Subj : Re: 2m discussion and tra
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Jimmy Anderson
Date : Fri Apr 19 2019 18:00:00

-=> Daryl Stout wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

 DS> Jimmy,

 JA> DS>   That isn't in my net list, but there may be a similar one on CQ100.

 JA>Okay - googled that and wound up going down a couple of rabbit holes... :-)

 DS>   Go to www.w2blc.net/cq100nets.htm for a list. I didn't see a Bible
 DS> Study net, per se...but 2 possible Christian related nets.

Got it - thx for the link!

 JA>Found an SDR but Windows only (I'm a Mac user) - found one for Mac, but
 JA>it's a 'virtual' radio - doesn't actually use the air like echolink does.

 DS>   SDR: Software Defined Radio -- but if your XYL won't let you buy or
 DS> use it, it's "Spousally Declined Radio" (hi hi).

LOL - the one I found for Windows appears to actually be the 'real thing'
where you can talk HF using the Internet. Is there something like that
that's NOT D-Star that you know of? For MAC I mean?

 JA>Found a smart phone walkie talkie app that is kinda cool. It's also
 JA>virtual, but you can use it around the world 'public' or you can
 JA>make a private 20 character code and share that code with your
 JA>friends and use it as a PTT walkie talkie for a group - that's
 JA>kinda cool!

 DS>   Interesting. The battery probably runs down real quick, though.

Yeah, probably, just like Pokemon Go or something like that that runs
all the time.

 JA>So is there an actual HF type SDR that I can use online without
 JA>an actual, physical radio? Like echonet, I guess...

 DS>   Do you mean Echolink??

Yeah, like that I guess...

 DS>   As for the HF type SDR, I have no idea.

 DS>   The closest thing you could get would be CQ100, but it's $39 a year.
 DS> I do the QCWA CQ100 Net on Friday mornings. CQ100 simulates operations
 DS> on several HF bands, but no RF actually occurs. And, unlike real HF,
 DS> Novices up through Amateur Extra, can use it.

Yeah - that link that goes to QSO net - that's the one I found on my own.
So it is still not actual HF. Hmm...





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