Re: [digitalradio] Re: Sound card question

2008-10-11 Thread kh6ty
Patrick, John, This is all we have published at the moment. More will be released at a later date. We are busy with the launch of NBEMS and have no time right now to write detailed specifications. http://w1hkj.com/FldigiHelp/Thor.html 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team - Original

Re: [digitalradio] Soundblaster cards and digital applications

2008-09-08 Thread kh6ty
receive and transmit tone frequencies than most onboard soundcards. In this case, the soundcard might be the problem, and not the system. Anyway, we have beat this horse to death. I am happy you finally found a solution to your own system that works for you, and we can move on to other issues.

[digitalradio] Re: [NBEMSham] NBEMS opeation procedure

2008-09-04 Thread kh6ty
and return the program to the DISCONNECTED state... We will be correcting the flarq Help file on the next release. Thanks for your understanding... 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

Re: [digitalradio] Re: NBEMS opeation procedure

2008-09-04 Thread kh6ty
as solid as a NVIS circuit, so it is not a very good measure of NBEMS performance on either HF (up to 300 miles distant) or VHF (up to 100 miles distant), which would constitute the distances for almost any real emcomm situation. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team - Original Message

[digitalradio] NBEMS opeation procedure

2008-09-04 Thread kh6ty
N needs to be for minimum repeated blocks. When using PSK125 or PSK250, keep a little squelch active in order to prevent large amounts of garbage filling the screen in the absence of a signal, and enable AFC. On HF, start with MFSK16, with AFC enabled. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

Re: [digitalradio] What Is A Good FLARQ Frequency?

2008-09-03 Thread kh6ty
On two meters, we use 144.144 around 1500 Hz using DominoEx 11. On HF, we use 3584 around 1500 Hz, and MFSK16. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team > I have flarq running here and would like to give it a try. Anybody > out there want to suggest a good frequency? Rick - KH2DF/W5

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Signalink No Good for ARQ Modes

2008-08-27 Thread kh6ty
nk will not work with "ARQ" modes, to say it may not work with traditional PC ALE or AMTOR, but is fine to use with other soundcard modes, so you do not continue to mislead others. I think you owe Rud Merriam a personal apology for calling him "ridiculous". It is YOU who are in the wrong, not he... 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

Re: [digitalradio] Re: signalink sL+

2008-08-25 Thread kh6ty
Skip - Original Message - From: "expeditionradio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 10:19 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: signalink sL+ Signalink is not capable of high speed ARQ. It uses vox, and doesn't have a real PTT with RTS. Bonnie VR2/KQ6XA --- In digital

Re: [digitalradio] Move away from PSK63 /31 in NBEMS?

2008-08-19 Thread kh6ty
a serious problem for some digital modes. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

Re: [digitalradio] Move away from PSK63 /31 in NBEMS?

2008-08-18 Thread kh6ty
for the ARQ transfer. The popular IC-746Pro, for example, drifts 100 Hz between receiving and start of transmitting, unless a TCXO is added, causing the loss of the first few characters or words on PSK63, so I have switched our 2 meter digital net from PSK63 to DominoEx. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

[digitalradio] Re: [psk31] Digest Number 1739

2008-06-23 Thread kh6ty
Neil, QuikPSK (http://www.qsl.net/kh6ty/psk63/) can send a picture of your ugly face, even if you do not have an Internet connection. It is not very big, but big enough to see how ugly you look! ;-) > "(URL) My name is Neil and I am 46 years old" - up pops a picture of > m

Re: [digitalradio] Keeping connected and tools in the toolbox

2008-06-13 Thread kh6ty
ible, because on 2 meters, you can mix voice and data on the same frequency. In addition, although we are improving NBEMS support on HF with a new static-robust mode (soon to be released), 2 meters is still the band of choice for fastest transfers and dependable point-to-point circuits. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

Re: [digitalradio] Signals on 3584 + audio

2008-05-14 Thread kh6ty
place PSK63 with DominoEX16 for our 2 meter net, after two more weeks of tests to see how it performs with multipath reflections. I'll include mention of the sample rate to use in the Help file. Thanks for the tip! 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Mark Miller To: di

