Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-06 Thread Rick Johnson
Miroslav, Try going to: http://www.tapr.org/pr_whypacketradio.html to see if it meets your needs. Rick W3BI --- On Sat, 7/5/08, Miroslav Skoric (YT7MPB) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Miroslav Skoric (YT7MPB) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-06 Thread Dan Hensley
/5/08, Miroslav Skoric (YT7MPB) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Miroslav Skoric (YT7MPB) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, July 5, 2008, 11:16 AM expeditionradio

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-06 Thread Miroslav Skoric (YT7MPB)
expeditionradio wrote: > A blatant example was what we saw with abolition of morse testing. If > the old morse test wasn't enough to scare away the first generation of > computer-raised youngsters, then the next generation of web kids was > turned off by the vitriol spewed by those who fought to k

[digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-05 Thread kc4cop996
twice quicker than Olivia and almost as sensitive. It is > > built on > > > the same principle as Olivia but with different parameters and a > > reduced set > > > of characters. > > > > > > It is present at least on Mixw and Multipsk > > > >

[digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-05 Thread Vojtech Bubnik
Contestia & RTTYM are implemented in PocketDigi also. 73, Vojtech OK1IAK, AB2ZA

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-05 Thread w4lde
> > > > It is present at least on Mixw and Multipsk > > > > 73 > > Patrick > > > > > > ----- Original Message - > > From: "Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com>> > > Sent

RE: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-05 Thread r_lwesterfield
@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology Hello Dick, Mixw has a "Contestia+RTTYM" DLL. The second mode (RTTYM) is not very interesting has you have the same sort of problem as with RTTY (you can switch from one set to another of characters and lo

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-05 Thread Patrick Lindecker
tegered in Mixw. 73 Patrick - Original Message - From: "kc4cop996" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 4:12 AM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology > Patrick: > > Please advise the version of MixW that has "

[digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-04 Thread kc4cop996
and a reduced set > of characters. > > It is present at least on Mixw and Multipsk > > 73 > Patrick > > > - Original Message - > From: "Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 3:35 PM > Subject: [digital

[digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-04 Thread kc4cop996
esent at least on Mixw and Multipsk > > 73 > Patrick > > > - Original Message - > From: "Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 3:35 PM > Subject: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology > > >

[digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-04 Thread Bill Lovell
MFSK16 is available as freeware on both MMVARI and Stream. It's a little finicky to tune on Stream (the orignial software for the mode), but easy using MMVARI. As for its usefulness under poor conditions, a station in Reno and I used it to extend the useful like of a sked the other evening by a

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-03 Thread Kevin O'Rorke
Benson wrote: --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Dave AA6YQ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On what basis do you claim that Olivia, DominoEX, and MFSK are "better" than PSK for ragchewing? Olivia is slow, and MFSK is difficult to tune. I could care less about "mode envy" but I

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-03 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- On Thu, 7/3/08, tailfeathers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: tailfeathers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology > To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > Date: Thursday, July 3, 2008, 4:03 PM > PSK softwar

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-03 Thread David H. Walker
Lindecker *Sent:* Thursday, July 03, 2008 3:06 PM *To:* digitalradio@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology Hello all, Just to say that aside to Olivia, you have a mode which name is Contestia, which is twice quicker than Olivia and almost as sensitive

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-03 Thread Rick W.
Yes, Gary, Most of the digital software is freeware. Then only ones I can think of that cost money are the ones from Russia: RFSM8000 that uses the MIL-STD 188-110A single tone modem (though not legal here in the U.S. on the HF RTTY/Data portions). May be OK for pictures and fax in the phone/i

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-03 Thread tailfeathers
Thursday, July 03, 2008 9:35 AM > *To:* digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology > > --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com>, "Dave AA6YQ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >

RE: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-03 Thread Dave AA6YQ
: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology Hello all, Just to say that aside to Olivia, you have a mode which name is Contestia, which is twice quicker than Olivia and almost as sensitive. It is built on the same principle as Olivia but with different

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-03 Thread Patrick Lindecker
Multipsk 73 Patrick - Original Message - From: "Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 3:35 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology > --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Dave AA6YQ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-03 Thread F.R. Ashley
John, You should have been in a comm center with anywhere from 3 to 40 running at the same time! Turn on the AC!! 73 Buddy WB4M - Original Message - From: ""John Becker, WØJAB"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 11:10 AM Subject: Re: [

RE: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-03 Thread Dave AA6YQ
ED] Behalf Of Benson Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 9:35 AM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Dave AA6YQ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On what basis do you claim that Olivia,

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-03 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
Yes indeed. And that noise and smell lives on in this shack... You should be here sometime when I have all 3 running at once. What a wonderful sound ! At 07:34 AM 7/3/2008, you wrote: >HI John, > >I was in the USAF from 1968-1972, and we used the old oilers with punched >tape, I think it was a

RE: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-03 Thread Dave AA6YQ
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 8:34 AM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology HI John, I was in the USAF from 1968-1972, and we used the old oilers with punched tape, I think it was a model 15? Nothing like the smell and noise of the old

