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SUBJ: CODAN RADIO USERS AND ALE TAB
1. THISTA HAS BEEN ASKED BY STEVE AAR2EY OF THE MARS-ALE SOFTWARE
DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO ASK ALL THE USERS OF CODAN ALE RADIOS TO SIGN UP
FOR THE MARS-ALE YAHOO GROUP. STEVE NOW HAS A CODAN NGT ASR RADIO ON
LOAN FROM SCOTT NNN0OPY AND WILL DISSEMINATE ALL THAT HE LEARNS
THROUGH THIS FORUM. AT PRESENT HE HAS MARS-ALE B001A8G6 BETA SOFTWARE
CONTROLLING THE CODAN. HE IS ALSO CONTROLLING THE RADIO VIA A PC
USING A SEPERATE SOFTWARE INTERFACE. THE RADIOS ALE MODEM IS UNDER
MUCH MORE USER CONTROL AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PC SOUND CARD AND
THE USE OF A HYBRID CONROL WILL HAVE MANY MORE FEATURES. THIS WILL
ALSO BE A GOOD CHANCE TO ASK STEVE DIRECT QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CODAN
RADIO. TO SIGN UP GO TO THE NAVMARCORMARS HOME PAGE AND LOOK UNDER
THE ALE TAB. ALE FORUM LINK. THIS IS NOT A REQUIREMENT.
2. A FEW ITEMS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE ALE TAB ON THE NATIONAL HOME
PAGE. FM 6-02.74 PDF IS A VERY GOOD MANUAL THAT GIVES MORE INSIGHT
INTO ALE. ALE FORUM LINK IS FOR EVERYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ASK
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MARS-ALE SOFTWARE PROGRAM. ALE DOWNLOADS IS A
DIRECT LINK TO GET THE MARS-ALE PROGRAM AND A LOT OF USEFUL MANUALS.
THERE IS ALSO TWO LISTS OF ALE USERS. ONE BY CALL AND ONE BY REGION.
IF YOU USE ALE AND YOUR NAME DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE LIST PLEASE
CONTACT THIS STATION AND MAKE ME AWARE OF YOUR STATIONS ALE
CAPABILITIES AT  NNN0ASL(AT)NAVYMARS.ORG
3. BAND CONDITIONS HAVE NOT BEEN VERY GOOD. I WOULD LIKE ALL MEMBERS
TO SOUND ON NMCM ALE FREQUENCIES WHENEVER YOU CAN. IT IS DURING THESE
BAD BAND CONDITIONS WE CAN FIND WHAT FREQUENCIES WE CAN USE BY USING
ALE.
4. IF YOU COPY AN ALE STATION SOUNDING THEN PLEASE CONTACT THAT
STATION EITHER BY AMD MESSAGE OR BY E-MAIL AND LET THEM KNOW THEY
HAVE BEEN HEARD. THIS WILL HELP EACH STATION KNOW HIS SIGNAL IS
GETTING OUT AND HOW FAR IT IS GETTING OUT.
5. PLEASE USE THE LISTS TO FIND ALL THE ALE STATIONS IN YOUR REGION
AND ASK THEM IF THEY NEED ANY HELP GETTING UP AND RUNNING ON ALE. TRY
AND UTILIZE THE ALE FREQUENCIES TO TEST YOUR STATION CAPABILITIES
AMONGST YOURSELVES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. CONTACT ARMY AND AF MARS
STATION WHO SOUND ON NMCM FREQUENCIES AND LET THEM KNOW THEY ARE
BEING HEARD.
6. UTILIZE THE MARS-ALE YAHOO GROUP POSTING AS A WAY TO TELL EVERYONE
THAT YOU WILL BE SCANNING THE ALE FREQUENCIES OR THAT YOU WILL BE
MONITORING A SPECIFIC FREQUENCY AND YOU WOULD LIKE OTHER ALE MEMBERS
TO TEST YOUR SET UP. INCLUDE IF YOU WOULD LIKE DTM OR DBM TESTING AND
ALSO TEST OUT THE FS-1052 MODEM.
7. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT IN ALE.
8. NAVMARCORMARS: PROUDLY SERVING THOSE WHO SERVE.
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