Re: [digitalradio] K3UK On Understanding JT65A for HF.

2007-04-05 Thread Jose A. Amador
Walt DuBose wrote: As far as I can tell, there is a very large use of FEC which of course cuts down on the amount of user data throughput. Additionally, with 65 tones, I believe that the signal is wider than 500 Hz. Hi Hi. Yep!...it was meant for VHF and up... 1. In earlier versions the

Re: [digitalradio] Re: JT65A Confused

2007-04-05 Thread Jose A. Amador
Chris Danis wrote: On 4/4/07, Jose A. Amador [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are all those DIAL frequencies? Jose, Yeah, dial frequencies. Audio frequencies typically used for JT65 (at least in every QSO I've seen/worked) have been around 1200Hz. best 73, -chris N2YYZ RGRthanks !

[digitalradio] Occupied bandwidth in JT65A

2007-04-05 Thread Jose A. Amador
I finally read the WSJT manual, quite quickly indeed, and from it I could gather the following: Encoded user information is transmitted during the 63 intervals not used for the sync tone. Each channel symbol generates a tone at frequency 1275.8 + 2.6917 Nm Hz, where N is the value of the

[digitalradio] Re: Reed Solomon Identifier

2007-04-05 Thread Vojtech Bubnik
Hi Patrick. you send a heavily FEC protected keyword in the desired mode. you do a parallel decode of all modes, de-FEC all and look which one matches the the codeword ? Yes it is. But it is not only done for one frequency, it is done for all frequencies in the band. I played with MultiPSK

[digitalradio] CO2JA in JT65A on 40m

2007-04-05 Thread Steinar Aanesland
Hi Jose My radio was monitoring 40m last night when I was sleeping . My antenna is a homemade vertical dipole for 20m and I was surprised to see your signal on my screen this morning. Would you make it another try to night and I promise you I will stay awake to try to connect you ? 73 de

Re: [digitalradio] Cyrillic Support in PSK + Ideograms + semitic writings

2007-04-05 Thread Simon Brown
Having looked further, I don't see the need for further code page support. I did look at supporting Japanese / Chinese - we could do this but it would not be too efficient. Maybe in 2008 we should look at http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/WinCP.mspx where there is a description of

Re: [digitalradio] Broadband Antennas for HF Scanning ALE

2007-04-05 Thread Walt DuBose
expeditionradio wrote: Hi Walt, For scanning ALE, I'm using a broadband dipole of my own design... it is not an infamous T2FD. Although the T2FD is OK for ALE work, it is not well-suited to my neighborhood or the available space :) I have two HF stations running simultaneously here...

[digitalradio] South Africa noted on 40M JT65A

2007-04-05 Thread Andrew O'Brien
South Africa noted on 40M JT65A 052000 4 -22 -0.93 3 * CQ ZS6WN KG46 1 0 8251 miles. Unfortunately, I was alseep while my antenna was capturig this signal ! -- Andy K3UK Skype Me : callto://andyobrien73 www.obriensweb.com

[digitalradio] Japan on 14.076 in JT65A

2007-04-05 Thread Steinar Aanesland
Hi all I captured this : 112600 2 -12 -0.1 -13 2 * CQ JE5FLM PM74 on 14.076 right now. (12:30 UTC). 73 de LA5VNA Steinar

Re: [digitalradio] [Fwd: channels]

2007-04-05 Thread bruce mallon
well regarding the sideband issue, my understanding is that it was done that way because of the technical limitation of the mixer or sideband filtering method of the rigs back then would no allow the lower frequencies I beleve your right. I had several PHASE type 1950's SSB radios years ago

Re: [digitalradio] Japan on 14.076 in JT65A

2007-04-05 Thread Andrew O'Brien
1130 UTC perhaps ? Andy. On 4/5/07, Steinar Aanesland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all I captured this : 112600 2 -12 -0.1 -13 2 * CQ JE5FLM PM74 on 14.076 right now. (12:30 UTC). 73 de LA5VNA Steinar -- Andy K3UK Skype Me : callto://andyobrien73 www.obriensweb.com

[digitalradio] [Fwd: channels]

2007-04-05 Thread David Michael Gaytko // WD4KPD
Original Message Subject: channels Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:24:20 + From: David Michael Gaytko // WD4KPD [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Harry Popov [EMAIL PROTECTED] hello harry well regarding the sideband issue, my understanding is that it was done that way because of the

