From acharland182 at gmail.com  Tue Oct 10 08:31:04 2023
From: acharland182 at gmail.com (acharland182 at gmail.com)
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 08:31:04 -0400
Subject: [CALV-AUXCOMM] Wednesday Lunch
Message-ID: <008401d9fb75$a339cd40$e9ad67c0$@gmail.com>

Didn't get mentioned on the net last night so just a reminder. Lunch this
week is at Chesapeake Church on Rt. 4 south of the 2-4 split. 11:30 as
always. Look forward to seeing folks.

 

Andy

KC3WRX


From acharland182 at gmail.com  Wed Oct 11 13:32:41 2023
From: acharland182 at gmail.com (acharland182 at gmail.com)
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 13:32:41 -0400
Subject: [CALV-AUXCOMM] Wednesday Lunch
Message-ID: <008801d9fc68$f0672470$d1356d50$@gmail.com>

Wednesday lunch for Oct. 18th will be Buckets in Lusby at 1130(1530
UTC/GMT/Zulu if you prefer). Come one. Come all. They have a great menu.

 

Andy

KC3WRX


From n3ae at comcast.net  Mon Oct 16 10:54:58 2023
From: n3ae at comcast.net (Shawn Donley)
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 10:54:58 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [CALV-AUXCOMM] No AUXCOMM Meeting This Wednesday - Net Instead at
	7:30pm
Message-ID: <1181345963.432097.1697468098209@connect.xfinity.com>

All,
 
We will skip the in-person AUXCOMM meeting this week and have a net instead at 7:30pm on the CARA 146.985/444.950 repeater system.  The objective for the net is to discuss the MT63-2000L digital mode that is part of the FLDIGI software package.   We will also establish a date and time to try out this mode on 2M and 10M...perhaps later this week or in the new future.
 
tnx
N3AE
Calvert EC

From n3ae at comcast.net  Tue Oct 17 18:33:15 2023
From: n3ae at comcast.net (Shawn Donley)
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 18:33:15 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [CALV-AUXCOMM] Wednesday's Net and MT63-2000L
Message-ID: <181588792.380698.1697581995722@connect.xfinity.com>

All,
 
If you have the time prior to the net, put FLDIGI on your computer (if it's not already installed).  Available at http://www.w1hkj.com/ (it's the s/w in the first row).   Once installed, click on the Configuration tab, click on Config Dialog and select your computer microphone as the input.
 
 
 
During the net, I'll send some text using MT63-2000L and/or MT63-1000L  (selected by clicking on the Op Mode tab at the top of FLDIGI and going down to MT63-2000L or MT63-1000L).   By holding your computer's microphone close to your transceiver's speaker, you should be able to decode and see the sent text.   Often you don't even have to hold the microphone close...just turn up the radio's volume a bit and keep the background noise in the room low.
 
Of course, if you already have FLDIGI installed and interfaced through a sound card, you're all set.
 
Yes, MT63 does work through a voice repeater.  But what I don't know is if it works through a linked repeater, so folks on the K3CAL 440 side can ran that test for us
 
N3AE

From n3ae at comcast.net  Wed Oct 18 17:21:40 2023
From: n3ae at comcast.net (Shawn Donley)
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 17:21:40 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [CALV-AUXCOMM] Wave File Sample of MT63
Message-ID: <1083716783.450151.1697664100766@connect.xfinity.com>

All,
 
The attached .wav file is a short text sent in FLDIGI Op Mode MT63-2000S.    It might be useful for testing your FLDIGI setup.   Note it's 2000S, not 2000L so if you're using the file, set FLDIGI's Op Mode to MT63-2000S. 
 
On my desktop PC, if I set FLDIGI audio input to use my microphone input (I'm using a microphone on the end of a cord plugged into the PC), and then I play the .wav file through the PC's speaker, FLDIGI should decode the .wav into the text shown below.  Also attached is a screen capture of my FLDIGI "sound card" settings for performing this test using the .wav file and the PC microphone.
 
You might need to adjust the speaker volume so as not to distort the audio and play with the PC's microphone gain.  Here, the speaker volume is fairly loud but not ear-hurting.  And I hold the microphone about 2ft away from the speaker.
 
Text should decode as shown below.  The second sentence is cut off as shown.
 
 
Z\Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
The quic
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From acharland182 at gmail.com  Tue Oct 24 19:16:23 2023
From: acharland182 at gmail.com (Andrew Charland)
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 19:16:23 -0400
Subject: [CALV-AUXCOMM] Lunch this week
Message-ID: <CAKHsO=1_Fngvw=ORW3dxOs2mawBtPkFdJyrgBTcCSKcDhU2NUQ@mail.gmail.com>

Lunch tomorrow is at...?

From acharland182 at gmail.com  Wed Oct 25 12:54:34 2023
From: acharland182 at gmail.com (acharland182 at gmail.com)
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 12:54:34 -0400
Subject: [CALV-AUXCOMM] Wednesday Luch
Message-ID: <00c201da0763$eec956a0$cc5c03e0$@gmail.com>

Lunch for Wednesday Nov. 1st will be at iHop in Prince Frederick. 11:30 as
always. Hope to see you there.

 

Andy

KC3WRX


