Acum cateva seri testam o interfata pentru moduri digitale si am ajuns in banda de 20m unde, am avut placuta surpriza sa intalnesc o statie YO, YO3FOP care chema in PSK31.
Imediat i-am raspuns, bucurandu-ma ca voi avea posibilitatea de a schimba cateva cuvinte cu un "vecin".
Iata cum a decurs "dialogul":
CQ CQ de YO3FOP YO3FOP
PSE K
02:54:04> Main
YO3FOP de YO3HJV YO3HJV pse kn
Your Call de YO3FOP
YO3FOP de YO3HJV
nu ati incarcat in program indicativul si statia chemata nu stie cui faceti apelul
Buna dimineata.
Numele Adrian, QTH Bucuresti.
Semnalul este f puternic, merge OK.
Eu tocmai am terminat si testez, o interfata pe USB pentru moduri digitale, care are placa de sunet, com pentru CAT samd..
TU YO3FOP de YO3HJV YO3HJV pse kn
YO3HJV de YO3FOP
Hi OM,
Report : 599 599
Name : ILIE ILIE qth BUCHAREST BUCHAREST loc KN34CK [90.0° 6.6km] KN34CK
Member EPC #2937 ROØ5
Info : QRZ.COM
How copy? BTU OM, YO3HJV de YO3FOP pse kn
YO3FOP de YO3HJV
Copiez f bine, dupa cum am spus, doar ca speram sa vb cu un om, nu cu un calculator...
Multam de legatura, succes si mny DX
YO3FOP de YO3HJV YO3HJV pse kn
YO3HJV de YO3FOP 73 OM and thanks for this BPSK-31 QSO on 2Øm, good DX in 2Ø11.
YO3HJV de YO3FOP sk
Trecem de faza I, in care dl. YO3FOP nu a introdus indicativul in MACRO-urile din HRD (cel putin asa suna predefinitele din DM780 si ajungem la adevarata problema:
Dezinteresul operatorului uman pentru realizarea unei legaturi!
Imi pare ca, folosind exclusiv mesajele predefinite devenim, cumva, sclavii calculatoarelor, negandu-ne tocmai placerea acestui hobby: comunicarea si puntile intre oameni!
Modurile digitale sunt un mijloc de realizare a legaturii si nu un scop in sine; se pare ca am uitat de asta! Este de inteles asa ceva intr-un concurs sau intr-un pile-up atunci cand timpul corespondentului este pretios. In rest, folositi comenzile "macro" cu parcimonie; nu este deloc greu sa adaugi cateva cuvinte, chiar daca tastatura QWERTY nu iti este cel mai bun prieten!
Am intalnit deseori corespondenti cu care am purtat conversatii in moduri digitale. Tocmai acestia au fost motivul pentru care acum sunt atat de atras de ele iar unii chiar mi-au spus ca evita sa intre in dialog cu statiile care shimba doar controalele de rigoare. Adica exact cum puteti observa in "dialogul" de mai sus!
Incercati sa evitati acest tip de legatura! Asa nu!
73 de yo3hjv
18 July 2011
12 July 2011
RadioMagazinYO Nr.9-10 iulie-august 2011
A aparut RadioMagazinYO, numarul de vara, comun pentru lunile iulie si august 2011!Din cuprins:
-Friedrichshafen Ham Fair 2011 de YO3HJV;
-O noua amenintare pentru comunicatiile HF de 4X1AD;
-Webinare pentru radioamatori de 4X1AD;
-Radiocomunicatii libere: CB & PMR 446 de YO3FTI;
-Transfer de date via HF de YO3FTI.
Revista verii 2011 vine cu un numar mai mare de pagini. In continuare ea este disponibila si in forma tiparita pentru abonati.
Premiul pentru acest numar este o statie radio mobila VHF, oferita de MATRA SYSTEMS.
Incepand cu acest numar, revenim la necesitatea autentificarii folosind contul deschis pe site-ul radioclubului pentru descarcarea revistei RadioMagazinYO.
