Hi Kelly, long time no talk but we have spoken a few times via voice chat,
various online places, email lists. It's been a long time though. Depending
on how far in to it you want to get there are ways to use psk31. I've used
digipan, it's a little tricky to learn with a screen reader and if you want
to transmit much easier with a separate sound card just for psk31, but I
have done it. I used to be on voice, digital modes, a little CW, I scaled
back a little when I moved over a year ago but this is a temporary stop off
on my way to moving somewhere else. Unfortunately I'm off the air right now
due to the storm last weekend, Irene, taking down my antennas, hmmm, over a
week ago already it seems like yesterday but I hope to get back on the air
before too overly long. Putting my HF antenna and dual bander in the same
tree was not a good idea, same limb, same rope, so, that limb came down and
the dual bander, the antenna I wouldn't mind as much losing, survived but I
had to dig it out of the wreckage and it's in the cellar on my work bench
now. That HF antenna, I filed an insurance claim, if they don't do something
soon I'll probably junk it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelly Sapergia" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 5:15 PM
Subject: Introducing Myself and a Question Regarding PSK31
> Hi,
>
> My name is Kelly Sapergia, and I'm from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
> (my
> callsign is VE5KJS). I've been an amateur radio operator since 1997, and
> am
> getting back into the hobby after a few years of being off the HF band
> because I didn't have an antenna at my current QTH until last month. I use
> a
> Kenwood TS-570D for HF, and a Radio Shack HTX-202 for 2-meters. At the
> moment, I'm having fun brushing up on my morse code using programs like
> Morse Runner, NuMorse and others, and trying to call CQ on HF.
>
> Now, onto my question. I've been hearing about various digital modes for
> amateur radio, such as PSK31. I believe W1AW transmits bulletins with this
> mode (I know you can hear something on their EchoLink node, but it sounds
> very high-pitched), and was wondering if there's any software that a blind
> operator can use to decode these messages?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Yours Sincerely,
> Kelly John Sapergia, VE5KJS
> Show Host and Production Director
> The Global Voice Internet Radio
> www.theglobalvoice.info
> Personal Website: www.ksapergia.net
> Business Website: www.kjsproductions.com
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