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    From Randall Schad@VERT/ANOMYS to All on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 15:08:00
    G'day all,

    I was doing a little poking around a few days ago, thinking about digital voice over HF, wondering if there was anything that had any traction, and stumbled across FreeDV.

    The samples I've found online were incredibly promising. What's advertised on the tin make it sound like it has fantastic weak signal correction and the audio sounds really fantastic. I'm wondering if anyone has tried it out.

    I set it up, but the number of people participating so far is incredibly small, so haven't made any QSOs yet.

    73,
    Randall
    WZ8Q

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  • From Khronos@VERT/CWSHACK to Randall Schad on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 17:24:36
    Randall Schad wrote to All <=-
    I was doing a little poking around a few days ago, thinking about
    digital voice over HF, wondering if there was anything that had any traction, and stumbled across FreeDV.

    The samples I've found online were incredibly promising. What's
    advertised on the tin make it sound like it has fantastic weak signal correction and the audio sounds really fantastic. I'm wondering if
    anyone has tried it out.

    Not yet.
    This is on my list of nodes to try out.
    From what I've read I will need to set my radio up so that the radio's audio gets sent to my computer in the same way that it does for modes like Ft8 and others.
    In order for me to use it though I will need to use my computer's mic to send voice and it will translate the digital audio and send it over the air as digital packets.

    I set it up, but the number of people participating so far is
    incredibly small, so haven't made any QSOs yet.

    The best times for me to get on the radio are the weekends here in Florida so maybe we can setup a time to get on the air and see if we have a path between us.

    Tom

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Randall Schad on Sunday, December 15, 2024 14:47:18
    Re: FreeDV
    By: Randall Schad to All on Tue Dec 10 2024 03:08 pm

    I set it up, but the number of people participating so far is incredibly sma so haven't made any QSOs yet.

    What did setting it up entail? Do you have your radio plugged into your computer's audio interface?

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