Re: [digitalradio] Signals on 3584 + audio

2008-05-14 Thread kh6ty
Hi Rick, FYI, our tests last night indicate that MFSK16 still copies the best at low S/N, but only when there are no static crashes, but DEX16 or DEX11 have much fewer errors when there are static crashes. The problem with MFSK16, as you found, is the mistuning tolerance. For messaging, when th

Re: [digitalradio] Signal on 3850

2008-05-14 Thread kh6ty
, around 1500 Hz tone frequency, so that is probably what you heard, since you are close by. The new mode is called "DEX" and is expected to be released for NBEMS HF beta testing with this group in about two weeks. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team - Original Message ---

Re: [digitalradio] USB -> RS232 adapter for Vista 64bit?

2008-05-09 Thread kh6ty
bradio.org/usbfob.pdf) 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Re: USB external soundcards arrived FB

2008-04-19 Thread kh6ty
Andy, does DigiPan enumerate the C-Media sound adapter under Configure/Sound card? You can select both input and output with DigiPan. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Andrew O'Brien To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 4:34 PM Su

Re: [digitalradio] RFSM8000 and Yaesu FT857

2008-04-18 Thread kh6ty
fast. Anyway, it is probably better to use something other than the FT-857 for digital modes as finding the ALC threshold is very critical for getting low IMD, even on PSK31, and drift is a problem on 2 meters unless you have the TCXO option, which my FT-857 does not. 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] RFSM8000 and Yaesu FT857

2008-04-18 Thread kh6ty
best around here seem to be the little green ones from Radio Shack. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Leskep To: Digitalradio Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 9:08 PM Subject: [digitalradio] RFSM8000 and Yaesu FT857 Greetings to all Is anyone using the FT857 for

Re: [digitalradio] Best line of the day

2008-04-13 Thread kh6ty
pare DominoEx11, or DominoEx16, to MFSK16 during times of many static crashes and let us know the result, I would greatly appreciate it. Multipsk supports both DominoEx, and MFSK16 under Windows, as does fldigi, under Linux. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

Re: [digitalradio] Cheap USB soundcards ordered

2008-04-13 Thread kh6ty
Andy, There may be some misunderstanding. I already have four of the USB Sound Adapters, which I will use to help local hams get on NBEMS. Please take me off your list, as I don't need any more. Thanks, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Anyone need a $6.50 soundcard ?

2008-04-13 Thread kh6ty
makes about as inexpensive a complete PSK31 interface as you can get! If you have any feedback problems, just add a Radio Shack isolation transformer in the transmit audio line. 73, Skip KH6TY >Hello Andy, >I have used almost the similar USB sound adapter and made a >modification to g

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Anyone need a $6.50 soundcard ?

2008-04-13 Thread kh6ty
your computer soundcard for use by Windows. Just use VOX for PTT. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Andrew O'Brien To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:41 AM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Anyone need a $6.50 soundcard ? --- In di

[digitalradio] 30 meters dead

2008-04-13 Thread kh6ty
Started listening to 30m at 8 AM. Only heard a propnet station coming on periodically. For one hour, no other activity - took a *big* risk - called CQ! ;-) Worked Columbia and California. When in doubt - just try calling CQ! Maybe the band is not "dead" after all. 73, Skip KH6TY

[digitalradio] Re: 30 Meter QRP Weekend April 19th & 20th

2008-04-11 Thread kh6ty
If everyone who thought 30m was "dead" just called CQ, that opinion might change very quickly! Try it! It is a time-honored technique! ;-) 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] 80M warbler rig / Other modes ?

2008-03-29 Thread kh6ty
take care of any errors. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: "Andrew O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "DIGITALRADIO" Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 10:10 PM Subject: [digitalradio] 80M warbler rig / Other modes ? > Before I go looking through my j

Re: [digitalradio] April QST page 35

2008-03-25 Thread kh6ty
o use the bands also. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: ""John Becker, WØJAB"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 11:17 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] April QST page 35 > Sorry Ski

Re: [digitalradio] April QST page 35

2008-03-25 Thread kh6ty
, who may chose either to use the Internet to forward the message or deliver it by any other means. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team - Original Message - From: ""John Becker, WØJAB"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 9:26 PM Subje

[digitalradio] Re: [NBEMSham] HF FLARQ Freqs?

