[digitalradio] About the Becker TNCs.... I am confused
John Becker wrote: > Sorry Dan your about one mouse click to late. > I already gave it away to a good home. > > But my 2nd SCS TNC with pactor 3 is still up on the selling block. > No longer need it since I pulled all the stuff out of the pick up truck. > (see QRZ dot com profile photo) > > John, W0JAB > > > > > At 10:57 AM 9/4/2010, you wrote: > > >> If no one wants your PK-232, I would like to play with it. Would pay >> shipping. >> Dan WD5CND > idle curiosity but when you said PK232 (never was more than Pactor 1), I turned off my attention as I already have one. But now it seems to have mutated into a PACTOR 3??? TNC. how does that happen? has timewave brought out a PK232 with Pactor 3 and I have not heard about it? seems like you were talking about apples to begin with then swapped horses in mid race to something other than a Timewave TNC. please explain, I must confess to being old and addlebrained but somehow I had enough snap to get more confused than usual. thanks chas -- ch...@texas.net k5dam Houston, TX .
Re: [digitalradio] Re: Good USB sound card ?
g4ilo wrote: > I would be interested to know if Linux even supports these cheap USB sound > devices? I did run Linux in the shack for a while and unfortunately sold one > of the original RigExpert devices because it wasn't usable under Linux and at > the time I though I wouldn't revert back to Windows. But in the end I did as > apart from Fldigi most of the ham software on Linux is second rate compared > to that available for Windows and I got fed up at not being able to try some > newly announced thing that came only in a Windows version. > > Julian, G4ILO > that above is EXACTLY my complaint and major, pet peeve.. I would love to run my digital off my MacPro but none of the software for Winmor, MixW, Telnet has been ported to OS-X that I am aware of. result is, I am either sneaker netting files from the Mac to my doze laptop or sending it to my //MARS/ telnet account then copying the data into an EEI or whatever. sucks. BUT, I feel the same way about what I consider the best email program (Agent by Forte) and my favorite photo program (ACDSee). So, as long as those are in Doze, I have resigned myself to running second rate software on my Mac IF I can even find something comparable. thanks for the thread. If anyone finds a comparable Mac OS-X set of digital programs to replace the MixW, Telnet and Winmor, please post it to this list. to the point of a sound card, I like the SL/USB so much, I bought one for each of my transceivers. so, I can unplug one from the T-41 and plug in another, depending on my needs. Since I got my Pro3, I find it hard to go back to my 480HX except for QSY checking for propagation. 73 chas -- ch...@texas.net k5dam Houston, TX http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member14013.png --
Re: [digitalradio] Good USB sound card ?
graham787 wrote: > Looks like theRDX-150-EF has been dropped > > any ideas on a 'good' usb card for data use ?? > > Tnx - G. most of us are using the Signalink/USB by Tigertronics. works GREAT!! chas -- ch...@texas.net k5dam Houston, TX http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member14013.png --
Re: [digitalradio] Nomic vs. Signalink USB
Jeremy Cowgar wrote: > > > What the SignaLink has going for it over the Nomic (which is what I own) > is a built in sound card. Thus, you do not have to fuss with trying to > share a sound card w/your system. i.e. listen to the popular digital > frequencies and your bound to hear a windows "Ding" message now and > then. That's the least of the problem, however, the real problem is you > listen to your MP3 player on the computer, turn the volume up a bit then > go to use digital modes. Now you have to readjust your output, of which > you will forget now and then, everyone does, and you'll be over-driving > your transmitter producing horrible tones that causes interference for all. > > So... had I to do it again, I'd go the SignaLink. > > Maybe SignaLink owners can speak up, would any of you rather had a > Nomic? BTW... I solved the above problems by adding an additional sound > card to my system that is devoted to the ham radio. > > Also... one other thing to think about... I know you didn't mention RTTY > or CW, but you may want to look into an interface that provides the > ability to key your transmitter for CW and for FSK RTTY. You can do RTTY > w/o FSK by using AFSK but typically if you use FSK RTTY you benefit from > some functions your radio may provide (nice filters for one). > > Also... one more thing :-D ... for either, I'd see if it can connect to > your rear accessory port instead of interfacing through your mic port. > That may be a personal preference but I think it's just less hassles to > deal with in setup and every day operations. > > Jeremy > KB8LFA > don't ask me anything about Yaesu (hate red-orange screens) - it is all I can do to keep up with my Icoms and my KWs. I have a separate SL/USB on both my TS480 and my IC Pro3. both are hooked up thru the "rear" accy ports which allow me to talk as quickly as my message is sent. this is as automatic as it can get, and I can only suggest that you buy a share in MixW and use that program. I even bought a refurbed T-41 ThinkPad to run the doze programs on it as that was the fastest and simplest way to go. that way I keep the minimum software on the XP and I do all else on my MacPro. As a MARS station, I have to be able to receive and pass SoundCard, Pactor and Telnet as well as SSB nets, etc. So, this set up allows me to send Pactor while I am relaying or supporting NCS activities and traffic. Using MixW I can stop talking, press a button on the laptop, send or relay traffic via soundcard and immediately resume talking after sending the message. I can take messages received via MixW and paste them into WL2K and either send them via telnet or via Pactor using the same program. All of this is done with two radios, two SL/USBs, a laptop and two antennas. Additional of course are tuners and amplifiers, scanners and printers and necesary coax switches, SWR/wattmeters, power supplies, etc. fwiw 73 chas -- ch...