Re: [digitalradio] Re: knock it off RANT

2006-01-29 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Thank You Brad for you usual clear headed analysis of the US situation. It is indeeda very sad statement about some US hams that they do not trust others to abide by a Gentlemen's agreement and that they believe that very parochial attitudes must apply to the rest of the world who share

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Digital TV (off topic)

2006-01-29 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Haveseveral wide screen HD TV's... Spent $5,500 for a 51" plasma about 2 years ago.. which I bought online at what was then a good price... By comparison, the latest one was just spent $949 for a 32" LCD at Costco which currently sits over my radio station desk and looks really cool

Re: [digitalradio] Re: 5600 baud circuit in 2400hz

2006-01-29 Thread Michael Keane K1MK
At 10:32 PM 1/28/06, you wrote: Respectfully, you are talking about compressing the content. That won't help with cramming a 5600 baud circuit into a 2400hz bandwidth. It might help send more content faster - making a slower circuit look like a 5600 baud circuit, but it won't help put a 5600 baud

[digitalradio] Re: Digital voice on HF

2006-01-29 Thread jgorman01
What kind of RF bandwidth would the 3 Kbs require? Jim WA0LYK --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Arthur J. Lekstutis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are voice encoding schemes that require much less. I've experimented with this codec (for example), and found it quite good even at 3k bits

Re: [digitalradio] Re: 5600 baud circuit in 2400hz

2006-01-29 Thread Tim Gorman
No, the claim I am investigating is concerning a statement that there is a need in amateur radio for a new mode with a symbol rate of 5600baud and a bandwidth of 2400hz. I'm very interested in how such a feat can be accomplished. I'm with you. My first thought is that such a thing would be

Re: [digitalradio] Re: knock it off RANT

2006-01-29 Thread Tim Gorman
from the RSGB, Improving Bandplan Compliance, paper number 138 -An increasing proportion of the Amateur Radio community is using non-CW modes and deploying beacons within the CW communication sub-bands. -national societies

Re: [digitalradio] Re: 5600 baud circuit in 2400hz

2006-01-29 Thread Jose Amador
Yes, 16QAM or 8PSK, if possible. QPSK with its sidebands would be broader than 2400 Hz. Jose, CO2JA --- Tim Gorman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Respectfully, you are talking about compressing the content. That won't help with cramming a 5600 baud circuit into a 2400hz bandwidth. It might

[digitalradio] Re: K3UK Telnet Address

2006-01-29 Thread obrienaj
Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org is the address you enter. Andy K3UK -- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Thomas Giella KN4LF [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know the exact address to type into the telnet window in MixW to access the K3UK Digital Telnet? I guess the port is 4?! Also my WWV

[digitalradio] Best program?

2006-01-29 Thread zl1gbb
Greetings All I have just got my PSK31 operational. Now I am looking around for RTTY and FSK software. So which is best? cheers Graeme zl1gbb Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector :

Re: [digitalradio] Re: K3UK Telnet Address

2006-01-29 Thread Kevin der Kinderen
Andy: More often than not, I do not connect to your cluster. In fact, very rarely have I actually made it in. Human nature leads me to suspect it can't be my fault but that generally is not the case. Maybe you can give me a pointer. I put Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org into my browser (either IE

Re: [digitalradio] Best program?

2006-01-29 Thread Kevin der Kinderen
Howdy Graeme: For all-around digital ops, I like MixW. It has a ton of modes to play with and has a pretty nice interface. I believe MultiPSK also has a bunch of modes and is free. I prefer MixW because the user interface is a bit easier to navigate. 73, Kev - K4VD On 1/29/06, zl1gbb [EMAIL

[digitalradio] Re: 5600 baud circuit in 2400hz

2006-01-29 Thread Dave Bernstein
If Nyquist is the governing limit, how do computer modem designers get 56 kbps through a 3 khz telphone line? That's a C/B of more than 18. 73, Dave, AA6YQ --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Tim Gorman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, the claim I am investigating is concerning a

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Digital TV (off topic)

2006-01-29 Thread RussellHltn
Sorry if this seem obvious, but it needs to be asked:what video is the store feeding their sets? A standard DVD player? (yes, some stores are that lame.) You'll never see the difference that way. An HD set has to have a HD signal to show you what it can do. Since a DTV can't display a

Re: [digitalradio] Re: 5600 baud circuit in 2400hz

2006-01-29 Thread Tim Gorman
Most telephone circuits have a bandwidth of about 2400hz which will support a symbol rate of 2400baud. They just use a modulation scheme that allows multiple bits per baud to be be sent, eg 32QAM or higher. They can't shove more than 2400 symbol changes per second down a pipe of 2400hz

[digitalradio] Re: 5600 baud circuit in 2400hz

2006-01-29 Thread Dave Bernstein
I suspect they mean 5600 bits per second. 73, Dave, AA6YQ --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Tim Gorman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Most telephone circuits have a bandwidth of about 2400hz which will support a symbol rate of 2400baud. They just use a modulation scheme that

Re: [digitalradio] Re: 5600 baud circuit in 2400hz

2006-01-29 Thread Leigh L Klotz, Jr.
This is a commonly confused area. And you asked the right question. Nyquist is not the governing limit. The Nyquist limit applies to symbols/sec, not bits/sec. A symbol can carry more than one bit. (Interestingly, one of the first such applications was early wire telegraphy systems that

Re: [digitalradio] Re: 5600 baud circuit in 2400hz

2006-01-29 Thread kd4e
As a non-engineer I am struggling to keep up here. ;-\ ... it is the Shannon limit, which is s/n based, that governs bits, and the Nyquist limit that governs symbols (baud). Can you explain why the symbol (symbol rate) construct allows more efficient communications than a bit? I

Re: [digitalradio] Best program?

