[digitalradio] ALE and protected frequencies in the USA

2010-02-09 Thread Andy obrien
I have received three emails in the past 3-4 weeks suggesting that the FCC has an application to protect certain HF frequencies and reserve for exclusive ALE use. Two emails also suggest that people operating on ALE frequencies have received emails asking them to NOT use the frequencies . Is

[digitalradio] New SDR available

2010-02-09 Thread Peter
Hi, all. I'm offering a new SDR, inspired by the Softrock-40 but with some significant improvements. Instead of a crystal LO, it uses two Analog Devices DDS chips, and has 5 selectable preselector filters. It also feature USB control. Anyone who's interested can find the details at

Re: [digitalradio] ALE and protected frequencies in the USA

2010-02-09 Thread phil williams
I have head in the past of folks of 'reminded' using the ALE frequencies for other modes is frowned upon. I personally never heeded the advice as I am of the opinion that if the frequency in not in use, then it's up for grabs. I have not heard about any proposal on the table about a proposal to

Re: [digitalradio] ALE and protected frequencies in the USA

2010-02-09 Thread Tony
Sounds fishy to me Andy... Tony -K2MO - Original Message - From: Andy obrien To: digitalradio Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 6:57 PM Subject: [digitalradio] ALE and protected frequencies in the USA I have received three emails in the past 3-4 weeks suggesting that

[digitalradio] Generator Interference

2010-02-09 Thread Dave Sloan
Hello All, I live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. We are getting ready for a 4 county mass causality exercise. This last Saturday we were doing some training, antenna work, and testing at the EOC. One of the tests involved was deploying our mobile command post about 30 miles out into the county.

Re: [digitalradio] ALE and protected frequencies in the USA

2010-02-09 Thread KH6TY
From the regulations: Sec. 97.101 General standards. (a) In all respects not specifically covered by FCC Rules each amateur station must be operated in accordance with good engineering and good amateur practice. (b) Each station licensee and each control operator must cooperate in selecting

Re: [digitalradio] New SDR available

2010-02-09 Thread Andy obrien
This seems like an astonishingly low price. What are the bandwidth capabilities of this device? Can you do 100 Khz, 200 , more ? Does it require a high end soundcard ? On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Peter p...@lazydogengineering.com wrote: Hi, all. I'm offering a new SDR, inspired by the

Re: [digitalradio] ALE and protected frequencies in the USA

2010-02-09 Thread Alan Barrow
Tony wrote: Sounds fishy to me Andy... I'm heavily involved in Worldwide ALE activity hflink.net operations and can tell you I have no awareness of any such thing. I suspect it's residual FUD (fear, uncertainty doubt) flowing over from QRZ.com. :-) Have fun, Alan km4ba

[digitalradio] Re: New SDR available

2010-02-09 Thread Peter
The better the soundcard, the better the results will be as with any soundcard-based sdr. I use a Creative SB-1090, which you can get for $50 - $80 if you shop around, and I am very satisfied. I have not tried one of the high-end cards, but understand the performance might be even better.

[digitalradio] DM 780

2010-02-09 Thread phil williams
What rates if any, are available in DM 780 for THROB and THROBX? PhilW de KA1GMN

Re: [digitalradio] Generator Interference

2010-02-09 Thread Chris Robinson
What methods did you use to test for the generator interference? Can you give any specs on the generator such as a trailer-ed unit. When was last maintenance done to the generator, and what? I suspect that you have a faulty plug or a bad shield somewhere in the unit. I would also suspect that

RE: [digitalradio] ALE and protected frequencies in the USA

2010-02-09 Thread John Bradley
think someone has had a couple too many ALEs, or wobblys as they are known as in cow country. ALE activity has all but disappeared on 14109, except for a few diehards . paranoia strikes again John VE5MU From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalra...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf

Re: [digitalradio] DM 780

2010-02-09 Thread Andy obrien
Up to 4. On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 11:11 PM, phil williams ka1...@gmail.com wrote: What rates if any, are available in DM 780 for THROB and THROBX? PhilW de KA1GMN

Re: [digitalradio] New SDR available

2010-02-09 Thread Brian Denley
Very impressive! I will strongly consider buying one. Anyone own the LD1? Brian Denley http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html - Original Message - From: Peter p...@lazydogengineering.com To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 1:46 PM Subject:

[digitalradio] New SDR from Flex Radio

2010-02-09 Thread Bob McGwier
The Flex 1500 will soon be available. The first one has rolled off prototype line and you can see it (in operation) at the Orlando Hamcation if you are going (this weekend). If is a BCB through 54 MHz 5 watt TRANSCEIVER with control, etc. run via the USB 2.0 connection. If it were not for the