Re: No Output from VARA HF
I find that if the Audio Codec USB cable (to radio or radio interface) is interrupted somehow (unplugged, RF zaps the signal, etc). while a VARA session is running, it will still key the rig, but no
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Dave New, N8SBE
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#8891
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No Output from VARA HF
I have a setup on my PC (Win 10) that works. I have another PC (Win 10) that I am setting up. All settings on the second system are the same (except comm port). ?And I have checked that the drivers
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Gerry Brown
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#8890
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Re: Major Updates Changing Sound Device Sort Order
I have NEVER had Windows bollox up my audio or COM selections, but then I ALWAYS leave my USB cables plugged into the same port, even during updates and reboots. What I have seen is for instance,
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Dave New, N8SBE
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#8889
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Major Updates Changing Sound Device Sort Order
For us Windows users, I discovered that one software developer seems to have figured a way to minimize the issue of major Window Updates reordering the OS's internal list of sound devices. I was
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Brian - W7OWO
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#8888
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Re: New LOCAL Winlink CMS Gateway for VARA RM on 145.060 #VARAFM,#CMS Gateway
Donald, technically what you are operating is a *Radio Message Server* ( *RMS* ) which connects to the *Central Message Servers* ( *CMS* ) which are hosted on *Amazon Servers*. If you have the RMS
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ve3smf
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#8887
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Re: New LOCAL Winlink CMS Gateway for VARA RM on 145.060 #VARAFM,#CMS Gateway
Location? Hope you find some ham activity there.? :)
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Mike Berg
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#8886
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New LOCAL Winlink CMS Gateway for VARA RM on 145.060 #VARAFM,#CMS Gateway
Hello, I have just setup a temporary CMS Gateway on 145.060, Simplex, 1200 Baud ( Narrow) for the local area. It is located in the RV Park at 4313 FM 2004, La Marque, TX? 77568 and the antenna is
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Donald Schneider
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#8885
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Re: Transmit Problem on VARA FM Modem Using Ubuntu and WINE
Understood.? Most of the successful implementations is to have VARA run on a windows PC on the same network as the Linux machine and connect the apps via the network instead of trying to use a
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Roy KD6R
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#8884
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Re: Questions on Running 40m VARA APRS mobile
If you want the most availability of the band. Stop sending DX status beacons. Stop double beaconing. Meaning don't send statuses, grid position, or other beacons types. Avoid excessively long
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Michael - NA7Q
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#8883
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Re: Transmit Problem on VARA FM Modem Using Ubuntu and WINE
Auto Tune does not connect, and Ping only works if there is a connection... Ron
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Ron Schwartz K2RAS
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#8882
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Re: Questions on Running 40m VARA APRS mobile
*Here's my 2 cents...* NO!!! ? You can't do that kind of rate on HF! 1) ? The transmission time is much longer on VARA than on the usual 1200-baud 2M VHF. ?A simple beacon, especially if it is not
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Michael - NA7Q
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#8881
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Re: Transmit Problem on VARA FM Modem Using Ubuntu and WINE
Good to know.? Have you tried Ping and Auto Tune in VARA FM?? My experience is that folks tend to send their audio a little hot which does not help and makes it difficult for the receiving station
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Roy KD6R
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#8880
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Re: Transmit Problem on VARA FM Modem Using Ubuntu and WINE
That was a really interesting idea, thanks. I can occasionally get a contact through the speakers, but usually not (it seems random, one time it will connect, and the next time not). Very occasionally
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Ron Schwartz K2RAS
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#8879
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Re: Questions on Running 40m VARA APRS mobile
Stephen WA8LMF wrote, " *On HF, a reasonable beacon rate is around 15-20 minutes for a mobile, if the channel is being used with multiple users."* Hay Stephen on your road trip in October your beacon
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wa5luy
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#8878
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Re: Transmit Problem on VARA FM Modem Using Ubuntu and WINE
I'm not much of a computer guy so forgive me in advance. Is it possible that your Ubuntu output has a delay in it before actual audio comes out? Since you have two different machines you could
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Greg Ramsdell
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#8877
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Re: 40M VARA APRS Rocks! (7.083.50 USB)
Yes...? You can tune the loop to any frequency by varying the capacitor value.??? Just note that as you go down in frequency, the capacitance value,?RF voltage and RF current will increase with
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WA8LMF
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#8876
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Re: 40M VARA APRS Rocks! (7.083.50 USB)
WA8LMF, Thanks for the great explanation!! 66pacific.com has a mag loop calculator. Looks like a 40M mag loop requires twice the capacitance ( 121 pF) of a 30M mag loop ( 59 pF) , given the same 20
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Bryan KF6NYM
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#8875
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Re: 40M VARA APRS Rocks! (7.083.50 USB)
A mag loop is a resonant tuned circuit -- the tubing forms a one-turn coil resonated by a capacitor connected across the open gap.? ?? Normally the capacitor is an external one, often a variable
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WA8LMF
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#8874
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Re: 40M VARA APRS Rocks! (7.083.50 USB)
On Wed, Jan 1, 2025 at 06:12 PM, WA8LMF wrote: > > WA8LMF, I am going to try building your 30M mag loop antenna. On your > website the design is a bit different; the RG-8 center conductor + >
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Bryan KF6NYM
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#8873
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Re: Transmit Problem on VARA FM Modem Using Ubuntu and WINE
I did misspeak, the waterfall is on VARA HF (which is working fine). The fact remains, I can hear my transmission and the other station's response on a separate HT when running Winlink and VARA FM on
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Ron Schwartz K2RAS
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#8872
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