[pskmail] Aw: Re: Re: A crazy/stupid idea

Being a 'CW only' operator, this idea has been one of my pet projects for some 

years... I am thinking about a 'simplified' way to handle this, not a full ARQ 

protocol. I must admit that it is not highest on the todo list, but I might come up 

with some useable code next winter season...

Some ideas which are on my 'would be nice' list:

* Use a Coherent CW modem for a super sensitive link mode on a frequency 

in the CW portion of the band, running slow but full ARQ pskmail...

Using multiple CW characters to form the complete ASCII 7 set...

* Theoretically you could now already send short emails without ARQ connect

using the unconnected APRS email service in pskmail... just switch fldigi to 

receive CW... (only trouble are the '@', '<SOH>' and '<EOT>' characters...).

* A separate version of PSKmail called 'CWmail' could use 90% of the pskmail

system infrastructure with a specialized protocol, and run in the CW band.

*ARQ by ear... using your keyer to ask for a repeat...

... Meanwhile you can of course use Andpskmail without a laptop using your 

android phone... makes your backpack a lot lighter in weight :-)

One other idea I have to make the transceiver smaller and lighter is 

to use a straight FSK mode on an Xtal controlled transmitter...

I will take a few extra beers tonite, and do some more thinking :-)

To realize all these goodies we will need some coding help (Perl for the server),

as the pskmail project is not finished yet...

73,

Rein PA0R

I love the idea to get portable operators connected!

vy 73 de Marcus KD0JKM


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On Oct 5, 2012, at 7:30, Daniel Arseneault <danielarseno@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> Just for the sake of discussion, what would you think of adding an
> amazing new mode to pskmail: CW.
>
> Actually, I'm serious. I'm thinking of a CW-to-email gateway that
> would listen for keywords and message body text sent in CW. This would
> allow mobile ops who can't pack a laptop and ssb transceiver to send
> and receive short emails. Error-correction would be to simply play
> back the email address and message, one line at a time waiting for ok
> confirmation from the client. Full QSK servers could receive
> corrections simultaneously as the message is played back, There could
> be address books, custom abbreviations, heck even webpage fetching
> (short webpages...), there are all kinds of possibilities. All of this
> done live between a human and a computer.
>
> Here's another discussion on this topic:
> http://www.eham.net/ehamforum/smf/index.php?topic=77975.0
>