<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp72d99f2cyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div><br></div></div></div><div id="ydp17b3667ayahoo_quoted_7667856804" class="ydp17b3667ayahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div id="ydp17b3667ayiv8955675810"><div id="ydp17b3667ayiv8955675810yqtfd35044" class="ydp17b3667ayiv8955675810yqt0019357710"><div><div id="ydp17b3667ayiv8955675810ydp396eb3f8yahoo_quoted_5867515141" class="ydp17b3667ayiv8955675810ydp396eb3f8yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div id="ydp17b3667ayiv8955675810ydp396eb3f8yiv8825085832"><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:black;"><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black;">-----Original Message-----<br clear="none">From: Mooneer Salem <mooneer@gmail.com><br clear="none">To: digitalvoice@googlegroups.com; freetel-codec2@lists.sourceforge.net; ham-radio-tech-notes@groups.io<br clear="none">Sent: Thu, Oct 6, 2022 2:20 am<br clear="none">Subject: [Freetel-codec2] [Announcement] FreeDV Activity Day - November 5-6, 2022<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div id="ydp17b3667ayiv8955675810ydp396eb3f8yiv8825085832"><div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br clear="none"></div><div>We'll <span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;background-color:#fcfcff;color:#141414;">be doing another</span><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;background-color:#fcfcff;color:#141414;"> </span><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;background-color:#fcfcff;color:#141414;">FreeDV</span><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;background-color:#fcfcff;color:#141414;"> </span><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;background-color:#fcfcff;color:#141414;">Activity</span><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;background-color:#fcfcff;color:#141414;"> </span><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;background-color:#fcfcff;color:#141414;">Day</span><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;background-color:#fcfcff;color:#141414;"> </span><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;background-color:#fcfcff;color:#141414;">on the weekend of November 5-6, 2022! This event will bring together people interested in HF digital voice on the air for conversation and fun. Contacts using</span><a shape="rect" href="https://freedv.org/" style="color:#176093;font-family:arial, sans-serif;background:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;padding:0px 3px;border-radius:5px;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the official application</a><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;background-color:#fcfcff;color:#141414;">as well as the SM1000 handheld microphone are welcome.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;background-color:#fcfcff;color:#141414;"><br clear="none"></span></div><div>(Note: this is different than previous Activity Days in that you have the entire weekend, not just a 24 hour period. This may continue for future Activity Days based on how the upcoming one goes.) <span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;background-color:#fcfcff;color:#141414;"><br clear="none"></span></div><div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#141414;background-color:#fcfcff;"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><br clear="none"></span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#141414;background-color:#fcfcff;"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><b>Event time:</b> 12AM Pacific time (0700Z) on November 5 to 11:59PM (0759Z) on November 6</span><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"> (49 hours). <i>Note: Daylight Saving Time ends in the US during Activity Day weekend.</i></span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#141414;background-color:#fcfcff;"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><i><br clear="none"></i></span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#141414;background-color:#fcfcff;"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><b>Suggested frequencies</b>:</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#141414;background-color:#fcfcff;"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">80 meters: 3.625, 3.643 or 3.693 MHz</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#141414;background-color:#fcfcff;"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">40 meters: 7.177 MHz</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#141414;background-color:#fcfcff;"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">20 meters: 14.236 MHz</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#141414;background-color:#fcfcff;"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">17 meters: 18.118 MHz</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#141414;background-color:#fcfcff;"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">15 meters: 21.313 MHz</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#141414;background-color:#fcfcff;"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">12 meters: 24.933 MHz</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#141414;background-color:#fcfcff;"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">10 meters: 28.330 or 28.720 MHz</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#141414;background-color:#fcfcff;"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><br clear="none"></span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#141414;background-color:#fcfcff;"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">(Note that LSB/DIGL is used below 10MHz as per current convention for voice modes, USB/DIGU otherwise.)<br clear="none"></span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#141414;background-color:#fcfcff;"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><br clear="none"></span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#141414;background-color:#fcfcff;"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">As this isn't a contest, there's no pressure to make contacts or send logs, but you can always confirm QSOs via the usual means if you'd like (LoTW, eQSL, QRZ, etc.) Enabling PSK Reporter in the FreeDV application and joining the<a shape="rect" href="http://qso.freedv.org/" style="color:#176093;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;text-decoration-line:none;padding:0px 3px;border-radius:5px;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">QSO Finder</a>are recommended, however, so others can see that you're on the air and hearing them (for instance, here's<a shape="rect" href="https://pskreporter.info/pskmap?preset&callsign=ZZZZZ&mode=FREEDV&timerange=3600&mapCenter=31.442130629514438,9.52291666666666,1.9517274414542571" style="color:#176093;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;text-decoration-line:none;padding:0px 3px;border-radius:5px;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the current map of listeners</a>). :D</span><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#141414;background-color:#fcfcff;"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><br clear="none"></span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#141414;background-color:#fcfcff;"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Feel free to spread this far and wide among your local ham friends and groups! :) Let me know if you have any questions about the event and definitely post here if you have issues getting the application working prior to the event.</span></div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#141414;background-color:#fcfcff;"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><br clear="none"></span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#141414;background-color:#fcfcff;"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Thanks,</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#141414;background-color:#fcfcff;"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><br clear="none"></span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#141414;background-color:#fcfcff;"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">-Mooneer K6AQ</span></div></div>
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