[digitalradio] 160M digital meeting place

2007-02-14 Thread David Michael Gaytko // WD4KPD
guessing the freq is around 1807, but when ? david/wd4kpd

Re: [digitalradio] 160M digital meeting place

2007-02-14 Thread KV9U
I wonder if group members might want to use 1808 KHz as the frequency for 160 meter digital modes. And that means the actual frequency. With the ease of seeing the bandwidth on waterfall displays, I favor centering on the frequency. This means that you need to put your dial frequency at the

[digitalradio] Re: Need a PDF manual (or any format) for the MFJ 1278 Data Controller

2007-02-14 Thread kc7fys
Thanks, I got it. Jonathan --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Steve Hajducek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jonathan, Can you accept a 26MB email? /s/ Steve, N2CKH At 12:56 AM 2/13/2007, you wrote: Howdy folks, I need this manual if you have it on PDF. No longer on their site.

Re: [digitalradio] 160M digital meeting place

2007-02-14 Thread John Becker
At 08:28 AM 2/14/2007, you wrote: guessing the freq is around 1807, but when ? david/wd4kpd Keep in mind that the PropNet folks are using 1807.5...

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Domnio, PAX etc

2007-02-14 Thread John Becker
Is it the band or the mode ? ? ? It seems to me in my 35 years as a ham that 80 and 160 are at it's best this time of year. John, W0JAB At 09:51 PM 2/13/2007, you wrote: Hi Bill, Yes, busy night tonight on 160:) The question I wanted to ask the group was whether they have found on the lower

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Domnio, PAX etc

2007-02-14 Thread John Bradley
domino EX , on multipsk. sorry if I mis-lead you Ozhan John - Original Message - From: ozhan onder To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 12:15 AM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Domnio, PAX etc Hello John, What is DEX John?,a new digi mode

[digitalradio] 160m meeting place

2007-02-14 Thread wd4kpd
would like to do some more on 160mseems you guys are down there, but need to when and where. david/wd4kpd

Re: [digitalradio] 160M digital meeting place

2007-02-14 Thread Danny Douglas
Again, I see no reason why we would want digital signals down that low in such a wide band. That first 25 KC or so is used heavily by CW stations both here and DX. I dont care what someone else arbitraily decided was the bandplan for digital. Those bandplans are NOT worldwide, and until they

[digitalradio] Re: Domnio, PAX etc

2007-02-14 Thread jhaynesatalumni
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick, I hope you or someone is making a list of which modes work the best on each band and in varying conditions This harks back to my recent comment on Olivia - how one night I was getting solid

[digitalradio] dstar and digital radios???

2007-02-14 Thread pcooke2002
Am I correct in believing these digital transciever only talk to other digital transcievers. They don't have a switch in there that allows them to talk to non- digital trancievers. If not why doesnt some smart company put a switch in a radio that allows ditial analog usage? Also DSTAR seems to

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Domnio, PAX etc

2007-02-14 Thread DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA
STOMP STOMP STOPM...for the 10th time...use Moe Wheatley's PathSim. It may not be the best in the world but is does have some variables and Moe has made it freely available. Check out a mode with it under all the variables that his simulator will allow and then chack you on-the-air reports

RE: [digitalradio] dstar and digital radios???

2007-02-14 Thread DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA
As far as I know all the ICOM D-Star user radios can run analog or D-Star. The D-Star digital repeaters are digital only. D-Star is an open source protocol developed by the Japnaese Amareur Radio League. Walt/K5YFW -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Domnio, PAX etc

2007-02-14 Thread Jose A. Amador
I have not used Moe's simulator yet. It takes my second PC that is not working now. Could you tell people like me which are those variables available on Moe's simulator besides gaussian noise ? So far I have only seen reports on gaussian noise using Moe's simulator. And agreed. Working in

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Domnio, PAX etc

2007-02-14 Thread Jose A. Amador
I am afraid that you can only reach a determination on SOME of the data gathered with ionospheric data archives. I think that Walt's proposal is a very good idea, but only part of it will have verifiable path conditions. Nevertheless, you have to walk the tunnel to get to see the light at the

[digitalradio] Re: dstar and digital radios???

2007-02-14 Thread otobmark
My only experience is with the new dual band Icom HT and it does both digital and analog. You can program mode by channel and if I remember right it will switch automatically on receive. At the moment you can only talk to other Icom's simply because the other ham equipment companies have not yet

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Domnio, PAX etc

2007-02-14 Thread DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA
You can establsih a base line for each mode with a simulator. And while the propagation conditions vary a great deal, if you gather enough data, then you begin to get an average or norm. This is much like keeping medical records on diseases treated with a specific drug...while no one case is

Re: [digitalradio] Re: dstar and digital radios???

2007-02-14 Thread KV9U
How does the audio quality sound with P25 equipment compared with D-Star? Since P25 is very expensive, are almost all users getting used equipment? How much does this cost? I have heard new prices for HT's at $1500. Is that really true? What about the cost of the repeater? Or did you buy a

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Domnio, PAX etc

2007-02-14 Thread DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA
Hummm, let me dig up the book or go back online and download it. We can work in concert and try not to tell fish stories about our QSOs. Hi Hi. Walt -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jose A. Amador Sent: Wednesday, February 14,

Re: [digitalradio] dstar and digital radios???

2007-02-14 Thread Tom Azlin, N4ZPT
Sorry, the 1.2 GHz ID-1 is FM, Digital Voice, or Digital Data! KV9U wrote: digital or analog. The 1.2 GHz rig is strictly digital and operates at a much higher data rate and has a raw 128 Kbps speed. And in testing around here on 2m and 23cm we have seen a range advantage for Digital

Re: [digitalradio] Re: dstar and digital radios???