Re: [digitalradio] Japan on 14.076 in JT65A

2007-04-05 Thread Andrew O'Brien
Steinar 115800 5 -21 -0.6 -46 3 * CQ JAPAN LA5V 1 0 Pretty deep in the mud but I heard you. You have not heard me yet, it seems. Andy K3UK On 4/5/07, Andrew O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1130 UTC perhaps ? Andy. On 4/5/07, Steinar Aanesland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[digitalradio] JT65 Checklist

2007-04-05 Thread Steinar Aanesland
Hi A useful web-page : http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/JT65checklist.htm 73 de LA5VNA Steinar

Re: [digitalradio] Japan on 14.076 in JT65A

2007-04-05 Thread Steinar Aanesland
Andrew No sign of you yet, but I will keep looking ;) Steinar Andrew O'Brien wrote: Steinar 115800 5 -21 -0.6 -46 3 * CQ JAPAN LA5V 1 0 Pretty deep in the mud but I heard you. You have not heard me yet, it seems. Andy K3UK On 4/5/07, *Andrew O'Brien*

[digitalradio] sked

2007-04-05 Thread David Michael Gaytko // WD4KPD
i need a vk/zl and a s.america for wac on jt65. who can give me a skedis long weekend here, and glad to try just about any time and band. pse reply direct [EMAIL PROTECTED] cuall on PJ/jt65 david/wd4kpd

Re: [digitalradio] CO2JA in JT65A on 40m

2007-04-05 Thread Jose A. Amador
Steinar Aanesland wrote: Hi Jose My radio was monitoring 40m last night when I was sleeping . My antenna is a homemade vertical dipole for 20m and I was surprised to see your signal on my screen this morning. Would you make it another try to night and I promise you I will stay awake to

Re: [digitalradio] JT65A Protocol

2007-04-05 Thread w6ids
Hey Andy, Bear with me here. I am hearing signals on 14.076 but apparently not decoding all the time. Suddenly there will be the huh? from the program with RRR ? and such displayed on a particular line. BUT, never did see a callsign anywhere. Then, without warning, I see: 151100 2 -10

Re: [digitalradio] Cyrillic Support in PSK + Ideograms + semitic writings

2007-04-05 Thread Patrick Lindecker
Hello Simon, I have the confirmation: Multipsk works under cyrillic characters. So it must be the same for your program. So there is nothing to do. For Japonese, it is an other poem... 73 Patrick - Original Message - From: Simon Brown To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Reed Solomon Identifier

2007-04-05 Thread Patrick Lindecker
Hello Votjech, spectrogram it seems to be some kind of MFSK modulation, always the Yes it is. list. I suppose that the RS ID is very similar to Olivia, there are It is very similar to JT65A in fact. - Olivia uses Hadamard/Welsh transformation, RS uses Reed Solomon block code Yes it does -

[digitalradio] JT65A

2007-04-05 Thread John Becker
I still can't get any output audio with this program Anyone else having a problem? Any Ideas?

Re: [digitalradio] JT65A

2007-04-05 Thread Jose A. Amador
John Becker wrote: I still can't get any output audio with this program Anyone else having a problem? Any Ideas? John, I am not sending you to Read The F...ine Manualbut it would be fine if you did. I stumbled into it.every sound device is characterized by a number, every input

Re: [digitalradio] JT65A

2007-04-05 Thread John Becker
Thanks Dave, I did check that also. Nothing muted... John

Re: [digitalradio] JT65A

2007-04-05 Thread Dave Sparks
Hi John, I had that same problem and it turns out the Muted box was checked in the Windows Control Panel. 73 de AF6AS Dave -Original Message- From: John Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subj: [digitalradio] JT65A Date: Thu Apr 5, 2007 12:43 pm Size: 732 bytes To:

Re: [digitalradio] JT65A

2007-04-05 Thread Chris Danis
On 4/5/07, Chris Danis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alternatively, I believe that recent PSKmail LiveCDs include WSJT for Linux. Burn one of those, boot up with it in your drive, and it will run directly from CD-ROM, without touching your hard drive at all. If your problem is indeed

[digitalradio] 14109.5 ALE

2007-04-05 Thread expeditionradio
I'm seeing some soundings and activity now on 14109.5 USB. Bonnie KQ6XA

Re: [digitalradio] JT65A

2007-04-05 Thread Chris Danis
On 4/5/07, John Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After just playing with it a bit I have found that there is no output after running this software till I re-boot the system for any other program also. Still open to any ideas. John, Since you've checked the mixer settings, this leads me to

