[digitalradio] Re: CMSK Freq's
Looking at the JT65-signals on 14076 yesterday and comparing them with other days the propagation was indeed very poor (at least on my side). The RB reports on W4CQZ's webpage showed similar results. I will try to be qrv again today and tomorrow around 2200 UTC on 14076 + 1000 Hz, USB in CMSK31 and CMSK63. 73 Juergen, DL8LE --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Dave 'Doc' Corio dco...@... wrote: I alternated calls to you and calls to CQ and never heard another signal. Not sure how propagation is, though. 73 Dave KB3MOW -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalra...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Juergen Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 6:30 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] Re: CMSK Freq's Called there in CMSK31 and 63 from 22.00 - 22.30 UTC. No reply. Will be there again tomorrow. 73 Juergen, DL8LE --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, k8yzk k8yzk@ wrote: I know CMSK is mainly for 160/80 metes (which I currently can't do), but what freq's are being used currently on the other bands/ thanks and 73 Kurt
[digitalradio] Re: CMSK63
No luck again today. Could be that it is an issue of the poor propagation caused by the present sun wind and it's impact on the magnetic field of the earth. I will try again in CMSK next week when the sun wind has calmed down as the propagation forecast is telling us. Thanks for the report from W9 even though it was too weak for decoding. I will be qrv in JT65 again and / or Olivia 16/500 (14076 resp. 14074.9 + 1500 Hz USB in Olivia) later the night. 73 Juergen, DL8LE --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Dave 'Doc' Corio dco...@... wrote: Had you at S-9 and clean decode on every transmission. Not real sure how finicky the tuning is on this mode. I used the fine-tuning control to move the ellipse so that it was centered in the display, but it copied just fine even when it was off a bit. Could be a sound card issue I suppose, but at 8000 Hz my card is off by only .062% out and .017 in - that would make it somewhere around 8001 - hardly enough to adjust for. 73 Dave KB3MOW -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalra...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Russell Blair Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 5:17 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [digitalradio] CMSK63 Dave I was seeing some one but unable to decode them I was set on 63 and sample rate at 8000 I will keep trying Russell 1- Whoever said nothing is impossible never tried slamming a revolving door! 2- A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. - Gerald Ford IN GOD WE TRUST Russell Blair (NC5O) Skype-Russell.Blair Hell Field #300 DRCC #55 30m Dig-group #693 Digital Mode Club #03198 BARTG #8457 --- On Wed, 8/25/10, Dave 'Doc' Corio dco...@... wrote: From: Dave 'Doc' Corio dco...@... Subject: RE: [digitalradio] CMSK63 To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 4:05 PM  Copy you 599 Russell, but guess you aren't hearing me 73 Dave KB3MOW -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalra...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Russell Blair Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 4:44 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] CMSK63 Well I cant help you on 3.587 in Texas 80m is dead but I'm on 14.079 calling CQ CSMK63 tone 1000 for the next hour. Russell NC5O 1- Whoever said nothing is impossible never tried slamming a revolving door! 2- A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. - Gerald Ford IN GOD WE TRUST Russell Blair (NC5O) Skype-Russell.Blair Hell Field #300 DRCC #55 30m Dig-group #693 Digital Mode Club #03198 BARTG #8457 --- On Wed, 8/25/10, Steinar Aanesland saa...@... wrote: From: Steinar Aanesland saa...@... Subject: Re: [digitalradio] CMSK63 To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 3:34 PM Hi all I am calling cq on 3587 1000Hz usb right now . la5vna Steinar On 25.08.2010 17:57, my_call_is_ac4m wrote: I will be on 80m tonight using CMSK63 then switching to 31 after contact just to see for myself how well this mode does under noisy conditions I will be active on 3.587 tone frequency at 0100z but I have a few question does his software have Macro commands like other software? And what is up with the sample rate control? Is that for TX offsets?
[digitalradio] Re: CMSK Freq's
Dave, KB3MOW, has suggested 14079 + 1000 Hz, USB, to me for a test on 20 m. I will be available there around 22.00 UTC or a little bit later. 73 Juergen, DL8LE --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, k8yzk k8...@... wrote: I know CMSK is mainly for 160/80 metes (which I currently can't do), but what freq's are being used currently on the other bands/ thanks and 73 Kurt
[digitalradio] Re: CMSK Freq's
Called there in CMSK31 and 63 from 22.00 - 22.30 UTC. No reply. Will be there again tomorrow. 73 Juergen, DL8LE --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, k8yzk k8...@... wrote: I know CMSK is mainly for 160/80 metes (which I currently can't do), but what freq's are being used currently on the other bands/ thanks and 73 Kurt
[digitalradio] Re: PV systems killing Radio? was Are plasma TVs killing radio?
