[NLRS] Question regarding modes/frequencies

[KA0RXX]

Thank you Carl-

I feel completely unqualified to respond intelligently to the issues 
that you raise, but I am certain that you have an important point.   I 
saw the group of notes regarding D star, etc a couple weeks back and am 
definitely interested in seeing that accommodations are made/continued 
for something other than FM repeaters!   Nothing against repeaters, I 
use them a lot, but there is a whole 'nother world here that I am 
finding very enjoyable and interesting.  And lord knows, at least in the 
Metro area there is no shortage of 2 meter repeaters. :)

I'll be following the discussion with great interest and may even 
interject an opinion.... Carl has talked with me enough to know that I 
probably couldn't resist expressing an opinion hi hi.

73
Pat
KA0RXX



Carl Estey wrote:
> 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 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> Behalf Of KA0RXX
> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 10:09 PM
> To: Brady G. Palmquist
> Cc: nlrs at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [NLRS] Question regarding modes/frequencies
>
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>
>
>
> 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-----
>> From: nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of KA0RXX
>> 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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