Re: [digitalradio] JT65A

2007-04-05 Thread Dave Sparks
Hi John, OK, when you hook up speakers to the sound card do they get any audio? 73 de AF6AS Dave -Original Message- From: John Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subj: Re: [digitalradio] JT65A Date: Thu Apr 5, 2007 2:14 pm Size: 438 bytes To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Thanks Dave, I

Re: [digitalradio] JT65A

2007-04-05 Thread John Becker
Yes - up till I run the program, then I must re-boot the computer to get any output back again. At 04:47 PM 4/5/2007, you wrote: Hi John, OK, when you hook up speakers to the sound card do they get any audio? 73 de AF6AS Dave

Re: [digitalradio] JT65A

2007-04-05 Thread Jose A. Amador
We are using the SAME version. As I see it, using 0 for input and 2 for output should work for you. It it does not, I am afraid it is a strange Windows quirk Anyway, check for conflicts (address and IRQ) and in configuration -- system, make sure you haven't got a yellow question mark...

Re: [digitalradio] sked

2007-04-05 Thread Les Keppie
David Michael Gaytko // WD4KPD wrote: i need a vk/zl and a s.america for wac on jt65. who can give me a skedis long weekend here, and glad to try just about any time and band. pse reply direct [EMAIL PROTECTED] cuall on PJ/jt65 david/wd4kpd Hi David Am transmitting 14.076127

Re: [digitalradio] JT65A

2007-04-05 Thread Danny Douglas
OK Guys, I have output to the rig OK. Looks like I also am copying a couple of stations. Dont know how tho. Have a zillion questions on how to get this to work end to end. If someone wouldnt mind, send me your phone nr privately and I will call you to see if you can get me started up correctly.

[digitalradio] Olivia 250/8

2007-04-05 Thread expeditionradio
I just had a nice QSO with Bo W8ISG today. We first linked on standard ALE but the propagation was rapidly decaying. Before we lost contact on ALE, I sent a simple ALE AMD text message GO TO OLIVIA. We changed to Olivia 1000/32 and made good contact, but eventually, that dropped to about 75%

[digitalradio] Re: sked

2007-04-05 Thread Bill McLaughlin
Hi Les, you were -15 to -21 db here but decoded well on my 80 meter antenna. N5SIX heard you better on his 8ft wire :) 73 Bill N9DSJ --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Les Keppie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Michael Gaytko // WD4KPD wrote: i need a vk/zl and a s.america for wac on

[digitalradio] Re: Some notes on JT65-on-HF operation

2007-04-05 Thread Chris Danis
On 4/5/07, Chris Danis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This message got a bit longer than I had wanted it to be, so here's a quick summary of the points (if you don't follow these, many stations will not be able to work you!): - Always keep your clock synchronized, to one second or better accuracy -

Re: [digitalradio] Re: sked

2007-04-05 Thread Les Keppie
Hi Bill Ok thanks Bill - was using about 100 watts pep to 8 el log at 51 feet Received David WD4KPD just fine here 234900 4 -12 2.2 -8 3 * VK2DSG WD4KPD FM151 10 234900 2 1/23 VK2DSG WD4KPD FM151 0 235100 3 -13 3.8 -8 3 * VK2DSG

Re: [digitalradio] Chris' Fun 0n 40M

2007-04-05 Thread Chris Danis
On 4/5/07, Chris Danis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So now I have XE on 40m. What a fun mode. And now, ZS as well -- which is a new entity and a new continent for me. Thanks to Willem ZS6WAB! My best RX of his signal was -13dB SNR and his best RX of mine was -16dB. best 73, -chris N2YYZ

Re: [digitalradio] Re: John VE5MU

2007-04-05 Thread Dave Sparks
I think it might have been from me. I copied your callsign on 7076 USB. Dave AF6AS - Original Message - From: John Bradley To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 8:40 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: John VE5MU was just getting a string of

Re: [digitalradio] Chris' Fun 0n 40M

2007-04-05 Thread Chris Danis
On 4/5/07, Andrew O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I enjoyed wataching Chris get some DX on 40M JT65A tonight, here is some of the side exchange from the JT65 Terrestrial Link. 04/05 03:58 wow Al, you heard me? :) (N2YYZ Chrisd NY FN12sk Haha, yeah. I saw Al's CQ, called him back, and was

[digitalradio] Danny works Jose!

2007-04-05 Thread Andrew O'Brien
- Looks like you are up and running now Danny 010600 8 -20 -0.8 -22 4 # N7DC CO2JA EL83 OOO 1 0 010800 16 -9 -0.6 -22 3 # N7DC CO2JA EL83 OOO 1 0

Re: [digitalradio] Danny works Jose!

