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Posted: 1/4/2023 8:44:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Nmbmxer: Sorry I missed it again, out with the YL as today was our 14yr anniversary. Congrats! No worries, there's always next week. |
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Posted: 1/4/2023 8:54:36 PM EDT
[#2]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By seek2: Nice net, as was observed on the net signals were weaker, but noise was low and SNRs were good, I had everyone 100%. We had give stations + NC tonight, including a new station. Thanks for checking in and hope to see everyone next week. So on FLDigi, you just have to end with de, and it stops the transmit? I noticed the thing just kept going and i clicked the pause button to stop it |
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Posted: 1/4/2023 9:33:40 PM EDT
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I use "^r" to stop transmitting and clear the buffer.
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Posted: 1/4/2023 9:37:40 PM EDT
[Last Edit: WillieTangoFox]
[#4]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Nmbmxer: I use "^r" to stop transmitting and clear the buffer. Interesting, did not notice that in the instructions i found online. Is that Olivia specific or does that apply to the other modes like PSK as well? |
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Posted: 1/4/2023 9:49:29 PM EDT
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^r is a basic fldigi function, most of the modes except HELL you interface with very similarly. On page 2 I discuss macros and other fldigi stuff.
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Posted: 1/4/2023 11:11:08 PM EDT
[#6]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Nmbmxer: I use "^r" to stop transmitting and clear the buffer. I use "^p" because I don't want to clear the buffer, but it also stops transmitting when it see it. fldigi doesn't stop until it times out or you tell it to, so you'll be sending idle tones and keeping the channel busy if you don't do something. |
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Posted: 1/4/2023 11:56:55 PM EDT
[#7]
Cool. Thanks for the info.
I didnt make it past page 1 of this thread, as the first page had enough info to soak in and the whole digital process is new. Just glad I was able to check in on the first try. I am using a Yaesu 891 while my Kenwood base station is being repaired. So, this menu process is a lot different than my inherited 1984 Kenwood :-) |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 2:03:31 PM EDT
[#8]
I should be around to NC this evening.
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Posted: 1/11/2023 5:12:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By seek2: I should be around to NC this evening. I was hoping to get on again this week, but need to get stuff ready for a trip this weekend. Maybe next week. |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 7:38:15 PM EDT
[#10]
I'm out for tonight.
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Posted: 1/11/2023 8:32:23 PM EDT
[#11]
Wow the band really opened up from when I typed up my check in, until I sent it. NC went from -6 to +5
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Posted: 1/11/2023 8:37:18 PM EDT
[#12]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TNC: Wow the band really opened up from when I typed up my check in, until I sent it. NC went from -6 to +5 It sure did! I only heard your start tones on check in and you were ghost print. When it was your turn I had solid copy. We ended up having a better than expected net tonight, propagation was vastly better than the previous 3 weeks. Five stations + NC tonight, multiple stations at S9 or better and everyone was 100% copy. |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 9:07:05 PM EDT
[#13]
I did increase power a bit for the check in. The terminator was just passing over me when I checked so I that probably had an effect.
Not bad considering my vertical antenna got yanked out of the tree a couple weeks ago. I was still able to run a winlink session with most of it piled up in the yard! |
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Posted: 1/18/2023 7:02:00 PM EDT
[#14]
First reminder out at 2300Z.
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Posted: 1/18/2023 7:44:10 PM EDT
[#15]
I will probably we a late check in tonight.
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Posted: 1/18/2023 8:12:45 PM EDT
[#16]
I just updated my HRD software today & I'm still working on DM780. That was only about 20W, I forgot to turn my amp on.
 I would stay on net but have to run out for a few. Take care, HS |
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Posted: 1/18/2023 8:32:37 PM EDT
[Last Edit: WillieTangoFox]
[#17]
Hmmmm. I must have messed up my settings. Lol
Everything looked good on my end, but i wasnt heard. Too many menu things on this radio for different digital modes....... |
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Posted: 1/18/2023 8:35:24 PM EDT
[#18]
Just looked at the log, sorry I wasn't there when called, was supposed to be in/out.