@texas.net k5dam Houston, TX http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member14013.png --
Re: [digitalradio] Come Here Watson
Andrew O'Brien wrote: > Message ID: NDTTDN5FRWGW > Date: 2009/09/19 13:11 > From: KI4MTB > To: K3UK > Source: KI4MTB > Subject: //WL2K Test > > Test from KI4MTB > http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr002.html Alexander Graham Bell's notebook entry of March 10, 1876, describes the first successful experiment with the telephone, during which he spoke through the instrument to his assistant, Thomas A. Watson, in the next room. Bell writes, "I then shouted into M [the mouthpiece] the following sentence: 'Mr. Watson--come here--I want to see you.' To my delight he came and declared that he had heard and understood what I said." -- ch...@texas.net k5dam Houston, TX --
Re: [digitalradio] Come Here Watson
actually, I THINK that the expression used by TEdison was "Watson, I want you". or has my CRS kicked in again? 73 -- ch...@texas.net k5dam Houston, TX Andrew O'Brien wrote: > Message ID: NDTTDN5FRWGW > Date: 2009/09/19 13:11 > From: KI4MTB > To: K3UK > Source: KI4MTB > Subject: //WL2K Test > > Test from KI4MTB >
Re: [digitalradio] Re: New version of Mixw
Rick W wrote: > What is the attraction of MixW now that we have so many other multimode > digital programs that are freely available with one program even open > source and cross platform? > > 73, > > Rick, KV9U Rick, nearly all members of Texas Army MARS and Region 6, are using MixW. idly curious, what else is out there that can even almost compete with Nick's software?? look and feel is not a consideration but what else has all the features of or even is better than, MixW? special interest in an OS-X ported version?? thanks chas, k5dam
[digitalradio] Hook up TNC and Soundcard to same radio?
Given: TS-480HX Signalink USB Timewave PK232 USB, etc Thinkpad T-41 Doze XP Pro how do I hook this up so that I can run Olivia/MT63 or whatever at the same time this thing is trying to go Peer to Peer and is being driven freqency wise by Automatic freq control software? I suppose that the AFC will have to be disconnected or disabled and Pactor will be set to run on the ... I just don't see how you can run Pactor on the same radio as soundcard and at the same time. it is also obvious that this setup is not going to allow HF SSB as long as this stuff is turned on, nicht? so, a deployed station is going to have to have as many as three radios and as many antennas.??? thanks chas -- ch...@texas.net k5dam Houston, TX Orwell -- "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." ---
[digitalradio] TS480 + SL/USB + PK232 for Pactor + doze laptop
How does one hook up a PK232 to the laptop by USB and to the txcvr without disconnecting the Soundcard interface (SL/USB)? And, what software is used for Pactor I ? I am using MixW for all other modes. I just cannot get the assembly relationship of these 4 items in my mind without disconnecting the Signalink. I think that it is going to require a Y cable into the data mini din on the txcvr. That would allow sharing that port. I have the serial port occupied now with a Y for the radio's remote port with the other cable going into the Ameritron ARI-500 which allows auto bandswitching for the ALS-600 amp and the MFJ 998 auto tuner. Needless to say, all of the ports on the TS480 are getting used up pretty quickly. The PK232 is a completely updated TNC with low power, sound card, USB, etc, etc. It is equivalent to the new PK232/PSK. http://www.timewave.com/support/PK-232/PK232PSK.html I just wish that the Signalink and MixW would handle Pactor-I sending as well as full receiving. Instead, the MixW does a half hearted receive of Pactor I only isfai have figured it out. sigh... HELP??? thanks chas k5dam
Re: [digitalradio] Mac OS X / MT-63
Stelios Bounanos wrote: > >> wow! so, what is the Mac OS-X version called ??? >> STILL looking for MT-63 for the Mac. > > Thanks to a kind ham who gave us remote access to his OS X machine, we > have been able to get fldigi 2.10 to build and run on the Mac. This > version also supports MT-63. > > Unfortunately, we do not have OS X binaries. But if you are able to > install packages for the FLTK, PortAudio and samplerate libraries, it > should be easy to compile fldigi yourself. There are instructions in > the INSTALL file inside the source tarball, which can be found here: > > http://www.w1hkj.com/Fldigi.html > > It should be far easier to add OS X support to flarq, if there is demand > for this... > > >> chas >> K5DAM > > 73, > Stelios, M0GLD > > I hope that you are able to get a turnkey build for the OS-X created. there are a LOT of Mac Hams out there judging by the two or three elists for same. I am sure that most of them would love to get rid of there klutz together setups so as to allow running MixW on a Virtual folder for Windows whatever. OR having to go find an affordable Windows laptop which is new enough as to have USB 2.0, large ram, and moderately fast cpu so as to install MixW. However, I personally do not even understand your instructions as I would have to spend a couple of weeks loooking up the jargon or slang you used to tell me how to do this. Anyway, just wanted to assure you, if you ever get a Leopard version together, to let the MacHam elists know about it. thanks 73 de chas k5dam
