Re: [digitalradio] Re: Field Day and PSK31

2006-06-28 Thread John Bradley
Emergency voice communications has it's place, especially UHF and VHF short haul, in support of the responding agencies. We, for example , often support Search and Rescue teams in the field, using VHF and often GMRS., and often the served agencies system as well. We are not limited to ham bands

[digitalradio] PSk as Emergency Comms

2006-06-25 Thread John Bradley
Voice for emergency comms is even less effective as CW for emergency comms, and fails under a lot less rigorous conditions. PSK, and the other digital modes can provide comms in conditions where voice cannot work, and at a much higher speed. PLUS, at the end, you end up with a printed message r

[digitalradio] Help!!

2006-06-23 Thread John Bradley
where is our moderator when we need him? I thought there was a separate group for all those amateur lawyers who rant about pactor and argue about how many bytes one has to take to transmit a pizza on moonbounce or whatever. enough already, how would you like to take all your silly assed argumen

Re: [digitalradio] Bandplans.com Re: Suggested Digital Op Frequencies

2006-06-21 Thread John Bradley
I agree with Risto iin that bandplans.com are based on input, and not someone's favorite rant. In terms of missing entries, I'd llike to point out the following : 3725 -3750 Canada Provincial and Regional SSB nets, and emergency nets as required. 7055mhz40M Canada calling frequency, and na

Re: [digitalradio] Re: PAX2 Beacon/responder 20m QRV OH3NNZ

2006-06-09 Thread John Bradley
Beacon/responder 20m QRV OH3NNZ --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, John Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED].> wrote:>> pse try again, sorry I missed u, Tommi and Asmo...am veryinterested in PAX2 and haven't worked Europe yet..> > John> VE5MUPAX2 will be

Re: [digitalradio] PAX2 Beacon/responder 20m QRV OH3NNZ

2006-06-08 Thread John Bradley
pse try again, sorry I missed u, Tommi and Asmo...am very interested in PAX2 and haven't worked Europe yet..   John VE5MU     - Original Message - From: holopainen_tommi To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 11:28 AM Subject: [di

[digitalradio] Pax 2

2006-05-29 Thread John Bradley
beaconing 14075 USB starting at 2330Z  every 5 minutes. reports here or try connecting since the responder is on   using the latest version of MultiPSK   VE5MU   John, Regina Saskatchewan Canada Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to  Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest:

Re: [digitalradio] PAX2

2006-05-28 Thread John Bradley
sorry I missed u, try again ? - Original Message - From: n4vsd To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 7:05 PM Subject: [digitalradio] PAX2 PAX2 Monitoring and/or beaconing on 14,112 1000hz unitl 0300 utcKen N4VSD No virus fou

[digitalradio] 6M Olivia?

2006-05-19 Thread John Bradley
last couple of nights 6m has been open from the upper midwest to the eastern US. anyone up for a 6M Olivia try?   can anyone suggest a frequency. not aware of the US band plan for 6M .   Can also beacon on PAX2 for a couple of hours...   at 0050Z can hear a few weak SSb sta

Re: [digitalradio] Re: CQ pactor 14.074 de KU2A

2006-05-07 Thread John Bradley
] Re: CQ pactor 14.074 de KU2A Tks John, sure wish this mode would make some kind of comeback.  It'sno fun working BBSes!  80w to a G5RV up 35' here.nick--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, John Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> can hear you calling CQ in Sask

Re: [digitalradio] Re: CQ pactor 14.074 de KU2A

2006-05-07 Thread John Bradley
groups.com Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 11:08 AM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: CQ pactor 14.074 de KU2A Tks John, sure wish this mode would make some kind of comeback.  It'sno fun working BBSes!  80w to a G5RV up 35' here.nick--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, John Bradl

Re: [digitalradio] CQ pactor 14.074 de KU2A

2006-05-07 Thread John Bradley
can hear you calling CQ in Saskatchewan.. haven't got my PK232MBX set up for this rig... ur about 569 here   John VE5MU - Original Message - From: Nick To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 10:58 AM Subject: [digitalradio] CQ pactor 14.

