PSKmail also supports APRS messaging and Posit beaconing. 73,
Rein PA0R > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > Gesendet: 08.09.06 05:38:18 > An: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > Betreff: [digitalradio] Re: ARQ sound card modes > > If I understood its description correctly, PSKmail is a server-base > architecture: if you you want to send an email message, you establish > an HF connection on a known frequency with a PSKmail server, which > then forwards your message via the internet. > > Is this the right network architecture? > > Is it desireable for multiple stations operating on the same > frequency to exchange messages with no designated master or server? > > Do messages only carry "email", or do they also support "IM"? > > 73, > > Dave, AA6YQ > > --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, KV9U <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hola Jose, > > > > I think that Paul, K9PS attempted to do this at one time, but was > not > > able to finish it. He has developed ARQ criteria that was the used > to > > help develop PSKmail. I thought that MT-63 could handle multi-path > quite > > well, but I still prefer MFSK16 for difficult conditions. > > > > While I can understand the reason for moving most of the messaging > to > > the internet due to the congestion we would otherwise have with HF > > forwarding. We still need some kind of HF forwarding for emergency > use > > when other systems are not operational. It seems to me that it must > have > > a full character set. > > > > And in order to insure that such systems are in place at all times > for > > the inevitable emergency, it also has to have some kind of > practical use > > or it won't be ready when you need it the most. > > > > 73, > > > > Rick, KV9U > > > > > > > > Jose Amador wrote: > > > > >--- Patrick Lindecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >>Hello Rick, > > >> > > >>TKS for info. Perhaps, next year I will see if it is > > >>possible to carry a synchronous ARQ mode (perhaps > > >>Pactor 1 forced to 100 bauds) in Multipsk, under a > > >>big PC XP. > > >> > > >>73 > > >>Patrick > > >> > > >> > > > > > >I know that somebody I cannot remember is working on a > > > > > >wrapper for MT63 as layer one. > > > > > >On my tests on 40 meters, seemingly MT63 does not > > >stand the multipath on the lower bands. On 20 it works > > >great. > > > > > >Maybe some Olivia variant could be good with a wrapper > > >for the lower bands. Olivis is rugged, but > > >sloooowww... > > >Nevertheless, my KPC-2 received many packets on 40 m > > >that it could not decode....the LEDs blinked and the > > >TNC output was nil on 40 at 300 bauds. A slow, steady > > >flow is far better than a quicker signalling rate with > > >many failed frames. > > > > > >I see a need for substitute Layer One alternatives. > > > > > >Really, the performance of Layer One established in > > >1982 sucks, a single failed bit trashes a frame. > > > > > >For some time Pactor and its variants has been a good > > >substitute, but the high costs of the SCS boxes makes > > >them unaffordable for many. Forwarding thruput is 10 > > >times better, and even quasi-QRP operation (25 watts) > > >becomes a workable option. > > > > > >After some time away from packet, I find that activity > > >is inexistent. I don't know if a better Layer One > > >could revive HF forwarding, but certainly, better > > >alternatives are required for FBB and JNOS. I have > > >been a BBS sysop since 1993. > > > > > >I tried a keyboard to keyboard QSO using PAX and it > > >did better than 300 baud packet on 40 meters using > > >Multipsk. I believe that some sort of a driver for FBB > > >and JNOS would be a good thing, both for Windows and > > >Linux....maybe even MSDOS...you don't need much of a > > >computer to run a fairly decent radio only BBS under > > >MSDOS...we have one here in Havana. > > > > > >Possibly many BBS's are doing internet forwarding > > >among them, but that is not an option for many BBS's > > >without an internet link. The revival of HF forwarding > > >would be a good thing on those less fortunate cases. > > > > > >Jose, CO2JA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > > >Do You Yahoo!? > > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > >Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org > > > > > >Other areas of interest: > > > > > >The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ > > >DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy > discussion) > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org > > Other areas of interest: > > The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ > DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > -- http://pa0r.blogspirit.com Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! 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