Re: [digitalradio] Hellschreiber Nets??

2005-02-06 Thread Roger J. Buffington
niddy noddy wrote: Are there any active Hellschreiber Nets? Also I have questions about how listers are running this mode? I am actually running it AFSK, what are the standardconventions for this mode? KF8ZN Don't know about any nets, but I run HELL alot on 20 and 40M. On 40M usually

Re: [digitalradio] Re: CW decoding comparison (MPSK, Mixw, Hamscope)

2005-10-10 Thread Roger J. Buffington
martinbradford2001 wrote: I have an old PakRatt which seems to do a far better job than any modern CW decoder I have tried - its a bit picky about its input level but once you have that set that correctly it seems to cope with some pretty poor morse... That is software which must be close to

Re: [digitalradio] WHY ? ? ?

2005-10-23 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker wrote: Can some one tell me why the sound card digital modes use USB and not LSB like the other digital modes? John, WØJAB Louisiana, Missouri EM48LK Is this causing you problems of some sort or other? de Roger W6VZV Yahoo! Groups Sponsor

Re: [digitalradio] Anyone for a Christmas Day digital contest?

2005-10-24 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Andrew J. O'Brien wrote: Any suggestions for a fun digital modes related HF contest that we can run on Christmas Day? I'm thinking of something casual, easily scored, scores simply posted here, perhaps just a few hours of the day but somehow involving everyone in different

Re: [digitalradio] Olivia user warned off 14105.5 !

2005-11-23 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Rick Scott wrote: My take is that the frequencies are NOT guaranteed by the FCC Period. And if an Active QSO is in progress, and the Auto op interferes with that QSO its called Jamming and subject to fines PERIOD. True, although the FCC seems to have taken a hands-off approach to the

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Bandwidth-Based FCC Rules for USA

2005-11-26 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Dave Bernstein wrote: So we should say to the PSK and RTTY operators QRM'd by semi- automatic Pactor and Pactor-3 stations given broad frequency rights under the ARRL's proposal, just switch to Olivia and you'll be fine? 73, Dave, AA6YQ It appears that the ARRL proposal

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Bandwidth-Based FCC Rules for USA

2005-11-26 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Dave Bernstein wrote: In the US, there is currently no restriction on semi-automatic operation with bandwidths of 500 hz or less, but semi-automatic operation with bandwidths greater than 500 hz is restricted to designated sub-bands. The ARRL proposal, if adopted, would eliminate the current

Re: [digitalradio] Different Subject (for a change)

2005-11-30 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Bradley wrote: new mode , works with MixW and can send you the dll...just have to find it. similar to Olivia, narrower bandwidth, little faster I think - O All right Nick and Dennis!! What are the freqs for Contestia and RTTYM? Also, what are the differences

Re: [digitalradio] Re: NTS and traffic handling and digital

2006-02-20 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Dave Bernstein wrote: I strongly diasgree with the suggestion that someone shouldn't use a clear frequency because an automatic station incapable of listening before transmitting might later show up. 73, Dave, AA6YQ You got that right. de Roger W6VZV Need a Digital mode QSO?

Re: [digitalradio] Re: NTS and traffic handling and digital

2006-02-20 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Dave Bernstein wrote: Automatic stations should not transmit without first verifying that the frequency is clear would please me just fine, John. Judging from a sample of comments filed with the FCC regarding the ARRL proposal, it would please a lot of hams. You've again failed to respond to

Re: [digitalradio] Re: NTS and traffic handling and digital

2006-02-21 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Dave Bernstein wrote: Pactor is not the problem, Roger. Ops running keyboard-to-keyboard Pactor can determine that the frequency is clear before transmitting, just as you would in PSK, RTTY, or Olivia. That is, of course, true. I used to be a K to K Pactor operator myself and I still own

Re: [digitalradio] New

2006-02-28 Thread Roger J. Buffington
bty229065 wrote: I am new to digital modes, well not totally as I did run a Creed 7B over a 2m link in 1971/72. Now I want to use RTTY and maybe some other data modes on HF using an FT1000MP MkV Field. I would like to use the rear RTTY port on the radio and leave the mic plugged into the

