Hi, Dave,
This, as is fairly typical, has migrated pretty far from the start, so I'll
address just the pertinent questions, having yet again renamed the subject:
"Auspicious" wrote in message
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On Jun 5, 7:31 am, "Flying Pig" wrote:
That's about half the time, in my experience. That's even with aborting
an
upload very early on if it's slow, looking for a better connection
somewhere
else. Frequently that works; propagation makes it such that I might do
much
better 1500 miles away than someplace much closer.
Bummer. Do you have and use the propagation tool for Airmail? My
experience seems better than yours. Like you I do sometimes get a slow
connection that I terminate rather than wait. Once I get a solid
connect though all my mail goes through. It generally only takes
checking the top few stations on the prop list. Maybe you have more
mail than I do.
Yes, I do, to both. My logs aren't one-liners, as everyone takes great joy
in pointing out, so connection reliability (vs throughput) becomes an issue.
I do use the prop tool aggressively, along with an automatic
frequency-changing control cable. I've found that certain of the stations
are more likely to connect than others, and I never even try anything which
doesn't show 100% reliability.
I usually define "solid" in two terms: What's the "speed" shown on the
bottom (lowest 100, highest - that I've seen - 400) and what's the tx speed
(anywhere from 100 to, best, momentary, 1600 bytes/second).
So, when I can't maintain a connection, if it's gone along well for MOST of
it but dumps twice, I give up and break it up. Usually, the much smaller
chunks go without failure, though I may have to use several stations to get
a connection (if it doesn't pick up after about 5 "rings" I terminate the
call, because if it can't hear me well enough to start, it's not likely to
persist) to accomplish the multipart upload.
As to my gear, when I'm checking in (not very regularly, but often enough
that I'm recognized) on the Maritime Mobile net, most of the time I'm
pegging their meters, so think all is well there.
Dahdidit dit :{))
L8R
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