[SMCARA] Club Station and Digital

[Daniel Metcalf]

I agree. Unless there is a general consensus via email so that we can have
the item installed and ready for the 19th.


On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 1:35 PM, ken.mcneely at yahoo.com <ken.mcneely at yahoo.com
> wrote:

> Someone should bring it up as a motion next meeting....  (Looks at Boz)
>
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Daniel Metcalf
> Date:07/09/2014 13:05 (GMT-05:00)
> To: "Richard (KG3BOZ)"
> Cc: smcara at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [SMCARA] Club Station and Digital
>
> 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
>



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Dan Metcalf -- KB3UUN
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