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Posted: 1/18/2023 8:45:09 PM EDT
[#19]
Nice net, conditions were a little rougher but by no means bad. Everyone was 100% and many were near S9 here,
but I noticed the signal strengths were bouncing around a bit. 7 stations + NC tonight. |
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Posted: 1/25/2023 12:26:03 PM EDT
[#20]
We will need a volunteer NC this week and next as I'll be tied up with work stuff during the net times, or it can be a free-for-all.
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Posted: 1/25/2023 6:52:22 PM EDT
[#21]
I'll call the net tonight. I'll be remote while sending net warnings and won't make it to the shack until 15min prior to net.
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Posted: 1/25/2023 6:54:18 PM EDT
[#22]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Nmbmxer: I'll call the net tonight. I'll be remote while sending net warnings and won't make it to the shack until 15min prior to net. Thanks, Nmbmxer! |
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Posted: 1/25/2023 7:09:03 PM EDT
[#23]
First warning is out.
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Posted: 1/25/2023 7:59:51 PM EDT
[Last Edit: weaponeer1911]
[#24]
Just for grins I set up my brand new aluminum rain gutters as an antenna tonight.
I just sent a test message. I guess it got out. I worked England, Argentina, Brazil, Japan and New Zealand on it with FT8 today. Never tried this before. ETA: I'm getting really heavy bleed-over from a Mexican station just up the band. |
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Posted: 1/25/2023 8:00:41 PM EDT
[#25]
Weaponeer1911 is sounding excellent tonight.
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Posted: 1/25/2023 8:29:49 PM EDT
[#26]
Fingers crossed...it's been years since using FLDIGI. I hope I remember how.
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Posted: 1/25/2023 8:41:50 PM EDT
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Here's a pic of how I hooked up to my gutter for tonight's net. I used the hybrid unit ( supposedly a 5:1 UNUN) from my Chameleon MPAS 2.0 portable antenna on the ground stake in the ground by a downspout. Then just made a jumper wire with a ring lug for the hybrid end and an alligator clip to clip on the gutter (I really didn't think it was going to work). Hooked up the single 25' counterpoise used by the Chameleon antenna. Ran the coax over to my shack window feedthru and in to the radio. It's under 2.0:1 on 40m - 6m. I haven't tried 80m yet. I'm only running 50 watts as the Chameleon hybrid unit gets hot at 100 w.
I tried it this afternoon on FT8 and got England on 15m on the first call. Switched to 10m and worked Argentine, Brazil, Japan and New Zealand. So I guess it works kinda better than I thought. That's when I decided to try it for tonight's net. And yeah, piccolo's comments on gutter antennas kinda got the blood stirring.  Attached File |
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Posted: 1/25/2023 8:47:51 PM EDT
[#28]
Rain gutters for the win!
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Posted: 1/25/2023 9:01:45 PM EDT
[#29]
8-1/2 check ins + NCS, one station sent a bunch of test messages but they started fading and I never heard them actually check in. Last one got in after I signed off but hadn't left yet.
I can't commit to NCS next week. I'll be in a motel and I get paranoid running the station that much remote. Worried FLDIGI will hang and I can't stop the TX over VNC. |
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Posted: 1/25/2023 9:03:19 PM EDT
[#30]
I'll have to try the gutter thing sometime. The gutter is about 4ft way from me but the flower bet is muddy and I'll have to get out a tuner and set it up in the dark. I'll wait for the DST and warm dry weather.
'd be more inclined to use the radio in the CUCV one week, I've done that in the past and it's good to make sure everything is working still. |
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Posted: 1/25/2023 9:11:56 PM EDT
[Last Edit: robmkivseries70]
[#31]
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Posted: 2/1/2023 12:17:16 AM EDT
[#32]
As a reminder I'm not around this week to run the net... so volunteers welcome.