2008-03-24 Thread kh6ty
on numbers at the very top of flarq and VBdigi, so you can easily confirm with whomever you are testing that you both have the same version. The April issue of QST headlines NBEMS on page 80 and does a good job of putting NBEMS in the proper perspective. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

Re: [digitalradio] Re: 10 Tips for the PSK31 Digital Mode

2008-03-12 Thread kh6ty
transmit with a linear, clean, signal so your unwanted sidebands do not QRM any adjacent station, either near to you or somewhere else 73, Skip KH6TY .

Re: [digitalradio] Re: 10 Tips for the PSK31 Digital Mode

2008-03-12 Thread kh6ty
not use AGC, but distribute gain in such as way that it can copy weak signals adjacent to strong ones, without distorting the last IF stage or detector, but few transceivers can do this. A "dual-loop" AGC system may help and some high-end transceivers have this. 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Keeping NBEMS in mind

2008-03-03 Thread kh6ty
le. I can demonstrate the difference here, since I have both NVIS and regular 80m antennas. I have found around 2 S-units of static noise reduction using the NVIS antenna. 73, Skip KH6TY > We do plan on using HD, NVIS antennas and data modes as long as they are > faster > than I

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Keeping NBEMS in mind

2008-03-03 Thread kh6ty
In that case, it will be necessary to switch to HF and use NVIS antennas, which extends the range to 300 miles but with somewhat less throughput using ARQ due to static crashes. Using ARQ will still get the messages through without errors - it just takes longer. 73, Skip KH6TY > Not only

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Keeping NBEMS in mind

2008-03-03 Thread kh6ty
Your mode works well but would be wonderful a > little faster. RFSM 8000 works well, but is wide, and am still not sure > how > it will work under poor HF conditions. > > ALE400 works well into the weeds, and it would be great to see you and > Patrick team up to combine NBEMS and

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Keeping NBEMS in mind

2008-03-02 Thread kh6ty
. I am interested to know if you also find flutter on VHF within 100 miles. Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: "John Bradley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 9:30 PM Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Re: Keeping NBEMS in mind > This may be true

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Keeping NBEMS in mind

2008-03-02 Thread kh6ty
ath reflection problem. 73, Skip KH6TY Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Page at http://www.obriensweb.com/sked Check our other Yahoo Groups http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxlist/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/contesting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Keeping NBEMS in mind

2008-03-02 Thread kh6ty
and popularity every day, and PSK63, which is slowly gaining acceptance for contesting. It is a short jump from using PSK31 or PSK63 for casual QSO's or contesting to adding flarq to handle emergency communications when asked to do so. Even going from PSK31 (which tens of thousands now use) to PSK63 is a no-brainer, which is one of the reasons we chose to use PSK63 as the base mode for NBEMS. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Keeping NBEMS in mind

2008-03-02 Thread kh6ty
VIS for HF, and using narrowband modes, instead of wider modes, for the most effective and reliable emergency messaging over distances up to 100 miles. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team No virus found in this

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

2008-03-01 Thread kh6ty
Please correct FT-890 to read FT-897. Thanks, Skip KH6TY

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

2008-03-01 Thread kh6ty
s that it is, with slightly less throughput, depending upon the QRN level. I'd like to thank everyone on this list for letting us use the bandwidth to discuss these issues, and I hope they have been interesting and new issues for many list members, as they have been for me over the past several years. There really is an exciting new world on 2m SSB, both phone and digital, for anyone who has only used 2m to work repeaters, and it is well worth considering trying. It is not all "weak signal" work, either! 73, Skip KH6TY

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

2008-03-01 Thread kh6ty
nights and 9 PM on Sunday nights. 73, Skip KH6TY

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

2008-02-29 Thread kh6ty
d horizontally-polarized mobiles over distances just exceeding 100 miles, when the elevations of both myself and the mobile do not exceed 30 feet ASL. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: Theodore A. Antanaitis To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 2

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Narrow SSTV contact

2008-02-06 Thread kh6ty
or lots of bandwidth, to transmit. So, there already many ways to integrate images with QSO's in addition to SSTV techniques, but none of them may be all what we wish they were! 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Logging for MultiPSK and DM780

