I got this reply (and my response) in the Island Packet group - anyone here
have experience like this??

To: "Island Packet Owners Discussion List" ;

Subject: sailmail and airmail via JVCOMM32 (was) [islandpacket]
WeatherFax

Hi, Tim, and group:

You might check out JVCOMM32 for wx fax and NAVTEX.

If you do sailmail/airmail they have an add on for fax and
NAVTEX also. JVCOMM32 can use the sound card or pactor modem
and sailmail/airmail uses ONLY pactor modem...

FriendShip IP35-077
Tim WB5SBF


I have not yet visited nor explored the site, trusting in your experience
and forebearance.

Are you saying that this will do ham/SSB email by software, not PACTOR
modem??

Thanks.

L8R

Skip

Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
http://tinyurl.com/384p2 The vessel as Tehamana, as we bought her

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail
away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore.
Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

Skip Gundlach wrote:

I got this reply (and my response) in the Island Packet group - anyone here
have experience like this??

To: "Island Packet Owners Discussion List" ;

Subject: sailmail and airmail via JVCOMM32 (was) [islandpacket]
WeatherFax

Hi, Tim, and group:

You might check out JVCOMM32 for wx fax and NAVTEX.

If you do sailmail/airmail they have an add on for fax and
NAVTEX also. JVCOMM32 can use the sound card or pactor modem
and sailmail/airmail uses ONLY pactor modem...

FriendShip IP35-077
Tim WB5SBF



I have not yet visited nor explored the site, trusting in your experience
and forebearance.

Are you saying that this will do ham/SSB email by software, not PACTOR
modem??

Thanks.

L8R

Skip

Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
http://tinyurl.com/384p2 The vessel as Tehamana, as we bought her

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail
away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore.
Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain


Skip,
If you are planning to use your 802 for email either via sailmail or
winlink (when you get the general ticket) you will need an SCS Pactor
TNC. Best is to get Pactor III. Pactor III is so much faster than Pactor
II, and only a couple of stations have Pactor I. Works great.
Kelton
s/v Isle Escape

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:28:52 -0500, krj
wrote:

Pactor III is so much faster than Pactor
II, and only a couple of stations have Pactor I. Works great.

I agree. The Pactor III is a very good piece of equipment and should
be seriously considered by anyone thinking about Winlink or Sailmail.

False alarm. I missed the "only" part, below.

I'm trying desperately not to have to lay out another boatbuckfifty just to
get slow email, and thought I'd read that this SW would do the job.

Meanwhile, my up-the-mast wifi isn't yet ready for prime time, still being
bogged down in technicalities.

More meanwhile, I'm just looking for more input on various wefax softwares,
having decided to pass on the Xaxero for the moment.

L8R

Skip

--
Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
http://tinyurl.com/384p2 The vessel as Tehamana, as we bought her

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail
away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore.
Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain
"Skip Gundlach" skipgundlach at gmail dotcom wrote in message
...
I got this reply (and my response) in the Island Packet group - anyone here
have experience like this??

To: "Island Packet Owners Discussion List"
;
Subject: sailmail and airmail via JVCOMM32 (was) [islandpacket]
WeatherFax

Hi, Tim, and group:

You might check out JVCOMM32 for wx fax and NAVTEX.

If you do sailmail/airmail they have an add on for fax and
NAVTEX also. JVCOMM32 can use the sound card or pactor modem
and sailmail/airmail uses ONLY pactor modem...

FriendShip IP35-077
Tim WB5SBF


I have not yet visited nor explored the site, trusting in your experience
and forebearance.

Are you saying that this will do ham/SSB email by software, not PACTOR
modem??

Thanks.

L8R

Skip

Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
http://tinyurl.com/384p2 The vessel as Tehamana, as we bought her

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail
away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore.
Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:06:05 -0500, "Skip Gundlach" skipgundlach at
gmail dotcom wrote:

I'm trying desperately not to have to lay out another boatbuckfifty just to
get slow email, and thought I'd read that this SW would do the job.

I feel your pain but it's actually a good investment. If it weren't
for my Pactor III TNC I would get almost no routine use of the SSB.

The combination of SSB, Pactor and Airmail gives you offshore position
reporting, automatic NAVTEX, automatic WEFAX, and EMAIL, all without
an internet connection.

Skip Gundlach wrote:
False alarm. I missed the "only" part, below.

I'm trying desperately not to have to lay out another boatbuckfifty just to
get slow email, and thought I'd read that this SW would do the job.

Meanwhile, my up-the-mast wifi isn't yet ready for prime time, still being
bogged down in technicalities.

More meanwhile, I'm just looking for more input on various wefax softwares,
having decided to pass on the Xaxero for the moment.

