Hello Holger,

23 Sep 18 09:59 at you wrote to me:

 HG> I noticed that you probably use UTF as code page but the only
 HG> character that didn't match the text mode here was the (º) = paragraph
 HG> character. Text modes here are PC8 and Latin-1.

That was a direct copy and paste from Windows 10 into the Chrome SSH browser 
extension into GoldEd+/Linux.  If I'd done that using MultiMail under Windows, 
MM would have done the correct codepage conversion.  I try to clean up any 
"oddities" for everyone else using CP437 and what-not.

 HG> BTW, the URL's mentioned in the text didn't give me anything. By using
 HG> only princeton.edu i could contact the site and from there find
 HG> 'pulsar' but any search from there didn't give an opening.

I didn't check any of the URLs myself.  I did read the newsletter though.  
There's always some sort of nugget in there.

 SD>> Digital modes are a mixed bag.  However they do have the distinct
 SD>> advantage of being very efficent with low-power and bandwith.

 HG> Further ahead is the version FT11 that will work the DXCC in 478 ms.

Unfortunately, there is that side effect.  I will usually ragchew with people 
on digital modes. I am not a fan of a "macro-driven QSO".  I am very 
interested in Feld Hell as the group I'm involved with are a very friendly 
bunch of folks and the mode seems to be used more for ragchewing than 
collecting "quick hits".

Did I tell you I bought a nearly-new used Yaesu FT-450D in June for an early 
birthday present for myself?  I need to get a Signalink for it to set it up 
with my W10 computer in the shack and I'll be in tinkering with digital modes 
too.

 SD>> I'm looking at setting up a packet BBS here on 2 meters for now...

 HG> My intention was of course to add 9600 bps to it to be able to
 HG> transfer files faster. The modem wasn't lost however. I just had to
 HG> add audio in and out to be able to use it as a 70cm transceiver.

My good friend, Bob N1UAN, is the king of packet BBSing.  He was running 12 of 
them at one time all over the US several years ago.  I just need to get him to 
give me one of his Kamtronics TNCs to start tinkering with setting one up.  
Bob is getting older and is not really too much into ham radio so he has given 
me a lot of his equipment (much to my parents' chagrin).  I figure if he's 
going to give it to me, I might as well use it.

Speaking of capabilities, I set my Yaesu FTM-3100 (US version) 2 meter rig up 
in my shack.  I connected it to my trusty 10-year-old copper J-pole my dad, 
KD7SXQ, built for me.  I'm hitting repeaters 50 miles/80km away on five watts 
of power.  That little rig will put out 65 watts if need be.

I took a semi-decent picture of my little shack recently:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ims13w8h6kbprj9/201...

From top to bottom, that's the FTM-3100, my FT-450D, and a MFJ-959 Deluxe 
Versa Tuner II since I use wire antennas (the 450D's internal antenna tuner 
can't handle wire antennas).

A small but very capable shack for me. 

73 DE KD5COL,
Sean

... Working the world one QSO at a time.
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