Re: [digitalradio] AMATEUR RADIO GETS FAVORABLE MENTIONS IN FEDERAL KATRINA REPORTS

2006-03-05 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Dr. Howard S. White wrote: AMATEUR RADIO GETS FAVORABLE MENTIONS IN FEDERAL KATRINA REPORTS Ham radio received positive mentions in post-Katrina reports from the US House of Representatives and the White House. References to the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES), the

Re: [digitalradio] Cheapest foray in to Pactor

2006-03-05 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Andrew O'Brien wrote: Cheapest foray in to Pactor? IF I was to try to become QRV on Pactor (transmit capability), what is the cheapest way to get going. I have an old Pk232 that I could upgrade for $130 or so, any cheaper alternatives? -- Andy K3UK Skype:andyobrien73 Also on Echolink

Re: [digitalradio] Cheapest foray in to Pactor

2006-03-05 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker wrote: My first 2 Pk-232 did not have pactor but the 3rd unit Release 01.DEC.1983 Ver. 07 has Pactor. I did see one on ebay for just 75 bucks. John Again, remember that the PK232 can only support Pactor 1, which is not in wide use. Pactor 2 and above are what is used mostly

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Cheapest foray in to Pactor

2006-03-08 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Steve Waterman, k4cjx wrote: There are a number of Participating Winlink stations that will accept Pactor 1 when using Winlink 2000. Get the latest firmware if you are using the PK-232. There is no memory ARQ, and I would think that a used KAM Plus would be a better bargan, but each will work.

Re: [digitalradio] PSK frquencies

2006-03-08 Thread Roger J. Buffington
yves dussault wrote: Hi! After four years away from PSK, where should I look for PSK QSO's? I used to work them on 14071.0 LSB. Are they still there, and what other frequencies should I look at? Same place. Also look at 7.070-073, and 10100-109 de Roger W6VZV

Re: [digitalradio] Recent regulation changes in USA

2006-10-30 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Do the recent FCC reg changes affect our ability to use 1Khz Olivia or SSTV? Are there any negative aspects to the changes that affect digital other than on 80M? Thanks, RJB. - -- Roger, W6VZV Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of

Re: [digitalradio] Comment from an ARRL staffer J2B/D

2006-11-18 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Andrew O'Brien wrote: I have been in touch with some staff at ARRL HQ about the 500Hz data matter. Their official position is that U.S. hams should be conservative about this, and avoid using 500Hz data transmissions until they have clarified the matter with the FCC. Unofficially ,

Re: [digitalradio] Poor Excuse for FCC Staff Re: Part of the problem

2006-11-18 Thread Roger J. Buffington
expeditionradio wrote: Whoever wrote the the recent omnibus rule changes at FCC should not be allowed to touch another official ruling until they get better micro-management supervision. Not only was the work sloppy, but it was self-contradictory. One wonders if they had ever read their

Re: [digitalradio] FCC Rules: Pactor-3 is OK on HF, and Pactor-1 is OK for Image.

2006-11-19 Thread Roger J. Buffington
expeditionradio wrote: The new FCC definition of Data does not make PACTOR-III illegal on HF in USA as some (including ARRL) have suggested. PACTOR-3 continues to be legal on HF under the new rules. Is this topic header pretty deceptive? It appears to say that an FCC clarification of

Re: [digitalradio] Re: FCC Rules: Pactor-3 is OK on HF, and Pactor-1 is OK for Image.