Re: [digitalradio] DominoEx versus RTTY test

2006-05-05 Thread John Bradley
maybe had something to do with the crappie conditions? - Original Message - From: Andrew O'Brien To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 6:55 PM Subject: [digitalradio] DominoEx ver

[digitalradio] PAX2

2006-04-20 Thread John Bradley
beaconing PAX2 14074 USB , responder on , pse give it a try   John VE5MU 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 pl

Re: [digitalradio] Re: "Olivia" the Magic Mode for QRP and DX (Olivia 500/16)

2006-04-16 Thread John Bradley
ffor the same reason that I and others have moved down: why battle persistent QRM from the automatic pactor stations in the segment 14105 to 14110.   I personally feel that I do not have to go up there and be QRM'd, then bitch about the QRM at great length from the nearest soap box It acc

[digitalradio] PAX2

2006-04-13 Thread John Bradley
Beaconing every 30 Sec 14075 USB from 2130 to 2230Z , responder on, power 30 watts     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/Dig

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Do we really need to know?

2006-04-13 Thread John Bradley
LOL well I can send/recieve CW faster than I type, more than 4 fingers I ger confused! - Original Message - From: expeditionradio To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 4:38 AM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Do we really need to know

Re: [digitalradio] A bit off-topic - antenna question

2006-04-10 Thread John Bradley
the angle shoould be more than 120 degrees.. flat would be great - Original Message - From: Dave "Doc" Corio To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 5:08 PM Subject: RE: [digitalradio] A bit off-topic - antenna question     Tha

Re: [digitalradio] A bit off-topic - antenna question

2006-04-10 Thread John Bradley
No. the length is not critical   The dipole shopuld be fairly long each side, like 65 feet or so, and whatever ladderline length is convienient. Keep the ladder line away from metal objects like masting , rain gutters etc on it's way into your shack, and you will need a balun or tuner to ma

[digitalradio] PAX2 80M

2006-04-08 Thread John Bradley
0215Z Saturday . beaconing PAX2 on 3585 USB, mailbox is on so please connect   John VE5MU 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/gr

Re: [digitalradio] Re: First HELL mode Net will be held on 2 April Sunday at 1800z

2006-04-02 Thread John Bradley
Can anyone explain WHY we keep trying to run nets, make contacts etc in a portion of the band which has long been used for automatic pactor stations?   Have been making more than a few contacts, mostly OLIVIA,  using the portion of the band right above 14070, like 14073 and up...   John VE5

Re: [digitalradio] Is it me , or propagation ?

2006-03-20 Thread John Bradley
you think you have problems? heck, up here, above 50degrees N Latitude, with the aurora doing it's thing, on days like this I have to go out and rake up all the RF lying on the snow under my antenna.I re-cycle it as FRS signals..   John - Original Message - From:

[digitalradio] PAX2

2006-03-16 Thread John Bradley
for those who want to try under lousy conditions, sitting on 14075 USB with PAX2 and the responder is on, be there until 2200Z   John Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to  Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwg

[digitalradio] PAX2 repeater

2006-03-14 Thread John Bradley
will sit on 7075 USB for the next few hours. on repeater mode     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

Re: [digitalradio] Another look at ALE

2006-03-14 Thread John Bradley
From what I have read here and elsewhere on ALE, the potential is there, but the software is not. Look forward to new software development      ...ALE protocols are only 125 baud (375 bps) and not very wide and not a constant flow (such as MT63, FS-1052, PACTOR etc.) so I do feel t

[digitalradio] The Perfect Mode

2006-03-14 Thread John Bradley
    If I had the computer knowledge to design a perfect mode.   (note the large "if")     It might look like this: ( in no particular order)   ARQ/FEC olivia mode , with the ability to speed up or slow down automatically dependent on the number of bad packets recieved

Re: [digitalradio] Have Some ALE

2006-03-14 Thread John Bradley
Good luck with software development, since I am not about to run out for another rig. - Original Message - From: expeditionradio To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 5:21 AM Subject: [digitalradio] Have Some ALE We may see some

Re: [digitalradio] Another look at ALE

2006-03-13 Thread John Bradley
I've tried tackling ALE a couple of times, and have given up in frustration.   The lack of setup  for Kenwood Radios other than the 850 has got me baffled, since I have not been able to have the software "see" my Kenwood 480.. no scan, nadda. Have tried a bunch of combinations and per

[digitalradio] PAX 2 repeater

2006-03-13 Thread John Bradley
I'm running on repeater mode at 7075 USB right now, wanted to give the CW guys some quiet down on 7042   will leave it on from 2300Z to 0300Z out for dinner   centre is 1000Hz power is 25 watts, and the "presence" beacon is off.   John VE5MU     Need a Digital mode QSO? Connec

Re: [digitalradio] OK, so do we think PAX2 is any good?