It's very simple: the DC generated by the solar cells needs to be converted to AC so that the energy can be distributed. Modern systems use high frequency inverters to do the job which create a lot of noise. The majority of suppliers only do a minimal filtering. I have one major system about 16m away from my antenna at the roof of my neighbour's barn, 2 systems about 300 m away, more than 30 additional systems in a circle of about 5 km with one system with solar cells completely covering 10,000 sqm (100,000 square feet). I could see and - unfortunately - hear the development within the last 12 months ... (the satellite picture in Google Maps doesn't show this yet for my qth). 73 Juergen, DL8LE --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Moore tnetcen...@... wrote: Please explain your comment! It's the first I've ever heard of PV systems being RF noisey - this could be a major problem with the push for green technologies! 73, Jeff -- KE7ACY CN94 - Original Message - From: Juergen Don't forget the photovoltaic systems which are becoming very popular now because of financial benefits (at least in Germany). Nice rural areas with a very low level of noise will be more and more very noisy. 73 Juergen, DL8LE --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, cq_k7ng cq_k7ng@ wrote: Obviously the Yanks aren't listening to BBC quite as much, but if it matters, my closest neighbors, about 1/4 mile (or 400m) away would make 30M unusable when their plasma TV was turned on. I have empirical data... My RF environmental noise is something to boast about until the plasma TV's come on. Dave K7NG --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Andy obrien k3ukandy@ wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Mike Terry miketerry73@ Date: Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 2:44 AM Subject: [dxld] Are plasma TVs killing radio? To: DXLD d...@yahoogroups.com The Register Posted in Wireless by By Bill Ray 12 August 2010 The Radio Society of Great Britain is asking anyone with a plasma TV to let it know if they've had trouble getting BBC Radio 4 lately. The Radio Society of Great Britain represents the radio ham community, though it sees itself as having a wider remit. When not organising competitions to see who has the biggest beard can transmit a 10MHz signal furthest, the RSGB tries to protect the interests of radio users of all kinds by tracking possible causes of interference, which prompts its latest appeal. Recently the interference effort has been focused on mains networking kit - people running Ethernet signals over in-home electrical wires - but the Society reckons that plasma TVs are another source of interference worthy of greater attention. Anecdotal stories abound of plasmas putting out interference below 30MHz, and even extending into the higher frequencies where commercial radio can be found, but the Society is trying to cast a wider net to see if it's a genuine problem. The plan is to make a presentation to CISPR (the International Special Committee on Radio Interference) in the next few weeks if enough complaints can be accumulated - so if you've got a plasma and you think it's plotting against your radio, drop the RSGB a line at plasma.tv@plasma.tv%40rsgb.org.uk http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/12/plasma_tv_interference/
[digitalradio] Re: SCS PTC-II and regular digital modes
I use SCS PTC IIs for years and I am very satisfied with their performance. I can confirm the excellent performance of Pactor even under very poor conditions but I don't remember when I have seen the last non-Winlink-transmissions ... Others might have different experience. I have never used the transceiver control facility of the PTC II. If you decide to try DXLab you can use use the following DXLab programs in combination with the PTC II: - Commander to control the transceiver - DXKeeper for logging (not explicitly needed but recommended) - WinWarbler for communication with the PTC II There are other programs which belong to DXLab as well but they are not needed for this specific purpose. For more details please go to http://www.dxlabsuite.com/ which provides all necessary information. To use the PTC II and not the soundcard for PSK and RTTY you have to select RTTY in WinWarbler (make sure that you have defined the PTC II as your RTTY modem in WinWarbler's configuration). You can enter all PTC II commands in WinWarbler's transmit window, i.e. switch between the different modes of the PTC II which includes PSK31, RTTY, CW, Pactor etc. As to my experience the RTTY performance of the PTC II is better than the decoding by MMTTY (included in WinWarbler and several other programs as RTTY engine). You cannot use the broad band decoding option of WinWarbler, however, because this would require the soundcard of your PC to be connected to your transceiver. 