**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Sun May 22 23:59:57 2005 **** BEGIN LOGGING AT Mon May 23 15:05:11 2005 **** BEGIN LOGGING AT Mon May 23 18:02:35 2005 **** BEGIN LOGGING AT Mon May 23 18:18:06 2005 May 23 19:40:21 anyone have experience with the Icon IC-PCR1000 ? May 23 19:40:25 Icom even. May 23 19:45:47 well May 23 19:45:57 i got me one of those May 23 19:46:17 haven't used it in a couple of years tho May 23 19:46:47 i wish the various linux frontends hadn't all been abandoned years ago May 23 19:47:01 hi May 23 19:47:07 serial protocol is available tho May 23 19:47:29 i also bought the DSP board but haven't put it in May 23 19:47:45 (wanted to get it before they became unavailable) May 23 19:48:26 * jacques needs to find a place for his discone. May 23 19:49:22 * ka6sox-office has one if you need one. May 23 19:51:49 a place for it? lol :-D May 23 19:52:15 cable might end up being kinda long tho May 23 19:53:38 um...I meant to send you one! May 23 19:54:25 ah :-) May 23 19:54:36 i have a nice Diamond one May 23 19:54:49 but haven't mounted it anywhere May 23 19:55:26 i wonder where dyoung-web went - he started this thread May 23 19:55:39 ya May 23 19:55:48 oh well...I'm stinking up the place. May 23 19:55:55 (conformal coating) May 23 19:57:48 coating what? May 23 20:02:14 boards for dyoung May 23 20:02:47 what does that coating do ? May 23 20:07:05 retards Salt Air from eating away circuit boards and components. May 23 20:07:14 Cool! May 23 20:07:28 Is it easy to find the serial protocol? May 23 20:07:40 I havnt looked yet. May 23 20:08:14 I got distracted. May 23 20:08:17 I got distracted. May 23 20:08:32 I need to buy me two of these boxes. May 23 20:09:40 ka6sox-office, "retards" isn't politically correct - you should say "challenges the salt air" or "differently ables" it May 23 20:10:38 dyoung-web, yep should be very easy to find the protocol, at least is was a couple of years ago - I've gone through a couple of HDs since then tho May 23 20:11:14 (so I don't still have it I don't think) May 23 20:12:14 OK that was a really bad joke - I apologise if I offended anyone May 23 20:13:36 I dunno, thats what I thought too when I read it. May 23 20:13:53 you just verbalized it before I did. ;-) May 23 20:14:29 jacques, Conformal Coating is my friend. May 23 20:14:56 well whadaya know, I do have the protocol pdf May 23 20:15:18 When your absent minded co-worker forgets to screw a plug into a underwater housing and leave it covered with duct tape thenyou put it underwatyer for 3 weeks.... May 23 20:15:26 Comformal coating saves the day. May 23 20:15:45 Cool! Can you mail it to me? May 23 20:16:44 actually I just found a pcr-1000 dir with lots of files in it and I assumed one was the protocol - turned out to be the manual - I'll check the other files and if I find it I'll let you know May 23 20:17:40 Cool, thanks jacques. May 23 20:17:49 dyoung-web, try this URL: http://www.arpa.org/radio/software/pcr/api/icomlib/PCR-1000_Command_list.pdf May 23 20:18:19 yeah, tahts the one. May 23 20:19:00 there are a couple of open source libraries that work on linux for talking to it May 23 20:19:16 just no good GUI front-ends for linux May 23 20:19:22 there are several bad ones tho May 23 20:19:39 I have a very differnt application for it. May 23 20:19:54 hmm, I cant show you the pictures. May 23 20:20:01 Well, I can tell you. May 23 20:20:12 well on windows ppl have software to do all sorts of neat things - talk to satellites, scan pager networks, etc May 23 20:20:14 guys: how much do you think these things are going for? May 23 20:20:31 ka6sox-office, which ? May 23 20:20:46 PCR1000 May 23 20:21:03 it will sweep a specific frequency range to listen for noise, and modify a transmitter to sweep (or not) at that (or another) freq. May 23 20:21:15 It should be around $1200. May 23 20:21:22 ah, I bought mine new, it was not cheap, but they have (I think) stopped making them so I'm not sure about price May 23 20:21:31 $1200 ?? for what ? May 23 20:21:39 mine was about $350 new May 23 20:22:14 http://www.icomamerica.com/products/receivers/pcr1000/ May 23 20:23:04 Oh, that might have been for a pile of them. May 23 20:24:43 wow they've gone up May 23 20:24:52 I'm seeing them everywhere for $99.99 now May 23 20:24:55 dammit May 23 20:24:58 $499.99 May 23 20:25:06 ouch...expensive May 23 20:25:16 I wanted to see if I could use this for DRM. May 23 20:25:23 yeah not too cheap considering they are several year old tech May 23 20:25:38 Right, that