2006-11-19 Thread Roger J. Buffington
expeditionradio wrote: Hi Roger, ARRL was as confused as many other hams were by the new rules. That was understandable, considering how poorly written and self-contradictory they are. But, in the case of the 500Hz bandwidth limit, the FCC has already published guidelines in the

Re: [digitalradio] Re: FCC Corrects J2D 500Hz Bandwidth Error

2006-11-22 Thread Roger J. Buffington
expeditionradio wrote: It is now high time for all the PACTOR-haters to eat crow :) Meaning no offense, but I would say that it is you that is proven wrong. You have been stating that the regulations as recently promulgated (not after the corrections that we are now promised) made Pactor 3

Re: [digitalradio] Re: FCC Corrects J2D 500Hz Bandwidth Error

2006-11-23 Thread Roger J. Buffington
expeditionradio wrote: Respectfully, Roger, if you are one of the many who were jumping up and down on the PACTOR3 illegal bandwagon, then it is certainly time for you to eat crow. If you were not, then don't worry about it. But, I do notice that the most vocal PACTOR-haters are

Re: [digitalradio] New Year Digital Contest: IDEAS ???

2006-11-26 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Any interest in a digital contest held on New Year's Day? Here's the idea We are already hip-deep in contests, several on New Year's Day. de Roger W6VZV

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Linux versis Windows: Let the debate begin!!

2006-11-28 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Jerry W wrote: Sorry John, IMHO I do not agree, there is a need for open source OS. Even Microsoft is buying into Linux with Novel, maybe Bill is afraid, HI No matter what group I join, this Windows v. Linux topic comes up. If we are not supposed to keep talking about the new FCC

Re: [digitalradio] ERRATUM

2006-11-29 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Mark Miller wrote: ERRATUM Released: November 27, 2006 By the Chief, Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau: 1 I assume that this means 1Khz MT63 and Olivia are now permitted after 12/15/06. I suppose it also means Pactor 3 is still permitted? de Roger W6VZV

Re: [digitalradio] Linux versis Windows: Let the debate begin!!

2006-12-06 Thread Roger J. Buffington
DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA wrote: Roger, All of these things have a LOT to do with digital operation. The rules, the modes, the operating systems and programs are all a vital part. Sorry, I disagree. You could transplant this Windows v. Linux thread into the photography and other

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Linux versis Windows: Let the debate begin!!]

2006-12-08 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Irvine wrote: Sorry Roger, This digitalradio group is very helpful to me and I appreciate all the effort to keep it going. I strongly support discussion of any OS, software, operating frequencies etc. I do not see what a discussion about the merits of various operating systems has to do

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Linux versis Windows: Let the debate begin!!]

2006-12-08 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Simon Brown wrote: - Original Message - From: Roger J. Buffington [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:barrister54%40socal.rr.com I do not see what a discussion about the merits of various operating systems has to do with digital radio, except incidentally. As a developer (mainly

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-12 Thread Roger J. Buffington
David Struebel wrote: There are other digital automatic users besides the email Winlink 2K systems you cite. The National Traffic System (certainly a part of ham radio, and has been around for over 50 years) uses the automatic section of 80 meters for passing traffic thru the NTS Digital

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ARRL QRM Explains? [Was: Dec 15?]

2006-12-13 Thread Roger J. Buffington
KV9U wrote: They also have claimed that the W1AW operator listens on each frequency and can tweak the frequency if necessary. I am not sure if this is true or not and it would be very difficult to do this since they simulcast on some many frequencies at once. Are you sure? I have never

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Dec 15?

2006-12-13 Thread Roger J. Buffington
I am gearing up for sending images via MFSK upon 12/15/06. What pixel sizes are recommended for MFSK images? Been so many years since I did it I no longer remember. de Roger W6VZV

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-13 Thread Roger J. Buffington
jgorman01 wrote: This occurs without any operator intervention, it is done automatically by the pactor modem's internal software. A real great operational system for the amateur bands isn't it? Jim WA0LYK No it is not. Good explanation of the problem. de Roger W6VZV

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-14 Thread Roger J. Buffington
jgorman01 wrote: Rick, From the ARRL's website: Rather, we ask only that the Commission restore the privileges unintentionally withdrawn from those who operate and who utilize automatically controlled NARROWBAND digital stations between 3620 and 3635 kHz, the League said. The ARRL

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Effective Date ? FCC Drops Morse Code

2006-12-17 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Chris Jewell wrote: Bill McLaughlin writes: I'll be surprised if the effective date is earlier than 1 February. -- 73 DE KW6H, ex-AE6VW Chris Jewell, Gualala CA USA Sounds about right. de Roger W6VZV

