Re: [digitalradio] Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies

2007-12-14 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Mark Thompson wrote: *Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies* Of course, the problem with Winlink is that since Winlink stations do not, as a matter of policy, listen before transmitting, there is a grave risk that a Winlink station will interfere with other emergency traffic. Other forms of

[digitalradio] Digital mode contest : North American High Speed Meteor Scatter 2007 Gemenids Test

2007-12-14 Thread Andrew O'Brien
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Re: [digitalradio] Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies

2007-12-14 Thread Sholto Fisher
It can also clog up our bands. For instance I am monitoring a Pactor 2 transmission on 30m that has been on going for around 25 minutes so far and the latest email to go through is titled: FW: Please read til the end-Why boys need parents...269250 Do we really need 262Kb emails like this on

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies

2007-12-14 Thread Leigh L Klotz, Jr.
Could you set up an automatic archive of these PACTOR transmissions, like the various ones that exist for SSTV? Leigh/WA5ZNU --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Sholto Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For instance I am monitoring a Pactor 2 transmission on 30m that has been on going for

Re: [digitalradio] Re: FDMDV confusion

2007-12-14 Thread Russell Blair
Thanks I did get the wright program this time, will be looking for some signals to make sure that the rec is working, but I will have some more question about this program. Thankx Russell NC5O --- nj2e [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Russell Blair [EMAIL

[digitalradio] Re: Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies

2007-12-14 Thread jhaynesatalumni
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Sholto Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It can also clog up our bands. For instance I am monitoring a Pactor 2 transmission on 30m that has been on going for around 25 minutes so far and the latest email to go through is titled: FW: Please read til

[digitalradio] Re: Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies

2007-12-14 Thread Demetre SV1UY
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Sholto Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It can also clog up our bands. For instance I am monitoring a Pactor 2 transmission on 30m that has been on going for around 25 minutes so far and the latest email to go through is titled: FW: Please read til

[digitalradio] Re: New Digital Voice Mode FDMDV

2007-12-14 Thread Roland M. Zurmely
Olá Cesco ! O Arnaldo PY4BL, fez um ótimo contato hoje em FDMDV com IZ2GAF Doriano, com boa qualidade de audio em ambas as estações, em 14236kHz as 20:53Z ! Ele está mandando os parabéns e um abraço para você ! Tenho uma outra sugestão: para mudar mais facilmente a tela display, seria

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies

2007-12-14 Thread dalite01
If you are monitoring a Pactor transmission, or preserving same for archival purposes, it must be FEC. My understanding is that all Winlink 2000 transmissions are Pactor ARQ. Methinks something stinks here:) David KD4NUE -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com

Re: [digitalradio] Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies

2007-12-14 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
Some will never ending complain about anything and everything. Bottom line - it worked and very well.

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies

2007-12-14 Thread Sholto Fisher
You wrote: it must be FEC. My understanding is that all Winlink 2000 transmissions are Pactor ARQ. Methinks something stinks here:) Well I assure you it doesn't stink! There are many programs which will monitor Pactor ARQ. For instance MultiPSK, Digipan, MixW. 73 Sholto KE7HPV. -

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2007-12-14 Thread Andrew O'Brien
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Re: [digitalradio] Re: Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies

2007-12-14 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Demetre SV1UY wrote: Well, Do we really need contests, ragchewing, voice qsos, voice nets, cw qsos, cw nets, on HF? Realy it all depends on what each individual wants to do! Your millage might vary! It's a hobby OM! Each guys pleasure might be someone else's discomfort, but when an

Re: [digitalradio] Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies

2007-12-14 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker, WØJAB wrote: Some will never ending complain about anything and everything. Bottom line - it worked and very well. Actually, I doubt that Winlink did much of anything. The original post read a lot more like a PR effort by people with an agenda than anything of substance.

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies

2007-12-14 Thread Sholto Fisher
Correction: it was Pactor 1 ARQ I was monitoring and yes, it was Winlink. 73 Sholto KE7HPV - Original Message - From: Leigh L Klotz, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 4:41 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Winlink Can Be Reliable in

Re: [digitalradio] Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies

2007-12-14 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Sholto Fisher wrote: It can also clog up our bands. For instance I am monitoring a Pactor 2 transmission on 30m that has been on going for around 25 minutes so far and the latest email to go through is titled: FW: Please read til the end-Why boys need parents...269250 Do we really

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies

2007-12-14 Thread Leigh L Klotz, Jr.
I am confused. Sholto said it was Pactor 2, not Pactor 3. I don't know that Winlink is involved at all. But there is so much mystery about these modes, and it seems like an archive would be a good idea. I set up one for SSTV but got tired of deleting the unseemly images, but others have set

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies

2007-12-14 Thread dalite01
Then it was non B2F, and that makes it possible the message was attempted, however, buffer overrun would have stopped it's transmission long before it got to 50K mark. Pactor I cannot handle the B2F Compression used within the WinLink 2000 system with Airmail as the host, except for small

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Winlink Can Be Reliable in Emergencies

2007-12-14 Thread Sholto Fisher
David, If it was using Pactor 2 would Winlink accept the message/attachments? or is the 50K limit applicable here also? 73 Sholto KE7HVP - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 5:47 PM Subject: RE: [digitalradio]