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What is Hellschreiber??

by @ Friday, January 15th, 2010. Tags: , , ,
Filed under contests, digital

One of the things I love about ham radio is the depth and breath of the hobby. There are many facets of the hobby, that there should be something for just about any taste. I am going to start taking a look at different modes in the hobby.
If you look, you can find a contest [...]

PSK Contest

by @ Friday, January 9th, 2009. Tags: ,
Filed under contests

One of the neat things about amateur radio is that there is a mode for just about everyone. And as cheap as computers have dropped to these days, there is not a good reason not to have one in the shack. Throw in a interface, and you have a multitude of digital modes at your [...]

Digital contests

by @ Saturday, August 9th, 2008. Tags: , , ,
Filed under contests

Although I tend to focus on the major contests, I like to blog about digital contests as well. Digital modes such as PSK31, Hellschreiber, RTTY, MT63, Throb, and MFSK16 can all be used in some contests. These modes are easy to use as all you need is a computer and a sound card and a [...]

Narrow Band ALE announced

by @ Thursday, November 1st, 2007. Tags: , ,
Filed under Uncategorized

Credit QRZ.com
Patrick F6CTE has announced that a narrow band version of the popular Automatic Link Establishment (ALE) software is now available.
On the HFLink Yahoo group he writes:
For those interested in doing ALE and ARQ FAE using a narrow bandwidth (400 Hz), I have derived from the standard ALE a new ALE with a bandwidth of [...]

Tara Rumble Scores 2007

by @ Wednesday, October 24th, 2007. Tags: ,
Filed under Uncategorized

Tara Rumble Scores are due by Oct 29th.
You can check out the Tara Rumble Home Page here

ALE

by @ Saturday, October 20th, 2007. Tags: ,
Filed under Uncategorized

As you tune the ham bands you may be hearing some strange sounding signals. Chances are some of those signals are ALE or Automatic Link Establishment.
According to the website hflink.com, Automatic Link Establishment is the de-facto worldwide standard for initiating and sustaining communications using High Frequency radio. HF radio conveys signals via ionospheric propagation, which [...]

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