[ACARS] Answer to query

[Ed Wilson]

Folks

Just got back from 3 weeks in Costa Rica birdwatching and ploughing through 
all the emails. Someone asked why after he replaced his broken 286 with a 
386 the size of the logfile should have reduced by 20% (I think). Was in 
'delete/next' mode and only thought about it later by which time the name of 
the email sender was long-gone. So it is all the list or not at all!

Having used about 8 different PCs with DOS Airmaster the most critical 
factor is the distance between the PC and the antenna - some PCs radiate 
much more RF than others and interfere with the reception. Always run with 
the screen switched off is a good idea (unless you want to watch in real 
time!)

Laptops can be even worse - especially some of the external power units, and 
even more so when the internal battery is being charged

Keep the mobile phone away from the antenna as well!

Hope that might be of some use

I have 4 Airmaster dongles which I use on a variety of PCs with Yu125, 225 
and MVT7100 scanners and there seems to be very little difference in their 
ability to decode messages however I configure them apart from the RF 
sensitivity. The MVT7100 is by far the most sensitive

Cheers

Ed

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