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-03 Thread Rick W.
I was in the USAF from 1968 to 1972 but did not work in communications (more along the lines of security, HI). It was not until a few years after I was relicensed in 1980 that I got involved with digital modes buying a Model 15 and making a simple TU promoted by the ARRL as a state of the art T

[digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-03 Thread Benson
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Dave AA6YQ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On what basis do you claim that Olivia, DominoEX, and MFSK are "better" than > PSK for ragchewing? Olivia is slow, and MFSK is difficult to tune. I could care less about "mode envy" but I will say that I enjoy both Ol

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-03 Thread F.R. Ashley
HI John, I was in the USAF from 1968-1972, and we used the old oilers with punched tape, I think it was a model 15? Nothing like the smell and noise of the old clunkers. 73 Buddy WB4M > Interesting statement. > > Not to long ago I was at a meeting of a big group of hams. > The subject came u

RE: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-02 Thread Dave AA6YQ
02, 2008 7:42 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology garylinnrobinson wrote: > If most PSK operators are interested in rag chewing -they need to move > on to a better digital mode. PSK and RTTY are the two worst modes > available

RE: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-02 Thread Dave AA6YQ
2008 5:21 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology If most PSK operators are interested in rag chewing -they need to move on to a better digital mode. PSK and RTTY are the two worst modes available. And that's the problem. Too many peo

[digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-02 Thread hankvond
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "John Becker, WØJAB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not to long ago I was at a meeting of a big group of hams. > The subject came up about RTTY of who was using what program. > I was listening to all when I was ask what I use. My answer opened > many eyes whe

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-02 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
At 04:21 PM 7/2/2008, you wrote in part: > And still PSK and RTTY reign as the popular soundcard modes. Geeesh! Interesting statement. Not to long ago I was at a meeting of a big group of hams. The subject came up about RTTY of who was using what program. I was listening to all when I was ask wh

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-02 Thread Kevin O'Rorke
garylinnrobinson wrote: > If most PSK operators are interested in rag chewing -they need to move > on to a better digital mode. PSK and RTTY are the two worst modes > available. And that's the problem. Too many people, groups, and > leaders in the Ham Community promoting OLD and less than effectiv

[digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-07-02 Thread garylinnrobinson
If most PSK operators are interested in rag chewing -they need to move on to a better digital mode. PSK and RTTY are the two worst modes available. And that's the problem. Too many people, groups, and leaders in the Ham Community promoting OLD and less than effective modes of communication. I cam

[digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-06-22 Thread Dave Bernstein
One use of split frequency operation is to spread a DX station's callers out over a range of frequencies that does not include the DX station's frequency. This enables the DX station to more rapidly work callers (because they don't overlap each other as much, and because the DX station's transm

[digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-06-22 Thread Dave Bernstein
Most PSK operators are interested in rag-chewing rather than DXing, which does make it difficult for a DX station to achieve a reasonable rate in PSK. When operating from a DX location, I operate PSK to take a break between CW and RTTY pileups. The ability to decode many independent transmissio

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-06-22 Thread Alan Jones
Bill Lovell wrote: > > > I think the basic problem is that fewer than 10% of PSK31 operators have > ever bothered to learn how to set up split operation. One more reason > that the mode is great for casual DXing, but next to useless for serious > DX work. > > 73, > Bill > I have never tried

RE: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-06-22 Thread Bill Lovell
I think the basic problem is that fewer than 10% of PSK31 operators have ever bothered to learn how to set up split operation. One more reason that the mode is great for casual DXing, but next to useless for serious DX work. 73, Bill

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-06-21 Thread Rick W.
As usual, Dave puts the correct perspective to advancing technology. Ask yourself why others would attack what many radio amateurs enjoy doing and even go so far as to use extreme name calling and personal attacks of hams don't happen to support their vision or beliefs of what should be a succe

RE: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-06-21 Thread rojomn
21, 2008 1:48 PM > To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology > > >>>AA6YQ comments below > > --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, > "expeditionradio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>

[digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-06-21 Thread Dave Bernstein
>>>AA6YQ comments below --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "expeditionradio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Dave, AA6YQ wrote, >> The amateur radio's community rapidly adopted PSK31 >> once panoramic reception on soundcard-equipped >> PCs became available. >> When the dogs don't like the d

RE: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-06-21 Thread Curt Givens
ogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of expeditionradio Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 9:12 AM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology > Dave, AA6YQ wrote, > The amateur radio's community rapidly adopted PSK31 > once p

[digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-06-21 Thread expeditionradio
> Dave, AA6YQ wrote, > The amateur radio's community rapidly adopted PSK31 > once panoramic reception on soundcard-equipped > PCs became available. > > When the dogs don't like the dogfood, its a mistake > to blame the dogs... Dave, A more accurate "ham radio dogfood" analogy would go like

[digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology

2008-06-20 Thread Dave Bernstein
The amateur radio's community rapidly adopted PSK31 once panoramic reception on soundcard-equipped PCs became available. Given this rapid transition, it seems unlikley that the amateur community then shifted gears en amsse and refused to consider all subsequent advances in digital mode technol