Pactor QSO

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Steve;

My antenna is repaired, so I am ready to get on the air. How about trying for a pactor QSO at 0400 UTC on November 15 at a frequency of 14.079 MHz (center frequency)? That is my Tuesday afternoon, and your Monday evening. If that frequency is busy, I will try moving up in frequency in 1000 Hz jumps.

I would also like to try a PSK31 QSO at 0410 UTC on the same day, if I can figure out how to do PSK31 on my rig. Does anyone know how to do PSK31 using a SCS PTC-II TNC and XPWIN software?

-- Stephen Curtis (Stephen_Curtis@adidam.org), November 12, 1999

Answers

Oops--Nov. 16 not Nov. 15

Sorry, I ment to try for a pactor QSO on Nov. 16 at 0400 UTC on 14.079 MHz (center frequency), and a PSK31 QSO at 0410 UTC on the same day.

-- Stephen Curtis (Stephen_Curtis@adidam.org), November 13, 1999.

Nov. 16 it is

I'll be listening for you on the 16th (UTC). Don't I have to know your Pactor ID?

-- Steve Heller (stheller@koyote.com), November 13, 1999.

PSK31

Does anyone know how to do PSK31 using a SCS PTC-II TNC and XPWIN software?

PSK31 was written up in the May 1999 issue of QST magazine. Basically all you need is a computer with a soundcard, a PSK31 program (which is freeware that you can download), and a couple of very simple circuits to feed the transmit audio from the soundcard into the microphone input and to key the transceiver from a COM port. I built them with a little bit of help, and I'm not that great at circuit construction yet. You don't need a TNC or any other software.

-- Steve Heller (stheller@koyote.com), November 13, 1999.


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