Rick,
Anyone using a PC with 256mb ram can use the live CD for pskmail. I
have a server (VE7SUN) running 24/7 on 3595.25Khz using psk125 from
the live CD and also a client at home also running the CD. All the
servers are listed on the pskmail site. My station (VE7CUS) beacons
every 15 minutes when I have it running on that freq. Check your APRS
app or findu for the locations.
Darrel
On 29-Jan-07, at 7:36 PM, KV9U wrote:
Back in June 2005, Andy and I did some tests with FNpsk. I can't
exactly
remember how the ARQ works, other than sending a sizeable block and
then
requesting a retry if it doesn't get the right checksum?
There did not seem to be any interest from other group members at the
time. From some things I have come across on the internet, the FNPSK
author may not be actively working on it anymore. I don't think he had
any contact with this group did he? The comment made by a ham was that
the ARRL BOD have pretty much accepted the ARESCOM digital network as
the network for us, even though they don't seem to use its real name.
At this time, PSKmail seems like a better approach, but it can only
work on Linux OS so very few hams will have the ability to even try
it.
PSKmail can also connect to a server to send e-mail. Unlike the
centrally controlled Winlink 2000 system, any ham can set up a server
from what I can tell. Maybe Rein can fill us in on that. I like the
idea
of being able to set something up quickly on an ad hoc basis to fill a
need if emergencies occur.
By the way, I looked through the minutes of the ARRL board meeting and
did not find a reference to promoting competition for new kind of
sound
card data. Did I just miss it? I did a search for anything with
digital
in the name and did not find much.
73,
Rick, KV9U
Andrew O'Brien wrote:
>--- In [email protected], Walt DuBose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>Can someone tell me about FNPSK?
>>
>>Thanks & 73,
>>
>>Walt/K5YFW
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>>
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>Walt,
>
>I used it and tested it a year or so ago, it works as advertised. It
>essentially formats NTS-Type messages and allows you to use PSK31 or
>PSk63. However, I found NO nets that used the format. I wish that 80M
>RTTY NTS would try it. They meet nightly and require so many fills
>using RTTY, this would make their life a lot easier.
>
>Andy K3UK
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