Re: [digitalradio] new multi mode program from HRD developers

2006-12-21 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Simon Brown wrote: From: Dave Bernstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:aa6yq%40ambersoft.com The option to display in upper case is better than nothing, but readability is best optimized by letting the user choose - the font and its associated metrics (size, bold, italic) - the font

Re: [digitalradio] Clarification : Establishing digital calling/beacon frequencies

2006-12-21 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Danny Douglas wrote: I have used Olivia, Throb, PSK63, Hell, MFSK all successfully on the low end just below the normal PSK freqs on 20 meters. It would seem to me the best place on all bands, using the low end of normal PSK frqs, where people would notice you. Early on, in each of

Re: [digitalradio] new multi mode program from HRD developers

2006-12-21 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Simon Brown wrote: Hi Roger, Coming along really well. I will very probably never use PSK31 Deluxe again. My immediate plans are to get the SuperBrowser integrated (better said - rewritten), then we'll add another wave of testers. I'll announce progress here if you want. Simon

Re: [digitalradio] Transmitting digital pictures on 14.240 MHz

2006-12-23 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Champa wrote: Steinar, I think US hams are simply reading far too much into their regulations. They tend to do that because we are over exposed: We have too many under-employed lawyers in the US, and way too many wanna bes. In the Army we called these amateur lawyers, barracks

Re: [digitalradio] MFSK PIX

2006-12-30 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Bradley wrote: hi Andy; Saw u working K5ZZ , Bill and W6VZV , Roger. like you I could copy the pix sent by K5ZZ and sent him a couple, but for some reason Roger could not copy pix. He is using 2 screens, so wonder if that might be a problem? I solved the problem by re-installing

Re: [digitalradio] 1 more shedule for the science fair

2006-12-31 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Bradley wrote: tell me when and where ...mid morning January 1 would work since propagation isn't bad john VE5MU let us know the time and freq and initial mode and I will be available as well. de Roger W6VZV

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Trends in Frequencies for 40m Digi Keyboarding

2007-01-02 Thread Roger J. Buffington
expeditionradio wrote: Considering USA's recent diminishment of the data subband segment on 40 meters, the projected increase in the number of Extra operators, the declining use of morse CW in the world, and the increasing use of digital keyboarding, the trend is heading toward more

Re: [digitalradio] W9AV W3LL W7ZR

2007-01-06 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Rick Scott wrote: RUDE RTTY OPS DESTROYING QSOs on PSK Im going to post a HALL OF SHAME of these ops. Nothing to be done about it, alas. This happens every major RTTY contest. The gentlemen's agreement bandplan goes out the window, and they call CQ right on top of ragchewers. It has

[digitalradio] RTTY Contest on 17M

2007-01-07 Thread Roger J. Buffington
There is heavy RTTY contesting on 17M; specifically around 18.105Mhz. I had understood, perhaps incorrectly, that contesting was excluded from the WARC bands. No? de Roger W6VZV -

Re: [digitalradio] RTTY Contest on 17M

2007-01-07 Thread Roger J. Buffington
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Roger, You are correct, there is no contesting on 17M or the other WARC bands. It's XT2C working split from Burkina Faso. 73 Russ WA3FRP Great. Glad to be wrong about the contesting taking place on 17M. Hope lots of the fellows got some good DX then.

Re: [digitalradio] Pactor versus Olivia

2007-01-07 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Andrew O'Brien wrote: I actually had my first Pactor QSO today, there was a ham calling CQ on 40M Pactor 1 FEC. After working him via Pactor, we tried to compare Olivia versus Pactor going down to 1 watt, both were 100% copy. We were about 100 miles apart. -- Andy K3UK Skype Me :

[digitalradio] Random thoughts on digital operating...

2007-01-09 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Operating digital is something that most of us seem to learn more or less on our own, with the (huge) help of the internet, with all of its resources. One of the things that frequently surprises me are some of the myths and misconceptions that are common among digital ops. Here are a few.