Re: [digitalradio] April QST page 35
wow! so, what is the Mac OS-X version called ??? STILL looking for MT-63 for the Mac. chas K5DAM Walt DuBose wrote: > ECM is the Linux, FlDigi/FLARQ/Syspeed suite. > > Walt/K5YFW > > Jeff Moore wrote: >> Walt, >> >> What's ECM ??? >> >> Jeff Moore -- KE7ACY >> Deschutes County ARES >> Bend, Oregon >> CN94ic >>
Re: [digitalradio] RigExpert and ACLog...
You could ask Scott, N3FJP if nothing else works. He has a reflector. Charles, K0CW mixw216 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Anyone...Anyone...I'm reposting this just in case someone missed it. Getting desprate. Don't laugh but I'm running windows 98, MixW RigExpert USB, and trying to run ACLog and have it control a Icom725. WHEW. MixW runs well both mode and cat control. What is the secret for ACLog's setup using the RigExpert USB seperately? Exhausted! Thanks for any help. John Q. (KB6DLN)
Re: [digitalradio] US Hams Codeless Feb 23
Danny, N7DC You just told my story! Exactly the way many of us became Hams in the late 40's and 50's when written examinations before an FCC examiner were the rule and code was an accepted challenge. Tnx & 73, Charles, K0CW
Re: [digitalradio] Movement toward open digital software?
But wasn't the "greatest need" also brought about by the licensing of IBM cloned computers built to run DOS and Windows? Charles, K0CW John Champa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well stated, John! John - K8OCL Original Message Follows From: "John Bradley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com To: Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Movement toward open digital software? Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:13:52 -0600 I First of all , I'm a dyed-in-the-wool windows user, and make no excuses for that. There are interesting parallels between linnux and windows users, and different users of ham radio.. On one hand you find those who are interested in operating, in communicating and making new contacts around the globe. These are also the folks who jump into ARES and SAR teams to provide support, function is the main interest of this type of operator, rather than the form.. success is the ability to communicate under adverse conditions, rather than the "how" of how it got there. Windows appeals to these folks since it is a relatively simple thing to use, and it works across a broad spectrum of programs. The other side of the equation are those who are very interested in the "how" and not so much in the "why". These are folks who are concerned about the throughput, not the content. They can happily bury themselves in the technical knowledge and patience required to use linux, write endless lines of code and otherwise do all those things that would drive me as an operator crazy. Fortunately there is room for, and a need for both in the digital world., those to write the code and those of us who enjoy using new code and running it to it's limits. Microsoft became popular because it was the simplest tool around to get the job done. Not the most elegant, maybe not the most efficient, but it got the job done. And it was something that could be used with little or no technical training.The ease of operation led to microsoft's dominance in the marketplace with word, powerpoint, outlook and the like. Nothing else written in the early days could beat the ease with which these programs functioned. Microsoft did their market analysis very well and concentrated on software perceived as the greatest need, not obscure specialty graphics software that Apple got into, and built a reputation on. Just plain vanilla word and number crunching. IMHO, this KISS (Keep it simple,stupid) principle that microsoft adhered to would be something for linnux to examine, in order to survive beyond cult status my 2 cents John VE5MU -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.9/623 - Release Date: 1/11/2007 3:33 PM
Re: [digitalradio] RTTY Contest on 17M
If I am not mistaken I believe I read long ago that ARRL came out against use of WARC bands for ARRL sponsored contests. Charles, K0CW Robert Chudek - KØRC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Huh? I don't hear anyone on 18.105 MHz. But 20 and 15 meters are loaded with signals! 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN - Original Message - From: Roger J. Buffington To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 9:51 AM Subject: [digitalradio] RTTY Contest on 17M There is heavy RTTY contesting on 17M; specifically around 18.105Mhz. I had understood, perhaps incorrectly, that contesting was excluded from the WARC bands. No? de Roger W6VZV -
Re: [digitalradio] Best 40KHz for PSK & SSB QRP on 40 & 80M?
