Re: [digitalradio] sitting on 7077.5

2008-01-24 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker, WØJAB wrote: Looking for P1 connect and Roger. You really need to grow up, John. If you have personal problems, solve them, but how about keeping them off the forum. de Roger W6VZV

Re: [digitalradio] sitting on 7077.5

2008-01-24 Thread Roger J. Buffington
w6ids wrote: Hi John At 0442Z the WD8DHF PMBO in Harker Hts, TX just started transmitting with an S9 signal. It is sending a Solar Flux Index accompanied by a cautionary request for users to LISTEN first before transmitting or losing privileges. I can hear a PACTOR signal

Re: [digitalradio] sitting on 7077.5

2008-01-24 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker, WØJAB wrote: At 08:58 AM 1/24/2008, you wrote: You really need to grow up, John. If you have personal problems, solve them, but how about keeping them off the forum. Really Roger after this comment : I doubt you do much digital communications at all, John. I know

Re: [digitalradio] Re: I, am a Pactor Robot............

2008-01-18 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Dave AA6YQ wrote: I'm going to start driving my car around at 150 mph. When some programmer develops an an add-in that reads speed limit signs and prevents me from going too fast, I'll stop running into other cars and people. Any criticism I receive between now and then from victims or

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Digitalradio Group

2008-01-16 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Danny Douglas wrote: And who will go to that group? Probably only the ones being bothered with the interference! Those who are happy with WinLink, and its continuance will NOT. Why should they? If one gets what he wants, he isnt likely to go to an anti-subject group to get his daily dose

Re: [digitalradio] I, am a Pactor Robot............

2008-01-16 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Jack Chomley wrote: The subject says it all. I run a Pactor mailbox, just like the Packet mailbox that I used to run, many years agojust like MOST of you did, back then too. I am just another Ham, TRYING to enjoy my hobby... 73s Jack VK4JRC We understand, Jack. But please

Re: [digitalradio] I, am a Pactor Robot............

2008-01-16 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker, WØJAB wrote: So tell me (and others) how someone operating a mode with a waterfall display and seeing a signal (so be it a pactor signal) QRM that ongoing keyboard to keyboard QSO? It seems to be that *any* pactor signal is fair game for anyone that *only* knows that is a

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Continuing evolution of HF Ham radio communications:

2008-01-15 Thread Roger J. Buffington
kh6ty wrote: 97.113 Prohibited transmissions. (a) No amateur station shall transmit: (5) Communications, on a regular basis, which could reasonably be furnished alternatively through other radio services. Excellent point. The above regulation, interpreted reasonably, would outlaw 99.9%

Re: [digitalradio] (was : Trouble at mill RTTY contesters war

2008-01-14 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Jose Amador wrote: For me, the proven offenders can be ATTENDED stations. Indeed, Jose, this is always possible. Who among us has not on some erroneous occasion transmitted without listening long ENOUGH, and instead unintentionally QRMed an innocent QSO? But VERY few of us would ever do

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Trouble at mill RTTY contesters war with HFlink

2008-01-13 Thread Roger J. Buffington
expeditionradio wrote: This is simply childish backlash directed at me personally because I opposed the Digital Stone Age Petition. It really has nothing at all to do with HFLINK or ALE. It will go away. Bonnie KQ6XA Actually, what is childish is the never-ending assertion by Winlink

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Trouble at mill RTTY contesters war with HFlink

2008-01-13 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker, WØJAB wrote: At 08:14 AM 1/13/2008, you wrote: Twice in the last seven days I have had QSOs disrupted by a Pactor Winlink station firing up on top of my QSO. Fortunately, both times I turned the power way up (from about 40 watts to 200 watts) and we were able to work

Re: [digitalradio] Emergency agencies/ ham equipment/ hams in emcomm

2008-01-12 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Alan Barrow wrote: I've personally gone on site for two hurricanes. Not because I'm a cop wanna-be. No, I did it at significant personal cost and discomfort because thousands of folks needed help. And were asked, somewhat desperately, to help. And we were uniquely positioned to help,

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Oregon Governor Allocates $250,000 for Digital Communications Network

2008-01-09 Thread Roger J. Buffington
jgorman01 wrote: Does this ever increasing number of government agencies doing this scare the bejeebers out of anybody. That is, the government buying permanent infrastructure and someday wanting a return on investment, like using it to augment regular communications? Jim WA0LYK

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Oregon Governor Allocates $250,000 for Digital Communications Network

