[digitalradio] ANNUAL ARMED FORCES DAY CROSSBAND MILITARY/AMATEUR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS TEST (10

2008-05-09 Thread Andrew O'Brien
ANNUAL ARMED FORCES DAY CROSSBAND MILITARY/AMATEUR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS TEST (10 MAY 2008) The Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard are co-sponsoring the annual military/amateur radio communications tests in celebration of the 58th Anniversary of Armed Forces Day (AFD). Although th

[digitalradio] Re: Freq Lists

2008-05-09 Thread Andrew O'Brien
-Way to go Walt ! There is this old post : Someone was asking about the commercial rtty traffic on 30 meters. I just decoded some of it using 450hz shift and 50 baud set-up with MixW. See text below. The stations transmit Maritime weather reports etc. 73, Tony KT2Q CQ CQ CQ DE DDK2 DDH7

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

2008-05-09 Thread Jose A. Amador
Thank you, Rick. A friend and coworker told me that he achieved to make work his Nvidia card with Mandriva. I have not been able so far, using Mandriva Spring 2007. Mine is GeForce FX5200. I downloaded the driver pack, more than 100 MB. I have not been able to see where is the failure. Also, m

Re: [digitalradio] Allocation of 10.1 to 10.9 MHZ for Amateur radio

2008-05-09 Thread Jose A. Amador
Andy, I agree in part. First, I would leave 10.000 - 10.010 clear for WWV, WWVH, BPM and whoever else does standard emissions on 10. MHz. I would better not jeopardize that frequency plus a guard band. I believe 10 kHz is fair enough. I am not sure if that segment is protected partially o

[digitalradio] Freq Lists

2008-05-09 Thread Walter Treftz
Just getting started with this mess. Gonna first try rcving RTTY (a mode I've used since 1950's in military) then ease into xmt and then into the more sophisicated modes. Question is: Is there any source of stations/freqs/etc of commercial stations that I can practice on? 73 Walt (N4GL)

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

2008-05-09 Thread Rick
The understanding that I have is that Open Solaris is Sun's open version of Solaris and I think it may be equivalent. It is a Unix System V variant of Release 4 and no other System V code is available as open software. It is very significant that Ian Murdoch is now a major player at Sun. For th

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

2008-05-09 Thread Russell Hltn
The Keyspan unit is a bit pricey at $40 list, but it's rated to be very compatible. It does have drivers for Vista but only lists 32-bit. It might be worth asking them about 64 bit compatibility. It does advertise compatibility with Mac and Linux http://www.keyspan.com/products/usa19hs/ On F

Re: [digitalradio] Any good, free programs for a PK-232?

2008-05-09 Thread Jose A. Amador
Thank you, Mark. That one may work too...but hardly is my favorite. Nevertheless, it is already there. 73, Jose, CO2JA Mark - N8MNI wrote: > Windows Hyperterm > > > Mark Crosbie > N8MNI > London, Ohio USA > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [digitalradio] Any good, free programs for a PK-232?

2008-05-09 Thread Jose A. Amador
I guess that RTTY, AMTOR, etc. That's up to my friend, I will pass this to him. 73 & thanks, Jose, CO2JA --- Dave AA6YQ wrote: > That depends on what you’re interested in doing with your PK-232. > WinWarbler supports your PK-232’s CW and RTTY modes. You can run RTTY > with the MMTTY soundc

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

2008-05-09 Thread Jose A. Amador
Is that Linux or plain old Solaris? Does Wine work with it? 73, Jose, CO2JA --- Rick wrote: > Incidentally, I burned an ISO from the new OpenSolaris Live and that > seemed much better than Linux variants in terms of image quality. Even > could handle my high end HP tower with Nvidia chipset

[digitalradio] Allocation of 10.1 to 10.9 MHZ for Amateur radio

2008-05-09 Thread Andrew O'Brien
A long shot , since it would require IARU approval , but how about working toward use of 30M for exclusive amateur radio use? The recent studies of this band suggest that it is unique in propagation characteristics that make it an effective band for communication regardless of many seasonal prop

[digitalradio] KN4LF Daily LF/MF/HF/6M Frequency Radiowave Propagation Forecast #2008-18

2008-05-09 Thread Thomas Giella KN4LF
The KN4LF Daily LF/MF/HF/6M Frequency Radiowave Propagation Forecast #2008-18 has been published on Friday 05/09/2008 at 1600 UTC, valid UTC Saturday 05/10/2008 through 2359 UTC Friday 05/16/2008 at http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf6.htm . 73 & God Bless, Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF Lakeland, FL,

RE: [digitalradio] Any good, free programs for a PK-232?

