[Lowfer] New comer needs help...

[WE0H]

Can someone help this guy??? He wants to get on LF for receiving beacons to
start.

Mike>WE0H
http://www.we0h.us/lf.html

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill and Arlene Hooper [mailto:billnroo@earthlink.net]
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 12:14 PM
To: WE0H
Subject:

Mike,

I am just out of hospital with 6X bypass but have decided to "go digital" as
soon as I can move around well enough.  The prolonged recovery and rehab
period will provide a good environment for learning and experimenting.  I
think I have the hardware but am very unsure of the digital side of the
equation.  I have a 200MHz pentium with a nice soundblaster card that has
been taken out of WEB application by upgrade and I can dedicate it to the
radio room setup.

Unfortunately, the terms are overwhelming to me ("dogbones - ARGO" etc.).  I
know there are programs avaliable for all sorts of spectrum/waterfall
displays, QRS QRSS then QRSS followed by a number (?) and PSK- etc.  But I
have no feel for which one (s) I want to use on 166 KHz, nor where they
might be obtained.  I do have the CD that comes with the rigblaster
interface but I don't know what all is on there.

Is there a site that will help educate me somewhere on the web?  The only
"digital" ham work I have done was wide shift RTTY with M15 equipment (for 7
years on 20M) back in the 1960s.

things have changed a lot since then - but I would like to try again.

Thanks for any light you can shed on the subject !

God Bless,

Bill - KF6AR

Bill & Arlene Hooper

<billnroo@earthlink.net>