations who ruined Psk-31 have discovered JT65A and have shown up with their amps a-blazin. It took them about a year and a half, CBers not being the brightest tools in the shed. My sense is they'll get bored shooting the same fish in the same barrel every day and in a few months when the hammer of realization beats them on their CB heads again they'll figure they're bored enough to move on to a new mode (probably Olivia this time). Which begs the question what part of the term Weak Signal Mode don't they understand? AB7JK Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Page at http://www.obriensweb.com/sked Recommended software: Winwarbler, FLDIGI, DM780, or Multipsk Yahoo! Groups Links
[digitalradio] PSK 10 Years On....
I hate to admit this, but I forgot to renew my ARRL membership and have missed the latest QRZ Magazine. I am told that the latest edition has an article marking the 10th anniversary of Stve Ford's article about PSK31. I remember that article very well, I also remember building my first interface and getting active on PSK with G3PLX's software. What a 10 years it has been on the soundcard digital modes ! Andy K3UK
[digitalradio] Anyone going to Burning Man this year
Anyone going to Burning Man this year ? Sure like to see that grid ( DNØØ ) on the air. John, W0JAB
Re: [digitalradio] PSK 10 Years On....
Andy, if you don't get a copy somewhere else send me an email with your snail mail address, and I will send you the issue. Scott/K6IX Andrew O'Brien wrote: I hate to admit this, but I forgot to renew my ARRL membership and have missed the latest QRZ Magazine. I am told that the latest edition has an article marking the 10th anniversary of Stve Ford's article about PSK31. I remember that article very well, I also remember building my first interface and getting active on PSK with G3PLX's software. What a 10 years it has been on the soundcard digital modes ! Andy K3UK
[digitalradio] Re: PSK 10 years on
I remember reading about PSK in QRZ, which I could afford in those days. As a user of PacTOR I was quite excited about this, so later in the year when I visited the amateur radio show in the UK known as the Leicester Rally I intended to gain some information and buy an opto coupler. I walked all round, asked at various stands about buying a PSK opto coupler and all I got was What's PSK? The designer of PSK was unknown to those in Britain. Kind regards, Mel G0GQK
[digitalradio] QRV MT63 - 14109.5
All: I'm QRV MT63 / 14109.5 USB / beaming west / 20:30z / March 13. I'll be here for a while. Tony -K2MO
[digitalradio] Re: 40 M band change coming soon
First I've heard of it Eric. Do you have any links to articles about these proposed changes? f
[digitalradio] New 7MHz IARU Region 1 Bandplan
7MHz IARU Region 1 Bandplan (effective 29 MAR 2009) IARU Region 1 is Europe/Africa/Russia/MiddleEast. More details: http://hflink.com/bandplans === FREQ kHz (BANDWIDTH) PREFERRED MODE AND USAGE === 7000-7025 (200Hz) CW, contest preferred 7025-7040 (200Hz) CW [7030= QRP Centre of Activity] 7040-7047 (500Hz) Narrow band modes - digimodes 7047-7050 (500Hz) Narrow band modes digimodes, automatically controlled data stations (unattended) 7050-7053 (2700Hz) All modes - digimodes, automatically controlled data stations (unattended) 7053-7060 (2700Hz) All modes - digimodes 7060-7100 (2700Hz) All modes, SSB contest preferred [7070= Digital Voice Centre of Activity] [7090= SSB QRP Centre of Activity] 7100-7130 (2700Hz) All modes [7110= Region 1 Emergency Centre of Activity] 7130-7200 (2700Hz All modes, SSB contest preferred [7165= Image Centre of Activity] 7175-7200 (2700Hz) All modes, priority for intercontinental operation More details on bandplans: http://hflink.com/bandplans Some comments and notes on the new bandplan de Bonnie KQ6XA: 1. Region 1 is Europe/Africa/Russia/MiddleEast. The IARU Region 1 bandplan has been updated, effective 29 March 2009, and it includes the ITU change of the 7100kHz-7200kHz band to allow ham radio use in Region 1. 2. In some cases, Region 1 hams may need to disregard the suggested IARU R1 bandplan in order to communicate with operators of countries which have different rules and regulations for frequency use. This includes USA, Japan, some countries of Africa, South America, and Asia. 3. The shortwave broadcast stations of Africa, Asia (especially China, etc) or South America will probably not move out of the 7100kHz-7200kHz band soon. They will continue for a long time, to make this part of the band nearly useless from evening to morning. Some countries opposed the removal of this band from shortwave broadcast... they are the most likely ones to be reluctant to move out... or they may never actually move. 4. Placement of the Emergency Centre of Activity Frequency at 7110kHz is interesting. However, it will be plagued by strong QRM from rogue broadcasters of various nations for years into the future. The bandplanners might have been naive to remove the existing 7060kHz Emergency Centre of Activity Frequency from the 2006 bandplan. It would have been better to list both frequencies during the next few years of interim changes in spectrum use. 5. Unfortunately, like previous years, the bandplan committee paid scant attention to the needs of the auto digital ham community. The plan provides only one channel for high speed data in a shared overlapping area of the band where SSB voice will continue to be widely used by the operators of Region 1 (and 2, and 3). Although some auto data entities will try to meet this suggested change, the reality is that this leaves most operators involved in the constant volume of fast data activity with little choice other than disregarding the bandplan's suggestion. 