2008-02-01 Thread kh6ty
ke to see that happen. The need never goes away! Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: "Dave Bernstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 3:39 AM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Logging for MultiPSK and DM780 Re UDP servers, we established the &q

Re: [digitalradio] New Beta release of NBEMS, version 1.2.0

2008-01-27 Thread kh6ty
, the very *first* item you come to is the download link, so that is not too hard to find, is it... 73, Skip KH6TY From: ""John Becker, WØJAB"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > http://www.your-site.com/nbms/download > > > Really it's like saying you can see m

[digitalradio] New Beta release of NBEMS, version 1.2.0

2008-01-27 Thread kh6ty
rol Panel, "Add or Remove Programs" ("Programs and Features" under VISTA), find NBEMS, and remove it. Then run the latest setup.exe installation program. The NBEMS Development Team Skip, KH6TY Dave, W1HKJ

Re: [digitalradio] QRV 40m Narrow-Band SSTV

2008-01-25 Thread kh6ty
onds > for each picture but probably about the same time for the average > PSK31 exchange of text. > > Andy > > > On Jan 25, 2008 8:02 PM, kh6ty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks for the narrowbnad SSTV QSO, Tony

Re: [digitalradio] QRV 40m Narrow-Band SSTV

2008-01-25 Thread kh6ty
> >> Thanks for the narrowbnad SSTV QSO > > My pleasure and thank you. Nice signal from KH6 -- punched through the > QRM. > > Tony -K2MO > > > - Original Message - > From: "kh6ty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Friday, Ja

Re: [digitalradio] QRV 40m Narrow-Band SSTV

2008-01-25 Thread kh6ty
just swapping pictures, like regular SSTV, but without any way to communicate during the picture reception, or am I missing something? 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: "Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 7:26 PM Subject: [digitalradio] QRV

Re: [digitalradio] TV Whitespace Testing

2008-01-20 Thread kh6ty
long, time and I don't remember exactly everything it was used for, but the idea is not new. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: "Rud Merriam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 3:47 PM Subject: [digitalradio] TV Whitespace Testing Th

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Digitalradio Group

2008-01-16 Thread kh6ty
L mailing list is simply to preface an off-topic post with OT: and those who do not want to be bothered with off-topic posts can simply filter them out, or use the Delete key. Doesn't work with digests, but those can be scanned visually and OT: skipped over. 73, Skip KH6TY

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

2008-01-15 Thread kh6ty
, *hobby* communications. There is no second person in real-time, that can communicate the need to QSY when advised there is an ongoing QSO on the frequency, local to his station, but not detectable by the remote station, in an email delivery system. It is this capability that makes it possible for radio amateurs to *share* a limited amount of spectrum that one-way systems do not possess. Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Re: VK4JRC Pactor Operations......amendment!

2008-01-14 Thread kh6ty
ak) attic. The same thing could be made by using a catenary wire for the vertical, dropping from a horizontal run for the tophat strung between two supports. You want the radials at least 4' off the earth so only four are needed. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: "J

Re: [digitalradio] Re: VK4JRC Pactor Operations......amendment!

2008-01-14 Thread kh6ty
> Sadly, my antenna cannot accommodate 30 metres.. > > 73s > > Jack VK4JRC Jack, I use my 80m base-loaded, tophat, vertical on 30m, and it works great! 80m and 30m are harmonically related. 3.5 x 3 = 10.150. Similar to using a 40m antenna on 15m. 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] IARU Region 2 Bandplan: Errors Re: HF Automatic Sub Bands

2008-01-14 Thread kh6ty
need for any change in regulations, which take years to change in many cases. Unfortunately, there are some US amateur groups who refuse to follow bandplans, to the detriment of all. 73, Skip KH6TY > > > > John > > VE5MU > > > > --

Re: [digitalradio] IARU Region 2 Bandplan: Errors Re: HF Automatic Sub Bands

2008-01-13 Thread kh6ty
> Skip KH6TY wrote > The IARU Region 2 bandplans, effective > January 1, 2008, recommend additional restricitions > on automatic operations >http://www.iaru-r2.org/wp-content/uploads/region-2-mf-hf-bandplan-e.pdf As of 01 January 2008, there exists a significant malfunction