Dupa logarea pe site, veti avea acces la link-ul pentru descarcarea revistei in format electronic.
Puteti descarca Revista RadioMagazinYO aici
02 July 2011
9k6 APRS with Ui-View and TM-D710
LATER EDIT: You can use the same settings for the Kenwood TH-72 because the TNC chipset is the same. Tested and work OK!
Last days I was confronted with a big problem!
How to establish a APRS local gateway from Internet to Radio with a TM-D710 and UI-View, the well known software from G4IDE!
First time, I started the Kenwood TM-D710 in Packet mode and I made the necessary settings for 9k6 but when it connects to UI-View, the baudrate reverted to 1k2!
The main issue is that this software have more than 7 years of no-upgrade due to the SK of the author and the INIT file for the Kenwood TM-D710 radio is not included within the CMD files.
Therefore I start to look around how the software sent the commands to the radio.
It seems that in the CMD folder within the installation directory is the key.
Inside this folder, there are some files that define the initialisation commands for every TNC listed in UI-View menu and that initialisation occured everytime I tried to setup the communications with the radio.
The solution is here:
But how we find the TM-D710-9k6 TNC-type?
Very simple!
We search in the CMD folder for a file named "TM-D700.ORG".
Open it with Notepad. You should see something like this:
;This is a copy of the default version of TM-D700.CMD.
;This is a sample TNC initialisation file for use with
;the Kenwood TM-D700. [SETUP]
;DON'T alter anything in this section unless you are
;sure you know what you are doing!
COMMAND_PROMPT=cmd:
COMMAND_CHARACTER_CODE=3
ESCAPE_CHARACTER_CODE= CONV_COMMAND=CONV MYCALL_COMMAND="MYCALL " UNPROTO_COMMAND="UNPROTO "
NO_BEACON_COMMAND=
BEACON EVERY 0
[INIT_COMMANDS] ^C AI 1!AI 1
etcNow, open a new file in the Notepad and paste the following code:
[SETUP]
;DON'T alter anything in this section unless you are
;sure you know what you are doing!
COMMAND_PROMPT=cmd:
COMMAND_CHARACTER_CODE=3
ESCAPE_CHARACTER_CODE=
CONV_COMMAND=CONV
MYCALL_COMMAND="MYCALL "
UNPROTO_COMMAND="UNPROTO "
NO_BEACON_COMMAND=BEACON EVERY 0
[INIT_COMMANDS]
^C^C^C
;Control mode on.
TC 1!TS 1
;Select TNC PKT mode on A band.
TN 2,0!TN 2,0
;Waiting for command prompt.
^M!cmd:!5
;Repeating the first two commands is not an error!
ECHO OFF
; Below we can set the beacon in 10*N seconds. 60 means 600 seconds
BEACON EVERY 60
; You can set the beacon text with BTEXT ...
ECHO OFF
; You can set the Digipeating function but have to add some other commands
DIGI OFF
;Below we setup the RF TNC baudrate
;If you want 1k2 baud, simply replace "9600" with "1200"
HBAUD 9600
GPSTEXT $GPRMC
LTMON 5
LTMHEAD ON
LOC E 0
MON ON
MCOM ON
MSTAMP OFF
CONOK OFF
PACLEN 250
UIDIGI OFF
UIFLOOD %
UITRACE %
XFLOW OFF
HEADER OFF
NEWMODE ON
NOMODE OFF
[EXIT_COMMANDS]
LTMON 0
MON OFF
TC 1
TN 0,0
After that, rename the .txt file into "TM-D710-9k6.CMD" and save it in the same CMD folder.
Open UI-View, go to SETUP menu, click on COMMS SETUP and, BINGO, you will have the new TNC option enabled!
Watch the first picture again, make the same settings and go for 9k6 APRS with the Kenwood TM-D710!
Beware: you have to keep the radio with no menu-enabled TNC! The TNC will "revive" once you hit the "OK" button (first image) and the LCD on the radio will show "PACKET96"!
