Good evening Michael,
With all due respect, your message is also difficult to read. Between the
typos, missing capitalizations, and the run-on style, it is presented in an
almost continuous stream of words. The lack of most punctuation causes the
words to be read without many pauses, in a torrential rush.
Just a comment so that you know.
Best regards,
Ron Miller
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From: For blind amateur radio operators
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Thurman
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 5:33 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Braille Pan Adapter
lately I keep getting al these this is a multi part message stuff and = it
is alms unreadable=85 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=92t 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. =3D
> I specify a frequency range and pan increment, usually 1 KHZ, and it
> =3D=
> creates a braille graph of the band activity. The braille graph is on
> =
=3D
> my 40 cell Pacmate display.
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> I use the characters =3DE2=3D80=3D9Ca b l p q =3D3D=3DE2=3D80=3D9D to
>=
show the =3D
> relative signal strengths. Those characters are dot 1, dots 1 and 2,
> =
=3D
> dots 1, 2, and 3, etc. A single dot 1 is the noise floor.
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> I put up a new pan graph every 3 band scans, in other words, I scan =
the =3D
> band 3 times, and then generate the braille, scan another 3 times and
> =
=3D
> generate, etc. I generate the graph using the maximum value I got =
from =3D
> those 3 scans. This hopefully minimizes missing a CW op whose key =
just =3D
> wasn=3DE2=3D80=3D99t down when I scanned the last time.
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> Here is a sample display. Note that if you=3DE2=3D80=3D99re not using
>=
a =3D
> braille display, this won=3DE2=3D80=3D99t make much sense.
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> aaaabbbaaalqap=3D3Dbaaaaabbbblbaaaalllaaqaaa
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> The =3DE2=3D80=3D9Cq=3DE2=3D80=3D9D and
>=3DE2=3D80=3D9C=3D3D=3DE2=3D80=3D=
9D show strong signals, =3D
> the =3DE2=3D80=3D9Cp=3DE2=3D80=3D9D less strong, etc.
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> With the TS-590 at 115200 baud, I can scan around 40 points per =
second, =3D
> or 40 khz per second scanning 1 khz at a time. That seems to be fast
> =
=3D
> enough, well for me at least.
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> Oh, and perhaps the most important feature of this is that when I see
>=
on =3D
> the graph a spot I want to go to, I just click the routing key, the
> =3D program stops panning, and sends the rig to the corresponding =
frequency. =3D
> This frequency is approximate, depending upon how many KHZs are =3D
> represented by a cell, but it=3DE2=3D80=3D99s in the ball park of the
> =
signal =3D
> I=3DE2=3D80=3D99ve spotted.
> --
> Jim, KE5AL
> From: Jim Shaffer=3D20
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 11:12 PM
> To: For blind ham radio operators=3D20
> Subject: re: Braille Pan Adapter
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> Well, I=3DE2=3D80=3D99ve done a proof of concept, and it works! I =3D
>don=3DE2=3D80=3D99t have it in any shape to really be very useable =
yet, but I =3D
> can make my TS-590 scan and return s-meter readings fast enough to do
> =
a =3D
> reasonable job of showing a band or band segment.
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> Stay tuned.
> --
> Jim Shaffer, KE5AL
> Pflugerville, TX
> www.jjshaffer.net
> www.pgramblers.com
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> <DIV style=3D3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: =
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> <DIV>Well my pan adapter project has born fruit. It is working
> =3D=
> pretty=3D20
> well. I specify a frequency range and pan increment, usually 1
> =3D=
> KHZ, and it=3D20
> creates a braille graph of the band activity. The braille graph
> =
is =3D
> on my=3D20
> 40 cell Pacmate display.</DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV>I use the characters =3DE2=3D80=3D9Ca b l p q
> =3D3D=3DE2=3D80=3D9D =
to show the =3D
> relative signal=3D20
> strengths. Those characters are dot 1, dots 1 and 2, dots 1, 2,
> =
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> and 3,=3D20
> etc. A single dot 1 is the noise floor.</DIV>
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> <DIV><FONT size=3D3D3 face=3D3DCalibri>I put up a new pan graph every
> =
3 band =3D
> scans, in=3D20
> other words, I scan the band 3 times, and then generate the braille,
> =3D=
> scan=3D20
> another 3 times and generate, etc. I generate the graph using =
the =3D
> maximum=3D20
> value I got from those 3 scans. This hopefully minimizes missing
> =
a =3D
> CW op=3D20
> whose key just wasn=3DE2=3D80=3D99t down when I scanned the last =3D
> time.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D3D3
> face=3D3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=3D3D3 face=3D3DCalibri>Here is a sample display.
> =
Note =3D
> that if=3D20
> you=3DE2=3D80=3D99re not using a braille display, this
> won=3DE2=3D80=3D9=
9t make much =3D
> sense.</FONT></DIV>
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> <DIV><FONT size=3D3D3 face=3D3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=3D3D3 face=3D3DCalibri>The
> =3DE2=3D80=3D9Cq=3DE2=3D80=3D=
9D and =3D
> =3DE2=3D80=3D9C=3D3D=3DE2=3D80=3D9D show strong signals, the =
=3DE2=3D80=3D9Cp=3DE2=3D80=3D9D less=3D20
> strong, etc.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=3D3D3 face=3D3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=3D3D3 face=3D3DCalibri>With the TS-590 at 115200 baud,
> =
I can =3D
> scan around=3D20
> 40 points per second, or 40 khz per second scanning 1 khz at a =3D
> time. That=3D20 seems to be fast enough, well for me at
> least.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D3D3
> face=3D3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=3D3D3 face=3D3DCalibri>Oh, and perhaps the most =
important =3D
> feature of=3D20
> this is that when I see on the graph a spot I want to go to, I just
> =3D click the=3D20 routing key, the program stops panning, and sends
> the rig to the =3D
> corresponding=3D20
> frequency. This frequency is approximate, depending upon how =
many =3D
> KHZs are=3D20
> represented by a cell, but it=3DE2=3D80=3D99s in the ball park of the
> =
signal =3D
> I=3DE2=3D80=3D99ve=3D20
> spotted.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=3D3D3 face=3D3DCalibri>--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
> size=3D3D3 face=3D3DCalibri>Jim, KE5AL</FONT></DIV> <DIV
> style=3D3D"BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <DIV style=3D3D"font-color:
> black"><B>From:</B> <A =3D
> [log in to unmask]
> href=3D3D"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=3D3D"mailto:[log in to unmask]">For blind ham radio
> =3D
> operators</A>=3D20
> </DIV>
> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> re: Braille Pan Adapter</DIV></DIV></DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV></DIV>
> <DIV=3D20
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> <DIV dir=3D3Dltr>
> <DIV style=3D3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: =
#000000">
> <DIV>Well, I=3DE2=3D80=3D99ve done a proof of concept, and it =
works! I =3D
> don=3DE2=3D80=3D99t have it in=3D20
> any shape to really be very useable yet, but I can make my TS-590 scan
> =
=3D
> and=3D20
> return s-meter readings fast enough to do a reasonable job of showing
> =
a =3D
> band or=3D20
> band segment.</DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV>Stay tuned.</DIV>
> <DIV style=3D3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: =3D
> #000000">--<BR>Jim=3D20
> Shaffer, KE5AL<BR>Pflugerville,=3D20
> =
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