[SMCARA] Club Station and Digital

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Someone should bring it up as a motion next meeting....  (Looks at Boz)


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<div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Daniel Metcalf <kb3uun at gmail.com> </div><div>Date:07/09/2014  13:05  (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: "Richard (KG3BOZ)" <kg3boz at md.metrocast.net> </div><div>Cc: smcara at mailman.qth.net </div><div>Subject: Re: [SMCARA] Club Station and Digital </div><div>
</div>Might the club approve the purchase of a Signalink USB for the club
Station? and maybe a Low End laptop or Desktop that would have enough
capability to run the digital modes? We can use this effort as a start the
improvement of our display at the museum.


On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Richard (KG3BOZ) <kg3boz at md.metrocast.net>
wrote:

> Long term we need to plan for a permanent signalink usb and use the
> existing laptop. I don't know how current/healthy the existing laptop is.
>  It might be neat to keep the digital station monitoring something
> unattended while no one is there to attract visitors.
>
>
> 73 DE KG3BOZ
>
> <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: "Clarke, Tom
> AIR4.0P NATOPS" <frederic.clarke at navy.mil> </div><div>Date:07/09/2014
>  11:58  (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: smcara at mailman.qth.net
> </div><div>Subject: Re: [SMCARA] Club Station and Digital </div><div>
> </div>Dan/Boz
>
> The club has a PK-232MBX that is mounted in a rack panel just like the
> current LDG tuner for the station.  This will do
> Packet/RTTY/PACTOR/AMTOR/ASCII/FAX, but not the newer sound card modes such
> as PSK/JT/WSPR/Hell/Throb/etc. It works well for VHF packet such as the
> WinLink stuff or APRS. It does not use the sound card and interfaces via a
> serial port (not a USB, but traditional 9 pin serial) to the computer and
> via audio cables to the HF or VHF radio. We could set it up on VHF for
> WinLInk.
>
> I think the SL-USB is the way to go for HF modes.  Much more