2008-01-09 Thread Roger J. Buffington
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another point to consider is that the Government Employee who will be operating this equipment is maintaining (and will probably continue to maintain) and average age south of 40 years old. The same cannot be said for the Amateur Radio community who is letting

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Oregon Governor Allocates $250,000 for Digital Communications Network

2008-01-09 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker, WØJAB wrote: Maybe all would be well if the word WinLink had not been used. Probably. Other forms of amateur communication listen before they transmit, thereby preventing unnecessary QRM. de Roger W6VZV

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Pactor on 30 M

2008-01-06 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Rick wrote: I sure wish more hams would work on solving this problem, rather than exacerbating the situation and being part of the problem. Just a few minutes ago I was trying to have a Q with VE5MU using FAE 400 around 10137. A Pactor station starting transmitting right over our

Re: [digitalradio] Beacon's ?

2008-01-05 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker, WØJAB wrote: Rick You keep lumping automatic together with unattended As you may know the ProrNet site says to NEVER leave your station untended as well as the WL2K site. A station transmitter without a homo sapiens located at a receiver *at the location of the receiver*

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Beacon's ?

2008-01-05 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Dave AA6YQ wrote: Demetre, amateur radio in the United States is governed by FCC regulations. Would the fact that Winlink PMBOs flagrantly violate these regulations have something to do with your suggestion that we ignore them? Thank you for that, Dave. de Roger W6VZV

Re: [digitalradio] Pactor Packet Spot Page now up.

2008-01-04 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Charles Brabham wrote: Don't hold your breath while you wait for an enthusiastic response from Packet operators, who are constantly QRM'ed by PACTOR Lids and generally will not tolerate being associated with them, in any way. The difference is that the Packet folks do not feel that they

Re: [digitalradio] Humans tolerate robots!

2008-01-01 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Howard Brown wrote: LAWS OF RADIO ROBOTICS A robot operator may not QRM a human operator or, through inaction, allow a human operator to be QRMed. A robot operator must obey orders given it by human operators especially orders to stop transmitting until the frequency is clear. A

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2008-01-01 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker, WØJAB wrote: At 08:34 PM 1/1/2008, you wrote: John, you might ask yourself if your above comment is worthy of your personal level of maturity. Roger please, I'm not the one that can't fine a pactor QSO. Yes, John, a terrible moral failing, I know... 8-)

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-31 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Nick wrote: CQing on 14.0755 Pactor ARQ FWIW... de Nick KU2A FN42dw How does one CQ in Pactor ARQ? de Roger W6VZV

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-31 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Sholto Fisher wrote: You don't, you would use either Pactor-1 FEC or RTTY to call CQ first. Yes, I know. That was my point. I haven't heard a Pactor FEC signal in 3 or 4 years. de Roger W6VZV

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-31 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Sholto Fisher wrote: You know I head a Pactor-1 FEC call around 14,061 a couple days ago but I don't have my PK-232 anymore so couldn't reply. I wonder if it was someone in this group? 73 Sholto KE7HPV. I might be wrong but I think that MixW can parse Pactor1 FEC. de Roger W6VZV

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Licensing of Pactor modes

2007-12-30 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Charles Brabham wrote: - Original Message - From: Roger J. Buffington [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:barrister54%40socal.rr.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Licensing of Pactor modes snip Actually, the only outfit they licensed it to was one American company the name of which

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD - KBD?

2007-12-30 Thread Roger J. Buffington
w6ids wrote: - Original Message - From: Bill McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:bmc%40wonderwave.net To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 12:56 AM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Is PACTOR I Actually DEAD For KBD

Re: [digitalradio] Re: QRM on PACTOR PMBOS now from DAVE, Congrats!!!

2007-12-29 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Demetre SV1UY wrote: Hmm OK, I hope this anti SCS thing is not going to end to being an anti-European thing Roger. I get that feeling somehow, since SCS is not an American company. My dear fellow, I once owned an SCS PTC-II. Very few American hams ever bought one--they never sold

Re: [digitalradio] Re: QRM on PACTOR PMBOS now from DAVE, Congrats!!!

2007-12-29 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Demetre SV1UY wrote: Quite the contrary, many american hams own a PTC-II modem, also there are more PACTOR PMBOs in USA than the rest of the World right now my friend. To paraphrase Bill Clinton, it depends on one's use of the word many. In fact, a vanishingly small percentage of either

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Licensing of Pactor modes

2007-12-29 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Demetre SV1UY wrote: Hi Rick, Well my old KAM Controller with it's addon PCB for supporting PACTOR 1 definatelly has Memory ARQ. Memory ARQ is a must for PACTOR protocol. There is no PACTOR without memory ARQ. Actually, this is untrue. The PK232 did not have memory arq, and unless I am

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Licensing of Pactor modes

2007-12-29 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Demetre SV1UY wrote: Well, I have a KAM controller with PACTOR 1. I bet you have not even seen one. You know, Demetre, I am getting tired of remarks like that from you. I have attempted to reply to your posts with courtesy, but you seem bent upon returning courtesy with bad manners.