2006-03-13 Thread John Bradley
it has lots of promise. it worked down into the noise fairly well when I worked Txema today. couple of little bugs , but has potential for use in emergencies.. I like the mail box idea, and would be nice to easily pass text files to a mailbox for retreval as time permits. our

Re: [digitalradio] Re: First PAX2 connect

2006-03-13 Thread John Bradley
I'll make sure the repeater is on hi hi... it's been interesting over the past few days working with PAX,   I and several others worked DX today over to Spain, with EA2AFR, Txema, and had good result despite pactor, QSB and other QRM on top of us.   couple of questions:   * How many t

Re: [digitalradio] EA2AFR connect PAX2

2006-03-13 Thread John Bradley
was able to connect to txema   - Original Message - From: Andrew O'Brien To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 10:38 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] EA2AFR connect PAX2 On 3/13/06, John Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [digitalradio] Anyone running digital modes on these rigs?

2006-03-13 Thread John Bradley
up until december I ran all my digi on a TS530, which was very stable and worked like a charm.. an oldie but goodie, kinda like a lot of operators, hi hi - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006

Re: [digitalradio] EA2AFR connect PAX2

2006-03-13 Thread John Bradley
what freq? same? 14075?   - Original Message - From: Andrew O'Brien To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 6:02 AM Subject: [digitalradio] EA2AFR connect PAX2 I made it across the Atlantic today, connected to EA2AFR's mailbox.

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Pax2 on 40m

2006-03-12 Thread John Bradley
~60w to an Inv Vee up 60' E/W on 7042 here.> > --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, John Bradley wrote:> >> > connected to nick on 7042 right now..> >   - Original Message - > >   From: Nick > >   To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > &g

Re: [digitalradio] Re: PAX2 20M

2006-03-12 Thread John Bradley
for other Hams is to connect to your Pax2 responder and to leave a message. You will see all received messages by clicking on the button "mail" (which opens your Packet/Pax/Pax2 mail box).> > 73> Patrick> >   - Original Message - >   From: John Br

Re: [digitalradio] Pax2 on 40m

2006-03-12 Thread John Bradley
connected to nick on 7042 right now.. - Original Message - From: Nick To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 8:35 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Pax2 on 40m Called K3UK and VE5MU on 3610 but high QRN tonight.Heard W6JVE on 7042 and t

Re: [digitalradio] Pax2 on 40m

2006-03-12 Thread John Bradley
yup hi noise will move back to 7042.. see ya there, Nick - Original Message - From: Nick To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 8:35 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Pax2 on 40m Called K3UK and VE5MU on 3610 but high QRN tonight.Heard

Re: [digitalradio] PAX2 on 7042

2006-03-12 Thread John Bradley
nothing heard on 7042, QSY'd to 3610 USB at 0200Z - Original Message - From: Andrew O'Brien To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 7:11 PM Subject: [digitalradio] PAX2 on 7042 I'm on 7042 (USB) for PAX2 tests.Andy K3UKFredonia, NY.

Re: [digitalradio] Re: First PAX2 connect

2006-03-12 Thread John Bradley
thats when I put it on repeat.. using ECHO as the repeater, I can repeat Pax frames  that I can copy   - Original Message - From: Andrew O'Brien To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 5:48 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: First PAX2

Re: [digitalradio] First PAX2 connect

2006-03-12 Thread John Bradley
what was happening there was VE5TLW, Terry, who is another digi head, located about 1lm from me, was fooling around connecting to me and vice versa, trying to figure out more of the  PAX mode .   kv9u had a strong signal and u were under him a bit but finally connected, once connected , yo

Re: [digitalradio] Re: PAX2 20M

2006-03-12 Thread John Bradley
o fix the center frequency at 1000 for receive > or is it supposed to wander in PAX search mode ?> > > Andy K3UK--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, John Bradley No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.0.375 / Virus Database: 26

Re: [digitalradio] PAX2 20M

2006-03-12 Thread John Bradley
Saludos Flavio   14075, PAX2   center 1000HZ on until Z Sunday   73's from Canada   John VE5MU - Original Message - From: Flavio Padovani To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 7:48 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] PAX2 20M Saludos J