6. Many countries of Region 1, Region 2, and Region 3 likely do not plan to update their ham radio spectrum allocations, and it may take many years for it to happen (if ever). In the interim, it is more likely that the band will continue to be used by 3rd world bootleggers and pirates... as well as government entities. There is really not much recourse for hams to deal with those problems. 73 Bonnie KQ6XA
Re: [digitalradio] New 7MHz IARU Region 1 Bandplan
If I recall correctly, the best part is the removal of the international broadcasters from 7100-7200. 73, Mike N5UKZ expeditionradio wrote: 7MHz IARU Region 1 Bandplan (effective 29 MAR 2009) IARU Region 1 is Europe/Africa/Russia/MiddleEast. More details: http://hflink.com/bandplans http://hflink.com/bandplans
[digitalradio] Re: PSK 10 years on
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Mel gzero...@... wrote: I remember reading about PSK in QRZ, which I could afford in those days. As a user of PacTOR I was quite excited about this, so later in the year when I visited the amateur radio show in the UK known as the Leicester Rally I intended to gain some information and buy an opto coupler. I walked all round, asked at various stands about buying a PSK opto coupler and all I got was What's PSK? The designer of PSK was unknown to those in Britain. Kind regards, Mel G0GQK Well Mel, I would say that is typical of those in the Midlands , since Peter was , I think, living 4 miles from my UK home in those days. He lives in a small village in Cumbria, You know that those in the south and midlands think it is nothing but sheep north of Lancaster. G3PLX also co-invented AMTOR
Re: [digitalradio] New 7MHz IARU Region 1 Bandplan
What are these comments based on? They are not consistent with the April QST article. Do you know something the ARRL doesn't know or isn't telling? BTW, the 41 meter band is not being removed from SWBC, only moved. Based on what I read, that wasn't the controversial part. The tough sell was getting the fixed stations out of the new SWBC band. Rick N6RK expeditionradio wrote: Some comments and notes on the new bandplan de Bonnie KQ6XA: 3. The shortwave broadcast stations of Africa, Asia (especially China, etc) or South America will probably not move out of the 7100kHz-7200kHz band soon. They will continue for a long time, to make this part of the band nearly useless from evening to morning. Some countries opposed the removal of this band from shortwave broadcast... they are the most likely ones to be reluctant to move out... or they may never actually move. 4. Placement of the Emergency Centre of Activity Frequency at 7110kHz is interesting. However, it will be plagued by strong QRM from rogue broadcasters of various nations for years into the future. The bandplanners might have been naive to remove the existing 7060kHz Emergency Centre of Activity Frequency from the 2006 bandplan. It would have been better to list both frequencies during the next few years of interim changes in spectrum use. 5. Unfortunately, like previous years, the bandplan committee paid scant attention to the needs of the auto digital ham community. The plan provides only one channel for high speed data in a shared overlapping area of the band where SSB voice will continue to be widely used by the operators of Region 1 (and 2, and 3). Although some auto data entities will try to meet this suggested change, the reality is that this leaves most operators involved in the constant volume of fast data activity with little choice other than disregarding the bandplan's suggestion. 6. Many countries of Region 1, Region 2, and Region 3 likely do not plan to update their ham radio spectrum allocations, and it may take many years for it to happen (if ever). In the interim, it is more likely that the band will continue to be used by 3rd world bootleggers and pirates... as well as government entities. There is really not much recourse for hams to deal with those problems. 73 Bonnie KQ6XA Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Page at http://www.obriensweb.com/sked Recommended software: Winwarbler, FLDIGI, DM780, or Multipsk Yahoo! Groups Links
[digitalradio] Re: QRV MT63 - 14109.5
All, Thanks to K0PFX, KD4NUE and NC5O for the MT63 contacts. Skeds welcome this evening as long as the 20 meter stays open. 73, Tony -K2MO
[digitalradio] Play audio file in FL Digi?
