[digitalradio] Which Digi Program ??

2010-01-13 Thread Music Maker
. . Hello Happy Hams After returning to Amateur Radio after a very long absence, I am 'messing about' with digital modes - all of which are totally new to me, and at almost 75 years of age, my one very slow remaining braincell. I have downloaded and appraised all the programs I could find mainly

[digitalradio] Re: Earthquake Haiti EMCOMM

2010-01-13 Thread Music Maker
>From Southgate Radio, today Earthquake net frequencies - 7045, 3720 kHz - Please keep clear All radio amateurs are requested to keep 7045 kHz and 3720 kHz clear for possible emergency traffic related to today's major earthquake in Haiti. International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Regio

[digitalradio] Re: IZ8BLY's PSK63F + PSKFEC31

2010-01-05 Thread Music Maker
Glenn, 99% will always use PSK 31 ... ???- Only 3% will try something new ?? ... !! I assume that this survey for percentages, was completed after we switched from using teleprinters and RTTY or to Packet, AMTOR, or even back in the good old days when we stopped using AM and started usi

[digitalradio] Re: G3OBU's antenna with digital mode DX

2010-01-03 Thread Music Maker
Hello Gary - Thanks for the interest and the info on Helical Winding of my vertical antenna.. It really seems to do the business on 20 & 40 Metre Bands, but so far in the 3 days the antenna has been up, I have heard nothing on 15 or 10. Another point is, that using my ATU (The Kenwood AT-230), g

[digitalradio] Re: New digital interfaces for Christmas

2010-01-02 Thread Music Maker
I bought myself one for Christmas too !! (Hey ! - I am Santa Klaus, aren't I ? !! ). What I would like to know (it hasn't been delivered yet!), is how good members of the Group think that it will be effective and suitable for working in Digi Mode. (at 25 GB Pounds - 37 US Dollars).The man

[digitalradio] Re: G3OBU's antenna with digital mode DX

2010-01-02 Thread Music Maker
Dave, The 'Unun' theory is well known and used, but to my knowledge, not usually on long Verticals - In this case an effective length of 75 feet high, the way I have wound the vertical 75ft wire spirally around the 36 ft pole. The construction of long-wire antennas with a Unun is simple, both ele

[digitalradio] Re: : tandem ride - lack of other modes ?

2010-01-02 Thread Music Maker
Hi Folks, Re Mels Post "so these tiddly little sunspots are not really helping us to get across the pond." Its 1330 UTC Sat 2 Jan 10.Have been looking around the Bands from here in Central UK, but cannot report accurately, as I have just erected a 'Homebrew' Vertical Antenna, which is an u

[digitalradio] Re: Dxing and long winded digital ops

2009-12-27 Thread Music Maker
Hi Folks, I fully understand everyones point of view over Macros, and hate them myself. I must admit (as a very recent newcomer to Digimode), I do use the Macro for calling CQ, but more often return to others calling. I would love to 'ragchew', but here in Europe, there are some underlying

[digitalradio] Re: Need your help picking HF radio.

2009-12-27 Thread Music Maker
ers and Beers John G3OBU ...--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Music Maker" wrote: > > > Hello to all Group Members... > > I am new to the Group - a 74 Yr Old -just returning to Amateur Radio, after > an absence of nearly 40 years, licence

[digitalradio] Re: Need your help picking HF radio.

2009-12-27 Thread Music Maker
Hello to all Group Members... I am new to the Group - a 74 Yr Old -just returning to Amateur Radio, after an absence of nearly 40 years, licenced in 1956, when 'Digital' was just RTTY, and using 'proper' Teleprinters - Such as the Creed 7B (Anyone remember these 'clatterers' ? !). OK - I am n