73 Juergen, DL8LE --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, g4ilo jul...@... wrote: I have been wondering about getting an SCS multimode controller, the PTC-II USB. Primarily I am interested in getting the best performance for HF APRS which is what my radio does most of the time while I am otherwise engaged. I have no interest in Winlink but am interested in trying Pactor-II which people have said can hold QSOs even under very difficult conditions. Is there much activity on the mode? I don't want to deny myself the opportunity to use PSK31 or RTTY but the SCS would plug into the rear audio connections of my transceiver and I don't want to have to grope around the back changing plugs just to use soundcard modes. I understand these controllers can do PSK and RTTY as well but I don't see how this works with the programs I am familiar with. I'm also unsure how the transceiver control works. I currently have a separate serial cable to my K3 for this. If any users of the SCS controllers could pass on their experiences to a prospective user I would be extremely grateful. Julian, G4ILO
[digitalradio] Re: QRM maker on 14.078 CF
I have just started trying to convince him to move. Please be patient for one or more days to allow a reaction. 73 Juergen, DL8LE --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, jon_g4fut jon_g4...@... wrote: He is wiping out the weak JT8 and JT65 signals. Is there no way to contact him? --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Steinar Aanesland saanes@ wrote: No, he is still on 14.078 sending his WX reports. la5vna Steinar On 24.06.2010 14:31, Warren Moxley wrote: was anyone successful in getting him to move to 14.100 and up? de Warren / K5WGM --- On Thu, 6/24/10, Sean Gilbert, International Editor - WRTH sean.gilbert@ wrote: From: Sean Gilbert, International Editor - WRTH sean.gilbert@ Subject: Re: [digitalradio] QRM maker on 14.078 CF To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 2:59 AM I also noticed this signal yesterday, very strong here in the UK. I have to admit this is the first time I have heard it but that may simply be because I have not been on 14076 at the times it has been active. Surely a station such as this should be further up the band, around 14100 where the rest of the mailboxes and the like seem to be (avoiding 14.100 though as some of us do actually use the beacons there!). That PSKMail station certainly ruined a few QSO's and made the top end of the JT65 activity centre quite useless (I am loathe to say 'sub band' or 'allocation' as that is simply not true - it is neither) . --          73 de Sean Gilbert G4UCJ - G4001SWL - SWLR-ZN018 Buckingham, Bucks. IO92MA Email: sean.gilbert@ Web: http://www.hfradio.org.uk TXR: IC756pro RX2: Racal RA1792 ANT 1: Wellbrook ALA1530 @ 3m agl ANT 2: 10.5m OCF dipole @ 10m agl 30MDG: #0464; #0463L; EPC: #008L; #015L; NDG# 0163 CDG: #150 DMC: #016SWL; #017SWL; #990; PODXS 070: #139
Re: [digitalradio] Re: ROS Soundcard select .. missing tx option for usb card
Click on close. That has stored the Options for me.
[digitalradio] Re: G59 assembly pictorial is now online
Looks very nice! Unfortunately my problem is that times are gone when I was able to assemble and handsolder those tiny components in the quality needed myself :-((( 73 Juergen, DL8LE --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, vk1aa n...@... wrote: Hi all Genesis G59 all-band SDR transceiver project is now online. See http://www.genesisradio.com.au/G59/ The first 11 chapters are: - Power supply - Microcontroller circuit - Local Oscillator Si570 - G59 USB connection - G59 Receiver assembly - G59 Input-Output HP-LP Filters - Band pass filters and control logic - CW monitor - Transmitter circuits - Microphone preamplifier - Si570 Quasi oven circuit GPA10 (10W PA) will be online in week or two, followed by 2m and 70cm transverters. The G59 basic board alone contains over 600 components and this kit project is suitable for advanced and experienced builders. Thanks for visiting. 73 Nick VK1AA
[digitalradio] Re: Automated Launching of Dxkeeper and Commander when Multipsk starts?