2006-01-29 Thread Danny Douglas
Put in a software that handles all three, for instance the DXLab suite of software contains WinWarbler that will handle all that, plus do CW and Voice keying. Great number of users who are very helpful in getting newbies, and some of us oldies straightened out in how to use it. The author is

[digitalradio] 160 Meter Digital Ops Tonight

2006-01-29 Thread Thomas Giella KN4LF
My operating schedule: Monday January 30, 2006 -0030 UTC 1807.500 PSK31 0030-0100 UTC 1807.500 OLIVIA 500/8 0100-0130 UTC 1837.500 PSK31 0130-0200 UTC 1837.500 OLIVIA 500/16 0200-0230 UTC 1807.500 PSK31 0230-0300 UTC 1807.500 OLIVIA 500/8 0300-0330 UTC 1837.500 PSK31 0330-0400 UTC

[digitalradio] Need G-tor / Pactor test pse

2006-01-29 Thread KT2Q
All: I use an old Kam Plus and N1MM software for contest RTTY, and would like to use it for the rare Pactor or G-tor QSO. Finished setting up the macros and would like to run a test to see if all is working correctly in TOR mode. Is there anyone out there with Pactor or G-tor capability who

Re: [digitalradio] Re: knock it off RANT

2006-01-29 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
 You quote the RSGB statement of the fact that: "-The IARU Region 1 HF Bandplan has served the amateur community very well for many years," Need I say any more... What few minor non compliance issues that exist are being addressed by the Ham community themselves and not bythe slow and

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Digital voice on HF

2006-01-29 Thread Arthur J. Lekstutis
That depends entirely on the modulation method. At 8 bits per symbol, that could be as low as 375hz. Eight bits per symbol is very sensitive to noise though, and probably isn't interesting to this group. PSK31 sends one bit per Hz bandwidth and is much more robust on HF, and is probably a

Re: [digitalradio] Best program?

2006-01-29 Thread KV9U
If you use Multipsk along with DXLab, it can act as the CAT control for MultiPSK and much more depending upon which modules you select. Then you will have most all sound card modes available to you. I have been very surprised how well it works. It does require a pretty good computer. 73,

Re: [digitalradio] Re: K3UK Telnet Address

2006-01-29 Thread W4LDE-Ron
Its 22:55 and I can not connect to the cluster Andy, Problems here or there? Ron W4LDE obrienaj wrote: Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org is the address you enter. Andy K3UK -- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Thomas Giella KN4LF [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know the exact address to

Re: [digitalradio] Re: 5600 baud circuit in 2400hz

2006-01-29 Thread KV9U
A more complete context of the proposal would include the following: - - - - - 10. The real catalyst for change, however, is the need to permit higher speed data in the Amateur bands from 1.8 MHz to 450 MHz, above which there are no limits except to contain the transmitted signal within the

[digitalradio] Re: Best program?

2006-01-29 Thread Dave Bernstein
DXLab applications are more sensitive to operating system than processor performance. Members of the Windows 9X family will limit the number of applications that can be simultaneously run. This family suffers from an architectural kernel defect that forces all applications to share a fixed

Re: [digitalradio] Re: 5600 baud circuit in 2400hz

2006-01-29 Thread Tim Gorman
Again, this is a way to get 5600 bits per second into a 2400hz bandwidth by sending 2.4 bits per symbol. It won't help get 5600 symbols per second into a 2400 hz bandwidth. tim ab0wr On Sunday 29 January 2006 09:00, Jose Amador wrote: Yes, 16QAM or 8PSK, if possible. QPSK with its

Re: [digitalradio] 160 Meter Digital Ops Tonight

2006-01-29 Thread kd4e
Just got my Yaesu FT-890 hooked up but don't yet have the computer connected. Am I hearing you right now? Ooops! Somehting real strong just popped up on freq, also digital. Thomas Giella KN4LF wrote: My operating schedule: Monday January 30, 2006 -0030 UTC 1807.500 PSK31 0030-0100

Re: [digitalradio] Re: 5600 baud circuit in 2400hz

2006-01-29 Thread Tim Gorman
This was my opinion also. In order to get 5600baud, even in a 6khz bandwidth, significant power levels will be needed to reach a signal to noise ratio sufficient to allow the baud rate to be realized. Even a 5600bps rate in a 2400hz ratio is going to require a HUGE signal to noise ratio be

[digitalradio] DonioEX

2006-01-29 Thread n0ziz
Which sideband is used for Dominoex? Dan N0ZIZ 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!

[digitalradio] ARRL proposal removes baud rate limitations on HF

2006-01-29 Thread Tim Gorman
Is anyone else on here concerned that the ARRL bandwidth regulation proposal removes all baud rate limitations on signals in the HF bands and 2 meters? The only limitation will be the bandwidth limitation that will cap the baud rate. Removal of 97.307(f) limitations means we will see 3500

Re: [digitalradio] ARRL proposal removes baud rate limitations on HF

2006-01-29 Thread Danny Douglas
YES - IT IS A PROBLEM - Original Message - From: Tim Gorman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 11:41 PM Subject: [digitalradio] ARRL proposal removes baud rate limitations on HF Is anyone else on here concerned that the ARRL bandwidth