[OZAPRS] Had all I can take of SignalinkUSB and PEPro

[Gerard Hill]

Its really interesting to see the various comments on this.

Recently I tested MixW 2.19, AGW PE 2010.414, AGW PE Pro 2007.514 and my 
MFJ 1276 TNC. All were set up to receive 300 bps FSK at ~2100/2300 Hz. A 
narrow filter was used in the HF radio which was tuned to 40m. MixW was 
set to defaults - 400 Hz filter. The sound card line in was interfaced 
to the radio's line out via a 1:1 audio transformer from Jaycar. TNC and 
sound card were connected simultaneously to the radio.

My experience when decoding packets was that AGW PE and AGW PE Pro 
decoded best and could not be separated. The MFJ 1276 was next best and 
then MixW trailed behind. This was a little surprising as I have read 
much praise for MixW.

If anyone wants to try this I found the best dial frequency to use is 
7039.68 kHz where the BBSs operate. At certain times there is almost 
continuous traffic with a mix of short and long packets.

Cheers ... Gerard, VK2IO

vk5ex.andrew at gmail wrote:
> I dont know what other peoples thoughts are. But I reckon that MixW seems to 
> decode HF packet a bit better that AGW.  However, It might be just my setup 
> here perhaps. Currently using a Rig Expert Standard into a TS2000.
> 
> Regards .. Andrew .. VK5EX
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David and Justine Olsen" <davejust at bigpond.net.au>
> To: "Australian APRS Users" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 10:46 PM
> Subject: [OZAPRS] Had all I can take of SignalinkUSB and PEPro
> 
> 
>> i used to run a complex port emulation and TNC emulation with MixW and
>> UIView for HF APRS. PTT was controlled by a Cat cable.
>>
>> I then decided to do away with Mix W and use a SignalinkUSB,  PEPro
>> and UIView. Since I made that decision I have regretted it.
>>
>> My gripes are
>>
>> 1. PEPro will not hold the KAM seting and requires a restart twice -
>> very annoying when you consider the points below.
>> 2. The SignalinkUSB seems to not have enough audio to drive the 703 as
>> well as the internal sound card.
>> 3. The Signalink USB just stops Txing for no known reason. Sometimes a
>> delete and reinstall of the AUDIO Device fixes the problem, and
>> sometimes it doesn't. SOmetimes a delete of the .ini files in PEPro
>> fixes it and sometimes it doesn't.
>>
>> A million restarts later- I think I'll go back to the complexity of
>> Mix W
>>
>> David VK4MDX
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