Hi Steve,
It is great news that you are interested in setting up a PSKMail
server. It was feeling a bit lonely to be the only station in
Australia. Especially considering the value of such a system here with
vast spaces without mobile phone coverage and our sparse population
outside the coast.
So if I can be of any help do not hesitate to contact me. You can do
so by email at: vk2eta at gmail dot com.
I live in Merrylands near Parramatta, so we can get in contact on
VHF/UHF or HF depending on where you are or alternatively phone.
Good luck and let me know how you are going. I am happy to perform
some tests too with your station.
I am away from home this week but I can use my mobile station if
required. Next week I am overseas so no radio then.
In regards to pointers there is not that much. When you are setup we
can test and check that it's all working. It is pretty straightforward
once you start using it.
There is one thing I believe I had to change and that is the handling
of negative latitudes for the unproto position reporting. I will dig
in the code as I think I had to modify it.
Also I would recommend starting the tests with the psk modes before
trying others. Personally I find psk125 to be a good test speed (fast
enough but still sensitive enough), but that is very personal and it
depends on the QRM at your station.
I will update my station details on the pskmail website to reflect the
current modes and frequencies.
All the best,
73s, John
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Steve <stevez@xxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:stevez@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
G'day everyone,
I've been looking at PSKMail for a couple of days and it seems to
tick all the right boxes for the delivery of email and basic web
delivery over HF. All boxes except one - popularity here in Australia!
I note John, VK2ETA is active (not only as a server operator, but
also as a bit of a code hacker to boot!), but as I've got an idle
HF transceiver and a spare Fedora box, I'd like to have a go at
setting up as a server station too.
Expect a few questions from me, but if anyone would like to
pre-empt my questions with a few pointers or "gotcha's", feel free
to send them my way.
Thanks everyone,
Steve (VK2ZSZ)
