Andy, Thanks for the Flarq tests last night. That was really fun. I can see how useful this can be in emergency communications in addition to a program like Winmor. Winmor with its capabilities to send email through the Winlink network and NBEMS with its peer to peer capabilities to send error free digital data. I like Flarq's capability to use a simple setup like a low power radio, simple antenna and especially that $1.50 USB sound card that you were using :-)
73, Ron ny3j Andy obrien wrote: > > > Well, not an apples to apples test.. but Ron NY3J and I played for > quite a while with FLARQ tonight on 80M and 40. 80M was was in poor > shape with QRN and weak signals but we managed a few slow MFSK16 email > transfers. We then switched to 40M and I received Ron about S5, he > was 200 miles away. We really had NO problems transferring email and > text files using PSK250. I sent one big file that averaged 800 bytes > per minute . On Winmor I have not had more than 300 bytes per minute > although some have reported 1000 bytes per minute. My sound card was > a $1.50 USB sound adapter. After an hour or so, we tried PSK500 but > were not able to get a "connect" perhaps the band was changing. > > So, while we are having fun seeing the good progress of WINMOR ... > don't forget FLARQ. It is simple and it works well. My next step is > to see if I can run both FLARQ and PSKMAIL at the same time. While in > the shack until about 0600 UTC, I will have my FLARQ beacon beaconing > every 15 minutes. I have RS ID on , so you can switch me over if you > need to change modes. Drop me an email on 7083 (7082 dial, plus 1000 > hz on waterfall) When it is sleep time, I will close since we do not > run this "unattended". > > Andy K3UK > >
