23-12-2020, 07:00 AM
It's December now, and my "parrot" repeater has been running a year now with not one QSO between two amateurs
through it.
It's time for a change.
In the meanwhile the M17 project has created quite a network (50+) linked servers and clients (internet) but there isn't
a way (available yet) to feed a signal in from a radio????
I've mentioned our NSW country ambulances and bases have been fitted with Digital HF radios so that with
all those scattered bases, good coverage.
So I plan to "connect" a Codec2 HF base station to one of the M17 networks. (there are 26, A to Z)
This should mean, there's a much better chance that the casual HF station will have somebody world-wide
listening. I'm not a programming guru so progress is slow.
Using a Codec2 mode available on David's SM1000 now. Mode 700D
Noting also, there's a new mode: 700E
My "parrot" repeater will continue running until the new code is ready.
Always on a "standard" frequency, see qso.freedv.org for a list and my current.
Another interesting issue!!!!!
Voice codecs that generate less than 700 bits/sec in US law are "special", super secret.
In the Codec2 suite there's a 450 mode but there's no modem to connect to a radio.
Keep smiling
Alan VK2ZIW
through it.
It's time for a change.
In the meanwhile the M17 project has created quite a network (50+) linked servers and clients (internet) but there isn't
a way (available yet) to feed a signal in from a radio????
I've mentioned our NSW country ambulances and bases have been fitted with Digital HF radios so that with
all those scattered bases, good coverage.
So I plan to "connect" a Codec2 HF base station to one of the M17 networks. (there are 26, A to Z)
This should mean, there's a much better chance that the casual HF station will have somebody world-wide
listening. I'm not a programming guru so progress is slow.
Using a Codec2 mode available on David's SM1000 now. Mode 700D
Noting also, there's a new mode: 700E
My "parrot" repeater will continue running until the new code is ready.
Always on a "standard" frequency, see qso.freedv.org for a list and my current.
Another interesting issue!!!!!
Voice codecs that generate less than 700 bits/sec in US law are "special", super secret.
In the Codec2 suite there's a 450 mode but there's no modem to connect to a radio.
Keep smiling
Alan VK2ZIW