Re: [digitalradio] Random thoughts on digital operating...

2007-01-09 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Simon Brown wrote: [1] Never run ALC or audio compression, keep your signal 100% linear. So true. Fortunately, most people seem to have learned this. Re: filtering - a good rig with a high dynamic range + good soundcard may not need so much filtering as (say) and FT-817. With my

Re: [digitalradio] Random thoughts on digital operating...

2007-01-09 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker wrote: At 09:08 AM 1/9/2007, you wrote: 1. Power does not matter for digital modes. This may hold true for sound card modes. Butt I think for the older digital modes of RTTY AMTOR and PACTOR you will find that power does matter. Power matters for all of the digital modes.

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Random thoughts on digital operating...

2007-01-09 Thread Roger J. Buffington
mulveyraa2 wrote: Are you using the mechanical filters, the DSP filters, or both? Particularly for digital modes, the mechanical filters will make a world of difference, since they'll be reducing the passband width - a necessity in crowded conditions, or when a strong station is causing

Re: [digitalradio] Random thoughts on digital operating...

2007-01-09 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Simon Brown wrote: I don't think you should run these on the 480 as they are in the AF chain and will always degrade the information you need to decode the signal. It's not what you hear, it's what your software can decode. Let the software do the work... Simon Brown, HB9DRV I had

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Random thoughts on digital operating...

2007-01-09 Thread Roger J. Buffington
mulveyraa2 wrote: I had understood, perhaps incorrectly, that the TS480 provided for mechanical filters, i.e. the excellent Kenwood 500 or 250 hz filters. The 480 does permit mechanical filters - two of them, in fact. They're optional items though. Actually, if you look at the

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Random thoughts on digital operating...

2007-01-10 Thread Roger J. Buffington
mulveyraa2 wrote: I am surprised at how many digital ops seem to run rigs without IF filters - even on rigs that can accomodate them. It seems like everyone wants to see the entire 2.8khz passband at once, even while in a QSO. It makes far more sense to use the whole passband when

Re: [digitalradio] US Hams Codeless Feb 23

2007-01-20 Thread Roger J. Buffington
larry allen wrote: Assuming the no code licencee can only use voice... what happens when they loose interest in only being able to use voice Larry ve3fxq Why not the digital modes? So far this is the only post appropriate for the group on this topic. :-) de Roger W6VZV

Re: [digitalradio] Working Asia from Eastern USA

2007-01-23 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Peter G. Viscarola wrote: Forgive a relative newbie if this is a dumb question: My QTH is East Cost USA (about 50 miles north of Boston). I've been working PSK31 (and other digital modes) a few hours a day for about 4 months now. I haven't once even HEARD a station in Asia or Oceania.

Re: [digitalradio] Olivia dying?

2007-02-24 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Andrew O'Brien wrote: I received a Skype call from a ham asking me the very same question I was thinking last week...what has happened to Olivia? Last year I would say it was behind only PSK31, Pactor and RTTY in terms of frequent actvity for digital modes. Now I think it is not as

Re: [digitalradio] HRD log and PSK31 Deluxe

2007-02-27 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Simon Brown wrote: Hi, You must have HRD running for logbook support. Over Easter DM780 will be made available as a public beta, this is 10x better than PSK31 Deluxe, it has a built-in logbook (HRD logic / database). It runs with / without HRD. If you want to try the internal beta

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Those microphone thingies in digital bands

2007-03-06 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Brad wrote: KL7's, KP4's and KH6's can operate SSB from 7075 to 7100. . Brad VK2QQ That's news to me. Is that right? de Roger W6VZV

Re: [digitalradio] 3580kHz-3600kHz Freq Coordination Info

2007-03-07 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Rick Scott wrote: The only Coodination I see is WINLINK trying to grab all the available Frequencies I can summarize the gist of Bonny's coordination with much fewer bytes: 3.5 Mhz-4.0 Mhz -- Winlink de Roger W6VZV

