newbi but having fun

[hfflunki]

hi i posted previosly about getting in to utility listening and ounce i got an antenna firgured out
it has been good im starting w/ the air bases in canada and us i found some decoders on the net
but dont realy comprehend the method yet so my palstar had trouble and i use a satellit 750
well thanks for getting me started i geuss i have to take it from here thanks
dan

 

[zl2taw]

good to hear Dan,
glad you are enjoying HF

 

[fleef]

For a noob you have some great equipment to start out on . The antenna creating is half the fun, to me. I don't know if you're aware of MultiSPK but that's one of the free online decoders that is capable of decoding several types of digital transmissions. CW is easiest by ear & although it is the oldest and least complex codes, it is the most complex for decoders to decode! Stanag you might get headers on transmissions that's about it.

This is my favorite file on utilities decoding, great detail on krypto 5000, et al

http://n3ujj.com/manuals/Utility DXing - A Primer.pdf

 

[ka3jjz]

We have a separate forum for digital decoding, so I'll keep this just a little OT - MultiPSK is fine, but as you implied in your message, you have to learn how to discern what is decodeable and what isn't. There are several websites with traces as generated by many of the better decoding packages, and that's a start...

Re Krypto - if you have a heart condition, don't look at the price. Consider yourself warned :.>>

I would seriously consider joining the Utility DXers Forum on Yahoo, and take a look at the group's home page - lots of good stuff here...

Utility DXers Forum homepage

HTH...Mike

 

[hfflunki]

thanks for all the positive input
theres a couple problems now
im sending my 750 for repair asap
and i read the read me in multipsk thank god before buying
because it wont work in wine but i found fldigi and gmfsk
i tried to run rivet and couldent get it goin under linux
and im afraid to compile multimon there page dosent look real legit
its ok though theres lots of stuff for me to decode with fldigi gmfsk and hamfax
my backup gadio is a realistic dx-160 and should work good
i and i really like listening to voice
uttilites i hope to find a webpage with wefax freqs i cauet the us coastgaurd
report minute by minute as sandy made landfall
i must admit the digital decodeing is a bit hard to wrap your head around
at first but im learrning i put up a hidden longwire so that has improved things

thanks
dan

 

[gpsblake]

hfflunski, have you tried 516khz on LW in NAVTEX? If you live within 200 miles of the coast, you'll get a whole bunch of stuff there. Sunken ships, weather warnings, notification of military bombing practice at sea etc.

 

[hfflunki]

thanks for the info i did a fresh install of kubuntu 12.1 and downloaded frisnit navtex java version so ill
checck it out and rivet is now able to run in kubuntu with new version
as well as other software works better
so ill check it out tonight

 

[pete0403]

hfflunki, you're obviously a fellow Linux junkie...have you found any good programs similar to Winradio suite for debian or slack based distros?

 

[hfflunki]

well, i dont know about winradio but rf-space sdr-iq has linux software for debian mainly ubuntu distros are best for radio stuff i would run them on your system before buying a sdr
they are cutesdr and quisk
but for your radio computer i would reccomend a 12.1 version of a
ubuntu distro