[digitalradio] WSJT JT65A HF

2007-10-01 Thread David Munn
HI Allis there any operator on this group who uses Linux as their O/S and who is running WSJT HF or otherwisei have a problem that i need some help withits working and i can make contacts but in the terminal it says that it cant find the KV decoder and is using the BM algorithm...i use

Re: [digitalradio] Tests in ARQ FAE

2007-10-01 Thread Steinar Aanesland
Hi John, It is sad to inform you that the Norwegian HAM's are not allow to use the ALE mode (sounding, arq mode..) on 30m. We have only 1khz in bandwidth. It's a pity , because I like this contest free band. See you on 20m. 73 de LA5VNA Steinar - Original Message - From: John

Re: [digitalradio] WSJT JT65A HF

2007-10-01 Thread David
Peter Frenning wrote: I have and do David, and have no such problem. Using Linux Mint 6.10(Cassandra) (a Ubuntu derivative) and the standard distribution of WSJT 5.9.6 r309 dated: 2006-09-23 02:39:03 running on an HP omnibook x6200 (1.6GHz/1GB RAM) all running normally apart from a

Re: [digitalradio] center of the waterfall question

2007-10-01 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Bill Aycock wrote: Frank- I think that there is MUCH confusion in our ranks on this subject. For instance, I set my rig to one frequency (usually 14,070.00) and leave it there. I tune to different signals by moving the marker that shows the offset from the base frequency on the

Re: [digitalradio] center of the waterfall question

2007-10-01 Thread Simon Brown
- Original Message - From: Roger J. Buffington [EMAIL PROTECTED] As the band conditions start to improve, with more signals on the band (remember, we are presently right at the solar minimum) using the narrow filters on digital modes will become more and more important. It will be

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Tests in ARQ FAE

2007-10-01 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Demetre SV1UY wrote: --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com, Brian A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong. However, reading all these posts suggests that what these wonder modes want and or need is channelized, clear channel frequencies,

[digitalradio] A little off topic, Sputnik, Mercury - Atlas

2007-10-01 Thread Jerry W
For all you old timers The 50th anniversary of Sputnik is coming up on October 6, 2007. There are a lot of posts on the web and blogs, one web site being: www.arrl.org about Sputnik. Copied Sputnik on my Hallcafters S-38 E just before I went to radio school at Keesler AFB. At Keesler they had a

[digitalradio] Re: Tests in ARQ FAE

2007-10-01 Thread Brian A
Hi Roger. That was good info. Sounds like it wasn't and couldn't be automatic operation. Operator intervention really needed. It is too bad they didn't try holding the ALE tests this weekend on 20M. It would have been instructive to know just how well that mode managed in combat conditions.

Re: [digitalradio] center of the waterfall question

2007-10-01 Thread Bill Aycock
Roger- thanks for an excellent set of comments. With my rig (FT-920), my best filtering is in the audio, which limits me. I do have a narrower (INRAD) filter than the stock one and that helps. I can dream about a tuneable RF filter, though, can't I? Thanks- Bill-W4BSG At 05:37 AM 10/1/2007,

[digitalradio] Re: Absolute best case transfer - NON STANDARD MODE - Bandwidth .3 to 2.7 khz

2007-10-01 Thread Les Keppie
Hi Robert Sorry about delay - lost some mail due change of server had to go to digitalradio group to find this email of yours Will see if I can do this - may take a few days Regards Les --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Robert Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can you repeat the test with

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Tests in ARQ FAE

2007-10-01 Thread John Bradley
Hmm unattended soundings? John VE5MU From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 3:28 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Tests in ARQ FAE I just got off the air on 30 meters

Re: [digitalradio] A little off topic, Sputnik, Mercury - Atlas

2007-10-01 Thread Andrew O'Brien
I was all of 6 years old. My only memory was of walking in the streets with familiy members and the adults talking about Sputnik and looking up towards the sky. On 10/1/07, Jerry W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For all you old timers The 50th anniversary of Sputnik is coming up on October 6,

[digitalradio] ALE QRM

2007-10-01 Thread Rick
After the contact, I switched over to ALE 141A and listened for quite some time in unproto mode. Later on I heard an eastern station calling the HFN, which must be the HFLink Network. This can not be an automatic station as it was outside the automatic subband. I am not suggesting that it was

Re: [digitalradio] ALE QRM

2007-10-01 Thread Andrew O'Brien
PC-ALE , and I assume Multipsk ALE, is designed to work in attended mode for almost all applications other than two likely scenarios. 1. Soundings: This now referred to as station ID by the HFLINK web site (http://hflink.net/qso/). I think this is a fair description, since it simply sends the

