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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 7:11 AM
Subject: Re: home brew accessoreis was re. man oh man
> All,
>
> I suspect that at least part of Michael's problem with legibility is
> whatever he's using to compose and send his messages. it's probably a
> note taker of some kind and it seems there is some incompattibility
> between it and how his messages are displayed. If you look carefully at
> his messages, the carridge returns don't come in the right places and
> sometimes come in the middle of a word.
>
> I'm just suggesting that it may not all be due to his carelessness in
> typing. His choice of words, however, is another matter. Lou, WA3MIX
> Lou Kolb
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 1:57 AM
> Subject: Re: home brew accessoreis was re. man oh man
>
>
>> don't worry about radio gear or anything else, focus on using your spell
>> checker and proof reading your messages.
>> I'd love to know what your saying, but it's ni on impossible OM.
>> take 2 minutes so the rest of us can comprehend the babble...Please!.
>>
>> 73
>> Colin, V A6BS
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Michael Thurman" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 11:51 PM
>> Subject: home brew accessoreis was re. man oh man
>>
>>
>>>o m g that sounds like the guy who doesn't want a comptu erihis shack is
>>>=
>>> abou t90 years old lol computers have been a part of ham radio ever =
>>> since the first personal comptuer, so live with it... anyway my real =
>>> question is abotu the scanner and what other cool toys you have come up
>>> =
>>> with I would LOVE to be able to build stuff, so any ideas youc an =
>>> give me on buildin gsom eneat accessories please let me know =20
>>> sinc eyou build accessories I wonder if you or anyone lese knows what =
>>> the plugs are on the microphone part of an aircraft headset. they are =
>>> like quarter inch plugs for headphones except slightly smaller. if I =
>>> couldget my hands on matching jacks for those plugs I might be able to =
>>> get a nice aircraft headset to use on my station for a good price :)
>>> my curent idea is dtmf control that really works with my kenwood ts2000
>>> =
>>> no tthe pathetic rig control built in that gives you no feedback at all
>>> =
>>> for operating the radio. even witht he voice synth you get no voic eback
>>> =
>>> for what you changed... epic failure since some of the older icom =
>>> dualband mobiles would speak their freency changes back ot he air. the
>>> =
>>> only way I found aorund that so far is using an frs radio and vox to =
>>> speak the synthesier out on a different frequency and run dual recieve =
>>> on an ht not exactly elegant by any means, especially if you get too =
>>> far from the frs radio. I really should ge tbetter for a radio that =
>>> cost $1600 or more even with kenwood which does more than anyone else
>>> =
>>> for acessiility it is mostly an aftethought, or made by people who can
>>> =
>>> see because it is what they think we want or need. what I want is real =
>>> dtmf control with voice feedback from the rig or elsewhere. if I have to
>>> =
>>> use a comptuer to acomplish this I will, but it seems like a basic stamp
>>> =
>>> should do the job unfortunately that is th limit of my knowledge I am =
>>> no programmer. last time I tried that was basic on a radio shack color =
>>> computer 25 ears ago or close to it
>>> 73 kb7nla
>>> On Mar 23, 2012, at 9:32 AM, Martin McCormick wrote:
>>>
>>>> I know exactly how you feel. I hate having to use this
>>>> stupid white cane everywhere I go because it ties up my right
>>>> arm. If my computer would just work out of the box without
>>>> having to spend blood money to add a fix to it that costs more
>>>> than the work station, itself, I would probably use Windows but
>>>> I refuse to get sucked in to that money pit but also respect you
>>>> if that is not a problem for you.
>>>>=20
>>>> I've yet to see US currency that is identifiable by
>>>> other means than an electronic device so I still have yet to see
>>>> a lawyer Olympic get us anything other than a big bill and lots
>>>> of circular arguing over discussion lists. At lease the
>>>> electronic devices are getting more affordable.
>>>>=20
>>>> I own a couple of Uniden scanners. One is 9 years old
>>>> and the other is about a year-and-a-half old. Of course, I wish
>>>> they talked or sent Morse Code but they don't. They do, however,
>>>> have a serial port on the back. The older scanner could actually
>>>> be operated in real time by typing rather cryptic commands in to
>>>> the serial port and reading the responses. The newer one uses
>>>> long comma-separated variable sequences so it is really worth
>>>> one's while to write helper programs to assemble those strings,
>>>> but I was able to set up our state's 800-MHZ trunking system
>>>> after much pain and suffering. Actually, I had a severe flaw in
>>>> my program that caused the scanner to not receive what I thought
>>>> I was sending, but my point is that after all that work, I can
>>>> use it and even read the display.
>>>>=20
>>>> You start by downloading the description of the
>>>> communications protocol and work from there.
>>>>=20
>>>> When I got in to ham radio, a lot of folks were building
>>>> their own gear. I haven't done that yet, but I do build a lot of
>>>> accessories and stuff that will never be sold anywhere because
>>>> of limited demand. Amateur radio is an exercise in making stuff
>>>> work for you. Beating the odds is 3/4 of the fun of it.
>>>>=20
>>>> I really don't know what else to say, but if you don't
>>>> want to use alternate means to make it work, that's your choice.
>>>> You'll probably have to wait a very long time before things
>>>> accidentally get the way you want them if they ever do.
>>>>=20
>>>> Harry Brown writes=20
>>>>> Hi Martin,
>>>>> I'll give ya one, currancy!
>>>>> Well my friend, I will never quit about getting things that talk, =
>>> that's =3D
>>>>> for sure, whether hf rigs, you name it.
>>>>> Also, it's rediculous to control an hf rig with a computer, just =3D
>>>>> absolutely rediculous.
>>>>> I know the sighted use computers to control rigs, but what a waste. =
>>> What =3D
>>>>> I mean by saying "what a waste" is, it's just one more piece of =3D
>>>>> equipment to drag around. I have no interest in controling an hf rig =
>>> =3D
>>>>> through a computer, because I don't want to have 2 pieces of =
>>> equipment =3D
>>>>> in my shack. I just want an hf rig that I don't have to hook up a =3D
>>>>> computer to.
>>>>> I don't want to have to use something in a backpack to control my hf =
>>> =3D
>>>>> rig. Now controlling an hf rig remotely, awesome, but I don't want to
>>>>> =
>>> =3D
>>>>> have to use a computer or smart phone to control my hf rig, which =
>>> would =3D
>>>>> be sitting in my shack in front of me.
>>>>> If a rig doesn't talk out of the box, it's not accessible.
>>>>> Trippy, ac8s
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