Thanks, that site has all sorts of ham software a lot of it for Linux/Windows. Digital modes is something I have not tried before and I want to get involve so this will help a lot, I mostly run Linux myself.
I use Puppy Linux on a old laptop for it's speed and also to rescue data from PC's that will not boot. At 11:13 PM 2/23/2007, you wrote: >I downloaded the live <http://www.w1hkj.com/flpuppy.html>flPuppy >Live-CD today with fldigi 3.0 built-in and have been playing around >a bit with it and I am impressed. With everyting in RAM it is sure >fast. I saved everything and will see if all is restored when I boot >the computer again. > >Darrel >VE7CUS > >On 22-Feb-07, at 10:42 AM, kd4e wrote: > >>What Linux app would you recommend that offers DominoEX, >>especially DEX11 = -12 and DEX22 = -9 with and without FEC? >> >>I am in the midst of a major reorganization of my radio >>room and may dedicate a Kenwood TS-180 to digital modes, >>including DominoEX and also sstv, dsstv, PSK31, etc ... >>seems there are new digital modes or updates to existing >>ones every week! >> >>I need to find an affordable older laptop and run the >>tiny Puppy Linux OS with digital modes on it. Possibly >>an older IBM 600-series as they are very reliable and >>lots of parts are available. Whatever I can be sure >>will be natively compatible with Linux and will run >>directly (if not charge the internal battery) on 12vdc. >> >>WDYT? >> >> > It does seem that DEX22/FEC works better than DEX11 without FEC in >> > many cases even though the throughput speed is about the same. >> > However, under weak signal condx, I suspect that DEX11 wihout FEC >> > would work deeper into the noise. As I am finding out on many HF >> > circuits, the ability to handle the vagaries of the ionosphere is >> > often more important than the raw ability to handle AWGN. >> > >> > I did think that MT-63 would do better than DEX11/FEC and DEX22/FEC, >> > but it was much worse during the 160 meter test. Signal strengths >> > were generally quite good though and QRN was not too bad considering >> > the time of year here in the northern hemisphere. It will be most >> > interesting to see what happens this summer with static crashes. It >> > just seemed like DEX was able to handle static crashes better than >> > other non-ARQ modes. >> > >> > 73, Rick, KV9U >> >>-- >> >>Thanks! & 73, doc, KD4E >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>Projects: >><http://ham-macguyver.bibleseven.com>http://ham-macguyver.bibleseven.com >>Personal: <http://bibleseven.com>http://bibleseven.com >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Cecil Bayona KD5NWA www.qrpradio.com 'Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you with experience.'