Re: [digitalradio] narrow filters/PSK

2007-03-07 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Rein Couperus wrote: We generally use 300 Hz filters for PSK125 and they are too wide. There is no substitute for good narrow Xtal filters. I don't understand how you can try to work PSK31 (50 Hz bandwidth) with a 2.7 kHz filter. That is against all logic (and math). We recommand using

Re: [digitalradio] Re: 3580kHz-3600kHz Freq Coordination Info

2007-03-07 Thread Roger J. Buffington
expeditionradio wrote: Hi Scott, There is no grab happening. Everyone has to operate somewhere in this small band. Since the sub-band changes are fairly new, the only coordination entities listed so far have been well-organized ones like ARRL NTS, Winlink2000, ARRL's W1AW station, and

Re: [digitalradio] narrow filters/PSK

2007-03-07 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Danny Douglas wrote: I have a hard time visualizing the need for a narrow filter, for such narrow modes. You can sit, in PSK for instance, slap up against another PSK signal and still copy much weaker signals. Thats the whole purpose of the narrow band digital modes to start with. I use

Re: [digitalradio] narrow filters/PSK

2007-03-07 Thread Roger J. Buffington
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know all the capabilities of my rig ft-897 and psk31 but the other day I had a what appeared to be a 100 watt plus psk31 station that basically with AGC reduced the signal reaching my computer so much that I couldn't copy almost any station never mind weak

Re: [digitalradio] narrow filters/PSK

2007-03-07 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Dave wrote: Has anyone tried using either a 250 Hz or 500 Hz filter for PSK31 reception? My Icom IC-746 (non-Pro) has no filters installed, and is wide as a barn door on USB for PSK31. I wondered if either of these filters would help, or would they be too narrow? The pass-band shift

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Narrow?

2007-03-08 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker wrote: At 09:03 PM 3/7/2007, you wrote in part: The cw,rtty, data subbands are considered narrow mode, This is really good to know. It should put a stop to all the complaining that has been going on about the RTTY AMTOR and PACTOR signals on the bands. I just love it when

Re: [digitalradio] Re: 3580kHz-3600kHz Freq Coordination Info

2007-03-08 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Joe Ivey wrote: Rick, I agree with what you are saying. I guess that no one really realized what would happen when the FCC allowed this. But I still say that most of the traffic that goes through the system right now is needless. With all the communications out there, internet, cell

Re: [digitalradio] Re: 3580kHz-3600kHz Freq Coordination Info

2007-03-08 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Rich Mulvey wrote: But hey - let's try something truly radical: How about - wait for it, this is truly a novel idea - how about manually operated stations operate somewhere away from the automatic subbands? I know, I know, just because there are *wide* swaths of practically unused

Re: [digitalradio] 7070 and 14070 - was - 3580kHz-3600kHz Freq Coordination Info

2007-03-08 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker wrote: Ok playing Devil's Advocate here. why in the world would the PSK pick 070 any knowing that has was used for years and years for the auto pactor station It's like play tag in a 5 lane interstate. This one I'll never understand. Very simple. Because the 070 frequencies

Re: [digitalradio] Best software to use MFJ 1278

2007-03-09 Thread Roger J. Buffington
On 3/7/07, *kc7fys* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the 13-pin and 5-pin DINs wired up and connected to my Kenwood 850S. The RS232 connected--now what software should I install for my first HF data mode QSO? What is the best and easiest software to get

Re: Obstination (was Re: [digitalradio] Re: 3580kHz-3600kHz FreqCoordination Info)

2007-03-10 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Seems all the stateside operators want to do is argue. Is the plan to go back to the fundementals of this group, or do we set up a new one where policy arguments would be punted? John VE5MU Fellows, injecting national slurs into *any* ham radio discussion is a spectacularly bad idea.

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Bad PSK signals ?

