[digitalradio] Mode of the Day, Spots, Digi activity
Being new to digi modes, the biggest problem I've encountered is finding someone to have a qso with. It's rather difficult to try a new mode (they are all new to me!) without someone to chat with. Being new, I have a real difficult time IDing the signals, and determing the mode and setting. I've joined multiple Yahoo groups and a few clubs. The Feld Hell Club seems quite active, and I worked their Sprint last weekend - great fun! I think having a mode of the day is a great idea ... ESPECIALLY if ops would post their activity on the sked and spot pages. I was really disappointed at the lack of activity on the K3UK DigitalRadio sked page, which is a VERY powerful resource. It's use really fosters extra activity. The same goes for the W6RK spot page and HamSpots.net. Digital spots on the regular web cluster are few and far between (with the exception of PSK and RTTY). IMHO, having a number of ops all working the same digi mode on the same day, AND spotting one another on the cluster AND announcing their activity on the spot/sked pages would have to generate added activity and enthusiasm. If someone is watching DxSpider and they see a bunch of spots all day long for DominoEX, perhaps they'll fire up DM780 and give it a try. Even we we don't get MOTD going, I really hope more digi ops will use the sked spot pages. Not only do they help locatet activity, but they really help in IDing the mode. 73 Bob - K3MQ
[digitalradio] finding someone to have a qso with
-My sentiments exactly Bob. I have tried and tried over the years and cannot figure out why the digital part of the K3UK Sked page is not used more. As you know, the SKCC and LOTW K3UK Sked pages are used constantly. The irony is that the SKCC and LOTW pages were established as after thoughts, the digitalradio sked page was my first goal and the initial design code was provided gratis by a member of this group N8FQ. Another irony is that the LOTW page that you suggested is quite often the group that spurs people to try digital modes like Feld Held for the first time. There are more digital mode skeds made via the LOTW page than the digitalradio sked page. Andy K3UK -- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Bob k...@... wrote: Being new to digi modes, the biggest problem I've encountered is finding someone to have a qso with. It's rather difficult to try a new mode (they are all new to me!) without someone to chat with. Being new, I have a real difficult time IDing the signals, and determing the mode and setting. I've joined multiple Yahoo groups and a few clubs. The Feld Hell Club seems quite active, and I worked their Sprint last weekend - great fun! I think having a mode of the day is a great idea ... ESPECIALLY if ops would post their activity on the sked and spot pages. I was really disappointed at the lack of activity on the K3UK DigitalRadio sked page, which is a VERY powerful resource. It's use really fosters extra activity. The same goes for the W6RK spot page and HamSpots.net. Digital spots on the regular web cluster are few and far between (with the exception of PSK and RTTY). IMHO, having a number of ops all working the same digi mode on the same day, AND spotting one another on the cluster AND announcing their activity on the spot/sked pages would have to generate added activity and enthusiasm. If someone is watching DxSpider and they see a bunch of spots all day long for DominoEX, perhaps they'll fire up DM780 and give it a try. Even we we don't get MOTD going, I really hope more digi ops will use the sked spot pages. Not only do they help locatet activity, but they really help in IDing the mode. 73 Bob - K3MQ
Re: [digitalradio] finding someone to have a qso with
Why don't you put a tag line on this reflector so that every message gets the sked page url added to the end of it? They do this on the 30m digi group and it looks like this: Please join in on Thursday and Sunday Night 30mtr PSK activity nights, also when in the shack use the 30 mtr digital Spots page made possible by Laurie VK3AMA http://www.hamspots.net/spotit.php?b=30 http://www.hamspots.net/auto_history.php Andrew O'Brien wrote: -My sentiments exactly Bob. I have tried and tried over the years and cannot figure out why the digital part of the K3UK Sked page is not used more. As you know, the SKCC and LOTW K3UK Sked pages are used constantly. The irony is that the SKCC and LOTW pages were established as after thoughts, the digitalradio sked page was my first goal and the initial design code was provided gratis by a member of this group N8FQ. Another irony is that the LOTW page that you suggested is quite often the group that spurs people to try digital modes like Feld Held for the first time. There are more digital mode skeds made via the LOTW page than the digitalradio sked page. Andy K3UK -- In digitalradio@ yahoogroups. com mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com, Bob k...@... wrote: Being new to digi modes, the biggest problem I've encountered is finding someone to have a qso with. It's rather difficult to try a new mode (they are all new to me!) without someone to chat with. Being new, I have a real difficult time IDing the signals, and determing the mode and setting. I've joined multiple Yahoo groups and a few clubs. The Feld Hell Club seems quite active, and I worked their Sprint last weekend - great fun! I think having a mode of the day is a great idea ... ESPECIALLY if ops would post their activity on the sked and spot pages. I was really disappointed at the lack of activity on the K3UK DigitalRadio sked page, which is a VERY powerful resource. It's use really fosters extra activity. The same goes for the W6RK spot page and HamSpots.net. Digital spots on the regular web cluster are few and far between (with the exception of PSK and RTTY). IMHO, having a number of ops all working the same digi mode on the same day, AND spotting one another on the cluster AND announcing their activity on the spot/sked pages would have to generate added activity and enthusiasm. If someone is watching DxSpider and they see a bunch of spots all day long for DominoEX, perhaps they'll fire up DM780 and give it a try. Even we we don't get MOTD going, I really hope more digi ops will use the sked spot pages. Not only do they help locatet activity, but they really help in IDing the mode. 73 Bob - K3MQ
