I have used ALE400 as ALE , in fact setting up the menu so that a station will respond to a net call such as ARES. With tests it is an easy way to see who is on freq as each station programmed to respond will do so ... timing can be set as well.
For test purposes we could all program a net call and monitor a particular frequency or frequencies. In FAE ARQ mode you could connect, pass traffic, and disconnect without anyone being at the remote station. In ARQ mode, ALE400 will pass a 1K message in about 3 minutes. This message will show up in the mailbox. Want to demo all this? Pick a 20M freq.. am on 14072.5 dial right now, (plus default of 1625hz) and will answer to an ARES group call (set up under options). try a connect to VE5MU sending a SMALL (under 2K) text file. Will be here for the next 24 hours . John VE5MU From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalra...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tony Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 6:30 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] More on ALE 400 FAE Andy, > First, is it really ALE as used currently? I am not sure that the recent tests of this > "mode" have actually used it in the form of establishing an automatic link. I haven't Andy. I think it would be put to better use as an ARQ chat mode. Tony -K2MO
