[Pactor] MixW Pactor Settings?

[Dale Coleman]

At 05:44 PM 2/21/02, you wrote:
>Okay, it looks like MixW's RX-only Pactor mode is as good as it gets right 
>now.  If anyone else is successfully running the Pactor mode can we 
>compare settings?  I'm getting some copy, but I don't think that I'm 
>getting the best performance.

Hi Gary and the group, I have used MixW to monitor the band at the same 
time that I'm running Airmail using a split screen.

http://digitalhamradio.org/airm_mixw.gif  I posted a screen shot of the two 
programs running together.

MixW does do a nice job monitoring Pactor I and it will often print the 
call of a Pactor connect request before my MFJ 1278B will.

If you were using MixW to monitor random Pactor signals you found on the HF 
bands chances are good they were running Pactor I with binary compression 
or maybe even Pactor II. MixW can only decode Pactor I ASCII text.  All 
Pactor I and II connections start out as Pactor I ASCII then switch to a 
higher level depending on the equipment on both ends of the connect. This 
is important to understand because you will only be able to print the first 
part of a Pactor connect if the stations you are monitoring are running 
Pactor I or II with compression.

If you fish around for a while you should be able to find stations that are 
only running Pactor I ASCII and if you do you should be able to print lots 
of the exchange.

I hope this helps,

Dale kf4sir


>Thanks.
>
>73,
>Gary - KD6RXT
>
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Dale Coleman
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