Anyone have simple instructions for playing an audio files within FL-Digi? Andy K3UK
Re: [digitalradio] Re: QRV MT63 - 14109.5
Tony I posted you on the VE7CC cluster, I hope it will get some more qso's for you. Russell Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. - Ronald Reagan IN GOD WE TRUST Russell Blair (NC5O) Skype-Russell.Blair Hell Field #300 DRCC #55 30m Dig-group #693 --- On Fri, 3/13/09, Tony d...@optonline.net wrote: From: Tony d...@optonline.net Subject: [digitalradio] Re: QRV MT63 - 14109.5 To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, March 13, 2009, 5:36 PM All, Thanks to K0PFX, KD4NUE and NC5O for the MT63 contacts. Skeds welcome this evening as long as the 20 meter stays open. 73, Tony -K2MO
Re: [digitalradio] Re: QRV MT63 - 14109.5
I was working in the shop making signs and heard some signals. Was just to busy to stop. What did ol Mel have to say? At 05:36 PM 3/13/2009, you wrote: All, Thanks to K0PFX, KD4NUE and NC5O for the MT63 contacts. Skeds welcome this evening as long as the 20 meter stays open. 73, Tony -K2MO
Re: [digitalradio] Re: QRV MT63 - 14109.5
Russel, Thanks for the VE7CC post and the QSO... Tony -K2MO - Original Message - From: Russell Blair russell_blai...@yahoo.com To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:49 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: QRV MT63 - 14109.5 Tony I posted you on the VE7CC cluster, I hope it will get some more qso's for you. Russell Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. - Ronald Reagan IN GOD WE TRUST Russell Blair (NC5O) Skype-Russell.Blair Hell Field #300 DRCC #55 30m Dig-group #693 --- On Fri, 3/13/09, Tony d...@optonline.net wrote: From: Tony d...@optonline.net Subject: [digitalradio] Re: QRV MT63 - 14109.5 To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, March 13, 2009, 5:36 PM All, Thanks to K0PFX, KD4NUE and NC5O for the MT63 contacts. Skeds welcome this evening as long as the 20 meter stays open. 73, Tony -K2MO
[digitalradio] Re: PSK 10 years on
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Andrew O'Brien k3uka...@... wrote: --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Mel Gzerogqk@ wrote: I remember reading about PSK in QRZ, which I could afford in those days. As a user of PacTOR I was quite excited about this, so later in the year when I visited the amateur radio show in the UK known as the Leicester Rally I intended to gain some information and buy an opto coupler. I walked all round, asked at various stands about buying a PSK opto coupler and all I got was What's PSK? The designer of PSK was unknown to those in Britain. Kind regards, Mel G0GQK Well Mel, I would say that is typical of those in the Midlands , since Peter was , I think, living 4 miles from my UK home in those days. He lives in a small village in Cumbria, You know that those in the south and midlands think it is nothing but sheep north of Lancaster. G3PLX also co-invented AMTOR I think he is still there ? latest project is a software defined tx/rx ,I have spoked with him on 80 and the tx/rx sounded very good His beacon software is in use on 5 megs http://www.rsgb-spectrumforum.org.uk/5mhz%20beacons.htm and at the moment , Andy G4JNT is running a slimmed down version of the beacon on 500 Khz http://groups.google.com/group/uk500khz/web/multi-function-beacon-by-andy-g4jnt G ..
