I have been watching the thread, with exactly the same thought... Mike K5JMP
At 09:46 AM 06/07/2004 -0700, you wrote: >An idea that just poped into my head ... if one would record with their >computer the Wednesday noon S.A.M.E. test braodcast message through a >scanner or radio that has a discriminator audio output, one could >inject that audio went played from their computer into the mixer >circuit of another radio, and transmit that into a dummy load... to be >legal about it ;-) > >That way you can test and test and test till you get your S.A.M.E. WX >alert system just right without having to wait till Wednesday or the >next storm to roll through. > >This also would be way easier than trying to emmulate the actual >S.A.M.E datastream. Have you seen the technical data on the S.A.M.E. >data? You would have to build your own TNC or modify something just to >get it to have the right baud and tone frequencies. Nothing off the >shelf will work. > >Just an idea. > >Dave / N9NLU > > > > >--- mch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You need to send data in the correct format. This is like asking of a > > SM > > (or a SG) can generate packet. No, none that I know of can by > > themselves. I'm sure there is a way to use the external modulation > > port > > (if it has one) to inject the SAME datastream onto the signal, but I > > don't know of anyone who has such a generator for the datastream. > > > > As was mentioned, try the Wednesday test. In my area, it's between > > 11:00 > > and 11:30 AM, but your area may vary. Regardless it should have a > > test. > > BUT, depending on how you are interfacing the unit, and the unit you > > have, it may not help. My home unit displays TEST on the screen, and > > unmutes the audio for a few minutes, but does not light any of the > > WATCH > > or WARNING lamps. > > > > Joe M. > > > > Mathew Quaife wrote: > > > > > > What about a singal generator, think that would send them? > > > > > > Mathew > > > > > > > On all the units that I have, they either respond to the 1050 Hz > > tone, > > > > or SAME, but not both. The SAME units ONLY respond to SAME codes. > > The > > > > tone units only respond to tone. > > > > > > > > This won't help you, but there is a code to program the SAME > > receivers > > > > with so they will respond to ANY alert, but they still use the > > SAME data > > > > - they just ignore the FIPS (area) code. > > > > > > > > To guess your next question, I am not aware > > > > of any SMs that generate SAME coding. > > > > > > > > Joe M. > > > > > > > > Mathew Quaife wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Mike, if the same codes were not put into the weather > > radio, it > > > > > should not require the same codes to be sent is what I am > > thinking. I > > > sent > > > > > a 1050 Hz tone from the service monitor, that did not open the > > receiver. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Perryman Cavell, Mertz & Davis, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Consulting Engineers http://www.cmdconsulting.com 7839 Ashton Avenue K5JMP Manassas, VA 20109 USA (703) 392-9090; (703) 392-9559 fax; DC Line (202) 332-0110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