2007-04-05 Thread Danny Douglas
Well I had no idea what I was doing. I didnt know if my response back to him was right or not. Plus I only copied the one line from him. Didnt get the last two. You get anything from me at all? Danny Douglas N7DC ex WN5QMX ET2US WA5UKR ET3USA SV0WPP VS6DD N7DC/YV5 G5CTB all DX 2-6 years each

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Some notes on JT65-on-HF operation

2007-04-05 Thread Andrew O'Brien
Nice summary Chris. I wonder if your JT65A software does the following? Last night a few folks had their clocks wrong, to cope with that I transmitted manually rather than 'auto. Whenever I did manual xmisions, my rig and software would transmit, end, and them immediately re-key and send tones

Re: [digitalradio] Ready to operate

2007-04-05 Thread Andrew O'Brien
Juan, I will call you on Skype. Andy K3UK Skype Me : callto://andyobrien73 www.obriensweb.com

Re: [digitalradio] Chris' Fun 0n 40M

2007-04-05 Thread Andrew O'Brien
Great work Chris! Is this an indoor antenna ? On 4/5/07, Chris Danis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/5/07, Chris Danis [EMAIL PROTECTED] cdanis%40gmail.com wrote: So now I have XE on 40m. What a fun mode. And now, ZS as well -- which is a new entity and a new continent for me. Thanks to

[digitalradio] 80M USS-South Africa link via JT65A

2007-04-05 Thread Andrew O'Brien
Text from the JT65A board... 04/06 01:48 i aint believing it !! (WD4KPD David NC FM15mm 04/06 01:49 FIRST ZS /USA JT65A ON 80M (ZS6WAB Willem xx KG46rc rrba-ip-pcache5-vif0.telkom-ipnet.co.za) 4/06 01:51 Congrats!(AI6O Ed CA DM12lt ip68-7-40-41.sd.sd.cox.net) 04/06 01:50 -25

[digitalradio] Re: 80M USS-South Africa link via JT65A

2007-04-05 Thread Bill McLaughlin
3.576 seen both usb and lsb used.. 73, Bill N9DSJ --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Dave Sparks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any idea what frequency is used for 80m JT65a? - Original Message - From: Andrew O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent:

Re: [digitalradio] Chris' Fun 0n 40M

2007-04-05 Thread Chris Danis
On 4/5/07, Andrew O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great work Chris! Is this an indoor antenna ? Andy, I have a Hamstick dipole mount on a second story balcony railing. It's rather close to the building but it's the best I can do. For 20m and up I mount it so the antennas are horizontal; for

[digitalradio] Re: 80M USA-South Africa link via JT65A

2007-04-05 Thread Bob Baker
And they are now apparently trying to set the record on 160; I am copying David calling zs6wb on 1810+, many times now. I don't see a response. The band is open to Europe, but maybe not across the equator. Bob --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Andrew O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Text

[digitalradio] Re-inventing the JT65A messages for HF?

2007-04-05 Thread Andrew O'Brien
I see a few are confused about the proper sequence and meaning of the EME/MS related messages within JT65A of WSJT. So, am I. I wonder if us HFer's should try to be more straight forward? The general use is described as.. When a station copies both calls, he sends calls and report. If he

[digitalradio] Re: Re-inventing the JT65A messages for HF?

2007-04-05 Thread Bill McLaughlin
Hi Andy, Think there is a mixed bag; some of use have used the WSJT modes for some time on vhf/uhf for EME and MS;p so we tend to stick to known conventions. So far I have seen no reason to deviate from that... 73 es be well, Bill N9DSJ --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Andrew O'Brien

Re: [digitalradio] Chris' Fun 0n 40M

2007-04-05 Thread Jose A. Amador
Chris Danis wrote: On 4/5/07, Chris Danis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So now I have XE on 40m. What a fun mode. And now, ZS as well -- which is a new entity and a new continent for me. Thanks to Willem ZS6WAB! My best RX of his signal was -13dB SNR and his best RX of mine was -16dB.

Re: [digitalradio] Re-inventing the JT65A messages for HF?

2007-04-05 Thread Jose A. Amador
Andrew O'Brien wrote: I see a few are confused about the proper sequence and meaning of the EME/MS related messages within JT65A of WSJT. So, am I. I wonder if us HFer's should try to be more straight forward? The general use is described as.. When a station copies both calls, he