[NLRS] Question regarding modes/frequencies

[Carl Estey]

I, too, am very interested in trying PSK (SSB not FM) on 2 and beyond.  Many
years ago, Bill K0AWU, and I did RTTY using FSK and it worked nicely despite
the large amounts of QSB in our path.  

What is at the heart of Pat's question is something that really does deserve
some NLRS discussion and perhaps a recommendation to the Minnesota
(Minnesota Repeater Council) and surrounding repeater coordination
organizations (WAR) to indicate where might be best places for simplex
10-Ghz voice coordination, EME, meteor scatter, SSTV.  It is becoming more
important that the "expert" user group of simplex users makes a
recommendation to the repeater groups as the digital voice on simplex
frequencies issue is also coming to them.  NLRS should make a recommendation
both the the repeater coordinators as well as to the general Amateur
community so newcomers know where to try these simplex modes.  

Even though I have been using 2-meter non-repeaters since my Novice days in
1962, with the change it technology I had no answer to Pat's good question
about where to operate SSTV, and certainly had no answer to where PSK should
be operated.  What is the collective NLRS response to the voluntary band
plan in Minnesota for our interests?

Carl - WA0CQG 

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Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 10:09 PM
To: Brady G. Palmquist
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Subject: Re: [NLRS] Question regarding modes/frequencies





Guess I should have made it clear that I am thinking SSB PSK :)  While 
most of my past experience has been FM, we have a IC-211 so we'd be 
doing this on SSB.

We have done some sstv 145.500 FM and that's been pretty interesting.   
I guess that should be another question, does that freq/mode sound ok to 
everyone?  (that one seemed awfully well documented from many sources).

Pat
KA0RXX

Brady G. Palmquist wrote:
> I don't know either!  :)  When you find out, let me know.
>
> But it sounds like fun.  PSK on 2 meters...why not!
> What kind of radios are you planning on using?  FM, I assume?  Or will you
being using SSB rigs like on HF?
> It will make a huge difference in bandwidth used and the frequency
allowed.  Doing PSK over FM kind of would defeat the small bandwidth
requirement normally associated with PSK.
> Interesing idea though!  I have done RTTY over FM and it's fun as well.
>
> If you get things going, let me know. I'd like to give it a try too.  I
can do either FM or SSB and have a little beam for SSB and a vertical for
the FM side.
>
> Are you in the metro?
>
> 73
> Brady
> K0UC
> Mpls.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 9:19 PM
> To: nlrs at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [NLRS] Question regarding modes/frequencies
>
>
>
>
> Hello all-
>
> This is my first note to the group, so I hope it's an appropriate 
> topic.  My son (KD0ABR, 11yrs), I and a couple of others are interested 
> in playing around with PSK on 2 meters.   When doing a web search for 
> where that might be appropriate, I am coming up with 144.144-144.150 Mhz.
>
> Since I am pretty new to anything other than FM on VHF, I was hoping 
> that you folks could either confirm that this would be an ok frequency 
> to work this mode on, or point me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks so much for any guidance and putting up with my ignorance.
>
> Pat
> KA0RXX
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