lately I keep getting al these this is a multi part message stuff and it is alms unreadable… anther screw up of this list? or did my client go insane? as it is i will have to leave the list if i can’t read most of the messages like this one that seems to be a rash of messagesin multi part name or whatever it looks like raw html, but I would think my mail client could read that, or my screen reader possibly on the mac.
Michael Thurman
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On May 1, 2014, at 12:40 PM, Jim Shaffer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Well my pan adapter project has born fruit. It is working pretty well. =
> I specify a frequency range and pan increment, usually 1 KHZ, and it =
> creates a braille graph of the band activity. The braille graph is on =
> my 40 cell Pacmate display.
>
> I use the characters =E2=80=9Ca b l p q =3D=E2=80=9D to show the =
> relative signal strengths. Those characters are dot 1, dots 1 and 2, =
> dots 1, 2, and 3, etc. A single dot 1 is the noise floor.
>
> I put up a new pan graph every 3 band scans, in other words, I scan the =
> band 3 times, and then generate the braille, scan another 3 times and =
> generate, etc. I generate the graph using the maximum value I got from =
> those 3 scans. This hopefully minimizes missing a CW op whose key just =
> wasn=E2=80=99t down when I scanned the last time.
>
> Here is a sample display. Note that if you=E2=80=99re not using a =
> braille display, this won=E2=80=99t make much sense.
>
> aaaabbbaaalqap=3Dbaaaaabbbblbaaaalllaaqaaa
>
> The =E2=80=9Cq=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9C=3D=E2=80=9D show strong signals, =
> the =E2=80=9Cp=E2=80=9D less strong, etc.
>
> With the TS-590 at 115200 baud, I can scan around 40 points per second, =
> or 40 khz per second scanning 1 khz at a time. That seems to be fast =
> enough, well for me at least.
>
> Oh, and perhaps the most important feature of this is that when I see on =
> the graph a spot I want to go to, I just click the routing key, the =
> program stops panning, and sends the rig to the corresponding frequency. =
> This frequency is approximate, depending upon how many KHZs are =
> represented by a cell, but it=E2=80=99s in the ball park of the signal =
> I=E2=80=99ve spotted.
> --
> Jim, KE5AL
> From: Jim Shaffer=20
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 11:12 PM
> To: For blind ham radio operators=20
> Subject: re: Braille Pan Adapter
>
> Well, I=E2=80=99ve done a proof of concept, and it works! I =
> don=E2=80=99t have it in any shape to really be very useable yet, but I =
> can make my TS-590 scan and return s-meter readings fast enough to do a =
> reasonable job of showing a band or band segment.
>
> Stay tuned.
> --
> Jim Shaffer, KE5AL
> Pflugerville, TX
> www.jjshaffer.net
> www.pgramblers.com
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> <DIV>Well my pan adapter project has born fruit. It is working =
> pretty=20
> well. I specify a frequency range and pan increment, usually 1 =
> KHZ, and it=20
> creates a braille graph of the band activity. The braille graph is =
> on my=20
> 40 cell Pacmate display.</DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV>I use the characters =E2=80=9Ca b l p q =3D=E2=80=9D to show the =
> relative signal=20
> strengths. Those characters are dot 1, dots 1 and 2, dots 1, 2, =
> and 3,=20
> etc. A single dot 1 is the noise floor.</DIV>
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> <DIV><FONT size=3D3 face=3DCalibri>I put up a new pan graph every 3 band =
> scans, in=20
> other words, I scan the band 3 times, and then generate the braille, =
> scan=20
> another 3 times and generate, etc. I generate the graph using the =
> maximum=20
> value I got from those 3 scans. This hopefully minimizes missing a =
> CW op=20
> whose key just wasn=E2=80=99t down when I scanned the last =
> time.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=3D3 face=3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=3D3 face=3DCalibri>Here is a sample display. Note =
> that if=20
> you=E2=80=99re not using a braille display, this won=E2=80=99t make much =
> sense.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=3D3 face=3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=3D3=20
> face=3DCalibri>aaaabbbaaalqap=3Dbaaaaabbbblbaaaalllaaqaaa</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=3D3 face=3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=3D3 face=3DCalibri>The =E2=80=9Cq=E2=80=9D and =
> =E2=80=9C=3D=E2=80=9D show strong signals, the =E2=80=9Cp=E2=80=9D less=20
> strong, etc.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=3D3 face=3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=3D3 face=3DCalibri>With the TS-590 at 115200 baud, I can =
> scan around=20
> 40 points per second, or 40 khz per second scanning 1 khz at a =
> time. That=20
> seems to be fast enough, well for me at least.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=3D3 face=3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=3D3 face=3DCalibri>Oh, and perhaps the most important =
> feature of=20
> this is that when I see on the graph a spot I want to go to, I just =
> click the=20
> routing key, the program stops panning, and sends the rig to the =
> corresponding=20
> frequency. This frequency is approximate, depending upon how many =
> KHZs are=20
> represented by a cell, but it=E2=80=99s in the ball park of the signal =
> I=E2=80=99ve=20
> spotted.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=3D3 face=3DCalibri>--</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=3D3 face=3DCalibri>Jim, KE5AL</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5">
> <DIV style=3D"font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A =
> [log in to unmask]
> href=3D"mailto:[log in to unmask]">Jim Shaffer</A> </DIV>
> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 29, 2014 11:12 PM</DIV>
> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A [log in to unmask]
> href=3D"mailto:[log in to unmask]">For blind ham radio =
> operators</A>=20
> </DIV>
> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> re: Braille Pan Adapter</DIV></DIV></DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV></DIV>
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> <DIV dir=3Dltr>
> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">
> <DIV>Well, I=E2=80=99ve done a proof of concept, and it works! I =
> don=E2=80=99t have it in=20
> any shape to really be very useable yet, but I can make my TS-590 scan =
> and=20
> return s-meter readings fast enough to do a reasonable job of showing a =
> band or=20
> band segment.</DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV>Stay tuned.</DIV>
> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: =
> #000000">--<BR>Jim=20
> Shaffer, KE5AL<BR>Pflugerville,=20
> TX<BR>www.jjshaffer.net<BR>www.pgramblers.com</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DI=
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