In a message on 03-10-18 Ed Vance said to Daryl Stout:

GE Ed,

Since You have the Amateur Extra License You could have CW QSO's on
any part of any CW Band, and chat with Operators holding any Class
of Ham Radio Operator License anywhere in the World.

According to the information I have, CW (and other digital) signals are
allowed in any part of the bands assigned to radio amateurs, but phone
signals are not allowed in the band segments assigned to CW and digital
modes.

I've always kept a written Log of my air time.

Me too!!

Log when I used CW because one of my hands would already be busy
sending so it would be hard (for me) to type into the Log if I had
it on the computer.

By turning the Waters electronic keyer I found it quite easy to send
with my left hand, so when I built the "W7BBX Programmable keyer" I
equipped it with a second key (manipulator) connector for the other hand

I could Log on the computer easier if I was on Voice, but CW would
be a challenge.

We are not required to keep a log anymore (I do it anyway), but if we
use a log program it does the logging anyway.

The BandAid graphic is 5 $DB's (219), 5 $B0's (176) and 5 $DB's (219).

The Alt 219 comes out as █ and Alt 176 as ░ in the PC8 = ASCII 8 bit
character table.

If you want the # character you have to press Alt and 35 on the numeric keyboard.

Any odd characters you want to use must be typed while pressing the right (here), Alt key while entering the numbers on the numeric keyboard.

In Windows it doesn't seem to matter which Alt-key you use.


GN es 73 de Sam, OH0NC

aka Holger


.. A honest politician is one who, when bought, stays bought.
-- MR/2 2.30


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In a message on 03-17-18 Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:

In a message on 03-10-18 Ed Vance said to Daryl Stout:

GE Ed,

According to the information I have, CW (and other digital) signals are allowed in any part of the bands assigned to radio amateurs, but phone signals are not allowed in the band segments assigned to CW and digital modes.

I only said "part of any CW Band" to Daryl because no other Modes
are used there and CW usually isn't used in the phone portion of the
Bands.

Right, but you are alloowed to use CW over the entire band segment
reserved to amateur radio.

When I was using HF RTTY I'd send my Call Sign in CW prior to start
typing on the keyboard. (might had done that on VHF too.)
But didn't ID in CW when I was on VHF Packet Radio.

That has never been a requirement here.

By turning the Waters electronic keyer I found it quite easy to send
with my left hand, so when I built the "W7BBX Programmable keyer" I equipped it with a second key (manipulator) connector for the other
hand

I have a BUG but usually I used the J-38 Key.

Of course I have a hand-pump as well but I send faster with a bug.
I have never tried to use a hand-pump with my left hand but probably one
can get used to that too.

BTW, to avoid a mouse arm I have found that the best place for a
computer mouse is at knee or seat height.

The BandAid graphic is 5 $DB's (219), 5 $B0's (176) and 5 $DB's (219).

I don't know what a BandAid graphic is supposed to look like.

In Windows it doesn't seem to matter which Alt-key you use.

Well Yes it sometime does. The past week I found out that the code for
the degree sign didn't stick when the right 'Gr' was pressed but
pressing the left Gr key did.

The Alt 219 comes out as . and Alt 176 as . in the PC8 = ASCII 8 bit character table.

Were You able to see the Bandaid image in that message I wrote to
Daryl?

If the character (sign) # is called BandAid I see them.

A few lines above I only see . (period characters) where You typed
Alt 219 and Alt 176.

When I type Alt 219 here, I see a Solid Block Character.
When I type Alt 176 here, I see a Dotted Block Character.

So do I. Now I type AltGr 219 = █ and AltGr 176 = ░ and probably you see
them as you mentioned above.


73 es GN de Sam, OH0NC

aka Holger


.. If everything seems to be OK, you've overlooked something.
-- MR/2 2.30



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Ed,

When I type Alt 219 here, I see # a Solid Block Character.
When I type Alt 176 here, I see # a Dotted Block Character.

That doesn't work with Windows Notepad, but it does work with OLX.

MultiMail kept crashing on me, so I finally gave up on it. I've rarely
had a problem with OLX. The only thing I don't like is it has a shorter
tagline size than MultiMail...but, I can live with that.

Daryl

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Holger,

So do I. Now I type AltGr 219 = █ and AltGr 176 = ░ and probably you see HG>them as you mentioned above.

I see them in OLX -- Windows Notepad apparently won't handle the high
ascii characters.

Daryl

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03-11-18 09:53 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re: ARRL Requests
xpande
Howdy! Holger,

@MSGID: <5AA64FCC.1796.amtradio@capitolcityonline.net>
In a message on 03-10-18 Ed Vance said to Daryl Stout:

GE Ed,

Since You have the Amateur Extra License You could have CW QSO's on
any part of any CW Band, and chat with Operators holding any Class
of Ham Radio Operator License anywhere in the World.

According to the information I have, CW (and other digital) signals are allowed in any part of the bands assigned to radio amateurs, but phone signals are not allowed in the band segments assigned to CW and digital modes.

I only said "part of any CW Band" to Daryl because no other Modes are
used there and CW usually isn't used in the phone portion of the Bands.

When I was using HF RTTY I'd send my Call Sign in CW prior to start typing
on the keyboard. (might had done that on VHF too.)
But didn't ID in CW when I was on VHF Packet Radio.

I've always kept a written Log of my air time.

Me too!!

Log when I used CW because one of my hands would already be busy
sending so it would be hard (for me) to type into the Log if I had
it on the computer.

By turning the Waters electronic keyer I found it quite easy to send
with my left hand, so when I built the "W7BBX Programmable keyer" I equipped it with a second key (manipulator) connector for the other
hand

I have a BUG but usually I used the J-38 Key.
Never had a Keyer to use, they are nice though.