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CO, USA
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Posted: 2/1/2023 6:59:36 PM EDT
[#33]
I am around for the net, NI0L
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Posted: 2/1/2023 7:19:06 PM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cobullseye: I am around for the net, NI0L Are you doing NC tonight? If not, I can do it. |
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Posted: 2/1/2023 7:34:12 PM EDT
[#35]
I won't make it, traveling for work and have a dinner I have to go to.
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Posted: 2/1/2023 8:34:05 PM EDT
[#36]
Good net tonight, decent conditions. 5 check ins plus NC for 6. I believe that two stations were new, welcome.
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Posted: 2/3/2023 5:29:40 PM EDT
[#37]
It's my first contact using the Olivia 16/500. I have been listening a couple weeks but finally pushed the button.
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Posted: 2/8/2023 12:22:20 PM EDT
[#38]
I should be present to NC this week.
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Posted: 2/8/2023 7:19:15 PM EDT
[#39]
Solid copy on multiple stations testing here.
2300Z and 2315Z reminders out. |
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Posted: 2/8/2023 8:19:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: weaponeer1911]
[#40]
I'm having some kind of RF feedback problem with the rig. Everytime I transmit it locks up the USB connection to the rig and freezes. Will have to troubleshoot.
Also getting strong splatter from a foreign broadcast station just above us. Not a good night for me. ETA: Managed to get my go-box backup rig up and hooked to the laptop so I could do the I/O checkin. Will troublesoot main rig tomorrow in better light. |
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Posted: 2/8/2023 8:43:10 PM EDT
[#41]
Nice net, conditions improved a lot from pre-net to post.
Six stations + NC tonight. Hope the gear situation gets resolved weaponeer, but I did copy you strong as usual on check in. |
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Posted: 2/8/2023 8:46:06 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By seek2: Nice net, conditions improved a lot from pre-net to post. Six stations + NC tonight. Hope the gear situation gets resolved weaponeer, but I did copy you strong as usual on check in. Ha! It was a real fast set up. My IC-7200 was hooked up to my Chameleon MPAS 2.0 portable vertical in the backyard that got rained on all day. I had no idea if it was going to work! 
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Posted: 2/8/2023 8:46:27 PM EDT
[#43]
Interesting that I could copy NC just fine but needed a relay from somebody in the opposite direction. Maybe a power boost? Was transmitting at 40w.
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Posted: 2/8/2023 8:52:28 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By limaxray: Interesting that I could copy NC just fine but needed a relay from somebody in the opposite direction. Maybe a power boost? Was transmitting at 40w. @limaxray Welcome to the net, could be your antenna orientation but who knows. The band was a bit weird, and the "A" index was up earlier 30 for example. I run 50 watts digital my self so I'd put the blame on atmospherics. 73, Rob |
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Posted: 2/8/2023 8:54:40 PM EDT
[Last Edit: limaxray]
[#45]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By robmkivseries70: @limaxray Welcome to the net, could be your antenna orientation but who knows. The band was a bit weird, and the "A" index was up earlier 30 for example. I run 50 watts digital my self so I'd put the blame on atmospherics. 73, Rob Antenna's a 40m EFHW oriented to the NW. In SE OH. [shrug] |
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Posted: 2/8/2023 9:40:41 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By limaxray: Antenna's a 40m EFHW oriented to the NW. In SE OH. [shrug] I'm to the southwest so.. probably just the band. When BigDaddy (also OH) was on the net regularly he'd usually be the strongest station here in AZ. It'll take a few nets to know if it's propagation or something else. |
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Posted: 2/15/2023 1:55:52 PM EDT
[#47]
I should be present to NC this evening.
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Posted: 2/15/2023 7:03:09 PM EDT
[#48]
First reminder out -- apparently I stepped on one of you doing it, sorry looked clear when I hit TX.
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Posted: 2/15/2023 7:50:55 PM EDT
[#49]
I am gunna try this again....... ^r
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Posted: 2/15/2023 7:52:19 PM EDT
[#50]
40m band sounds pretty weak here tonight. NC reminders -1 dB.
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