[digitalradio] Dive into the Digital Radio Universe with ARRL's VHF Digital Handbook

2008-02-29 Thread Mark Thompson
Dive into the Digital Radio Universe with ARRL's VHF Digital Handbook ARRL has released a new book on digital operations, ARRL's VHF Digital Handbook by QST Editor Steve Ford, WB8IMY. Today's Amateur Radio operators are using digital radio applications for fun, technical achievement and publi

Re: [digitalradio] Some thoughts on antenna polarization for emergency use

2008-02-29 Thread Theodore A. Antanaitis
Hi Skip, Appreciate your comments. The Lindenblad is indeed a favorite omni-directional antenna for satellite enthusiasts since it maintains nearly circular polarization for all azimuth and elevation angles of wave arrival. It does, however, favor lower elevation angles for gain. The Lindenbla

Re: [digitalradio] Some thoughts on antenna polarization for emergency use

2008-02-29 Thread kh6ty
Hi Ted, That's a good thought, but the problem is that achieving more than a 16 to 25 mile range without a repeater requires more gain (on at least one end - usually the home station end) than you can get from a lindenblad antenna, a big wheel, a ground plane, or even a 5/8 wavelength vertical.

Re: [digitalradio] Some thoughts on antenna polarization for emergency use

2008-02-29 Thread Theodore A. Antanaitis
How about the best of both worlds (or at least an approximation thereof). I would suggest for two meter home station applications that a lindenblad antenna is a versatile compromise omni-directional antenna that works equally well with both vertical and horizontal polarizations. The complexity of

Re: [digitalradio] Some thoughts on antenna polarizati on for emergency use

2008-02-29 Thread Rein Couperus
For a 20 Mile path to the server I use 28 MHz ground wave, works with 5 Watts pskmail day and night. That is with PSK 250. The server has a horizontal dipole on the roof of a 65 meters high building. When I am at our contest location in Germany, 100 Miles away, I use 80 meters NVIS with 80 Watt

Re: [digitalradio] Some thoughts on antenna polarization for emergency use

2008-02-29 Thread Rick
Thanks for the comments, Ralph, Most of us OT's have known about the cross polarization for decades. But it really does hit home when you try it out for yourself. I had never had both horizontal and vertical antennas available to me at one time as I only had horizontal back in 1964 when I was f

[digitalradio] Fwd: [N1MM-Digital] Upcoming Digital Changes

2008-02-29 Thread Andrew O'Brien
-- Forwarded message -- From: Rick Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 8:13 AM Subject: [N1MM-Digital] Upcoming Digital Changes To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To keep everyone on the same page Here is the list of changes and or fixes that I will be sending to Tom

[digitalradio] MT63

2008-02-29 Thread Andrew O'Brien
I was Googling around and found this item "CQ CQ de k3uk k3uk CQ CQ yi de k3uk k3uk CQ CQ de k3uk k3uk C-+ QQ While I was out was able to copy this on 40 meters and a whole bunch of other stuff not legible. Fred VE3FAL " Seems that someone actually decoded my MT63 signal, -- Andy K3UK www.

[digitalradio] Final goodbye for early web icon

2008-02-29 Thread Andrew O'Brien
Not a ham radio related topic but I thought I would share this, I am sure some hams used this. Final goodbye for early web icon By Jonathan Fildes Science and technology reporter, BBC News Netscape's demise A web browser that gave many people their first experience of the web is about

[digitalradio] OPEN UKRAINE RTTY CHAMPIONSHIP'2008"

2008-02-29 Thread Andrew O'Brien
<< Возврат "OPEN UKRAINE RTTY CHAMPIONSHIP'2008" RULES 1. Date: 01-02.March.2008. The CONTEST consist of 2(two) parts: LOW BAND (1,8 & 3,5 MHz) and HIGH BAND (7, 14, 21 & 28

[digitalradio] DARC 10-m-DIGITAL-Contest (Corona)

2008-02-29 Thread Andrew O'Brien
DARC 10-m-DIGITAL-Contest (Corona) Teilnahmebedingungen Der DARC führt folgende RTTY-Wettbewerbe auf dem 10-m-Band in den vom IARU-Bandplan zugelassenen Frequenzbereichen durch:: Termine: erstes komplette Wochenende in den Monaten März, Juli, September, No