2008-05-09 Thread Dave AA6YQ
That depends on what you're interested in doing with your PK-232. WinWarbler supports your PK-232's CW and RTTY modes. You can run RTTY with the MMTTY soundcard engine and your PK-232 simultaneously, providing either diversity decoding or the ability to decode a RTTY DX station and its pileup simul

[digitalradio] SCS PTCII-PRO for sale

2008-05-09 Thread rob_eke
Hi, I have a as good as new PTC for sale. Including (DIN) cabels for Kenwood, Icom, Yaesu. Still all 20 tryout connects for Pactor III still available. Regards, Rob

Re: [digitalradio] Any good, free programs for a PK-232?

2008-05-09 Thread Mark - N8MNI
Windows Hyperterm Mark Crosbie N8MNI London, Ohio USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Jose A. Amador To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 10:21 Subject: [digitalradio] Any good, free programs for a PK-232? A friend of mine (CO2DC) go

[digitalradio] Any good, free programs for a PK-232?

2008-05-09 Thread Jose A. Amador
A friend of mine (CO2DC) got a bare, used DSP-2232 and was asking for free programs to run it. I have never owned a PK-232. Could anyone on the list suggest something to pass to my friend ? 73, Jose, CO2JA

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

2008-05-09 Thread rojomn
Gil, W0MN http://webpages.charter.net/gbaron N 44.082147 W 92.513085 1050' Hierro Candente, Batir de repente > -Original Message- > From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 8:45 AM > To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com

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

2008-05-09 Thread Rick
Hi Peter, The Prolific company seems to make a very large number of these adapters that are then branded with different companies names. The old (large and expensive) Radio Shack USB adapter (about $40 here in the U.S.) was from this company. I am sure these products are available world wide.

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

2008-05-09 Thread kh6ty
Peter, A good, but expensive, solution is to get the SignaLink USB interface, which has digital VOX built in. This how I solved the same problem You can also get a C-media "USB Sound Adapter" and modify it to bring out a PTT line, which is a less expensive approach ( http://www.usbradio.org/us

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

2008-05-09 Thread Peter Frenning [OZ1PIF]
My new LapTop (Zepto 6625WD), like most new ones, has no RS232 port, so, in order to PTT my radio (FT-847 - no VOX!), I need an USB to RS232 adapter. The one I have (Belkin F5U103V) has no Vista 64bit support (no drivers available and none planned that I know of). Anybody in similar jam with a

[digitalradio] ALE activity

2008-05-09 Thread Andrew O'Brien
-Sholto, AMD seems to be the most used when I am active but often ham's will played around and sometimes used both during a "connect", just to test conditions. Some recent activity... , mostly soundings... NJ7C: [03:43:20][ 14.1MHz] DE [K7EK] BER 30 SN 13 NJ7C: [03:43:27][ 14.1MHz] D

[digitalradio] 42nd ALESSANDRO VOLTA RTTY DX CONTEST

2008-05-09 Thread Andrew O'Brien
42nd ALESSANDRO VOLTA RTTY DX CONTEST www.contestvolta.it The SSB and RTTY club of COMO and the A.R.I. (Associazione Radioamatori Italiani) are pleased to announce the details of the 42nd "Alessandro VOLTA RTTY DX CONTEST". This contest is organized to increase interest in RTTY mode as used by ra

[digitalradio] RTTY DX to chase

2008-05-09 Thread Andrew O'Brien
Not rare DX but... SAN MARINO, T7. Matteo, T77NM has been active using RTTY on 40 meters around 2300z. QSL to home call. CORSICA, TK. TK7C has been active using RTTY 40 meters around 2350z. QSL via F9IE. ASCENSION ISLAND, ZD8. Steve, G3ZVW is QRV as ZD8N and has been active using RTTY o

Re: [digitalradio] what is this HF sound please?

2008-05-09 Thread Simon Brown
No idea - but how did you make that recording? Simon Brown, HB9DRV -- From: "Tooner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://evokefrank.googlepages.com/oddsound_1.824.0_1000UTC.wmv

Re: [digitalradio] 300 baud limit open to change Re: FCC Denies "Digital Stone Age Petition"

2008-05-09 Thread Simon Brown
There's also some 'I live outside the US but still feel your pain'. I'm with you in spirit(s). Simon Brown, HB9DRV -- From: "johnhutchinsusa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > There is a lot of > > "I only care what you think if you agree with me!" > > on this