2007-03-10 Thread Roger J. Buffington
mulveyraa2 wrote: I think I've actually gotten a Thanks! I'll drop my drive level down next time maybe twice. A few never responded back, and the remainder were of the F-you, there's nothing wrong with my signal or equipment style. Needless to say, you can recognize the same guys over

Re: Obstination (was Re: [digitalradio] Re: 3580kHz-3600kHz FreqCoordination Info)

2007-03-10 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Dave Bernstein wrote: .. So why don't we just not operate in the middle of automatic stations and shut up, as you suggest? Two reasons: 1. unattended automatic stations with a bandwidth of 500 hz or less can run anywhere in the data bands, so there is no safe frequency 2.

Re: [digitalradio] Re: MPSK vs OFDM vs MFSK for HF High Speed Data

2007-03-18 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Danny Douglas wrote: The best answer is NO linears at all. Not gonna happen. But, in those countries whee no linears are allowed, things seem to work quite smoothly and operators get out and work DX better than most people here do. Danny Douglas N7DC Well yeah. Countries in Europe and

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-26 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Bill Vodall WA7NWP wrote: This would still be a good solution. 1/3 the band for narrow museum modes. 1/3 for voice modes and 1/3 for modern progressive modes with no rules or bandwidth limits and let technology rule. 73 Bill - WA7NWP I am confused. What is a narrow museum mode? PSK31?

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-26 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Bill Vodall WA7NWP wrote: There was no detection available when the rules were implemented (1995?). That is the reason for the automatic areas. It was primarily intended for fully automatic stations, such as the Winlink system (perhaps the is still true for the NTS/D system which

Re: [digitalradio] FCC Announcement

2007-03-31 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Andrew O'Brien wrote: FCC Announcement It was announced today that Kellogg's and the Federal Communications Commission have signed a pact to issue Amateur Radio Licenses on specially marked boxes of Corn Flakes. In this unprecedented move the FCC believes this will not hurt amateur

Re: [digitalradio] Re: FCC Announcement

2007-03-31 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Andrew O'Brien wrote: -One man's garbage may be another man's treasure. Andy. I 'spose. :-) de Roger W6VZV

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Digital Master 780

2007-04-02 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Salomao Fresco wrote: Hi! It looks great! It works great! Today I made a pause on my sabatic leave on amateur Radio to try DM780. Made a few QSO's and I think it does what it says. The adition of modes as the time passes will make it a piece of software to keep an eye on. We will

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Digital Master 780

2007-04-02 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Simon Brown wrote: Drag the marker, it's in the User Guide, I'll make this more obvious :-) Simon Brown, HB9DRV Yes, thank you I actually found it there on p64. On my computer I had to press control and left click for it to drag. Works FANTASTIC!! Except for spending 15 minutes or so

Re: [digitalradio] Re: narrow filters/PSK

2007-04-09 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Patricia Gibbons wrote: Yes, I have MIXW, with a tigertronics SignaLinkUSB interface, connected to a Yaesu FT897D .. In digital mode, I can select the 500 Hz CW filter, then using the IF shift, I move the IF passband so that it is centered on the signal being received .. generally

Re: [digitalradio] MFSK16 pictures , much ado about nothings ?

2007-04-21 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Andrew O'Brien wrote: Now that images are legal to transmit (in the USA) and MFSK16 is set for this in MixW and Multipsk, I wonder if it has been determined useful ? I rarely hear/see any use of this function. . -- Andy K3UK Skype Me : callto://andyobrien73 callto://andyobrien73

Re: [digitalradio] Software for Pactor Controller?

2007-04-24 Thread Roger J. Buffington
wa0cqg wrote: As mentioned in an earlier post, I have a PacComm Pactor I controller (vintage 1992) with version 2.02 firmware. I did find the original operating instructions and am wondering if there is some better software to use than trying to find some terminal emulator. What would

Re: [digitalradio] ARRL wake up ......

2007-04-29 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Bradley wrote: Hmmm. Large number of rules sounds like suppression to me. The right of citizens to experiment and innovate freely without the government telling them where when and how would be a truly free society. My guess is that the vast majority of non US hams on this

Re: [digitalradio] Here's a silly thought.