If you have DXKeeper installed then you probably have installed DXLab Launcher as well. If not then download the Launcher from one of DXLab's download sites, http://www.dxlabsuite.com/download.htm , and follow the instructions. - Once you have the Launcher installed run it and open its Config-Window. -Select the application files for Commander, DXKeeper etc. in the DXLab Applications pane. -Check the Enable-boxes for Commander and DXKeeper. - Select multipsk.exe in one line of the Other Applications pane and check the Enable box. - If you like to start all three applications whenever you start the Launcher check Auto Start in the Config-Window as well. Whenever you like to use all three programs start the Launcher and click on start in the Launcher window or - if you have chosen the Auto Start option- all programs will launch automatically. You should be aware, however, that the Launcher will terminate the DXLab applications when you click on terminate in the Launcher window but not Multipsk. Multipsk needs to be shut down manually. This configuration works very well at my second qth where I use more or less only weak signal modes like Olivia. 73 Juergen, DL8LE --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Tony d...@... wrote: All, Is there a way to automatically launch both Dxkeeper and Commander when Multipsk is starts? They work well together and it would be nice if they launched together. Just a thought. Tony -K2MO
[digitalradio] Re: New Digital Mode Web Site by WZ7I
Good summary about the properties of the different digi-modes. I really like it and have just forwarded the link to some other fellows (and I have just deleted the different files with the information Tony has published here before). However: I don't follow his conclusion about the mode to choose for rag chew qso's: Based on my experience with a quite poor setup at my second qth with 10 W and longwire sensitivity combined with robustness is much more important than speed if you would like to have some nice qso's at all. I was even able to have some nice DX qso's on 80 m in Olivia with no signal visible in the waterfall. 73 Juergen, DL8LE --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Tony d...@... wrote: All, Wes, WZ7I has a new digital mode website entitled Which digital mode should I be using for keyboard to keyboard. I'm sure he'd like to hear comments / suggestions from the group. See http://mysite.verizon.net/wz7i/digitalmodes.html Tony -K2MO
Re: [digitalradio] Nominations for 2009 Digitalradio Awards needed
My vote is for Patrick as well. 73 Juergen, DL8LE --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Glenn L. Roeser hillbillietr...@... wrote: Patrick has my vote, by far the most deserving. Very 73 to all Glenn (WB2LMV) From: Siegfried Jackstien siegfried.jackst...@... To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, December 10, 2009 11:13:55 AM Subject: AW: [digitalradio] Nominations for 2009 Digitalradio Awards needed  Yep ⦠me too â¦â¦ patrick for the award Dg9bfc Sigi   Von:digitalradio@ yahoogroups. com [mailto: digitalradio@ yahoogroups. com ] Im Auftrag von Phil Williams Gesendet: Sonntag, 6. Dezember 2009 22:52 An: digitalradio@ yahoogroups. com Betreff: Re: [digitalradio] Nominations for 2009 Digitalradio Awards needed   Here, here!  Patrick. On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Warren Moxley k5...@yahoo. com wrote:  Patrick is the greatest! I 2nd that nomination. --- On Sun, 12/6/09, Ian Wade G3NRW g3...@yahoo. co.uk wrote: From: Ian Wade G3NRW g3...@yahoo. co.uk Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Nominations for 2009 Digitalradio Awards needed To: digitalradio@ yahoogroups. com Date: Sunday, December 6, 2009, 11:02 AM  From: Andy obrien k3uka...@gmail. com Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 Time: 11:11:22 It is that time again, as we approach our 10th January in existence it is time to seek you nominations for the Annual Digitalradio Awards. [Snip] My vote goes to Patrick -- his innovations and responsiveness to user requests are a shining example of the true amateur spirit. -- 73 Ian, G3NRW  Â
[digitalradio] Olivia Frequencies and Modes Re: NEWBIE QUESTION FROM AC5JV
Hi Bonnie, some comments from my experience. I have tried your proposed frequencies for Olivia and they are ok, more or less, but: 10142.5 will have the DK0WCY beacon directly fall into the Olivia signal, therefore I prefer the 10141.5 which is given in your plan as well but not as a center of activity. I suggest to review this situation. 7042.5 is not very well accepted as Olivia center of activity. A much better choice is to go to 7035.5 or 7036.5 just above the PSK activities (see another reply from you as well). Don't forget the 3581 khz USB (+1500 hz), also just above the PSK activities on 80 m. I was very lucky last week to have a qso with VE1CDD on that frequency in Olivia 16/500 (around 0030 UTC or so, don't remember exactly) with only 10 W into a 32 m longwire. 73 Juergen, DL8LE --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, expeditionradio expeditionra...@... wrote: Hi George, http://hflink.com/olivia The most common flavor of Olivia is 500/16 and for DXing, you can find it on one of the following USB VFO Dial frequencies: 7042.5 USB 7072.5 USB 10142.5 USB 14075.65 USB 14074.65 USB 14077.65 USB 18102.65 USB When Olivia first began, the 1000/32 flavor was much more common, and it is still fairly active in europe and some other parts of the world on these USB VFO Dial Frequencies: 14105.5 kHz USB 14106.5 kHz USB For more complete information on Olivia Frequencies and modes please see the website: http://hflink.com/olivia 73 Bonnie VR2/KQ6XA AC5JV,GEORGE wrote: MY QUESTION IS WHAT MODE IS USED THE MOST ? LIKE 16/500 ? OR DO YOU CHANGE IT IT UP AND DOWN IN DIFFERENT BANDS?