Re: [digitalradio] PAX2 20M

2006-03-11 Thread John Bradley
oh ya , on 14075 USB senior's moment? - Original Message - From: John Bradley To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 10:59 PM Subject: [digitalradio] PAX2 20M My rig will be in responder mode, PAX2, 1000hz c

[digitalradio] PAX2 20M

2006-03-11 Thread John Bradley
My rig will be in responder mode, PAX2, 1000hz center , from 0500Z today, to around Z Sunday night.   Connect my placing VE5MU in the destination call,   Please leave me an email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you were successful, or hear my signal coming back. Power out is 30W   John VE5MU

Re: [digitalradio] Re: PAX 2 Beacon

2006-03-11 Thread John Bradley
so are you on there tonight, Bill, will do the same , 3610 USB center 1000hz PAX2 Will beacon every 2 minutes starting at 0130Z and running for a couple of hours or so   John VE5MU   - Original Message - From: Bill McLaughlin To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sen

[digitalradio] PAX 2 Beacon

2006-03-10 Thread John Bradley
Running a PAX2 beacon with responder on 14075 USB , center 1000hz  from 1700Z to 1900Z , short  beacon every 2 minutes, power 25 watts   Heard KP4AWX calling CQ earlier, couldn't connect.   Use the connect function , enter my call (VE5MU) as the destination call.   The rig will be on res

Re: [digitalradio] Re: PAX 2 MultiPSK

2006-03-10 Thread John Bradley
try again had a techie glitch computer locked up   - Original Message - From: jhaynesatalumni To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 10:42 AM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: PAX 2 MultiPSK I haven't spent the time getting my head arou

[digitalradio] PAX 2 MultiPSK

2006-03-10 Thread John Bradley
So I spent some time getting my head around PAX/PAX2 , a new mode which came out with the latest (end of Feb) version of MultiPSK   This is an ARQ mode, so will acknowledge a connection.  I am currently using PAX2   I have my rig set up on 14075 USB,  as of 1530Z, and please try to connect

Re: [digitalradio] PSK frquencies

2006-03-08 Thread John Bradley
bonjour Yves, welcome back!!!   You can find PSk at 3580, 7070, 14070, etc all on USB. Usual power output is about 30 watts, to avoid overloading and affecting multiple QSO's.   There are now a wide variety of other soundcard modes, notably OLIVIA. almost as good as CW under poor cond

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Cheapest foray in to Pactor

2006-03-08 Thread John Bradley
I'll second that. The Kam needs about an S3 signal or better to work. the Pk232 can go into the noise. - Original Message - From: Roger J. Buffington To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 7:45 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio]

Re: [digitalradio] The soundcard mystery

2006-03-01 Thread John Bradley
any chance of you getting RF into your system on 20M? - Original Message - From: Mel To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 1:52 PM Subject: [digitalradio] The soundcard mystery Hello everyone,I was hoping that some of the more

Re: [digitalradio] New poll for digitalradio

2006-02-27 Thread John Bradley
move them to the policy group discussions. as well as the long , on-going debates about the ARRL. Let's keep the focus on digital radio in a global sense, letting the US hams debate the ARRL issues elsewhere.   John VE5MU - Original Message - From: digitalradio

[digitalradio] Sick of flapping lips.........

2006-02-26 Thread John Bradley
The sad part of it is , is that Andy set up another reflector for the "amateur lawyer's" use, called digi policy or something like that.   Instead, this group seems to feel that  the rest of us enjoy hearing the endless inane arguments, the petty hairsplitting, and the complete lack of an

Re: [digitalradio] RSQ signal reporting gains further support

2006-02-23 Thread John Bradley
that makes sense. Now if we can apply that to the endless winlink arguments on here, I'd give them a 590   John VE5MU - Original Message - From: Andrew O'Brien To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 7:05 AM Subject: [digitalradio]

Re: [digitalradio] email to Internet without a PC ?

2006-02-22 Thread John Bradley
   "I'm still not convinced that this is of use to anyone other than those in extremely remote locations".   No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.0.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.12/266 - Release Date: 2/21/06 Need a Digital

Re: [digitalradio] Fault with RS-232 cable

2006-02-18 Thread John Bradley
sounds like you might have a modem cable rather than a true RS232 cable. they have the same connections but are cross wired   John VE5MU - Original Message - From: william graves To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 7:13 P

Re: [digitalradio] Is PSK superior to Olivia?