was for 2 of them. May 23 20:25:54 so my price was expensive, the bastards. May 23 20:26:03 ah looks like this is a more recent version and bundled with bonito (windows) software May 23 20:26:12 I might need to buy one myself. May 23 20:26:24 I had no idea they were still making them, and making newer revs at that May 23 20:26:38 Oh maybve it wasnt expensive.... May 23 20:26:49 I need to look at that quote and see if it was the unblocked one May 23 20:28:13 universal-radio.com has the unblocked one with bonito for $500 May 23 20:28:20 http://universal-radio.com/catalog/widerxvr/1002.html May 23 20:28:37 oh, sorry, unblocked it $15 more May 23 20:28:44 $20 more May 23 20:35:30 I think I'm gonna have to get one to play with. May 23 20:37:20 i guess I got mine on sale May 23 20:37:27 now that I think about it May 23 20:38:03 ah. May 23 20:38:42 one of those brand sales they have a couple of times a year, or maybe around national conference time May 23 20:39:48 dayton? May 23 20:40:57 yeah, they always have sales around that time May 23 20:45:43 sigh. If I could only trade it som eof these Mitreks for a PCR1000 May 23 20:46:25 :( May 23 20:49:48 I have... um... Numerous Mitreks. May 23 20:52:00 29mhz? May 23 20:53:02 I forget. What was the low-band mitrek? May 23 20:53:16 I have a handful of those. May 23 20:53:30 but mostly UHF various and VFH-highsplit May 23 20:53:36 VHF even. May 23 20:53:39 30-50mhz. May 23 20:53:42 lowband May 23 20:54:26 I have all the elements though. May 23 20:54:40 Like probably all of them that exist in the state of hawaii. May 23 20:54:58 :) May 23 21:04:49 jacques, do you have an HF rig that is hooked up? May 23 21:10:58 ka6sox-office, no, don't tell anyone, but I'm not a "real" ham - I got the nocode tech ticket because I wanted to play with some digital stuff but I have never done traditional ham radio May 23 21:11:16 i like scanning May 23 21:11:36 jacques, me neither. May 23 21:11:46 Exact same situation. May 23 21:11:58 :-D May 23 21:12:03 I got my license to put the initial digital infrastructure here. May 23 21:12:20 internet gatewaying, etc, etc May 23 21:12:39 I do have a HF rig that I cant use though. :-) May 23 21:12:39 ah... May 23 21:12:45 * jacques is momentarily confused by the lack of a trackpoint on his desktop keyboard. May 23 21:12:45 :) May 23 21:12:54 lol! May 23 21:13:10 they aughta make that May 23 21:13:31 except they would have to pay royalties to IBM. May 23 21:13:49 they would? May 23 21:13:55 someone makes such a keyboard May 23 21:14:16 I dont think IBM has the patent on that. May 23 21:14:19 its those other guys. May 23 21:14:42 my sony picturebook had one, but that proves nothing :-) May 23 21:15:12 darn ask me later. I have the information at home someplace. May 23 21:22:27 * jacques watches firefox emerge on his t42. May 23 21:22:49 http://www.thekcrachannel.com/news/4512146/detail.html May 23 21:23:01 brings new meaning to Tin Foil Hat. May 23 21:23:05 I had to read that twice. May 23 21:23:13 "TheCrackChannel" May 23 21:23:26 lol! May 23 21:24:22 wait, you mean its not normal to live within a faraday cage? May 23 21:24:35 heh May 23 21:24:46 The Government is watching. May 23 21:25:02 right Mulder May 23 21:25:13 I was thinking of the other one. May 23 21:25:21 2 others actually. May 23 21:25:26 tinfoil covered beds ? May 23 21:25:27 Conspiracy Theory and... May 23 21:25:29 ouch May 23 21:25:51 Astrofoil is soft. :-) May 23 21:25:58 Enemy of the State. May 23 21:26:27 astrofoil ? May 23 21:26:57 its sorta like metalized bubble wrap. May 23 21:27:10 its usually used as a radiative insulator. May 23 21:27:20 Space Blankets...remember those? May 23 21:27:20 like on the inside of your attic ceiling, etc May 23 21:27:24 (tehy actually work) May 23 21:31:28 http://www.astrofoilint.com/stage/index.html May 23 21:34:29 interesting May 23 21:43:01 Drat, all the good slugnames are taken. May 23 21:44:09 huh? like what? May 23 21:44:18 slug.org May 23 21:44:27 slugarmy.com May 23 21:44:28 :-) May 23 21:45:29 I think that jacques has slugarmy May 23 21:45:31 i have slugarmy.[con,org,us,net] May 23 21:45:41 I know, I'm teasing. May 23 21:45:44 :-) May 23 21:45:55 sluggish.* is taken too May 23 21:46:10 Oh well. May 23 21:46:18 TheStuffGuy it is. May 23 21:46:19 sluglove.com is free May 23 21:46:30 SlugLovin heh. May 23 21:47:12 Hmm. May 23 21:48:01 doslugsdreamof.us ? May 23 21:48:17 bahahaha May 23 21:48:39 he he May 23 21:56:42 back later **** ENDING LOGGING AT Mon May 23 23:59:56 2005