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Licensing of Pactor modes

2007-12-29 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Demetre SV1UY wrote: Sorry if I made you upset Roger, but you insist on something you do not know very well and always try to prove that the other guy is wrong. If I was a bit harsh with you it was for that reason and I did not mean to offend you. No worry, Demetre. You did not upset

Re: [digitalradio] Re: QRM on PACTOR PMBOS now from DAVE, Congrats!!!

2007-12-28 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Demetre SV1UY wrote: So what you are talking about PACTOR 3 being the only offender is FAR AWAY FROM THE TRUTH OM. There is no system today that has such a DETECTOR you are dreaming about. My station does. A human operator. Finally if you are so adament about such a detector why

Re: [digitalradio] Fwd: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Mark Miller wrote: Forwarded with the permission of G3PLX Thank you for sharing this Mark. If you and Peter Martinez are both for the petition, that along with my independent review is good enough for me. Sorry to see some of the ad hominem bozo remarks on this forum. Hey, I thought I was

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker, WØJAB wrote: At 05:46 PM 12/27/2007, you wrote: I am contemplating the purchase of an SCS TNC just to turn in the violators. 1. what are you going to do when you find a KB2KB QSO going on? Be darned surprised. There are almost zero, goosegg, nada keyboard-to-keyboard QSOs

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Questions on digital opposition, QRM on PACTOR PMBOS now from DAVE, Congrats

2007-12-27 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Dave Bernstein wrote: I have never heard a WinLink PMBO identify in CW. 73, Dave, AA6YQ That is because they never do. The SCS TNCs can be set to ID in CW, but in practice no one ever does. de Roger W6VZV

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker, WØJAB wrote: At 07:28 PM 12/27/2007, you wrote: Be darned surprised. There are almost zero, goosegg, nada keyboard-to-keyboard QSOs in Pactor. The mode is dead except for robots. Yeah Roger you keep saying that yet I seem to find them all the time. Have you given it a

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Will You Let FCC Kill Digital Radio Technology?

2007-12-26 Thread Roger J. Buffington
expeditionradio wrote: --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com, Barry Garratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HUH! They didn't want CW! What mode were the spark gap operators running then ? Spark. Bonnie KQ6XA Yes, CW replaced spark gap in much

Re: [digitalradio] First FCC Came for the PACTOR

2007-12-26 Thread Roger J. Buffington
expeditionradio wrote: First FCC Came for the PACTOR3, and I did not speak out because I was not a PACTOR operator. The thing that distinguishes Pactor and Winlink from all other modes and indeed from the entire rest of amateur radio is the announced policy on the part of the Winlink

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Will You Let FCC Kill Digital Radio Technology?

2007-12-26 Thread Roger J. Buffington
W2XJ wrote: Written in great spin mister style. I disagree with the unsubstantiated claims made in this and other posts by Bonnie. I participate in various digital modes but I know that they will not be a major factor in a true emergency. Anyone who uses that ruse is just playing

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies

2007-12-25 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Dave AA6YQ wrote: We've been through this too many times, Demetre. I know you get it, you just won't admit it. The core issue is not that WinLink conveys email or uses a digital mode protocol that's wide or narrow -- its that its unattended stations (PMBOs) transmit without first

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies

2007-12-25 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Demetre SV1UY wrote: OK Roger, Whether you like it or not all the above DIGITAL MODES are here to stay!!! They are not going to go away because you don't like them. If you don't like them don't use them! Actually, I doubt very much whether Winlink or Pactor will be around a few years from

Re: [digitalradio] Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies

2007-12-14 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Mark Thompson wrote: *Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies* Of course, the problem with Winlink is that since Winlink stations do not, as a matter of policy, listen before transmitting, there is a grave risk that a Winlink station will interfere with other emergency traffic. Other forms of

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies

2007-12-14 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Demetre SV1UY wrote: Well, Do we really need contests, ragchewing, voice qsos, voice nets, cw qsos, cw nets, on HF? Realy it all depends on what each individual wants to do! Your millage might vary! It's a hobby OM! Each guys pleasure might be someone else's discomfort, but when an

Re: [digitalradio] Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies

2007-12-14 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker, WØJAB wrote: Some will never ending complain about anything and everything. Bottom line - it worked and very well. Actually, I doubt that Winlink did much of anything. The original post read a lot more like a PR effort by people with an agenda than anything of substance.

