[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Digital Net Night

[Jason Palma]

Good evening,

A few folks talked about having a digital net night. I’m going to try to kick it off on Monday (July 10th) at 8pm with FreeDV.  Eventually, having a rotation led by different club members hosting different modes is the goal. Thinking of doing JS8 Call, VarAC, RTTY, and whatever else we can think of. The plan is to use 10M and 6M for the digital net. That way Technicians can join the fun. 

For tomorrow, we will start with FreeDV. FreeDV is an open source digital mode for HF. I’ve used it a couple of times and it works well. You will need a Windows, Linux, or OSX computer, HF capable rig with sound card and PTT capability, and a headset with microphone for your computer. 

You can find more information (and the software to download) at https://freedv.org . There is also a site which monitors who is on FreeDV at qso.freedv.org <http://qso.freedv.org/>.  You can also check if you are getting out on PSK reporter by selecting the FREEDV mode.   

We will start out on 28.330. I will also be on Discord voice chat via our voice channel “digital-net-night”. Just scroll to the bottom of our channel list to connect. I will attempt to answer questions about setup and use the discord voice chat as a “get well” location. Text chat will occur on the "digital-net-night” text channel. 

I am also looking for digital pros to lead digital net nights. If you have a favorite mode - that allows for a digital rag chew - please let me know if you would like to host a digital net. 

Hope to hear you tomorrow night!

73,

Jason
WA6MPR