Re: [digitalradio] HF Automatic Sub Bands

2008-01-13 Thread kh6ty
ion 2 representative to the IARU. Under FCC rules, automatic operations with less than 500 Hz bandwidth may be conducted anywhere the mode is authorized. http://www.iaru-r2.org/wp-content/uploads/region-2-mf-hf-bandplan-e.pdf 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: "expeditionradi

Re: [digitalradio] Is Propnet/HF APRS legal in USA ? (was : Trouble at mill RTTY contesters war with HFlink

2008-01-13 Thread kh6ty
h a 53 report, they could detect me, couldn't they! 73, Skip KH6TY

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

2008-01-13 Thread kh6ty
> All the ALE data activity is in the automatic subbands unless the > stations manually QSY off frequency under operator control. > > So what's the concern? As long as it always stays in the automatic subbands, there should be no concern. In fact, ALE is a valuable resource,

Re: [digitalradio] Is Propnet/HF APRS legal in USA ? (was : Trouble at mill RTTY contesters war with HFlink

2008-01-13 Thread kh6ty
ot;. The FCC's Bill Cross has already stated publicly, "Your call sign, your responsibility." Skip KH6TY > PropNet is using a beaconing approach but supposedly tell their members > that they must be full control operators. If you read the rules, it is > not clear whether th

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

2008-01-13 Thread kh6ty
stations do not, and cannot, listen first for any other activity within range of the unattended station). It does not matter how short a time the unattended interference signal is on either. If it disrupts a QSO, it is *too long*. Skip KH6TY Announce your digital presence via our Interactive

Re: [digitalradio] PACTO! I CQ

2008-01-11 Thread kh6ty
Copying you FB in South Carolina, Howard, using DigiPan 2.0. Sorry - No Pactor 1 transmit capability - my PK-232 is in mothballs! Skip - Original Message - From: "w6ids" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 2:10 PM Subject: [digitalradio] PACTO!

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Help files in vbdigi

2008-01-10 Thread kh6ty
fault to D: drive? Maybe that is a clue. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: "jhaynesatalumni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 5:35 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Help files in vbdigi --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "kh6ty&

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Help files in vbdigi

2008-01-10 Thread kh6ty
vbdigi --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "kh6ty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > VBdigi is looking for the following files in D:\Program Files\NBEMS > directory: > > > emailsetup.rtf > flarq.rtf > logbook.rtf > messaging.rtf > vbdigi.rtf > vbdi

Re: [digitalradio] Help files in vbdigi

2008-01-10 Thread kh6ty
VBdigi is looking for the following files in D:\Program Files\NBEMS directory: emailsetup.rtf flarq.rtf logbook.rtf messaging.rtf vbdigi.rtf vbdigisetup.rtf Do a search for flarq.rtf and tell me where it is located on your system. Thanks. Skip - Original Message - From: "jhaynesat

Re: [digitalradio] A weekend of NBEMS: Some questions.

2008-01-06 Thread kh6ty
y messages, and VBdigi will be able to find them without the operator having to stop and decode each one manually. Still some work to do on this feature, but it can only work if a narrowband mode is used, so that there are many stations in the passband (in the same area of the band). 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Pactor on 30 M

2008-01-06 Thread kh6ty
Should be http://www.w1hkj.com/NBEMS. The k and h were transposed. Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: "Chuck Mayfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Pactor on 30 M > Try: http://www.w1khj.com/N

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Pactor on 30 M

2008-01-06 Thread kh6ty
- Original-Nachricht >> Datum: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 12:50:52 -0500 >> Von: "kh6ty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> An: "Jim Gorman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Mark Miller" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> CC: "Greg Thompson" <[E

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS Frequencies.