Re: [digitalradio] Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies

2007-12-14 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Sholto Fisher wrote: It can also clog up our bands. For instance I am monitoring a Pactor 2 transmission on 30m that has been on going for around 25 minutes so far and the latest email to go through is titled: FW: Please read til the end-Why boys need parents...269250 Do we really

Re: [digitalradio] DRCC multiplier Numbers / 1/1/08 contests

2007-12-06 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Andrew O'Brien wrote: Due to the pending 1/1/08 contests sponsored by this group, I'm a little behind on creating DRCC numbers. I will probably finish the the backlog of requests in the next day or so. It is good to see the interest, hopefully it will translate to good activity in the

Re: [digitalradio] Re: I Apologize

2007-11-20 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Howard Brown wrote: Garrett, I have always wondered why the FCC allows this to happen. It seems to me that they are violating the rules. I have a similar question about Pactor 3. Can someone explain why it is allowed? My impression is that it is wider than 500 Hz and isn't that the

Re: [digitalradio] Re: I Apologize

2007-11-20 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker, WØJAB wrote: Roger your beating a very dead horse. In just 41 days all the wide robots will have to be in their own sub-band. I sure hope this anti-wide stuff will stop soon. John, W0JAB You mean you hope that the anti-Pactor stuff will stop. But you have completely

Re: [digitalradio] Re: I Apologize

2007-11-20 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker, WØJAB wrote: Points taken. What about the times I and other have been up around 075 to 077 with KB to KB on one of the Pactor modes and without seeing any text someone starts calling CQ with one of the sound card modes? There is a difference. 1. In the last 5 years of

Re: [digitalradio] PSK63 activity!

2007-11-19 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker, WØJAB wrote: Roger regardless of what you think about Amtor and Pactor - both are still doing very well. Other then a hand full of CW and SSB QSO's the log book is full of both Amtor and Pactor 1, 2 and 3. John, W0JAB Incredible. And I am on digital almost every morning

Re: [digitalradio] PSK63 activity!

2007-11-18 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker, WØJAB wrote: Well just add the rest of the keyboard modes while your at it... Great idea! With mode multipliers. And please make sure you do add both the keyboard mode of Amtor and Pactor. Ten extra points for using a time machine, because that is what you'll need to work

Re: [digitalradio] RTTY contester's survey

2007-11-17 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Brian A wrote: Look at: http://rttycontesting.com/2007survey/2007octsurveyresults.html http://rttycontesting.com/2007survey/2007octsurveyresults.html It reflects the comments of over 500 RTTY contesters. One major conclusion: More RTTY contests wanted. This is despite the fact that

Re: [digitalradio] Re: RTTY contester's survey

2007-11-17 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Brian A wrote: Roger, What about shared resoures don't you understand? I don't particularly care for the tone of your post. Thanks for the lecture. Conversation ended. SK de Roger W6VZV

Re: [digitalradio] Anyone using the Navigator by US Interface?

2007-10-28 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Dave Sloan wrote: A friend just got his Navigator in the mail yesterday and is having problems getting it to work. Anyone have any experience with the Navigator? TNX 73, Dave N0EOP Dave did you try what I told you with NavOptions, changing 15 to Normal? I am pretty sure that was your

Re: [digitalradio] Anyone using the Navigator by US Interface?

2007-10-27 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Dave Sloan wrote: A friend just got his Navigator in the mail yesterday and is having problems getting it to work. Anyone have any experience with the Navigator? TNX 73, Dave N0EOP It is slightly tricky to set up, but once you get it set up it works wonderfully, and in a trouble-free

Re: [digitalradio] Anyone using the Navigator by US Interface?

2007-10-27 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Dave Sloan wrote: Hi Roger, He worked with Glenn yesterday and Glenn is gone for the week-end. Of course he doesn't want to wait. He says the interface shows he is keying and the radio shows it is keying. But, he is getting nothing out. I told him to try raising his ALC some and to also

Re: [digitalradio] QSO or QRM? ...or Contest?