CW is permitted 7000-7300. Charles, K0CW kd4e <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew O'Brien wrote: > Can USA ops actually use 7035 ? I worked an African there the other > night via Feld Hell but then wondered if I was not supposed to be down > there with data modes? USA 7000 - 7125 is OK for Data 7025 - 7125 is Data & CW CW is not permitted in 7000 - 7025 -- Thanks! & 73, doc, KD4E Have a joy-filled New Year! ~~ Projects: http://ham-macguyver.bibleseven.com Personal: http://bibleseven.com ~~
Re: [digitalradio] Best 40KHz for PSK & SSB QRP on 40 & 80M?
Yes. Go to ARRL's web site and download a frequency usage chart, http://www.arrl.org. Charles, K0CW Andrew O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can USA ops actually use 7035 ? I worked an African there the other night via Feld Hell but then wondered if I was not supposed to be down there with data modes? Andy K3K On 1/2/07, Brett Owen Rees VK2TMG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have found most activity between 7035 and 7075 - this includes the recommended calling frequencies as used by this group for both region 1 and region 3. That would be the 40 KHz slice that I would choose. 73 de Brett VK2TMG -- Andy K3UK Skype Me : callto://andyobrien73 www.obriensweb.com
Re: [digitalradio] New to PSK31 - advice please ??
Two things I did when I started out with BPSK31: I purchased a Donner interface (Web address is http://donnerstore.com,) and I purchased a PSKMETER (Web address http://www.ssiserver.com/info/pskmeter). Also when tuning up and adjusting your sound card use a dummy load and you should not have to run more than 40 watts, usually less. Donner makes interfaces for a number of popular rigs. I mention Donner's only because it's probably the simplest to hook up but their are many good interfaces on the market some that do quite a bit more. So you need to do some research. Enjoy. Charles, K0CW adrianrav4 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All Having just moved house (& country!), and set up the HF radio gear for the first time in quite a few years - I'm having a dabble with PSK31. I suspect that I'm having problems with poor isolation between the radio and the PC - at the moment the 'quickly knocked-up' interface is 'direct' - no opto or transformer isolation. I can read the PSK31 quite nicely (using DigiPan) - and load up the TX on low power (10W) - but higher TX power seems to generate odd squeaks and general instability ...also - I have yet to get a reply from any other station on PSK - which makes me wonder if my signal's getting distorted past the point of readability ? Does anybody have a source for 1:1 audio isolation transformers ? I can't seem to find them from the usual suspects (ebay, CPC...?) - would need to be an organisation that ships to Ireland. Many thanks in advance Adrian - EI5JV
Re: [digitalradio] How much power do you run?
In my opinion the Argonaut would not be adequate. You can run up to 40 watts without adding a blower with the Jupiter so you have greater flexibility of operating RF powers. I have run mine on PSK31 continually up to 40 watts with no problem. Ten-Tec provides a quiet fan that installs to the heat sink on both the Jupiter and Orion should you chose to run 100 watts AFSK which I use with my Orion. The fan they provide as an accessory for the Argonaut is noisy but it's required for full power output of 20 watts, otherwise you can run only 10 watts or so. I would purchase the Jupiter with the antenna tuner installed. Argonaut doesn't have a built in antenna tunner. Argonaut, Jupiter and Orion come with an accessory cable for convenient digital mode hook up. You would still need an interface. I use a Donner interface made especially for Ten-Tec rigs but have also used RigBlaster Plus. See their respective web sites for more information. Charles, K0CW Johnne Ables <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As I mentioned in a previous post (For which I was adequately chastised off-group) I am interested in utilizing the new digital modes. I am interested in a new TenTec rig. Is the 20 watt Argonaut 516 adequate or would the Jupiter be a better choice? The Orion is not in my 'blue-collar budget'. Anyone with TenTec digital experience around? Thanks! 73 DE W1YB Johnne [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/ELTolB/TM ~-> Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> 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/
