[PPRAANet] Packet Communication with FT-60 HT

[k3ilc]

I've been participating in the weekly Thursday EmComm Winlink exercises.
I've been using my Yaesu FT60 HT to send and receive Winlink messages by 
VHF packet, and it seems to be very reliable, now that I have all the 
bugs worked out.
My equipment: A laptop with Winlink and SoundModem app (by UZ7HO) 
installed, my SignaLink with the shorting plug and cable for the FT60, 
and a 3 element 2-meter beam mounted on a tripod.
So I can send and receive messages without being connected to the grid.  
A drawback with this setup is I can't run the higher speed of 9,600 bps 
used on UHF (at least I don't think I can).
BTW, I can pickup stations in Franktown, Parker, and Denver with this setup.

Here's my WinLink communication report generated during today's 
exercise, using the FT60:

*** Starting to call KE0GB-10
*** Opening KISS over TCP Host 127.0.0.1 Port 8100
*** Connecting to KE0GB-10
*** Connected to KE0GB-10 at 2022/04/28 19:42:44

Trying ec2-54-85-161-191.compute-1.amazonaws.com
*** K3ILC Connected to CMS
[WL2K-5.0-B2FWIHJM$]
;PQ: 80085291
CMS via KE0GB >
    ;FW: K3ILC
    [RMS Express-1.6.3.0-B2FHM$]

    ;PR: 72748710
    ; KE0GB-10 DE K3ILC (OM28KW)
    FC EM 485BM5GN1PFR 283 239 0
    F> BA
FS Y
*** Sending 485BM5GN1PFR.
FF
*** Completed send of message 485BM5GN1PFR
*** Sent 1 message.  Bytes: 263,  Time: 00:04,  bytes/minute: 3350
    FQ
*** --- End of session at 2022/04/28 19:43:09 ---
*** Messages sent: 1.  Total bytes sent: 263,  Time: 00:24, 
bytes/minute: 645
*** Messages Received: 0.  Total bytes received: 0,  Total session time: 
00:24,  bytes/minute: 0
*** Disconnecting
*** Disconnecting due to timeout
*** Disconnected at 2022/04/28 19:43:21

*** Disconnect reported.