Hello all.
I was pointed to this forum by another member and after several weeks of in and out lurking decided it looked like a great group.
Additionally I noticed a familiar name belonging to a crusty ole former pirate that will go un-named but initials are RR. ;D
My location is in North Louisiana and am retired military. I hold a General ticket and primarily use Winlink/Pactor 3 for emergency comms.
Recently I've been playing with SDR and the European TV dongle.
Richard
Welcome aboard Richard :)
QuoteAdditionally I noticed a familiar name belonging to a crusty ole former pirate that will go un-named but initials are RR.
Hum, I think I may know who that is ::)
Gil.
Quote from: EmptySpaces on April 25, 2013, 11:17:25 AMprimarily use Winlink/Pactor 3 for emergency comms.
Aha -- a kindred soul! I also use Wl2k and Pactor (although in my case, it's Pactor 1) to effect radiogram and radio email transfers for prep comms.
Best 73
Luck Hurder, WA4STO
(http://www.hurderconsulting.net/radiostuff/drsbadge.jpg)
Good to see you here Richard. It's nice to see a forum where QRP/CW and Pactor can co-exist peacefully.
Wally
Welcome to the forum. The first rounds on you. :D
Hi there EmptySpaces
Nice to see you around again, used to be a bit more active on Winlink/Pactor, but circumstances made some changes.
Nice to hear another familiar voice again.
Allan
IT IS ALIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!
Hey Richard. Great to see you here! Yup, that PACTOR III is amazing. When I was using it on the sailboat or from the cabin in Idaho, it's worked miracles for moving e-mail over HF radio, often when I would not even detect tones under the noise. Amazing tech.
Time for bed. I've been twisting wires all day - - -
>de RadioRay ..._ ._
WOW!
Wally, Allan, Ray and myself all in one place again.
I think the earth just shuddered!
Richard
I wonder if it's STILL illegal for us to all be in the same State???
>Ray
Yeah, I think so. But hey we've always got HF ;)
Allan
It may now be OK but probably unwise.
There's probably a lynch mob or two still out there.
Fortunately it appears the devil's mode, digital, can be discussed in mixed company here without a rope getting thrown over a limb.
I'm going to reserve any mention of SDR until I'm sure it's safe. That's really pushing the envelope.
Don't tell anyone, but SOME PEOPLE around here do SDR , in one form or another. . . 8) but I'm not going to tell any names ... ::)
>de RadioRay ..._ ._
Mums the word! :-X
BTW, dongle/upconverter in a box, nice YouTube video!
Welcome. Many of us, including myself, are newbies to radio, so you can discuss anything you want about methods and it will bounce right of us. :-)
I suspect I don't have enough horsepower right now in this little netbook to support a SDR, by the time I improve things on that end, you guys may have gotten the techniques worked out 8)
Allan
So far I've been able to track aircraft like radar, cover everything from about 30mhz up to somewhere in the neighborhood of roughly 1700 mhz.
AM,FM Wide, FM narrow, double sideband, SSB upper and lower, CW, all with just the $10-$20 TV dongle.
Added the $50 upconverter and extended coverage from MW AM broadcast thru 30mhz with the features of a high end receiver. You actually have to crank way back on the gain to keep the SW church channels from bleeding all over the band. It's really quite impressive.
I'm just a lightweight newbie to SDR. There's several others here one of which is a former crusty ole pirate whose initials are RR that is far more advanced. I've even seen a video where he managed to stuff it all into a pipe tobacco tin.
It's only because I'm such an honorable person I won't reveal the true identity of this mysterious RR. ::)
Quote from: lleytzbassett on May 07, 2013, 04:51:59 AM
hello all. i'm glad i was able to come to this site as it can greatly help in my research i've been making now. through this site i hope to gain enough information, as well, i'm excited to meet new friends.
Welcome to the forum. There is alot of good information here. If you have questions ask. Everyone is great we have seasoned operators to new operators.
73 Joe
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Lleytzbassett, please DO NOT post links to commercial sites unrelated to radio. I also saw another post from you asking a very broad question... Alarm bells are ringing around my head already... If you are legitimately interested in radio, then welcome :) If you are not, then know that you will not be able to sell or promote anything here nor swindle anyone...
Have a great day,
Gil.