73 de YO3HJV
LATER EDIT
Another Later edit:
You can find the files on Github: https://github.com/yo3hjv/TM-D710-Ui-View32-TNC-files
Download them, put them into the CMD folder of the programm installation folder, restart UI-View.
Last days I was confronted with a big problem!
How to establish a APRS local gateway from Internet to Radio with a TM-D710 and UI-View, the well known software from G4IDE!
First time, I started the Kenwood TM-D710 in Packet mode and I made the necessary settings for 9k6 but when it connects to UI-View, the baudrate reverted to 1k2!
The main issue is that this software have more than 7 years of no-upgrade due to the SK of the author and the INIT file for the Kenwood TM-D710 radio is not included within the CMD files.
Therefore I start to look around how the software sent the commands to the radio.
It seems that in the CMD folder within the installation directory is the key.
Inside this folder, there are some files that define the initialisation commands for every TNC listed in UI-View menu and that initialisation occured everytime I tried to setup the communications with the radio.
The solution is here:
But how we find the TM-D710-9k6 TNC-type?Very simple!
We search in the CMD folder for a file named "TM-D700.ORG".
Open it with Notepad. You should see something like this:
;This is a copy of the default version of TM-D700.CMD.
;This is a sample TNC initialisation file for use with
;the Kenwood TM-D700. [SETUP]
;DON'T alter anything in this section unless you are
;sure you know what you are doing!
COMMAND_PROMPT=cmd:
COMMAND_CHARACTER_CODE=3
ESCAPE_CHARACTER_CODE= CONV_COMMAND=CONV MYCALL_COMMAND="MYCALL " UNPROTO_COMMAND="UNPROTO "
NO_BEACON_COMMAND=
BEACON EVERY 0
[INIT_COMMANDS] ^C AI 1!AI 1
etcNow, open a new file in the Notepad and paste the following code:
[SETUP]
;DON'T alter anything in this section unless you are
;sure you know what you are doing!
COMMAND_PROMPT=cmd:
COMMAND_CHARACTER_CODE=3
ESCAPE_CHARACTER_CODE=
CONV_COMMAND=CONV
MYCALL_COMMAND="MYCALL "
UNPROTO_COMMAND="UNPROTO "
NO_BEACON_COMMAND=BEACON EVERY 0
[INIT_COMMANDS]
^C^C^C
;Control mode on.
TC 1!TS 1
;Select TNC PKT mode on A band.
TN 2,0!TN 2,0
;Waiting for command prompt.
^M!cmd:!5
;Repeating the first two commands is not an error!
ECHO OFF
; Below we can set the beacon in 10*N seconds. 60 means 600 seconds
BEACON EVERY 60
; You can set the beacon text with BTEXT ...
ECHO OFF
; You can set the Digipeating function but have to add some other commands
DIGI OFF
;Below we setup the RF TNC baudrate
;If you want 1k2 baud, simply replace "9600" with "1200"
HBAUD 9600
GPSTEXT $GPRMC
LTMON 5
LTMHEAD ON
LOC E 0
MON ON
MCOM ON
MSTAMP OFF
CONOK OFF
PACLEN 250
UIDIGI OFF
UIFLOOD %
UITRACE %
XFLOW OFF
HEADER OFF
NEWMODE ON
NOMODE OFF
[EXIT_COMMANDS]
LTMON 0
MON OFF
TC 1
TN 0,0
After that, rename the .txt file into "TM-D710-9k6.CMD" and save it in the same CMD folder.
Open UI-View, go to SETUP menu, click on COMMS SETUP and, BINGO, you will have the new TNC option enabled!
Watch the first picture again, make the same settings and go for 9k6 APRS with the Kenwood TM-D710!
Beware: you have to keep the radio with no menu-enabled TNC! The TNC will "revive" once you hit the "OK" button (first image) and the LCD on the radio will show "PACKET96"!
73 de YO3HJV
LATER EDIT
I was asked by Jack, G4AMF to tell him how to setup the radio for 1200 baud APRS operation.
