[Elecraft] Pactor I via soundcard

[Phil Kane]

On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 08:18:37 -0700, Lyle Johnson wrote:

>Some HAL Communications products, including the DXP-38, support
>Pactor, which they call "P-mode".  You can also buy old AEA
>PK-232MBX TNCs cheaply at hamfests and you-know-where, and later
>versions of the PK-232MBX included Pactor I. If your is older,
>Timewave will sell you the upgrade EPROMs that include Pactor.

    Right now I have 2 AEA PK-232MBX in service with two
    software-controlled Ten-Tec MF/HF receivers for receiving
    SITOR ("commercial AMTOR") USCG marine safety broadcasts and
    general monitoring of HF Marine Public Coast stations - yes,
    there are still some on the air in the US offering Morse,
    RTTY, and SITOR service to high-seas vessels.  Both PK232MBXs
    will do Pactor I, and I do have the software for it.  To use
    this with the K2 would require setting up a complex RS-232
    switching arrangement to switch the K2 from the RigBlaster to
    the TNC and the TNC from the Ten-Tec receiver to the K2 -
    do-able because I do have the cross-over switch - but not
    exactly what I am looking for.

    Oh yes - this is in addition to the two PK-88s that handle my
    VHF packet and APRS transceivers and the soon-to-be-added
    9600 baud TNC for UHF packet.

    "TNCs-are-Us"
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   73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
   Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402