Hi Kelly;
Welcome to our list.
We are one big happy family and, very little is off topic here.
I was a packet operator years ago and, I really loved it.
I was a no code tech so, that was the only way I could dx.
Again, welcome to our list.
73 de Anthony w2ajv


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On Sep 5, 2011, at 6:09 PM, John Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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