Re: [digitalradio] finding someone to have a qso with
whoops I see you already have it. But it is buried a little, maybe make it more prominent? 73 Sholto Andrew O'Brien wrote: -My sentiments exactly Bob. I have tried and tried over the years and cannot figure out why the digital part of the K3UK Sked page is not used more. As you know, the SKCC and LOTW K3UK Sked pages are used constantly. The irony is that the SKCC and LOTW pages were established as after thoughts, the digitalradio sked page was my first goal and the initial design code was provided gratis by a member of this group N8FQ. Another irony is that the LOTW page that you suggested is quite often the group that spurs people to try digital modes like Feld Held for the first time. There are more digital mode skeds made via the LOTW page than the digitalradio sked page. Andy K3UK -- In digitalradio@ yahoogroups. com mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com, Bob k...@... wrote: Being new to digi modes, the biggest problem I've encountered is finding someone to have a qso with. It's rather difficult to try a new mode (they are all new to me!) without someone to chat with. Being new, I have a real difficult time IDing the signals, and determing the mode and setting. I've joined multiple Yahoo groups and a few clubs. The Feld Hell Club seems quite active, and I worked their Sprint last weekend - great fun! I think having a mode of the day is a great idea ... ESPECIALLY if ops would post their activity on the sked and spot pages. I was really disappointed at the lack of activity on the K3UK DigitalRadio sked page, which is a VERY powerful resource. It's use really fosters extra activity. The same goes for the W6RK spot page and HamSpots.net. Digital spots on the regular web cluster are few and far between (with the exception of PSK and RTTY). IMHO, having a number of ops all working the same digi mode on the same day, AND spotting one another on the cluster AND announcing their activity on the spot/sked pages would have to generate added activity and enthusiasm. If someone is watching DxSpider and they see a bunch of spots all day long for DominoEX, perhaps they'll fire up DM780 and give it a try. Even we we don't get MOTD going, I really hope more digi ops will use the sked spot pages. Not only do they help locatet activity, but they really help in IDing the mode. 73 Bob - K3MQ
Re: [digitalradio] finding someone to have a qso with
I do, it says... Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Pages at http://www.obriensweb.com/sked On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Sholto Fisher sho...@probikekit.com wrote: Why don't you put a tag line on this reflector so that every message gets the sked page url added to the end of it? They do this on the 30m digi group and it looks like this: Please join in on Thursday and Sunday Night 30mtr PSK activity nights, also when in the shack use the 30 mtr digital Spots page made possible by Laurie VK3AMA http://www.hamspots.net/spotit.php?b=30 http://www.hamspots.net/auto_history.php Andrew O'Brien wrote: -My sentiments exactly Bob. I have tried and tried over the years and cannot figure out why the digital part of the K3UK Sked page is not used more. As you know, the SKCC and LOTW K3UK Sked pages are used constantly. The irony is that the SKCC and LOTW pages were established as after thoughts, the digitalradio sked page was my first goal and the initial design code was provided gratis by a member of this group N8FQ. Another irony is that the LOTW page that you suggested is quite often the group that spurs people to try digital modes like Feld Held for the first time. There are more digital mode skeds made via the LOTW page than the digitalradio sked page. Andy K3UK -- In digitalradio@ yahoogroups. com mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com, Bob k...@... wrote: Being new to digi modes, the biggest problem I've encountered is finding someone to have a qso with. It's rather difficult to try a new mode (they are all new to me!) without someone to chat with. Being new, I have a real difficult time IDing the signals, and determing the mode and setting. I've joined multiple Yahoo groups and a few clubs. The Feld Hell Club seems quite active, and I worked their Sprint last weekend - great fun! I think having a mode of the day is a great idea ... ESPECIALLY if ops would post their activity on the sked and spot pages. I was really disappointed at the lack of activity on the K3UK DigitalRadio sked page, which is a VERY powerful resource. It's use really fosters extra activity. The same goes for the W6RK spot page and HamSpots.net. Digital spots on the regular web cluster are few and far between (with the exception of PSK and RTTY). IMHO, having a number of ops all working the same digi mode on the same day, AND spotting one another on the cluster AND announcing their activity on the spot/sked pages would have to generate added activity and enthusiasm. If someone is watching DxSpider and they see a bunch of spots all day long for DominoEX, perhaps they'll fire up DM780 and give it a try. Even we we don't get MOTD going, I really hope more digi ops will use the sked spot pages. Not only do they help locatet activity, but they really help in IDing the mode. 73 Bob - K3MQ
