[pskmail] Re: Trouble connecting
- From: John Douyere <vk2eta@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:04:54 +1100
Hi Christian,
I will start with the end as it will put the other explanations in context:
A. I would use a mode that does not care too much about frequency
accuracy and does not use automatic frequency control like THOR22 or
even THOR11. Since both these modes can be used by the European and
North-American servers and they are very robust I think this is your
best bet.
B. Regarding the PSK waterfall mark jumping to the noise I would
reduce the search band for that mode quite a lot, like to 10Hz. If you
don't use narrow version like PSK125/125R or PSK63 then you have quite
a few hertz of mis-alignment to play with even without moving from the
centre frequency. So try in Fldigi: configure/Misc/pskmail to adjust
the search range and AFC range to 10Hz.
C. For the connection to servers (from anywhere) I would go with a
common mode list like PSK250, PSK250R, MFSK32, THOR22, THOR11 for
example.
I think that should maximize your chances.
I agree with your conclusion that there must be a network issue but I
can't help you there. Sorry.
All the best and enjoy the food and music in Martinique, "Bon sejour
et Bon voyage"
73, John
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Christian Wagner
<wagnerschristian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello Pskmailers,
> first of all thank you for providing this excellent service.
> My name is Christian (DL3ZFC/MM), I am currently on a sailing trip.
> During our recent atlantic crossing I was able to send position
> beacons and aprs emails in unconnected mode. Even though my antenna
> tuner din't work at all!!
> The tuner problem is fixed now.
> Nevertheless I cannot connect reliably to a server. I have a lot of
> noise in the waterfall just above 1000 Hz, and the area scanned by
> fldigi always jumps to this noise- no mater what I do- it doesn't
> stick to 1000 Hz.
> Also, which modes should I use- the american ones- or the european
> ones- currently I am in Martinique in the carribean.
> Next thing I noticed that in Debian Squeeze (using jpskmail client 1.0
> or 1.4 and Fldigi 3.20.20) the arq server doesn't start unless I open
> a wireless network. Fldigi 3.20.20 complains about not being able to
> get addrinfo.... I think it is a Debian networking issue.
> What can I do to improve on the server connection? Right now I don't
> get a response on a ping at all.
> Help appreciated,
> Christian (DL3ZFC)
>
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