I could Log on the computer easier if I was on Voice, but CW would
be a challenge.

We are not required to keep a log anymore (I do it anyway), but if we
use a log program it does the logging anyway.

The BandAid graphic is 5 $DB's (219), 5 $B0's (176) and 5 $DB's (219).

The Alt 219 comes out as . and Alt 176 as . in the PC8 = ASCII 8 bit character table.

If you want the # character you have to press Alt and 35 on the numeric keyboard.

Any odd characters you want to use must be typed while pressing the
right (here), Alt key while entering the numbers on the numeric
keyboard.

In Windows it doesn't seem to matter which Alt-key you use.

The # character wasn't used in the Johnson and Johnson Tagline that showed
a ASCII Art image of a Bandaid, #'s is what I saw when Daryl Replied to
my message earlier this Month.

Were You able to see the Bandaid image in that message I wrote to Daryl?

A few lines above I only see . (period characters) where You typed Alt 219
and Alt 176.

When I type Alt 219 here, I see # a Solid Block Character.
When I type Alt 176 here, I see # a Dotted Block Character.

73 de Ed W9ODR . .

... I wouldn't hurt a fly. Besides, they taste terrible.
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03-18-18 09:44 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re: ARRL Requests
xpande

@MSGID: <5AAF8A4D.1811.amtradio@capitolcityonline.net>
In a message on 03-17-18 Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:

In a message on 03-10-18 Ed Vance said to Daryl Stout:

GE Ed,

GE Holger,

According to the information I have, CW (and other digital) signals are allowed in any part of the bands assigned to radio amateurs, but phone signals are not allowed in the band segments assigned to CW and digital modes.

I only said "part of any CW Band" to Daryl because no other Modes
are used there and CW usually isn't used in the phone portion of the Bands.

Right, but you are alloowed to use CW over the entire band segment reserved to amateur radio.

DIT DAH DIT

When I was using HF RTTY I'd send my Call Sign in CW prior to start
typing on the keyboard. (might had done that on VHF too.)
But didn't ID in CW when I was on VHF Packet Radio.

That has never been a requirement here.

Back then (late 1970's) I used that method of ID'ing because I thought I
had see mention of it in something that I read.

-snip-

BTW, to avoid a mouse arm I have found that the best place for a
computer mouse is at knee or seat height.

The Mouse is on my desk and my arm sometimes aches when using it a long
time.

I'm wondering if anyone makes a Clipboard with a Leg Clamp attached to it?
Long a friend of mine, Bruce WA4DYL worked CW /M while driving his car
using a J-38 clipped to his leg.

The BandAid graphic is 5 $DB's (219), 5 $B0's (176) and 5 $DB's (219).

I don't know what a BandAid graphic is supposed to look like.

In Windows it doesn't seem to matter which Alt-key you use.

Well Yes it sometime does. The past week I found out that the code for
the degree sign didn't stick when the right 'Gr' was pressed but
pressing the left Gr key did.

The Alt 219 comes out as . and Alt 176 as . in the PC8 = ASCII 8 bit character table.

Were You able to see the Bandaid image in that message I wrote to
Daryl?

If the character (sign) # is called BandAid I see them.

# isn't the character either of the ALT Characters shows here when I
added the Tagline or tried typing them in a message.

A few lines above I only see . (period characters) where You typed
Alt 219 and Alt 176.

When I type Alt 219 here, I see a Solid Block Character.
When I type Alt 176 here, I see a Dotted Block Character.

So do I. Now I type AltGr 219 = . and AltGr 176 = . and probably you
see them as you mentioned above.

Nope, just Period characters.

73 de Ed W9ODR . .

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03-18-18 21:59 Daryl Stout wrote to ED VANCE about Re: ARRL Requests Expande

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Ed,

Howdy! Daryl,

When I type Alt 219 here, I see # a Solid Block Character.
When I type Alt 176 here, I see # a Dotted Block Character.

That doesn't work with Windows Notepad, but it does work with OLX.

I'm using the DOS version of MultiMail, the Windows version of MM uses
Notepad.

I opened Notepad and tried entering a Alt Number and saw nothing show up
on the screen as You said it would.

MultiMail kept crashing on me, so I finally gave up on it. I've
rarely had a problem with OLX. The only thing I don't like is it has a shorter tagline size than MultiMail...but, I can live with that.

I quit using SLMR when I learned that MM showed ALL of the lines in long
BBS messages.
I liked using SLMR but it doesn't display all of every BBS Message.
A 152 line message is O.K. with SLMR, anything the writer writes after that isn't shown.

Does OLX end messages as SLMR does?
Didn't both Programs come from the same Company.

I also liked MM being able to save Taglines longer than 57 characters.
I noticed when I used SLMR that Taglines in messages longer than 57 had
the end of them cut off when I Added them to SLMR's TAGLINE.MR file.

I have had a problem using MM when Mike Powell sends a message to Me in
a local echo on His BBS.
I then use SLMR to read His message to me when I get a .QWK packet
containing one of those messages.

Otherwise I'm happy using MM, I occasionally use MM WIN when I want to
C&P some text into a message that I'm writing.

I've tried the Sempoint reader for awhile, but went back to using MM
(and SLMR occasionally) to read messages in .QWK packets.

73 de Ed W9ODR . .



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03-18-18 09:44 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re: ARRL Requests
xpande

Howdy! Holger,

I was wondering if Amateur Radio Operators or Government Employees in
Aland, Finland, Sweden or other Countries in Europe give the examination
to people wanting to obtain an Amateur Radio License?

What do You know about it. Thanks!

73 de Ed W9ODR . .


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