Hello Holger,   
      
   23 Sep 18 09:59 at you wrote to me:   
      
    HG> I noticed that you probably use UTF as code page but the only   
    HG> character that didn't match the text mode here was the (§) = paragraph   
    HG> character. Text modes here are PC8 and Latin-1.   
      
   That was a direct copy and paste from Windows 10 into the Chrome SSH browser    
   extension into GoldEd+/Linux.  If I'd done that using MultiMail under Windows,    
   MM would have done the correct codepage conversion.  I try to clean up any    
   "oddities" for everyone else using CP437 and what-not.   
      
    HG> BTW, the URL's mentioned in the text didn't give me anything. By using   
    HG> only princeton.edu i could contact the site and from there find   
    HG> 'pulsar' but any search from there didn't give an opening.   
      
   I didn't check any of the URLs myself.  I did read the newsletter though.     
   There's always some sort of nugget in there.   
      
    SD>> Digital modes are a mixed bag.  However they do have the distinct   
    SD>> advantage of being very efficent with low-power and bandwith.   
      
    HG> Further ahead is the version FT11 that will work the DXCC in 478 ms.   
      
   Unfortunately, there is that side effect.  I will usually ragchew with people    
   on digital modes. I am not a fan of a "macro-driven QSO".  I am very    
   interested in Feld Hell as the group I'm involved with are a very friendly    
   bunch of folks and the mode seems to be used more for ragchewing than    
   collecting "quick hits".   
      
   Did I tell you I bought a nearly-new used Yaesu FT-450D in June for an early    
   birthday present for myself?  I need to get a Signalink for it to set it up    
   with my W10 computer in the shack and I'll be in tinkering with digital modes    
   too.   
      
    SD>> I'm looking at setting up a packet BBS here on 2 meters for now...   
      
    HG> My intention was of course to add 9600 bps to it to be able to   
    HG> transfer files faster. The modem wasn't lost however. I just had to   
    HG> add audio in and out to be able to use it as a 70cm transceiver.   
      
   My good friend, Bob N1UAN, is the king of packet BBSing.  He was running 12 of    
   them at one time all over the US several years ago.  I just need to get him to    
   give me one of his Kamtronics TNCs to start tinkering with setting one up.     
   Bob is getting older and is not really too much into ham radio so he has given    
   me a lot of his equipment (much to my parents' chagrin).  I figure if he's    
   going to give it to me, I might as well use it.   
      
   Speaking of capabilities, I set my Yaesu FTM-3100 (US version) 2 meter rig up    
   in my shack.  I connected it to my trusty 10-year-old copper J-pole my dad,    
   KD7SXQ, built for me.  I'm hitting repeaters 50 miles/80km away on five watts    
   of power.  That little rig will put out 65 watts if need be.   
      
   I took a semi-decent picture of my little shack recently:   
   https://www.dropbox.com/s/ims13w8h6kbprj9/20180917_205935.jpg   
      
   From top to bottom, that's the FTM-3100, my FT-450D, and a MFJ-959 Deluxe    
   Versa Tuner II since I use wire antennas (the 450D's internal antenna tuner    
   can't handle wire antennas).   
      
   A small but very capable shack for me. :)   
      
   73 DE KD5COL,   
   Sean   
      
   ... Working the world one QSO at a time.   
   --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20170303   
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Limestone, TN, USA (1:18/200)