[digitalradio] QRMing PACTOR

2007-10-01 Thread Andrew O'Brien
I received a private email from a Pactor user that has experienced what they think is deliberate QRM. This ham assumes that digital mode operators that dislike PACTOR mailboxes are thinking that all PACTOR signals are unattended mailboxes and then QRMing them. . They asked me to point out that

Re: [digitalradio] center of the waterfall question

2007-10-01 Thread G. McFarlin
So which is better, park the dial and move the audio center frequency (ACF) ldquo;markerrdquo;, or park the marker and move the frequency dial? The former seems to be the standard method used for PSK31 (when using programs like Digipan and PSK31), but the latter seems to make more sense in the

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Tests in ARQ FAE

2007-10-01 Thread Matthew A. Chambers
I'm on 14.109.5 running MultiPsk 141A ALE Mode here at 0220 UTC 10/02/2007 will be on this freq till who knows when. -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Bradley Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 06:29 PM To:

Re: [digitalradio] ALE QRM

2007-10-01 Thread Rick
Andy has some very good points, If you are a human operator and listen on the frequency for a period of time, ideally at least a few minutes if you do not use QRL or a voice equivalent, and do not hear any other activity, you may be fairly safe in assuming the frequency is not in use. It is

[digitalradio] Re: ALE QRM

2007-10-01 Thread Dave Bernstein
AA6YQ comments below --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Andrew O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip However, what is the REAL difference between sending your callsign a few times via ALE , versus picking up the Mic and asking is this frequency in use ? There are two such differences:

[digitalradio] Re: center of the waterfall question

2007-10-01 Thread Dave Bernstein
Whether you find an interesting signal by clicking on traces in a panoramic tuning display or by rotating your tranceiver's tuning dial, ideally you should then direct your digital mode application to place the selected signal at a pre-specified optimal audio offset by appropriately QSYing

Re: [digitalradio] Re: center of the waterfall question

2007-10-01 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Dave Bernstein wrote: Whether you find an interesting signal by clicking on traces in a panoramic tuning display or by rotating your tranceiver's tuning dial, ideally you should then direct your digital mode application to place the selected signal at a pre-specified optimal audio offset

[digitalradio] Nearly Zero ALE QRM

2007-10-01 Thread expeditionradio
Andy K3UK wrote: However, what is the REAL difference between sending your callsign a few times via ALE , versus picking up the Mic and asking is this frequency in use ? Hi Andy, I agree Andy, a normal ALE sounding or linking burst is only 10 to 20 seconds duration, and consists of

[digitalradio] Re: ALE QRM

2007-10-01 Thread Dave Bernstein
I believe that your analysis of part 97 is correct. 73, Dave, AA6YQ --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andy has some very good points, If you are a human operator and listen on the frequency for a period of time, ideally at least a few minutes if

[digitalradio] Busy Channel Detection

2007-10-01 Thread expeditionradio
Andy K3UK wrote: As Bonnie mentioned last week, ALE has no busy detect for none ALE signals. So yes, Soundings and certain other aspects of ALE cause QRM. Hi Andy, A few weeks ago, during the discussion about busy detectors, I described some of the different busy detect systems that are

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ALE QRM

2007-10-01 Thread Robert Thompson
A couple of minor comments: 97.3(a)(9)/ Beacon/. An amateur station transmitting communications for the purposes of observation of propagation and reception or other related experimental activities. ALE as is normally used, is actually operated as a selective calling and linking interface.

Re: [digitalradio] Is HF emergency communication really viable?

2007-10-01 Thread Robert Thompson
To answer the question, one must define communication =) If the definition is merely pass information quickly and reliably, it certainly is possible. If the definition is transfer messages and files unchanged, in a manner equivalent the high bandwidth communication infrastructure, and without

[digitalradio] Re: Nearly Zero ALE QRM

2007-10-01 Thread Dave Bernstein
So your idea of good intentions, tolerance, and friendship is The automatic band segments are a stupid place to park a slow keyboarding digi mode... like they say, If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen. :) Do you have a receipt for those frequencies you seem to think you own?

Re: [digitalradio] Re: jt65a is an automatic mode

2007-10-01 Thread Robert Thompson
It would seem that automatic is a word that provokes un-helpful discussion. Since no meaningful discussion can be held without shared terms and meanings, maybe we could consider the following definitions rather than using the nebulous and diverse automatic: Unattended: Cases where there is no