Re: [digitalradio] Re: Tests in ARQ FAE

2007-10-01 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Demetre SV1UY wrote:

  --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com
  mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com, Brian A [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  wrote:

  Correct me if I'm wrong. However, reading all these posts suggests
  that what these wonder modes want and or need is channelized,
  clear channel frequencies, with no human factor strengths added. Is
  that realistic to expect on the ham bands?
 
  73 de Brian/K3KO

  I'm afraid that only PACTOR 2 or 3 has any chance of making it
  through these conditions OM. Everything else fails.

Actually, I had Olivia and PSK QSOs through the RTTY QRM this weekend.  
By judicious use of the narrow filters and IF Shift/Width controls, I 
was quite able to work through even severe QRM, where RTTY stations 
would start transmitting nearly on top of us.

de Roger W6VZV





RE: [digitalradio] Re: Tests in ARQ FAE

2007-10-01 Thread John Bradley
Hmm unattended soundings?

 

John

VE5MU

 

From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Rick
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 3:28 PM
To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Tests in ARQ FAE

 

I just got off the air on 30 meters with N5UNB a few seconds ago. He had 
called CQ on Olivia 16-500 and we had a nice QSO. About half way through 
it I noticed some ALE 141A centered across our live QSO. It may be that 
they could not hear the TX station, but I am sure they could hear me, 
assuming there was a live operator on the frequency. My dial frequency 
is 10.136.5 to put the other station's Olivia signal in my sweet spot 
near 1500 Hz.

Even with the ALE signal over the top of the transmitting station, I saw 
no hits on the Olivia signal. His reading on Multipsk was around -5 S/N.

73,

Rick, KV9U

Brian A wrote:
 It is too bad they didn't try holding the ALE tests this weekend on
 20M. It would have been instructive to know just how well that mode
 managed in combat conditions. RTTY held out well. Preliminary
 reports indicate over at least 500,000 RTTY QSO's through the din.

 73 de Brian/K3KO
 

 



RE: [digitalradio] Re: Tests in ARQ FAE

2007-10-01 Thread Matthew A. Chambers
I'm on 14.109.5 running MultiPsk 141A ALE Mode here at 0220 UTC
10/02/2007 will be on this freq till who knows when.
 
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Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 06:29 PM
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Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Re: Tests in ARQ FAE
 
Hmm unattended soundings?
 
John
VE5MU
 
From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Rick
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 3:28 PM
To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Tests in ARQ FAE
 
I just got off the air on 30 meters with N5UNB a few seconds ago. He had

called CQ on Olivia 16-500 and we had a nice QSO. About half way through

it I noticed some ALE 141A centered across our live QSO. It may be that 
they could not hear the TX station, but I am sure they could hear me, 
assuming there was a live operator on the frequency. My dial frequency 
is 10.136.5 to put the other station's Olivia signal in my sweet spot 
near 1500 Hz.

Even with the ALE signal over the top of the transmitting station, I saw

no hits on the Olivia signal. His reading on Multipsk was around -5 S/N.

73,

Rick, KV9U

Brian A wrote:
 It is too bad they didn't try holding the ALE tests this weekend on
 20M. It would have been instructive to know just how well that mode
 managed in combat conditions. RTTY held out well. Preliminary
 reports indicate over at least 500,000 RTTY QSO's through the din.

 73 de Brian/K3KO