2006-02-18 Thread John Bradley
only problem is that PSK mail is only available in Linnux so far, which cuts out 95% of computer users.   would be nice to see it in Windows sometime soon, since I'm not about to switch OS. Any word on that?   John VE5MU - Original Message - From: Rein Couperus To: di

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Oliva "Standard" Forthcoming?

2006-02-17 Thread John Bradley
digi modes are like my typing.. the faster I go the more errors. thinkl I perfer accuracy and easy copy over high throughput - Original Message - From: KV9U To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 2:27 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio]

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Oliva "Standard" Forthcoming?

2006-02-16 Thread John Bradley
heck no ... we have more than enough confusion already, indeed thrive on it  hi hi - Original Message - From: Bill McLaughlin To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 9:07 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: New Oliva "Standard" Forth

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Oliva "Standard" Forthcoming?

2006-02-16 Thread John Bradley
huge difference between MFSK and Olivia, especially on the lower bands.. If you want to set up a  sked sor some weeknight we can fool around with this on 80M.. I'm good all next week, with the exception of Tuesday search and rescue exercise.   John VE5MU - Original Message -

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Oliva "Standard" Forthcoming?

2006-02-15 Thread John Bradley
I'm with Bill: the standard could be 500/8 , but the difference between 500/8 and 1000/32 under poor conditions on 80M has to be seen to be believed.   If we confine ourselves to either 500/8 or 1000/32,  and even 250/4 then it's easy to tell what the mode setting are by the bandwidth   Jo

Re: [digitalradio] Why do I get this noise in the computer ?

2006-02-13 Thread John Bradley
I have a similar problem on 20M and it is RF getting into the speakers. I put a couple of toroids on the speaker lines and it became quiet.   I could actually make noise throough the computer speakers, with the computer off, but the speakers powered up,   go figure   John VE5MU -

[digitalradio] Trust Me: this is not another rant!

2006-02-11 Thread John Bradley
 I should have clarified the subject line     - Original Message - From: John Bradley To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 8:13 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: ARRL to file Encryption Petition with the FCC ya know what? my patience is at an

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ARRL to file Encryption Petition with the FCC

2006-02-11 Thread John Bradley
ya know what? my patience is at an end with the constant , long winded arguments which keep circling the drain.   FCC part 234159.4657? who really cares? ARRL makes no difference to the rest of the world!!! we have figured it out, and patiently waiting for the USA to catch up.   Why do

Re: [digitalradio] The UK Amateur Radio Band Plan

2006-02-07 Thread John Bradley
No, that's not how it is. Many of these band plans have been in active use for over 50 years. What makes you think that the rest of the world will abandon historical band plans because the USA says so.   think Again!  ( we are open to invasion Monday Wednesdays and Fridays Only)     Jo

Re: [digitalradio] The UK Amateur Radio Band Plan

2006-02-07 Thread John Bradley
this is almost identical with the VOLUNTARY bandplan currently being followed in Canada, the exception being no phone ops under 3.700, and SSB to 4.000. ditto on hearing no CW in the phone bands except between 3.7 and 3.725, and we do not have a novice band   John VE5MU - Original M

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

2006-02-06 Thread John Bradley
why would we re-do regulations which have been in effect for 50 years, or longer,  allowing SSB down to 14100 and 7050 in Canada?   Lately those regulations are no longer in effect but I have yet to see anyone operating below those freq's, so far respecting the "gentleman's agreement" whi

Re: [digitalradio] CW ?

2006-02-05 Thread John Bradley
I've started to do the same thing, and have been lurking around 3700-3715 nites getting my speed up   usually around 0300-0400Z   John - Original Message - From: obrienaj To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 12:04 PM Subject: [digital

Re: [digitalradio] Best Equipment for PSK31

2006-02-03 Thread John Bradley
have a look at the TS480, both Cw filters can be used on digi modes, has a separate data line , and can use the rig WITHOUT an interface. very happy with mine. John VE5MU   - Original Message - From: Nacho To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 03,

Re: [digitalradio] Band conditions?

2006-02-02 Thread John Bradley
condx are plain ugly UGLY. was copying Olivia on 80 and the band went out, like someone threw a switch. listening now on 1807 - Original Message - From: obrienaj To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 8:02 PM Subject: [digitalradi

Re: [digitalradio] Should some digital modes be considered obsolete?

