Yes I too have heard great reports about the ptc-II stuff. However it
way out of my price range (I need two of them for a link in
Indonesia). Since my HF rigs are costing about $600 each, buying a
modem at $2000 each seems a little over the top.

Damian

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> 
> The ptc-II by SCS is a bit expensive, but you can not beat the
> performance.  On HF, it will print what you can not hear.  If you dont
> believe me, ask the fellows who use and swear by them.  A driver for
> the ptc-II would be a great benefit, unfortunately, I do not write code.
> 73 - deni - wb0tax
> 
> On 08-Mar-99 Damian A Ivereigh wrote:
>  Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> >
> >                         The End of VHF/UHF
> >
> >                         Karl Larsen K5DI
> >
> >                         March 7, 1999
> >
> 
>  [snip]
> 
> >
> >         I hope someone good at programing gets interested and writes
> > a driver for Pactor in Linux. I get my Internet e-mail on Linux and
> > use procmail to sort it. So no problem putting mail to me in a
> > special place.
> 
>  I am looking at another modem manufacturer for HF operation: Halcomm
>  (http://www.halcomm.com/). Their modems natively use the CLOVER
>  protocol, but also have a "P-mode", which is claimed to be 100%
>  compatible with the PACTOR protocol. So hopefully one can kill two
>  birds with one stone. The external modem is around $400 and about $300
>  for the internal PC card.
> 
>  They too only have code for Windows, however as soon I can get hold of
>  some of these modems, I will be working on a packet driver for Linux.
> 
>  Damian
> 
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