This page contains sound clips recorded off the air to give you a chance to
hear what amateur radio sounds like:
Warning, some of these files might be very large, download with caution.
Eventually I will encode these in MP3 or WMA format for smaller sizes.
 | A DX Pile-up - DX means Distant
Station. In this case a bunch of stations are trying to call one
particular station - here it was 8R1Z in Georgetown, Guyana, South America |
| A DX QSO - In this clip
you can hear the replies that 8R1Z gives to me as we work each other.
The gaps are where I was talking and they have been edited to keep the overall
length short. |
| A 160 meter Roundtable -
five or six stations participating on 1885 MHz, using the AM (amplitude
Modulation mode) |
| The 3902 State Hunter Net
- A net for those interested in achieving the Worked All States Award.
Meets daily around 3902 MHz. Uses the Lower Sideband, Single Side Band
Modulation |
| CW Contesting - This was
recorded during the ARRL Sweepstakes CW contest. This contest uses Morse Code,
and you score points by contacting other stations using dots and dashes.
Most of these guys are real speed demons, and are running 20 to 50 words a
minute. |
| Traffic Handling - Recorded during a session
of the Burning River Traffic Net on the 147.150 repeater, this net is uses the
FM Modulation, and is designed to pass formal written traffic. The net uses a
format similar to a telegram. |
| PSK 31 - this is a digital mode, where the
two computers talk back and forth to each other while the operators type on
the keyboards. The signals are converted to sound by the sound card and
then sent over the airwaves. When they are received by the other station, they
are converted back into computer signals by the other computers sound card.
This mode is easy to use, and shows resistance to signal loss from bad
conditions. |
