Mark your calendars for November 22nd. From 12:00 noon until 4:30 PM at the Hardesty Regional Library, the TDRC will be conducting an in-depth training session of the FLDIGI software package with a general review of digital modes including:
PSK (including BPSK, QPSK, PSKR)
Contestia
CW
DominoEx
Feld Hell
MFSK
MT-63
Olivia
RTTY
Thor
Throb
Recent tests with PSK on 40m have confirmed 80 mile NVIS contacts with power budgets of as little as 5 watts, making it an excellent narrow-band mode for messages of all types.
There will be hands-on training on the FLDIGI software, along with some demonstrations of its capabilities for messaging and file transfer. We will cover from hardware setup, initial software setup, all the way through good operating practices.
To provide the best learning experience for participants, we have limited the training session to no more than 25 attendees. Please RSVP ASAP to ae5me@yahoo.com to reserve your spot.
Jeff, Looking forward to the upcoming session.
ReplyDeleteSomething I'd like us to spend some time on would be the when / why of a particular mode.
PSK (including BPSK, QPSK, PSKR) : by far, the most popular mode. Lots of people available to communicate with.
Contestia : Used by the M0XER balloons.
CW : The original "digital mode". Human readable. Some humans still read it.
DominoEx
Feld Hell : The mode you actually read (as opposed to listen) off the monitor.
MFSK
MT-63
Olivia : Very tolerant to noise. Capable of transmission over long distances with a minimum of power.
RTTY : One of the first modes employ computers
Thor
Throb
Which of these modes do you think would be best for homebrew projects that need to communicate among themselves ?