2007-02-14 Thread Tom Azlin, N4ZPT
Hi. KV9U wrote: Since P25 is very expensive, are almost all users getting used equipment? How much does this cost? I have heard new prices for HT's at $1500. Is that really true? Our local police chief said the multi mode HTs they are buying were $3k each. They did normal FM for the

[digitalradio] 160m meeting place

2007-02-14 Thread wd4kpd
where and when is this meeting place on 160m...would like to join in. david/wd4kpd

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Domnio, PAX etc

2007-02-14 Thread Patrick Lindecker
Hello to all, There are also some basic axioms (I suppose so) as: 1) Doppler iosnospheric modulation acts on PSK modes (the phase is dancing randomly, the Costas loop cannot stabilize and the PSK decoding is quite impossible). The more the modulation speed is, the less this Doppler acts on

Re: [digitalradio] 160M digital meeting place

2007-02-14 Thread KV9U
Danny, If we don't stay with the bandplans, then we can be sited by the FCC for not following good amateur practice. The ARRL Bandplan is the defacto bandplan for the U.S. That is why I don't venture out of the digital part of 160 meters when using digital text modes. Ideally, CW stations

Re: [digitalradio] 160M digital meeting place

2007-02-14 Thread KV9U
John, Most of us simply can not possibly know or even care about any particular use of any particular frequency as long as we are properly operating within our subband and mode. The one exception might be the area of automatic operation around the 14.100 beacons and maybe others in the world

[digitalradio] Re: dstar and digital radios???

2007-02-14 Thread pcooke2002
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Tom Azlin, N4ZPT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our local police chief said the multi mode HTs they are buying were $3k each. They did normal FM for the legacy police repeaters and trunked P25. 73, Tom n4zpt $3K for an HT!!! BREATH, BREATH.. SWALLOW You

Re: [digitalradio] 160M digital meeting place

2007-02-14 Thread John Becker
Rick I don't care either. I don't use PSK myself. the only reason I bring it up it that the PropNet station broadcast a beacon so many times an hour. I just don't want to see a load of whining and crying when someone gets QRM by one oh the propnet station like they did over the pactor station.

Re: [digitalradio] dstar and digital radios???

2007-02-14 Thread KV9U
You are right about the FM operation. The main source of information that I had a few years ago was the group that had a web site on this unit and their testing of the data throughput and voice distance. If they discussed any use of analog FM, I completely missed it. 73, Rick, KV9U Tom

Re: [digitalradio] 160M digital meeting place

2007-02-14 Thread KV9U
John, Is it your understanding that they are running unattended beacons on 160 meters? Under Part 97 rules here in the U.S., it does not seem that you would be allowed to transmit an unattended beacon on that band. And if you did transmit a beacon, the bandplan calls for 1.999 at the very top

Re: [digitalradio] 160M digital meeting place

2007-02-14 Thread John Becker
Key word being *unattended* .. I can not speak for the stations on 160 but I do see the reports on the web site. First understanding how this animal works will really help you. I wont go into it here. At 06:27 PM 2/14/2007, you wrote: John, Is it your understanding that they are running

[digitalradio] Re: 160M digital meeting place

2007-02-14 Thread Bill McLaughlin
Hi, Do not know about others but I operate Propnet on 160 often...I am always live (or as live as I ever get) when not in lurker mode (xmitting is disabled). As per normal, if the freq is in use, I disable transmitting. The software does include a DCD routine, but that will not get around the

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Domnio, PAX etc

2007-02-14 Thread ve3fwf
My experience indicates that Olivia 16-500 and MFSK are very solid modes for the conditions that we presently are experiencing during the current phase of the sunspot cycle. I, like Bill, am amazed at Olivia's ability to copy signals that you can barely see on the waterfal and not even hear

Re: [digitalradio] Re: dstar and digital radios???

2007-02-14 Thread Paul L Schmidt, K9PS
pcooke2002 wrote: $3K for an HT!!! BREATH, BREATH.. SWALLOW You mean to say that $3k of my tax dollars are being spent on a HT that you could have spent $200 on. I have to complain to my city council about my police dept going digital. I'd more likely congratulate them on having

[digitalradio] DEX and 160M

2007-02-14 Thread John Bradley
AT 02:30 Z listening on VFO 1806.5 (actual 1807.5) DEX and anything else that shows up. Nothing heard so far. anybody on 80 tonite? John VE5MU

[digitalradio] Re: DEX and 160M

2007-02-14 Thread Andrew O'Brien
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, John Bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AT 02:30 Z listening on VFO 1806.5 (actual 1807.5) DEX and anything else that shows up. Nothing heard so far. anybody on 80 tonite? John VE5MU John, my new radio's tuner matches 160M for me, so I do have the

Re: [digitalradio] DEX and 160M

2007-02-14 Thread KV9U
I can see what may be a PSK31 signal from time to time, but have been unable to decode anything. It is on 1807.5. I have been transmitting there with DEX11/FEC but no luck. I thought that I detected another DEX station earlier but no decode on that either. Was very weak. Now is 0303Z. 73,

[digitalradio] 160 meter PropNet Station Identified

2007-02-14 Thread KV9U
It turned out that the PSK31 station was a Propnet station: 4www.PropNET.org w2aaamo:(fn0 xd4200R INFO http://www.Pro4200C6/34 I am wondering if this station is running unattended as it keeps sending out every few minutes. If so, this does not seem to be legal to do from my reading of Part 97