Re: [digitalradio] The Perfect Mode

2006-03-16 Thread Rein Couperus
PSKmail does ALL this, including message generation and management using EVOLUTION (the Linux 'Outlook' program). It does NOT run on any Microsoft operating system. It does use less bandwidth than olivia. It is being prepared for ALE (with PSK63 bandwidth). It has a symmetrical (full duplex)

[digitalradio] PSKmail again

2006-03-16 Thread Andrew O'Brien
PSK Mail looks interesting despite the daunting prospect of installing a Linuk OS. However, my amateur radio set-up involves PC to radio interfaces that require Windows based virtual serial ports for rig control. How is rig control achieved with PSKmail? Andy K3UK Need a Digital mode

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Another look at ALE

2006-03-16 Thread Jose Amador
--- KV9U [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I still have not understood what P2 and P3 have that is all that special and allows them to run as fast as they do (not to mention they are also ARQ modes). If we had non ARQ modes with similar modulation, why would not that run at a similar rate of

Re: [digitalradio] PSKmail again

2006-03-16 Thread Andrew O'Brien
Thanks Peter. I will try setting up a CD boot disk for linux and PSKmail later this evening and also check hamlib. Andy K3UK On 3/16/06, Per [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Installing linux is easy, just go ahead and if you are wondering about anything then just ask me. PSKMail uses hamlib for rig

Re: [digitalradio] PSKmail again

2006-03-16 Thread doc
PSK Mail looks interesting despite the daunting prospect of installing a Linuk OS. However, my amateur radio set-up involves PC to radio interfaces that require Windows based virtual serial ports for rig control. How is rig control achieved with PSKmail? Andy K3UK Try Puppy Linux as it

RE: [digitalradio] ALE in Emergency HF use (Re: Another look at A LE)

2006-03-16 Thread DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA
Hi Andy et. al. Please see my comments below. Walt/K5YFW -Original Message-From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Andrew O'BrienSent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 6:27 PMTo: digitalradio@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: [digitalradio] ALE in

RE: [digitalradio] ALE in Emergency HF use (Re: Another look at A LE)

2006-03-16 Thread DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA
Title: RE: [digitalradio] ALE in Emergency HF use (Re: Another look at ALE) Same here Paul. At home I only have Linux boxes and the same for the communications units I support. MS software is just too expensive to purchase and keep up and the virus and other malware is horrible. I came to

RE: [digitalradio] Embedded-ALE HF Radios - Micom3 (ALE in Emerge ncy HF use)

2006-03-16 Thread DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA
Title: RE: [digitalradio] Embedded-ALE HF Radios - Micom3 (ALE in Emergency HF use) The quotes I got from several MOBAT dealers was FAR ABOVE what the target price for the IC-F7000 (about $1400) and even the Yaesu VX-1700 with ALE option (about $1000). The Mobat quotes were in the

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Another look at ALE

2006-03-16 Thread DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA
Title: RE: [digitalradio] Re: Another look at ALE Yes 200 WPM will do but 300-400 WPM or faster would be much better if the same SNR was maintained. However, if going to 300-400 WPM increases the SNR by 5 to 7 dB, then that would be acceptable. For the time being, MT63 seems to be the mode

[digitalradio] Oliviadata Yahoo eGroup Censorship

2006-03-16 Thread Thomas Giella KN4LF
Andy,I see that you removed the complete recent thread from the Oliviadata Yahoo eGroup that I posted concerning Bonny KQ6XA and her 20 meter Olivia band planning nonsense. I also see that you have her nonsense posted on the main page of the Oliviadata Yahoo eGroup too, so apparently she

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Another look at ALE

2006-03-16 Thread KV9U
I agree completely, Jose. However, all these things can (and often are done) with other modes that do not run as fast. The bandwidths are no differerent than the wider sound card modes at either 500 Hz for Pactor 2 or closer to a voice bandwidth such as Pactor 3 uses. And the Pactor modes

[digitalradio] No PAX(2) in MultiPSK 3.9!?

