Re: [digitalradio] Re: Bandwidth v Shift in RTTY ?

2009-03-27 Thread Jose A. Amador
Not exactly. You must add the upper and lower keying sidebands spacing to the upper and lower tones to get an aproximate idea of the occupied bandwidth. The sidebands lie at half the signalling speed around the carriers, and the keying harmonics, whose level and width depends on the

[digitalradio] Factual information on SCAMP

2009-03-27 Thread Rick W
I don't think anyone was more of a promoter of SCAMP, and certainly supporting the FCC rules of not intentionally interfering with others, than I was. I found the protocol to be brilliant and it worked extremely well with good signals, especially close to the MUF as we expected it would since

Re: [digitalradio] Easypal in MARS

2009-03-27 Thread Rick W
Although Easypal is currently the primary digital SSTV program , it also can be used to transmit any kind of data. A very experienced digital ham took me to task a while back for making this claim since he understood it to always compress data with a lossy characteristic and could not be used

RE: [digitalradio] Easypal in MARS

2009-03-27 Thread David Little
Andy, At leas one of our members has been in touch with the developer and made requests to simplify the cut and paste options of the text transfer. There have been numerous updates, and the text transfer has been updated to make it more adaptable for use to insert blocks of text for

RE: [digitalradio] SCAMP and Cynicism? - Nope, no way.

2009-03-27 Thread David Little
Dave, It is a good start, but I am afraid the lines were drawn long ago, and the opponents are so emotionally involved that nothing would appease them. I would really expect the only thing that will satisfy would be the total abandonment from the amateur bands and 100% move to NTIA spectrum.

[digitalradio] NZ4O Daily LF/MF/HF/6M Frequency Radiowave Propagation Forecast #2009-09

2009-03-27 Thread nz4o
The NZ4O Daily LF/MF/HF/6M Frequency Radiowave Propagation Forecast #2009-09 has been published on Friday 03/27/2009 at 1400 UTC, valid UTC Saturday 03/28/2009 through 2359 UTC Friday 04/03/2009 at http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf6.htm . 73 GUD DX, Thomas F. Giella, NZ4O Lakeland, FL, USA

[digitalradio] Re: Bandwidth v Shift in RTTY ?

2009-03-27 Thread Dave Bernstein
I understand, Jose. My question is whether the inner tones -- the ones between the ensemble's highest and lowest tones -- contribute to the bandwidth if their magnitudes are identical to those of the lowest and highest tones. Asked another way, is the bandwidth of 300 baud 1 khz 4-tone FSK

[digitalradio] Re: Factual information on SCAMP

2009-03-27 Thread Dave Bernstein
AA6YQ comments below --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Rick W mrf...@... wrote: snip The administrator at Winlink 2000 does not support busy frequency detection of their existing system and has publicly stated this with the rationale that malicious operators would shut down their e-mail

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Bandwidth v Shift in RTTY ?

2009-03-27 Thread José A. Amador
Dave Bernstein escribió: I understand, Jose. My question is whether the inner tones -- the ones between the ensemble's highest and lowest tones -- contribute to the bandwidth if their magnitudes are identical to those of the lowest and highest tones. I expect little contribution from

Re: [digitalradio] Easypal in MARS

2009-03-27 Thread John B. Stephensen
The FCC rules are antiquated. Sending anything other than voice or image is illegal there if you use only one sideband. However, if you use both sidebands (B7W, B8W or B9W), any content is legal. 73, John KD6OZH - Original Message - From: Rick W To:

[digitalradio] QRV Contestia / MT63 14106.5

2009-03-27 Thread Tony
All, I'll be QRV on Contestia / MT63 this evening. 14106.5 USB + 1000Hz. It's 22:00 utc, March 27. Tony -K2MO

[digitalradio] WSPR power levels

2009-03-27 Thread Sholto Fisher
What is it with some of the WSPR folks these days? Looking at the WSPRnet DB recently and I see guys running 50W, 100W, 500W and even 1000W??? I thought the WS part of WSPR meant Weak Signal? Sholto K7TMG

Re: [Fwd: Re: [digitalradio] Easypal in MARS]

2009-03-27 Thread Les Keppie
Les Keppie wrote: I have forwarded your email on to Erik VK4AES for information and got this reply Hi Les, Well, that is a surprise. I made a few changes from the MARS group requests, but never hear any reply to see if it is what they want. The missing FileOK in the waterfall is still a

[digitalradio] Re: WSPR power levels

2009-03-27 Thread Andrew O'Brien
-Yes, I find it most annoying. Andy K3UK -- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Sholto Fisher sho...@... wrote: What is it with some of the WSPR folks these days? Looking at the WSPRnet DB recently and I see guys running 50W, 100W, 500W and even 1000W??? I thought the WS part of WSPR

[digitalradio] Re: WSPR power levels

2009-03-27 Thread expeditionradio
Many moonbounce operators are running 1.5kW transmitters with more than 10kW ERP (effective radiated power with antenna gain). In that context, Weak Signal has traditionally meant that the signal at the receive end of the QSO is at or below the noise level. It doesn't mean weak transmitter

Re: [digitalradio] Re: WSPR power levels

2009-03-27 Thread Sholto Fisher
I understand that Bonnie but I meant in context of using WSPR on HF. I have used WSPR at the mW level and been spotted all around the US, surely there's no need to be running 50 or 100W (or higher) with this mode on HF? 73 K7TMG expeditionradio wrote: Many moonbounce operators are

[digitalradio] Polar Paths and Digital Modes

2009-03-27 Thread Tony
All, It's always interesting to see how different modes perform under adverse conditions. The polar ionosphere can be especially brutal on throughput and choosing the right mode can make all the difference. To illustrate this, I recorded a few QSO's I made this evening with JA1RZD, UA0QGG

Re: [digitalradio] Easypal in MARS

2009-03-27 Thread W6IDS
MessageDavid, I didn't see what MARS program you're affiliated with. Interesting read. Howard W6IDS Richmond, IN EM79 - Original Message - From: David Little To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 11:23 AM Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Easypal in MARS