2008-01-05 Thread kh6ty
Kevin, Do you realize that 3 x 3.5 = 10.5, which is close to 10.137. An 80m antenna will operate on the third harmonic for 30m operation! I have never seen this published as far as I can remember. Lots of references to using a 40m antenna on 15 m, but not to using an 80m antenna on 30m. This is

Re: [digitalradio] Testing NBEMS

2008-01-05 Thread kh6ty
ore relevant test of the system design. > John > VE5MU Thanks for the interest John! We are right now working to improve the user feedback for message transfers and will posting an update soon, which will also fix a few isolated bugs that have been reported. 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS/Flarq Frequencies

2008-01-04 Thread kh6ty
busy and it is illegal for anyone > to intentionally transmit on that frequency if they can hear either of > the stations. > > Today I was able to correctly configure my emachines computer to run the > vbdigi software using the suggested frequency of 10137 +1000 Hz. I > happened to be on

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS/Flarq Frequencies

2008-01-04 Thread kh6ty
uency. I'll be watching 30m now and will be available for some NBEMS ARQ file transfers. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: "Andrew O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 6:12 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS/Flarq Frequenc

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS problem

2008-01-03 Thread kh6ty
eplace. That does not seem possible since it works fine > with Multipsk for both RX and TX. > > Just to clarify, I am using VOX to key the Kenwood TS-440 via the AFSK > RCA jacks after I re-discovered (have not used this for digital for > many, many years) that it can not be driven adequa

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS problem

2008-01-03 Thread kh6ty
always use VOX for PTT if you use the mic input of the transceiver. Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: "Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 4:45 PM Subject: [digitalradio] NBEMS problem >I went ahead today

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS

2008-01-03 Thread kh6ty
l the progress bar on Flarq has progressed from white to green to full green and then white again. 73, Skip KH6TY > Oh dear, fist trial with NBEMS was not a happy one, for me, I'm afraid... > > Appart from not knowing my way round the program, which is not the fault > of the pro

[digitalradio] Re: Text message passed ok via VBdigi texas to KH6 land

2008-01-03 Thread kh6ty
> We did this between Illinois and Texas, and between North Carolina and > Texas > so we did not have the benefit of NVIS. This probably increased our > retries. > > Can we control the size of transmitted units? Or does the program reduce > unit > size in difficult conditions? > > Thanks for a

Re: [digitalradio] Text message passed ok via VBdigi texas to KH6 land

2008-01-02 Thread kh6ty
have been much stronger. I am amazed we could had a QSO at all, under such poor conditions! You are my first totally random ARQ QSO using the NBEMS, and I connected with your beacon signal, so I am very gratified with the result tonight! 73, Skip KH6TY Mount Pleasant, SC FM02 - Original

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS setup

2008-01-02 Thread kh6ty
I get the slashed-circle "not" symbol. (and all my >open windows get minimized). Right-click on the Taskbar and see if Quick Launch is checked. If not, check it. It sound like you are trying to drag it to the Taskbar and not the Quick Launch toolbar. 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] NBEMS available for beta testing

2008-01-02 Thread kh6ty
Kevin, I think you can trust this setup.exe. It is a Microsoft-generated installation program that only adds a few Microsoft DLL's to your system and installs the program files we have created. I'd go ahead and make an exception for this particular setup.exe. Skip KH6TY &

Re: [digitalradio] Help file error in VBdigi

2008-01-02 Thread kh6ty
Thanks, Andy. Will check this right away. Skip - Original Message - From: "Andrew O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "DIGITALRADIO" Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 10:08 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Help file error in VBdigi > Dave/Skip > > When I attempt to minimize the help files, I ge

[digitalradio] NBEMS available for beta testing

2008-01-01 Thread kh6ty
comments and bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Happy New Year to you all! The NBEMS Development Team Skip, KH6TY Dave, W1HKJ

Re: [digitalradio] Re: FCC: "Petition to Kill Digital Advancement"

2007-12-29 Thread kh6ty
list will like to serve as beta testers, try the system with each other, and send feedback to us so that we may improve the system as much as possible. Please reserve comments until after you have used the system. We wish you and everyone else a happy and prosperous New Year! 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread kh6ty
73, Skip KH6TY

[digitalradio] Re: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread kh6ty
ations can mix with attended stations on shared bands, and your explanation would be very much appreciated! Thanks in advance, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Questions on digital opposition

2007-12-26 Thread kh6ty
PMBO will transmit anyway in response to a client station that cannot hear me. This is the problem with unattended stations. When stations on both ends are attended, each can hear a station local to itself, so the chances of inadvertant QRM to a local station are probably cut in half. 73,

Re: [digitalradio] Digest Number 3730

2007-12-25 Thread kh6ty
I filed my comments today on Mark's petition, which is very well written and logical, and encourage everyone else who values space to work without interference from email robots also to do so. Merry Christmas to all! Skip KH6TY Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked

Re: [digitalradio] Building a USB Sound Interface

2007-12-23 Thread kh6ty
. If the audio level is too high, add a simple resistive attenuator as outlined in the DigiPan Help. Some transceivers need a 1:1 audio isolation transformer in that line, and some do not. This is about as inexpensive as you can get for an interface. Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From:

Re: [digitalradio] 30 Meter digital

2007-12-22 Thread kh6ty
ther thing PSK63 is good for. The European PSK Club, which heavily promotes PSK63, just finished their annual 24-hour QSO party on November 18 and the passband was filled with PSK63 stations for 24 hours. Andy can elaborate. You might give it a try next time and compare the speed of exchanges to RTTY contests, of which there are many. 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] 30 Meter digital

2007-12-22 Thread kh6ty
stations would not have to spread out so much. There was a psychological experiment some years ago in which scientists set up two cages of rats, one overcrowded and one just at capacity. The rats in the overcrowded cage ate each other until they were no longer overcrowded. Skip KH6TY > It

Re: [digitalradio] 30 Meter digital

2007-12-22 Thread kh6ty
the FCC has taken the position they have. Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: "Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 10:13 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] 30 Meter digital > My use of the band is mostly based upon propagation and, as you

Re: [digitalradio] Time to do something real with ALE400 ?

2007-12-11 Thread kh6ty
> Patrick, > > It is my understanding that 7040 in the US and 7035 in Europe are both QRP > watering spots where many are using crystal control, low power, and cannot > relocate. Is ALE400 at 7037.5 going to straddle both of those frequencies? No, it will not. My mistake! I was thinking about 4000

Re: [digitalradio] Time to do something real with ALE400 ?

2007-12-11 Thread kh6ty
400 frequencies (proposed by >Bonnie): >1837.0, 3589.0, 7037.5, 10141.5, 14074.0, 14094.0, 18104.5, 21094.0, >24926.0, 28146.0, 50162.5, 144162.5 (AF at 1625 Hz). >The complete list of frequencies is on "http://hflink.com/ale400";. 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Sound Card Interfacing.

2007-11-20 Thread kh6ty
p;cat=GDT It works great. If you have any feedback or ground loop problems, just insert an isolation transformer in the transmit audio line. 73, Skip KH6TY

Re: [digitalradio] Re: PSK63 activity!

2007-11-19 Thread kh6ty
worthwhile and includes preparation for contests as well as proving out equipment setups during contests. Operating skills for contests are definitely different from those need for emergency communications, though. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: "Rud Merriam" <[EM

Re: [digitalradio] Re: PSK63 activity!

2007-11-19 Thread kh6ty
for contests, including RTTY contests. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: "Rud Merriam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 12:42 PM Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Re: PSK63 activity! This is also rationalization. The ability to provide dis

Re: [digitalradio] PSK63 activity!

2007-11-18 Thread kh6ty
RTTY signal. Isn't accomplishing the same job in less bandwidth what we should all be trying to do in an ever more crowded world? It is not like adding CW to a phone contest because both RTTY and PSK63 are keyboard modes. Phone and CW are not. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message -

Re: [digitalradio] PSK63 activity!

2007-11-18 Thread kh6ty
for helping launch PSK63! 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: "Andrew O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "DIGITALRADIO" Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 7:10 PM Subject: [digitalradio] PSK63 activity! >I assume that Skip will be happy. His PSK63

Re: [digitalradio] Encomm error loading CD

2007-10-29 Thread kh6ty
(either Line input or Mic input), you can just use the volume control on the transceiver and get any amount of visibility on the waterfall you want. 73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: "Charles Brabham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 8:2

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Encomm error loading CD

2007-10-28 Thread kh6ty
73, Skip KH6TY - Original Message - From: "Dave 'Doc' Corio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 3:42 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Encomm error loading CD >Thanks, Andy. Some good info there, but nothing worked. Just my lot &

[digitalradio] Re: Encomm error loading CD

2007-10-28 Thread kh6ty
an't access tty; job control turned off #_ >Tnx for any help >Dave KB3MOW 73, Skip KH6TY No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database:

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