2006-03-16 Thread Alan NV8A
I had been receiving my first PAX2 transmissions using MultiPSK 3.13 but then became aware that ver. 3.9 is available, so I downlaoded and installed it, only to find that ver. 3.9 seems to be missing the PAX(2) capabilities. What's going on here? Alan NV8A Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect

[digitalradio] ALE in Emergency HF use (Re: Another look at A LE)

2006-03-16 Thread Andrew O'Brien
Good points Walt. By the way, the hospital that employes me just spent about $2000 on amateur radio equipment, all new, as a result of Homeland Security (via the State). As for you 40 and 80M nets, keep in mind that ALE could call your net up for you . Andy K3UK Need a Digital

[digitalradio] Re: Oliviadata Yahoo eGroup Censorship

2006-03-16 Thread Andrew O'Brien
I'm sorry Tom but I do not run the Oliviadata Yahoo group, so I do not have the power to remove anyone. It is perhaps an Andy other than me that has fallen prey to Bonnie's spells? --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Thomas Giella KN4LF [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andy, I see that you

Re: [digitalradio] No PAX(2) in MultiPSK 3.9!?

2006-03-16 Thread Patrick Lindecker
Hello Alan, The Multipsk present version is the 3.13 one. For the downloading here is an extract of a previous message: The new release of MULTIPSK (3.13) is in my Web site (http://f6cte.free.fr). The main mirror site is Earl's, N8KBR: http://multipsk.eqth.org/index.html Another mirror site is

[digitalradio] Andy's Mystery poem

2006-03-16 Thread expeditionradio
Andrew O'Brien I found this on my PC though, maybe Bonnie sent it sevretyly via ALE :) I put a spell on you [Repeat Three Times] Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah Hi Andy, That was an interesting poem, but I don't think the punctuation would have gone through on an ALE AMD! And I'm not

RE: [digitalradio] ALE in Emergency HF use (Re: Another look at A LE)

2006-03-16 Thread DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA
Title: RE: [digitalradio] ALE in Emergency HF use (Re: Another look at A LE) Our nets run from 07:00 to 21:00 while deployed with 15 minute netcalls if there is not traffic. But yes I am aware of ALE's capability. Rather than muting the station with ALE or SELCALL, I would rather be runing

[digitalradio] Re: PSKmail again

2006-03-16 Thread Andrew O'Brien
Doc, for Puppy, the web site list the following files - --- Up to higher level directory 07/19/2005 12:00AM 9,181,647 modules-2.4.29-complete.tar.gz 03/09/2006 01:28AM Directory pupget_packages-1 09/27/2005

RE: [digitalradio] ALE in Emergency HF use (Re: Another look at A LE)

2006-03-16 Thread DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA
Title: RE: [digitalradio] ALE in Emergency HF use (Re: Another look at A LE) No...we monitor 75M in San Antonio (and perhaps another site) and 40M in Dallas and Atlanta or sometimes the reverse depending on what our propagation study for the instant says. We monitor from say 07:00 to 09:00.

[digitalradio] PAX2

2006-03-16 Thread DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA
Title: PAX2 Well I've looked at the Multiple_PSK for PAX2 specification and on the Web and find no description of the mode...how many tones/carriers, tone/carrier spacing, baud rate, modulation (except I suspect its PSK), etc. Without a valid (generally available or advertised) published

Re: [digitalradio] PAX2

2006-03-16 Thread Patrick Lindecker
Title: PAX2 Hello Walt, Here are the specifications of Pax/Pax2 mode (extract from my help). Go to my help ( Chapter "Modes selection and their descriptions" for a better presentation). For how to use Pax/Pax2, there are two chapters: "General commands and use of PAX/PAX2 mode and

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Another look at ALE

2006-03-16 Thread Jose Amador
--- KV9U [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree completely, Jose. However, all these things can (and often are done) with other modes that do not run as fast. The bandwidths are no differerent than the wider sound card modes at either 500 Hz for Pactor 2 or closer to a voice bandwidth

[digitalradio] BARTG RTTY HF Contest 2006: Rules

2006-03-16 Thread Andrew O'Brien
BRITISH AMATEUR RADIO TELEDATA GROUP Home --- Contests --- 2006 HF Contest Rules BARTG RTTY HF Contest 2006: Rules Time: 0200