Hello Per,
Here is where I read those comments that I mentioned:
http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?332060-PSKMail-and-flDigi-virtual-TNC
I for one really like pskmail, and I would really enjoy seeing it grow
in popularity. I agree with you as far as using the soundcard rather
than a Pactor box. Mainly because the cost is out of reach for me and
many others as well, plus it is a lot to carry on a hiking trip or
camping trip. That being said, I am truly amazed at how many users
there are using Winlink, Airmail, and so on. I'm sure that the
soundcard program Winmor has helped tremendously with it's growth and
popularity. I am a big fan of using the narrow modes, why use 2 - 3 kc
if it isn't necessary?
Cygin has enabled me to get pskmail server going, I will using
andLinux if you feel that it would be better for pskmail, but as it
stands I have no problems with my server using the 1.5.8 Client,
except the "Wrong Password" issue.
I would like to move to another band to create more opportunity for
stations closer to me to use the server. I tried 80 meters, but I was
asked to leave because I was interfering with a CW traffic net. In
this area it is very difficult to find a frequency on that band that
is not in use by one of those nets. Except for those being used by the
Winklink systems, nobody challenges them, ever.
Thank you for your response.
Very 73, Glenn WB2LMV
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Pär Crusefalk <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:per@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi Glenn,
First of all I just want to state that I know that the system works, I
see the traffic flowing through my server and I find it very
useful when
I'm away sailing or out and about somewhere. When the connection
is poor
the arq connection can behave the way you say here. I know I had
that a
while when I had noise reducing DSP engaged in my transceiver, also
other hams have had identification turned on and that made the link
behave poorly. So, there can be simple reasons for what you are
seeing.
Also, are these issues related to running the server within windows?
Having said that I know that we have had a high development speed
and I
think we need to better state what a stable system should be using.
The version 2 client is coming along nicely but I still don't see
it as
a stable client as it is lacking things and there are bugs in there.
But, it has so far been labeled alpha.
To me the stable client to use is 1.5.8. It has been tested quite
a lot
now and I know it works. I have not had issues with the "Wrong
password"
but I will try to recreate that issue in bench testing this weekend.
I will do a practical demo of pskmail during field day this
saturday so
I may not have time for testing before next week.
I have not seen any discussions where someone has failed to make it
work. Would be great to connect with these hams and hear about their
issues, can you point me to where you saw that?
I think pskmail is a real easy sell, who wants to spend thousands of
dollars for an ugly modem when it's not needed...
73 de Per, sm0rwo
tis 2012-05-22 klockan 08:55 -0400 skrev Glenn Roeser:
> I hope that this email does not upset anyone, and I don't mean to be
> rude in any way. After observing time after time after time. Clients
> will connect to a server with the intent to upload or download an
> email, or use one of the other functions that the server provides,
> only not to be able to get done what they were trying to do. The
> client and the server will talk back and forth until the server will
> go into it's sending polls mode. While it is in poll sending
mode the
> server will change to various modes trying to get the client to
> accomplish the transfer of 100% data until it runs out of the
> prescribed amount of retries. This happens with the client still
> connected, because the client is still answering the server, with no
> results, so I know an early "abort" had not been sent.
> I know that my server does everything that it is supposed to do
> because I have tested all it's functions myself. The only flaw
is that
> once in a while I will get a "Wrong Password" error message while
> trying to download mail headers.
> I had sent an email to one of my friends the step by step method
that
> I use with the server and he still was unable to get results. I
> watched him going at Bob's (KB2PNM) server yesterday, over and over
> and over, without any luck.
> I have read in various forums that hams have tried pskmail and have
> given up because."I just couldn't get it to work." I'm not sure
if the
> intention of the authors are to provide a program for a close knit
> group of campers, and boaters, or if the authors intent is for
general
> ham population to use an enjoy this fantastic program
> and therefore the number of pskmail users would increase. As it
stands
> now pskmail is a very hard sell.
> It seems to me that as things stand now, the client is just too
> complicated for the average ham to use or there are bugs in the
> software that I am not aware of. I have not been able to get any
of my
> friends, and these are hams that are running digital modes
without any
> difficulty, to become successful using pskmail.
> Wishing all very 73, Glenn WB2LMV