2006-01-30 Thread John Bradley
Over the past 6 months or so, I have used most of these modes on hf, and have found that Olivia runs best, followed by MFSK. I'm looking forward to the possible inclusion of DominoEX on Mix W, which might make it more effective than the stand-alone software available now. The same goes for

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

2006-01-28 Thread John Bradley
I'm with Alan. When I went from analog cable to digital satellite, the difference has remarkable , even to old eyes.   The difference between digital satellite and HD satellite is not as great... still some but not as obvious. HD satellite approaches the quality of a good DVD player.

Re: [digitalradio] Digital voice on HF

2006-01-28 Thread John Bradley
I'm not a techie but i know what works.   Being active in a Ground search and Rescue team, on occaison we use the local police service radios, rather than 2M HT for comms. The new system the police service installed within the past year is 800MHZ digital encrypted.. using these on a re

Re: [digitalradio] Re: RM-11306 Rant

2006-01-27 Thread John Bradley
   To me as an outsider, ie not a citizen of the USA, it's both interesting and confusing as to why Hams in the US feel that they need structure and many regulations in order to make the bandplan work.   There are collectively a whole whack of Europeans who are making a v

Re: [digitalradio] Re: RM-11306 Rant

2006-01-27 Thread John Bradley
  Quote: "We have too much experience in the political realm thatteaches us that most of the models of other countriesare either impractical or undesirable here in the USA."   Doc, hope you don't get any sand in your ears   John VE5MU Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to  Telnet://clus

Re: [digitalradio] Re: RM-11306 Rant

2006-01-26 Thread John Bradley
From: John Becker To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 10:33 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: RM-11306 Rant Would that accent be from the south west, new Yorkor Boston?  AhAt 10:21 PM 1/26/06, John Bradley wrote:>What you are hearing

Re: [digitalradio] Re: RM-11306 Rant

2006-01-26 Thread John Bradley
 give me a break!!   The Canadian plan has ALWAYS been in place, there is nothing new in terms of SSB operation. this has been the plan for over 50 years   What you are hearing on 3580-3590 are offshore fishing fleets, using the frequency illegally. If you listen closely, they have Ame

Re: [digitalradio] unknown garbage trashes QSO

2006-01-25 Thread John Bradley
FYI   from about 2130Z, there were a number of VE and European SSB stations on and about 7065, since the band was open and they can legitimately tx there.   As well there were a number of VE5,VE6 and VE7 stations in QSO, ( I was one of them) that meet regularly on 7065. about that time of

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Olivia frequencies

2006-01-24 Thread John Bradley
In defence of WINLINK , it is a really good emergency comms modes especially from remote, off the grid sites. of which we have many here   John VE5MU - Original Message - From: F.R. Ashley To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:20

Re: [digitalradio] Re: amtor anyone

2006-01-24 Thread John Bradley
hey I'm still lookin for all those cable thingies for my PK232MBX ...I'll be there, eventually - Original Message - From: obrienaj To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 7:39 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: amtor anyone Any takers?St

[digitalradio] DominoEX

2006-01-22 Thread John Bradley
anyone want to try DominoEX on 3581.5? calling CQ now (at 0310Z)   John VE5MU 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  (ba

Re: [digitalradio] DominoEx party Sunday Jan22

2006-01-21 Thread John Bradley
oui - Original Message - From: obrienaj To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 9:09 PM Subject: [digitalradio] DominoEx party Sunday Jan22 In the Digitalradio Chat Room tonight, several people said they would be active via Domin

Re: [digitalradio] Olivia frequencies

2006-01-18 Thread John Bradley
Not being subject to FCC rules, and therefore not really knowledgeable, somebody pointed out the other day that us Olivia operaters were operating in an area set aside for automatic operations (14107.5 +/- ) , so some QRM might be expected.   So I guess I think the best idea is to move to

Re: [digitalradio] Olivia frequencies

2006-01-18 Thread John Bradley
Back when the earth was flat and the bands really busy, the idea was to give the VE's a little window to run cross coountry nets etc without a problem. This was, and is compounded by the fact that this country is covers a larger area than the US and yet has the population equivalent of Cal

