[Lowfer] Modes, signaling, and data recovery

[John Andrews]

Les,

> Thanks for taking time to respond. I have a programmer friend who has
> expressed that he is willing to tackle the WOLF software and try to
> create a GUI interface for it. I'm going to try to obtain source
> code and other materials from Stewart, if he is agreeable to having
> someone else look into this.

That's good news. Even just a shell program that would allow us to change
parameters without messing up a whole command line would be appreciated.

> The problem is that Troy (my programmer friend) is not a ham, so
> he can get hung up on certain things. The other thing "lacking"
> from WOLF is the inability to process signals in real time or
> something approaching that. The basic protocol seems fine,
> and it would seem that it might be possible to have the software
> automatically detect signal levels and adjust processing
> speeds accordingly.

This QSO that Dex and I are planning is going to be rather strange because
we have to allow for the off-line processing. You're right -- uncrunching
the data in real time would be a big step forward. BUT, I don't think that's
going to be easy.

> I'm actually kind of surprised that Alberto didn't choose to
> expand on the work already done on WOLF rather than
> trying to start from scratch with Jason.

To my knowledge, Alberto and Stewart are on good terms. Guys?

> Keep us posted on how the QSO goes. I'd like to attempt
> some WOLF receptions of TAG as well.

It'll be well publicized. We're planning to use one frequency, so that some
of the well-placed guys can try to follow both sides.  In the interim, I
will keep TAG in WOLF mode on 177.800, though I may do some playing in the
evening hours on Friday.

John A.