L8R

Skip

Download SeaTTY and try it. It's free for a month.

Skip Gundlach wrote:
I got this reply (and my response) in the Island Packet group -
anyone here have experience like this??


Hi, Tim, and group:

You might check out JVCOMM32 for wx fax and NAVTEX.

If you do sailmail/airmail they have an add on for fax and NAVTEX
also. JVCOMM32 can use the sound card or pactor modem and
sailmail/airmail uses ONLY pactor modem...

FriendShip IP35-077 Tim WB5SBF

Are you saying that this will do ham/SSB email by software, not
PACTOR modem??

Thanks.

I tried the JVCOMM32 for the weather fax and navtex and couldn't get it
to work. The SeaTTY worked instantly. JVCOMM32 didn't have an email
function.. I think the guy is saying that the Sailmail function needs a
pactor modem.

Gaz

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:01:54 GMT, Gary wrote:

I think the guy is saying that the Sailmail function needs a
pactor modem.

Absolutely. The Pactor has superb error detection and correction
which has taken years of development to perfect. It also has the
uncanny ability to pull a usable signal out of the noise, so weak you
can barely hear it. It really is a nice unit and I'm very happy with
mine.

"Gary" wrote in message
news:SNxDf.492763$ki.13629@pd7tw2no...
Skip Gundlach wrote:
I got this reply (and my response) in the Island Packet group -
anyone here have experience like this??


Hi, Tim, and group:

You might check out JVCOMM32 for wx fax and NAVTEX.

If you do sailmail/airmail they have an add on for fax and NAVTEX
also. JVCOMM32 can use the sound card or pactor modem and
sailmail/airmail uses ONLY pactor modem...

FriendShip IP35-077 Tim WB5SBF

Are you saying that this will do ham/SSB email by software, not
PACTOR modem??

Thanks.

I tried the JVCOMM32 for the weather fax and navtex and couldn't get it
to work. The SeaTTY worked instantly. JVCOMM32 didn't have an email
function.. I think the guy is saying that the Sailmail function needs a
pactor modem.

Gaz

FWIW, I have not been able to get JVCOMM32 to work either. I tried on my
boat in my electrically noisy marina and I tried at my brother's place.
Nothing useful on the spectrum display no matter which wefax station I
tried. I was pretty sure I was correctly tuned in to at least one of them.
Does anyone know if you should see a spectrum displayed on the spectrum
analyzer even when there is no signal going into my laptops Line In jack?
With not input, and all inputs set to Mute, I still see a signal displayed.
Thought this might be messing up reception.

I'm going to try SeaTTY this coming weekend.

I've been using JVCOM32 without too much trouble and am receiving a weather
fax right now on 12781.1 - a good clear image in a fairly noisy marina
environment. And yes, I do get a spectrum display when the input jack is
unplugged. As soon as a signal from the ICOM 802 is applied to my mike
input (on a VAIO laptop) the spectrum display moves over to the "white side"
and tightens up nicely. I have not tried any of the other bells and
whistles, ony fax, but the program seems to work as discribed. I had to
browse the help files and trouble shooting suggestions at first and did not
find it particularly "intuitive" -- but once set up properly it worked for
me.

Scott


"Gordon Wedman" wrote in message
news:zzNDf.128034$m05.107050@clgrps12...

"Gary" wrote in message
news:SNxDf.492763$ki.13629@pd7tw2no...
Skip Gundlach wrote:
I got this reply (and my response) in the Island Packet group -
anyone here have experience like this??


Hi, Tim, and group:

You might check out JVCOMM32 for wx fax and NAVTEX.

If you do sailmail/airmail they have an add on for fax and NAVTEX
also. JVCOMM32 can use the sound card or pactor modem and
sailmail/airmail uses ONLY pactor modem...

FriendShip IP35-077 Tim WB5SBF

Are you saying that this will do ham/SSB email by software, not
PACTOR modem??

Thanks.

I tried the JVCOMM32 for the weather fax and navtex and couldn't get it
to work. The SeaTTY worked instantly. JVCOMM32 didn't have an email
function.. I think the guy is saying that the Sailmail function needs a
pactor modem.

Gaz

FWIW, I have not been able to get JVCOMM32 to work either. I tried on my
boat in my electrically noisy marina and I tried at my brother's place.
Nothing useful on the spectrum display no matter which wefax station I
tried. I was pretty sure I was correctly tuned in to at least one of
them.
Does anyone know if you should see a spectrum displayed on the spectrum
analyzer even when there is no signal going into my laptops Line In jack?
With not input, and all inputs set to Mute, I still see a signal
displayed. Thought this might be messing up reception.

I'm going to try SeaTTY this coming weekend.