[MilCom] ALE Monitoring Procedure?

[Ken]

Hello Larry & the group
The Yaesu FRG-100 does not have a serial port on the equipment.  It only has 
phone out on the back and on the front, a "CAT jack" and a few others.  I 
noted when I have it connected to my sound card via the microphone jack on 
the computer that PC-ALE does in fact hear the receiver because the display 
shows that.  HOWEVER, I haven't yet come across any ALE sounds to see if it 
will get decoded or not.
OR maybe if the serial port is needed I'm out of luck on using this 
software!

Ken



-----Original Message----- 
From: Larry Van Horn
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 8:01 AM
To: Ken ; milcom
Subject: Re: [MilCom] ALE Monitoring Procedure?

The Frog-100 is more than adequate for single channel ALE reception, even
though its speaker audio sucks. ;-)))

It is also a receiver that is listed in the PC-ALE listings for CPP
operation so consult the manual on ways to connect your Frog to the
computer. Taking a stab in the dark here, given its vintage I would imagine
you will be using a serial connection on the back of the receiver to connect
to the computer using a serial-USB cable that is available at just about any
computer store. Once you install the USB-Serial cable, load the driver for
the cable, then setup the CPP page in PC-ALE for the Frog-100, set the
serial port, then you should be on your way. Setup a QRG file of freqs you
want to monitor, open the owlog to keep a record of what your
receiver/PC-ALE has heard and you can join the ALE monitoring revolution.