Thanks JoAnne,
Point well made! I am still trying to find out if this is possible with sound modem or direwolf. At this point I might also go back to my trusted TNC :-)
Stefan
On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 9:42 PM, JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm@comcast.net wrote:
Stefan mentioned ...
...many stations are actually on the keyboard and they answer, but I don't decode it on my system and they might not either ... using UISS ...
I'm also using UISS with the fields pre-loaded for quick, standardized answers given the short time of the pass. While it is quite convenient to load up some software for soundmodem and UISS vs. all the hardware cable connections to a standalone TNC - the shortcoming with the software approach is that you'll only decode and display packets that are 100% correct, with no single bit error, checksum matches perfectly. So our stations are often copying a good-sounding downlink signal but it just takes a single bit error and we're not seeing the other station's reply on the screen ... or they're missing our reply.
For this reason I'm thinking of going back to my MFJ-1270C TNC when I have some time to wire it back up. In the TNC you can issue the PASSALL = ON command and you'll see all packets, even the incomplete or bad bit messages. In the past I saw enough of most messages that I could understand what was received.
No unattended beacons at this shack - but the preloaded messages I have within UISS are usually the same on many passes.
-- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm@amsat.org
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