Joe, It's my understanding that the semiautomatic stations wait until there is a connect request before transmitting, and that Pactor is bugged because it ignores existing activity on the frequency, unlike Winmor which won't transmit unless the frequency is clear.
Matthew Pitts N8OHU ------------------------------ On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 8:19 PM EDT Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: > >> However that said, Pactor III is a godsend for us hams that are >> cruising on our boats....here in the south pacific, I can send/rec >> email, and get all kinds of weather charts/info to make my sailing >> safer. Pactor III may not be for you, but it is for me > >And commercial or quasi-commercial traffic should be conducted on >commercial frequencies not on top of amateur users whenever the damn >PACTOR-bots decide to start transmitting. > >As one of the twelve who were on the ARRL committee that formulated >the automatic and semi-automatic control concepts nearly 30 years ago, >allowing *any* form of automatic control is one of the biggest mistakes >in nearly 100 years of amateur radio - right up with phone patches in >the amateur service. > >73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > >On 4/29/2012 7:20 PM, ussv dharma wrote: >> eVERY ASPECT OF HAM radio is not for all hams.....I do not do >> jf65....However that said, Pactor III is a godsend for us hams that are >> cruising on our boats....here in the south pacific, I can send/rec email, >> and get all kinds of weather charts/info to make my sailing safer. Pactor >> III may not be for you, but it is for me >> >> >> If you don't change direction you WILL arrive exactly where you're headed!! >> >> Susan Meckley, Skipper W7KFI-mm AFA9SM >> USSV DHARMA >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:[email protected] > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
