Hi, Wayne, and list,

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
Assuming that your hardware is configured properly, Pactor 3 mode is
selected in the "frequency" pull-down of the Airmail Terminal window.
For example: 3580.0(P3)

If the frequency selection is not followed by (P3), you will not
connect in Pactor 3 mode.



Excellent pointer. I'd not been aware of that utility. I just did a scan
and saw the ones which have that (p3) after them as they went by. I'll try
to limit my tries in the future to those.

Currently, of course, as you're seeing this, we are blessed with a
connection off the northwest corner of Allens Cay, so telnet is nearly
instantaneous, but I'm not blessed with such largess (that's a lady large,
of course) in the middle of a passage :{))

Do you have the latest firmware loaded in your Pactor controller? I
upgraded mine last year and found that it improved my connection
speeds. You can download the latest version he

http://docksideradio.com/Firmware_update.htm

Just did that, too - mine was 3.9.x of the 3.3 build, now it reads 4.0


It is also important to have the Pactor audio output level set
correctly - too high and it causes distortion, too low and you are not
transmitting at full power.

I've done that, before. My marker was that the tx bar on my 802 never got
to the end, but about 2/3 of the way...

L8R

Skip, off to dive some more, then other activities Wilbur thinks are TMI
:{))

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