[digitalradio] Re: ALE400 - Narrow band ALE mode now available

2007-11-03 Thread Brian A
Patrick, I applaud all the experimenters out there trying to push the envelope. Meeting personal goals is a really healthy part of the hobby. It doesn't really matter if that goal become an integral part of ham radio or not. Experimention for its own sake is good. Also, thanks for the info.

RE: [digitalradio] Test in ALE400

2007-11-03 Thread John Bradley
For your info, Patrick, 20M doesn't open until 1400-1500Z reaching a peak around 1900-2000Z Consistently hear Txema, EA2AFR around 1900Z here in central North America John VE5MU From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Lindecker Sent: Friday,

[digitalradio] Chirp DXng ?

2007-11-03 Thread Andrew O'Brien
Is anyone here using Chirpview and successfully decoding signals? I see some good DX spotted by others using this signal detection method. Does the timing require us to use GPS? -- Andy K3UK www.obriensweb.com (QSL via N2RJ)

Re: [digitalradio] Test in ALE400

2007-11-03 Thread Patrick Lindecker
TKS John for the info. So I'll CQ today in ALE400 ARQ FAE at 18h30 UTC on 14074 KHz USB (AF at 1625 Hz). 73 Patrick - Original Message - From: John Bradley To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 4:24 PM Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Test in ALE400

[digitalradio] Re: ALE400 - Narrow band ALE mode now available

2007-11-03 Thread Vojtech Bubnik
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Brian A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) Using a 200 Hz filter instead of 400 or 500 Hz filter gives a 3db S/N ratio improvment-- PSK or RTTY. It's guaranteed. It is not. Using narrower filter will reduce total noise and out of channel QRM, lowering dynamic

[digitalradio] An observation

2007-11-03 Thread Phil Cooper
Hello Patrick and the group, I have just installed the latest version of MultiPSK, and I have found something odd. I have two soundcards in my shack PC - one is the Soundblaster 16, which I use for radio work, and the other is the on-board AC97, which gets used for Windows sounds. In the set-up

Re: [digitalradio] An observation

2007-11-03 Thread Patrick Lindecker
Hello Phil, It's not the normal working. There must be something not nominal. I will send you a test version directly to your mail address for looking at your sound card configuration. Note: for Multipsk issue, it's better to put the information in the MultipskYahoo group. 73 Patrick

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ALE400 - Narrow band ALE mode now available

2007-11-03 Thread Rick
Brian, It depends upon what you, or the average ham, are looking for. If you want to do contesting, and if the inertia stays with RTTY, then that is what will remain as a popular mode. A couple of decades ago, many of us found RTTY to be quite interesting and even built TU's to get on HF.