After reading the blog from VK3TPM Peter and watching his videos about FreeDV I decided to give it a try for the sake of experimenting. I took some tinkering to get it all working, especially the CAT control. Till I finally realised that CAT control is only working as soon as you hit "start" in the software. Anyway, FreeDV is a nice digital addition. Kind of DAB radio for HAMs. It is funny to hear someone speak on HF without any noise. Screaming in the mike, like we use to do on SSB, is not helping. Just speak like you do when someone is sitting beside you in a quiet environment. Watch part of my first contact with FreeDV on 40m with DK8EQ Uli.
Nice job Bas, and very interesting result! 73 de KE9V
ReplyDeleteTnx Jeff, it was certainly a good result. Unfortunatly the audio on the video is not that good. I might try to make another video. 73, Bas
DeleteWelcome to FreeDV Bas! I'm hearing a lot of people trying it for the first time and being impressed with the audio quality.
ReplyDeleteTnx Peter, sorry I had your name wrong at first. I corrected everything in my post as well as a capital F on FreeDV. I was already impressed by the quality when you showed it on YT. Thanks for writing about FreeDV on your own blog. I think it will attract more operators that want to experiment with it. And you never know, may be we will reach each other on FreeDV in the future. 73, Bas
DeleteNice! It’s a new mode for me too, but want to try it myself in the future too.
ReplyDeleteHallo Alexander, gewoon een keer proberen. Ik had na dit QSO met DK8EQ nog een QSO met een PD station uit Nieuw Leusen. Dat ging eerst moeilijk maar daarna was het ook super audio. 73, Bas
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