[digitalradio] Weak Signal ALE-400

2009-08-29 Thread Tony
All, Made several ALE-400 contacts with Sholto (K7TMG/QRP) this week. Sholto was running his FT817ND, 5 watts and a wire antenna. His signal was just audible most of the time, but the mode allowed us to connect and carry on our QSO's. ARQ: Repeats are inevitable when the SNR is low and the

Re: [digitalradio] Weak Signal ALE-400

2009-08-29 Thread KT4WO
***Sync issues: The mode can lose sync now and then when signals collide. We haven't figured out a way around that other than dropping the link and reconnecting. Sholto and I thought that clearing the outgoing text would allow the mode to sit idle long enough to reestablish

Re: [digitalradio] Weak Signal ALE-400

2009-08-29 Thread Sholto Fisher
Trip, I've been using ALE400 for quite a while and never really had too many problems with collisions in the past. Only recently since I am /QRP only have I noticed the problem. I would take this to mean that it really only manifests when signals are very weak. The problem with slot-times or

[digitalradio] Rfsm8000 can now send emails to Winlink

2009-08-29 Thread howard_z
The latest version of rfsm8000 now has the option of sending email in plain text. Now, rfsm8000 can send emails to winlink. Apparently winlink has a problem reading //WL2K and //MARS from an email subject that is MIME encoded. Howard

[digitalradio] QRV ALE-400

2009-08-29 Thread Tony
All, I'm QRV ALE-400 ARQ / FAE. QRG - 14074.0 USB. Tony -K2MO