[EIDXA] Filling out EIDXA Membership application.

[Jason Joens]

Good advice. I will pay closer attention, to that.

My first time with psk, I was running a full kw and didn't realize the havoc I was wrecking. I was excited to instantly see 3 people jump to respond to my CQ...all of them yelling at me to turn it down!

Lessons learned....

Jason 
Sent from my cell phone.

John Andrews <john at andrewsattic.com> wrote:

>I tell people working digital modes something similar: The typical 
>getting started in psk web page will tell you to just set the radio to 
>14.07, 21.07 and etc and "leave it there".. Yeah that'll work for a 
>beginner, but when you get a weak one around 2khz on your waterfall, if 
>you tune the radio up about a khz or so, so their signal is around 1khz 
>on the waterfall, your radio's higher frequency response  at that spot 
>will sometime help you sniff out those weak ones...
>
>On 01/14/2013 05:53 PM, Jason Joens wrote:
>> Hi Larry.
>> Good to hear that you got it working.
>>
>> The tricky part for me is figuring out the frequency.  When I look on the
>> cluster, I see some station working RTTY on come frequency.  When I go to
>> that frequency, in sideband to use my RIGBlaster, he isn't there!   What
>> the???   &%$*@#&%!!!
>>
>> Most of the time they post the frequency in actually RTTY mode on your
>> radio.  I learned to go Down 1 in Sideband, and there he is waiting for me!
>>
>> The RIGBlaster is good for more than just RTTY, too.  You're now set up for
>> SlowScan TV, and a host of other modes, like PSK31, which is probably the
>> most popular digital mode going now.  Go to 14.070.5 and there's all kinds
>> of guys working the world on 35 watts with PSK31.
>>
>> You can also look into JT65, too.  That's a funny mode to play with, but you
>> can print something that's 20+DB BELOW the noise floor!  Wild stuff.  Heinz
>> used to use JT65 to work Moonbounce on 6 meters.
>>
>> Have fun with the new toy!!
>>
>> Jason
>> KD0MND
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Larry & Karen [mailto:k0is at iowatelecom.net]
>> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 4:56 PM
>> To: 'John Andrews'; 'Jason Joens'; 'EIDXA Reflector'
>> Subject: RE: [EIDXA] Filling out EIDXA Membership application.
>>
>> Hi, John and Jason,
>>
>> Just saw the email come through from John and thought I'd let you guys and
>> everyone else know that K0IS is now on FSK RTTY and chasing "new ones."  I
>> finally got the Rigblaster Advantage to work with the PRO III and if anyone
>> needs any help, I've learned just enough so far to be dangerous.  I will
>> pass along that West Mountain Radio uses an ICOM 756 PRO II for all of their
>> testing, so if they say it works on ICOM gear and yours doesn't.....
>>
>> Believe it or not, it took me a week of on and off trial and error before
>> talking to Sholto at WMR on the phone.  We didn't get it going at that time,
>> and I ordered a recommended cable for FSK keying (only $9.95), but after
>> talking to him a dim light finally came on upstairs and I found out how
>> simple it was to get going.
>>
>> 73, Larry  K0IS
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: eidxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:eidxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>> On Behalf Of John Andrews
>> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 4:46 PM
>> To: Jason Joens; EIDXA Reflector
>> Subject: Re: [EIDXA] Filling out EIDXA Membership application.
>>
>> Yeah that should work, but it would be funnier if you added stuff like
>> contacting aliens and calling CQ for North Korea. Hi hi
>>
>> Jason Joens <pixelpaint at mchsi.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Operating Interests:__________
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Lets see here, DX, CW, QRP, EME, APRS, RTTY....Wait, can I just type in
>>> the whole alphabet a few times instead?  That should work, right?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> HI HI
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jason
>>>
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