Re: [digitalradio] Olivia frequencies

2006-01-17 Thread John Bradley
The only problem I have is that 14140 is the Canadian 20M SSB call frequency, and there are SSB QSO's down to about 14125 often - Original Message - From: Danny Douglas To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 6:48 PM Subject: Re: [digit

Re: [digitalradio] NTS and traffic handling and digital

2006-01-16 Thread John Bradley
 I used winlink in it's early days, when I was doing a lot of keyboard to keyboard pactor 1, using a PK232MBX which I still have and still works.   I think what has happened was the MT63 folks had picked 14109.5 as a calling channel. When OLIVIA came out , first in Linnux and later for win

Re: [digitalradio] NTS and traffic handling and digital

2006-01-15 Thread John Bradley
14105 - 14110 your going to be bucking heads with rtty ops.  You might read Olivia thru that, but the rtty ops wont enjoy it.   - Original Message - From: John Bradley To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 9:39 PM

Re: [digitalradio] NTS and traffic handling and digital

2006-01-15 Thread John Bradley
r analyses carefully, some impacts of the proposals could actually result in more interference to digital operations instead of less. tim ab0wrOn Saturday 14 January 2006 16:45, John Bradley wrote:> I would like to point out that Dave Struebel and the Winlink Group are> responsible

Re: [digitalradio] NTS and traffic handling and digital

2006-01-15 Thread John Bradley
and where might those frequencies be? - Original Message - From: David Struebel To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 10:58 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] NTS and traffic handling and digital John,You are grossly misinformed. Th

Re: [digitalradio] NTS and traffic handling and digital

2006-01-14 Thread John Bradley
nope.. i use it to call CQ every 6 months hi hi - Original Message - From: Chuck Mayfield To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] NTS and traffic handling and digital John,Wanna sell it?Chuck

Re: [digitalradio] NTS and traffic handling and digital

2006-01-14 Thread John Bradley
I would like to point out that Dave Struebel and the Winlink Group are responsible for most of the QRM we enjoy on HF from unattended Winlink stations, especially around 14105 to 14110.   If Winlink, rather than spreading themselves out all over the band, were to confine their operations

Re: [digitalradio] What is the best mode for my operation?

2006-01-12 Thread John Bradley
I agree with Andy. OLIVIA has worked better for me between 2 distant points. tried MT63, MFSK and OLIVIA, and came to the conclusion that Olivia worked best under poor conditions.   In terms on NTS and traffic handling, what would be great would be a message "template" which could

Re: [digitalradio] A Mea Culpa Re: NTS and traffic handling and digital

2006-01-10 Thread John Bradley
hey this is just a little brushfire. and it needs to be discussed - Original Message - From: David Aitcheson - KB3EFS To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 9:31 PM Subject: [digitalradio] A Mea Culpa R

Re: [digitalradio] PSK31

2006-01-10 Thread John Bradley
es on). - Original Message - From: John Bradley To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 11:48 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] PSK31 you have to test it in a ModePSK is good ...watch your ALC so you don't overdrive

Re: [digitalradio] New Member - Digital Mode Interfaces Compatible w/ TS-850S?

2006-01-10 Thread John Bradley
Hi steve   Basically all the digi modes that run on sound card software will work on your 850, which is a good stable rig to run it on The only thing you can't run, without the purchase of a fancy modem , would be pactor.   Have a look at Mix W and MultiPSK for software   John VE5MU ---

Re: [digitalradio] PSK31

2006-01-08 Thread John Bradley
thing that needs to be tested in the PSK mode?   Thanks again,Dave KG4BIR - Original Message - From: John Bradley To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 10:56 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] PSK31 Sounds lik

Re: [digitalradio] Re: NTS and traffic handling and digital

2006-01-08 Thread John Bradley
Granted it doesn't seem to make much sense handling traffic in this day of cellphones, internet, text messaging and whatever.   Rather than look at this as useless, think about this as practice. I don't know id you spent much time listening to the emergency services nets during the hurrica

Re: [digitalradio] PSK31

2006-01-08 Thread John Bradley
Sounds like you might have run into the volume control problem there are 2 volume controls for your sound card, in and out. Windows calls them recording and playback. To access both , click on "properties" while in the volume control mode under windows, and then you can set both th

[digitalradio] what happened?

2006-01-06 Thread John Bradley
FYI Andy have not seen any posts for the last 2 days.. Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to   telnet://208.15.25.196/ Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol  (band plan policy discu

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