2007-10-22 Thread Roger J. Buffington
expeditionradio wrote: The recent RTTY contest leads one to ponder: Why don't we see much backlash against contests? More flame bait. de Roger W6VZV

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Current balun

2007-10-20 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Dave AA6YQ wrote: If our objective is to welcome and encourage new digital mode operators, then I suggest that we *never* respond to questions in anything less than a positive and constructive way -- no matter how ambiguous, poorly worded, defensive, or just plain wrong-headed the

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Need to Expand the HF Auto Band Segments

2007-10-18 Thread Roger J. Buffington
expeditionradio wrote: Alan G3VLQ wrote: In my opinion all amateur un-attended automatic operation should be banned world wide. Automatic operation might be essential to HF emcomm but is emcomm essential, I think not. Alan, Are you ready, along with all your friends, to personally

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Need to Expand the HF Auto Band Segments

2007-10-18 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Dan KA3CTQ wrote: I am sorry Bonnie, but you are arguing from a very weak spot. 1% asking for 10% and more for a poor efficiency mode is nothing but a land grab. Your points are based in personal opinion and lack any examples or numbers to back up the need to make this change. Exactly

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Need to Expand the HF Auto Band Segments

2007-10-18 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker, WØJAB wrote: At 08:34 PM 10/18/2007, you wrote: Why any amateur would want to see our bands cluttered up with a third-rate email forwarding system is a mystery And just why do you think every message passed is email? It seems to me you have never copied the traffic.

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Need to Expand the HF Auto Band Segments

2007-10-18 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker, WØJAB wrote: At 09:41 PM 10/18/2007, you wrote: Well John, Those guys never tried.. so for them it is QRM... sad eh? Patrick vk2pn And the packet, amtor and aplink BBS system did what different? Just trying to understand why so many HATE the mode of pactor. 1. It

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Need to Expand the HF Auto Band Segments

2007-10-18 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Rud Merriam wrote: Roger, As a ham I am interested in using email via my radio. Part of it is technical challenge of working on a system to do this. Part of it is to explore the digital technologies. Much of my interest is aside from disaster communications, but there is that, also.

Re: [digitalradio] Need to Expand the HF Auto Band Segments

2007-10-17 Thread Roger J. Buffington
expeditionradio wrote: The use of the Automatic Sub Bands on HF ham radio for digital data has been increasing tremendously over the past 5 years. Obviously, automatic and similar types of operation have become extremely popular with ham operators. . What nonsense. In fact it is a small

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Need to Expand the HF Auto Band Segments

2007-10-17 Thread Roger J. Buffington
expeditionradio wrote: Automatic operation is essential to HF emcomm. It is certainly not asking too much that 10% of each ham band be devoted to one of the primary purposes for the existence of the Amateur Radio Service. Greg, where is your volunteer force of non-automatic operators

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Need to Expand the HF Auto Band Segments

2007-10-17 Thread Roger J. Buffington
expeditionradio wrote: Roger, it's time to put your money where your mouth is. If you can provide such 24/7 access on HF with manually operated stations, they do so now. Show us your volunteer operator army on duty. Otherwise, your continued protests ammount to little more than lip

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Need to Expand the HF Auto Band Segments

2007-10-17 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker, WØJAB wrote: At 07:41 PM 10/17/2007, you wrote: One last thing. I like to say only what I *know* to be so. I do not, for a fact, know that a large portion of the internet messages that pass on Winlink are business-related, although I do know that some are. I will therefore

Re: [digitalradio] Only using wide digital modes

2007-10-14 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Rick wrote: Demetre, What you are recommending is completely unacceptable to 99.9% of all hams. Many of us operate various digital modes, both narrow and wide and in between. In the U.S., the text digital sub bands are anything that is not the voice/image sub bands. People have

Re: [digitalradio] Only using wide digital modes

2007-10-14 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Les Warriner wrote: And is strictly illegal by Part 97. 5 KW linears are available. Want the address? No wonder why Hollingsworth spends so much time in California. It is illegal to start on low power and increase the power to maintain a contact on what was a clear channel at the

Re: [digitalradio] Only using wide digital modes

2007-10-14 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Les Warriner wrote: Your statement was that you would increase power to interfere with him/her deliberately. Wrong. I said that I would increase power to keep the Pactor station from taking the frequency. By the way, I don't imagine in your investigation of the facts (of which there is

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Busy frequency detection

2007-10-14 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Demetre SV1UY wrote: Do you ever transmit SSB in the CW or DIGITAL subbands Dave? I'd love to see you doing that! 73, Dave, AA6YQ 73 de Demetre SV1UY Talk about a false analogy. By this logic anytime a human digital station operates where Pactor operates (i.e. everywhere there

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

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] 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: 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] 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: 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: 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] 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: 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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: 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] 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: 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

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