If PactorII is only twice as fast as PactorI then the MFJ 1276 TNC
that on their web site (www.mfjenterprises.com) at $139.95 from AES is a
steal! And to be honest Fred, if I find pactor to be effective I may well
pay for pactorII and sell this cheap one.
My plan is to run this system from my trailer while camped in a
wild place with no suppplied services except 3 creeks with drinkable
water. If the system is fun and works, it will be upgraded. Also plan to
sample 10 meter 1200 baud packet. My antenna is a center fed zepp cut for
80 meters. The radio is a TS-50 with the optional 500 hz filter.
My fear is that the MFJ system has pactor on an e-prom. This may
cause them to cut corners and not have the entire pactorI system. But it
comes with a HUGE book, so I may learn something new.
On Tue, 9 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
} PactorII: Expensive? It is a complete system, dual packet radio ports,
} remote radio control port, hf all-mode, fax, modem, ISDN etc. The only
} thing it doesnt have is an IRDA port....not that expensive!
} Paccomm doesnt sell it anymore. Someone else sells the SCS model here.
} I sell my SCS model pactorI cheap, as I really do not need it anymore.
} I live in a crowded downtown, so does HB9BJJ. We both have the automatic
} power reducer set to "on" (to reduce TVI) and sometimes we notice our
} tnc's "power down" to 5 watts while maintaining an error free link at full
} speed across the atlantic. We never "hear" each other in audio under such
} condx, but that could be the nature of receiver recovery etc.
}
} Nuff said, I am surprised that not more use ptc2 in the US, it's about
} twice as fast as ptc1 on the average.
}
} PTC1 software for a soundcard is available. Never heard of open ptc2
} software. Should be feasible in Linux....I really believe theres an
} opportunity for Linux-for-Hams. But I am not enough of a hacker to do
} something about that. Theres a hohum terminal ptc2 pgm in DOS that could
} be ported. I have run it in UMSDOS, but thats ridiculous....like holding
} your fork with chopsticks while eating chinese noodles, comeon!
}
} 73
}
} Fred K1HB/14085 qrr PTC2
}
}
}
Best wishes
- Karl F. Larsen, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (505) 524-3303 -