[digitalradio] Re: The most used software?
In my 2009 Olivia qso's the majority of my partners were using DM780 (about 40%), Multipsk (about 30%), FLdigi and MixW more or less equally sharing the remaining 30%. It's interesting to see that you can predict more or less if somebody is using DM780 or FLdigi: FLdigi is interpreting some uncommon characters like the German Ä (A Umlaut) etc. in a very specific way, and DM780 has the problem that the first characters of a call at the beginning cannot be decoded. Sometimes I have the impression (and that means I cannot say that my observation is really correct) that MixW users show up with a slightly different signal in the waterfall. I don't know if this is not a secondary effect because MixW-users may set up their radio in a different way. Would be interesting if others could confirm this very subjective statement. 73 Juergen, DL8LE 73 Juergen, DL8LE --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Joe Veldhuis kd8...@... wrote: I use Fldigi for every mode it supports, and MultiPSK for everything else (except the experimental modes that are only available in a separate program). Most of the stations I work report that they are using either DM780, Fldigi or MultiPSK. Haven't seen very many MixW users lately, perhaps I'm working a different crowd than the rest... -Joe, N8FQ On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:33:01 - obrienaj aobri...@... wrote: I am wondering, based on you QSOs, what is the most sued multi mode software these days ? I know in the old days, Software is Digipan was the most common thing we would see , then later Zakanaka or MixW. What about nowadays, is it DM780, still MixW, FLdigi ? I know there have been polls and surveys in the past, I am just looking for your on-air observations of what OTHERS are using. Andy K3UK
[digitalradio] Re: ALE-400 Skeds Pse
I have been beaconing in ALE400 the last two days starting at 2100 UTC for 15 and for 30 minutes. No response so far even though there was still an acceptable propagation to North America when looking at the PSK stations qrv at that time of the day. I will be qrv again at a similar time from Monday to Wednesday next week. I had a very nice chat with DF1KBN in JO32 on 80 m (3587 USB)starting around 2145 UTC last night (I am in JN48BQ). It was interesting to see how well ALE400 worked down to 10 mW at his side despite of heavy local qrm I have on 80 m in the evenings. Hope to see somebody on 20 m next week as well. 73 Juergen, DL8LE --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Tony d...@... wrote: QRV ALE-400 - 14074.0 Tony - K2MO - Original Message - From: Tony d...@... To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:31 PM Subject: [digitalradio] ALE-400 Skeds Pse All, Anyone care to chat on ALE-400? I'll be on 20 meters this evening. Skeds welcome Tony -K2MO
Re: [digitalradio] How to check my PSK modulation?
On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:03:10 -, charmquark69 wrote: ALC set really low It's better to have no sign of ALC. If the Circuit must work, the Input is to High and the Audio could be dissorted. I use a Kenwood TS-480. My Setup of the RIG and the Audio is as follow: HF-Power Output is on Maximum (Don't shout, I don't use 100 Watt). Slowly adjust the HF-Output with the Audio Volume of your Soundcard. Watch the ALC-Meter. If there is a sign of working, Maximum Output is arrived. Cut down the Audio Volume a little bit and the Signal should be clean. With this Setup, i can use up to 90 Watt in PSK (i use 25 to 30 Watt). Never got complains and i have seen a screenshot of my Stream. High SWR: Yes, that could be a reason for bad Modulation. The Circuit cuts down the Output very harsh and than tries to TX with Full Power again. If the SWR is still high, it cuts down again and tries again. In SSB, the Modulation sounds than very dissorted. But could this be the only reason for bad mod? And again, is there a tool/piece of hardware/software I could use to check the cleanness (or otherwise) of the signal AFTER it's left the TRX? Or is it simply a case of having separate RX in the shack, tuned to my freq, connected to the PC, and inspect the waterfall/spectrum there? Look for PSK-Meter, thats Hardware. Or for a nearby OM for an ON AIR Test. 73 de Heinz-Juergen DO1YHJ