2007-05-30 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Peter G. Viscarola wrote: Let me hasten to add: I certainly DO NOT want to be an discourteous operator, and I ONLY wish to operate my station in accordance with best practices. Seriously. So, how does one reconcile the oft-repeated mantra only run 25W or 40W with my experience? Am I

Re: [digitalradio] Here's a silly thought.

2007-05-30 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Danny Douglas wrote: Absolutely spot on Erick. That is one reason that we try to tell new people, on the digital bands, to start with as few watts as they can. There is just no reason to run 100 watts ( and I expect some run more) on the PSK, etc. digital modes. Everytime I say that

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Here's a silly thought

2007-05-31 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Brian A wrote: You are totally WRONG if you truly believe that the other station KHz away is at fault because he captures your AGC when you're using a 3 KHz filter. As you point out PSK is only 31 HZ wide. Thus it only seems reasonable to try and copy them with a narrow filter. A filter

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Comments to ARRL on New Digi Protocols

2007-06-03 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Champa wrote: Bruce, When are you ever going to stop your babling ignorance about wide band HSMM on 6-meters? You are worried about 100 kHz when the band maybe opens in a few years out of a 4,000 kHz wide band. Get real! Attach brain to keyboard. I am getting very tired of

Re: [digitalradio] MFSK16 activity

2007-06-30 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Andrew O'Brien wrote: Quite a lot of MFSK16 activity on 20M today. Don't forget this useful mode. Andy K3UK Indeed. My favorite digital mode. I live for the day when DM780 includes it! :-) de Roger W6VZV

Re: [digitalradio] Very confused

2007-06-30 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Dave wrote: I have apparently missed the memo that covered the way calls are made and answered on PSK31. I just answered a CQ sent by one station, only to have a completely different station call me back and start a QSO as if I had answered him! This is at least the 4th or 5th time this

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Very confused

2007-07-01 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Andrew O'Brien wrote: I think the point was simply that there may be some new, inexperienced, operators on 10...not poor operators. If they were at 28300, they are WAY OFF the recommended PSK31 frequency of 28120 USB. Andy K3UK Not 28070? de Roger W6VZV

Re: [digitalradio] Re: The decline of Olivia and DominoEX

2007-09-13 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Simon Brown wrote: FWIW I tried the DominoEx-4/8/16 today without FEC. Nice mode - at the moment I'm only supporting the 8kHz sample rate modes without any FEC. If the need arises I'll add the 11.025kHz variants. To complete my current programming effort I guess I should look at MT63 -

Re: [digitalradio] Re: The decline of Olivia and DominoEX

2007-09-14 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Vojtech Bubnik wrote: Question - what's so special about MT63 - where / when is it used? From my point of view, MT63 has high number of carriers, which implies low crest factor - the effective transmitted power will be much lower than of single tone mode like Olivia, if you make sure

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Non mailbox use of pactor ?

2007-09-20 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Demetre SV1UY wrote: - So if I were you and the above description covers you I would buy an SCS-modem. The cheapest one is the PTC-IIex. 73 de SV1UY Andy, if you ever make it to California I can look in my junk closet for my PTC-II modem (will support Pactor 1,2,3). I quit using it

Re: [digitalradio] FCC and the unattended ALE/PACTOR lepers

2007-09-23 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Rud Merriam wrote: My only criticism is you are lumping a tool, PACTOR, into a procedure discussion. PACTOR is a tool that has nothing to do with unattended operation, except it is used in unattended operation. Which is about all it is used for. Nothing wrong with Pactor as a live QSO

Re: [digitalradio] Re: FCC and the unattended ALE/PACTOR lepers

2007-09-23 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Andrew O'Brien wrote: Yes Dave, but my questions are related to what Hollingworth was saying at Dayton. Was he implying that they don't really care about the issue and suggesting that we all lighten up and resolve the matters among ourselves ? I sure hope that is not what he meant. How

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

2007-09-27 Thread Roger J. Buffington
expeditionradio wrote: JT65a is certainly an automatic mode. It is as automatic as any other automatic system. It perfectly fits the definitions of automatic in both the strictest sense and in many other ways, figuratively, literally and as used in RF communications: It sounds like 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] 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,

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

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