If you look on the code above, you will see a "commented" line (with ; in the beggining) whic tells you how to do it.
You simply replace
You simply replace
HBAUD 9600 with HBAUD 1200
and, Voila! you got the 1k2 APRS working with TMD 710 as KISS TNC!
Don't forget to put the radio in TNC mode and not in APRS mode!
The same 73 from Romania! Another Later edit:
You can find the files on Github: https://github.com/yo3hjv/TM-D710-Ui-View32-TNC-files
Download them, put them into the CMD folder of the programm installation folder, restart UI-View.
30 June 2011
Back in Bucharest
Yeah, I am back in Bucharest after a very nice trip around Central Europe.
Maranza, Como, Interlaken and, finally, Friedrichshafen, the Ham Fair 2011!
Here are some pictures from this trip, mainly from Ham Fair!
Of course, after a rainy day, nothing compares with a nice Hooters beer!
More pictures here.
Maranza, Como, Interlaken and, finally, Friedrichshafen, the Ham Fair 2011!
Here are some pictures from this trip, mainly from Ham Fair!
Of course, after a rainy day, nothing compares with a nice Hooters beer!
More pictures here.
14 June 2011
Europe trip, mobile HF calling...
Tomorrow I will be on the road to Friedrichschaffen.
The plan is to reach the destination on Thursday, 23rd of June.
Till then, I intend to go through Austria (South Tirol), Italy (Como), Switzerland (Interlaken).
My little VW Golf has extended HF capability (HI) from a ICOM IC-7000, LDZ Z-11 Pro II and a Sirio Turbo 4000 2m heigh antenna.
This equipment give me the possibility to work on HF bands, from 80m to 6m, so, from time to time check the following frequencies:
-3705 kHz;
-7150 kHz;
-14300 kHz;
-18150 kHz;
-21380 kHz;
-24940 kHz;
-28428 and 28.480 kHz;
-50133 kHz.
In VHF and UHF, I will try QSO on various repeaters. In simplex, I will be QRV on 145,500 MHz.
The maximum output power I will use will be 50 W.
Also, a TH-D72 with external antenna will transmit APRS position (SSID=YO3HJV-7).
The callsigns:
-Hungary (just passing): HA/YO3HJV/m
-Slovenia (just passing): S5/YO3HJV/m
-Austria: OE/YO3HJV/m or/p
-Italy: IN3/YO3HJV/m in Bolzano area and I2/YO3HJV/m or/p in Como area.
-Switzerland: HB9/YO3HJV/m
-Deutschland: DL/YO3HJV/m
Hope to catch you on the band!
73 de YO3HJV/m.
The plan is to reach the destination on Thursday, 23rd of June.
Till then, I intend to go through Austria (South Tirol), Italy (Como), Switzerland (Interlaken).
My little VW Golf has extended HF capability (HI) from a ICOM IC-7000, LDZ Z-11 Pro II and a Sirio Turbo 4000 2m heigh antenna.
This equipment give me the possibility to work on HF bands, from 80m to 6m, so, from time to time check the following frequencies:
-3705 kHz;
-7150 kHz;
-14300 kHz;
-18150 kHz;
-21380 kHz;
-24940 kHz;
-28428 and 28.480 kHz;
-50133 kHz.
In VHF and UHF, I will try QSO on various repeaters. In simplex, I will be QRV on 145,500 MHz.
The maximum output power I will use will be 50 W.
Also, a TH-D72 with external antenna will transmit APRS position (SSID=YO3HJV-7).
The callsigns:
-Hungary (just passing): HA/YO3HJV/m
-Slovenia (just passing): S5/YO3HJV/m
-Austria: OE/YO3HJV/m or/p
-Italy: IN3/YO3HJV/m in Bolzano area and I2/YO3HJV/m or/p in Como area.
-Switzerland: HB9/YO3HJV/m
-Deutschland: DL/YO3HJV/m
Hope to catch you on the band!
73 de YO3HJV/m.
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