Re: [digitalradio] Anyone going to Burning Man this year
You'd probably have better luck contacting the rocketeers that fly off the Playa. They're there more often, a significant percentage are hams, and they're likely to have their ham gear with them while they're on the playa. Jeff Moore -- KE7ACY BORG - Bend Oregon Rocketry Group - Original Message - From: John Becker, WØJAB Subject: [digitalradio] Anyone going to Burning Man this year Anyone going to Burning Man this year ? Sure like to see that grid ( DNØØ ) on the air. John, W0JAB .
[digitalradio] 30M Mystery Olivia-like mode ?
On the HRD Forum there is a thread about an unidentified Olivia-sounding mode , with audio sound clip, at http://forums.ham-radio.ch/showthread.php?t=14678 Very wide about 1500 Hz Anyone know what it is ?
[digitalradio] Re: New 7MHz IARU Region 1 Bandplan
Rick N6RK wrote What are these comments based on? They are not consistent with the April QST article. Do you know something the ARRL doesn't know or isn't telling? Hi Rick, The April 2009 QST article by Brennan N4QX, is good, and it provides a feel-good positive spin back story on what has been happening with the 7MHz band changes. It trumpets the success of the WRC process. The reality is, that the process took several decades too long to yield any positive results for the ham community. For USA hams in the lower 48 states, the combination of an ill-conceived FCC-dictated phone band which was not congruent with the realities of the international allocation in the 40 meter band has thwarted nightly SSB voice communications for several generations. Respectfully, Brennan's article, in my opinion, is overly optimistic and glosses over the realities of the spectrum allocation footnote problem, and the little-known fact that any country that wants to operate a rogue transmitter can basically do so on any frequency at their whim, because each country regulates its own spectrum with national sovereignty. What seems like an innocuous little footnote can legitimize the negation of a main category of the international spectrum allocation. A simple analogy example for USA hams is, that two federal entities, FCC and NTIA, have separate control over the same RF spectrum, and assign or allocate the same frequencies at the same time, in parallel, and sometimes in direct opposition. In my opinion, it is either overly optimistic or naive, to think that all broadcasters and continuous fixed data transmitters in China or South America or Africa will instantly vacate the 7100-7200kHz band. Keep in mind that there are broadcasters and fixed data presently operating in other ham bands that are allocated primary to ham radio. Now, we have a new bandplan for Region 1 that sets up a situation of contention between traditional SSB voice, digital, and operators in other countries and other regions. We are supposed to be communicators, but the people who represent us have often done things to thwart communication between us. Most of these IARU Bandplans and national bandplans are done in secret, without any input or interface with the general ham community. Bonnie KQ6XA
Re: [digitalradio] 30M Mystery Olivia-like mode ?
Can you post the audio file. At 08:28 PM 3/13/2009, you wrote: On the HRD Forum there is a thread about an unidentified Olivia-sounding mode , with audio sound clip, at http://forums.ham-radio.ch/showthread.php?t=14678 Very wide about 1500 Hz Anyone know what it is ? Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Page at http://www.obriensweb.com/sked Recommended software: Winwarbler, FLDIGI, DM780, or Multipsk Yahoo! Groups Links
[digitalradio] Re: 30M Mystery Olivia-like mode ?
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, John Becker, WØJAB w0...@... wrote: Can you post the audio file. I placed it in the files section of this group, see HRD 2009-03-12 155534.mp3
[digitalradio] Re: PSK 10 Years On....
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Scott Hill sc...@... wrote: Andy, if you don't get a copy somewhere else send me an email with your snail mail address, and I will send you the issue. Scott/K6IX Hi Scott, old help-file writing friend...good to hear from you. I think I can get a copy locally, thanks for the offer. Andy K3UK
[digitalradio] NAQP Sprint RTTY Question
Why were there so many stations with the name Marc from CA? If you call CQ and someone works you, then you must QSY. Right? Sure were a lot of stations running a frequency on 40 meters. TNX 73, Dave N0EOP 31033
[digitalradio] Re: NAQP Sprint RTTY Question
This was just practice, not sure they were QSY-ing in the practice. Andy K3UK --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Dave Sloan desl...@... wrote: Why were there so many stations with the name Marc from CA? If you call CQ and someone works you, then you must QSY. Right? Sure were a lot of stations running a frequency on 40 meters.
