Thanks again, folks, for the Newb replies last month.
I've been busy dealing with some family health issues since then, but finally
got back to my Great Digital Communications Exploration this week. Today I
landed my first QSO! Got a 599 from Mexico right off the bat on my first
attempt.
Doug,
You can find HF Slow Scan TV at:
3.730 LSB, 7.033 LSB (rare), 14.230 USB, 28.680 USB.
These are calling frequencie. So +/-3KHz you'll find SSTV.
Marc - PD4U
14.230 USB is very active...
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
www.ham-radio-deluxe.com
- Original Message -
From: marc
You can find HF Slow Scan TV at:
3.730 LSB, 7.033 LSB (rare), 14.230 USB, 28.680 USB.
These are calling frequencie. So +/-3KHz you'll find SSTV.
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, doug_helbling doug_helbl...@... wrote:
Thanks for the welcome and the great advice and counsel,
Patrick/Andrew/Christian/Marc/Simon/Siegfried et al.
I did some more poking around on my rig, and found that my audio input to the
PC was indeed the Mic
Doug, poke around the laptop a little more and see if there is boost on the
Mic input. On my laptop, turning off the boost turns the mic input into the
equivalent of a line input.
73, Skip KH6TY
http://kh6ty.home.comcast.net
-Welcome Doug, it will eventually get easy to recognize most common digital
modes, by eyesight.
Lets start with the basics...
If the signal is in USB mode and around 7070, 14070, 10140, 21070 and 28120 it
is almost certainly PSK31. Park on 14070 or 10140 USB during the day, turn on
the
Hello, Doug.
I have to keep stealth dipoles up as well, and I find that two regular
Slinkies, with a 1:1 current balun in the middle on the ceiling of my
second-floor shack tune up very well on 40, 30, 20 and 10 meters. I'm
sure I'm just warming the clouds, but have made contacts on PSK31 over