WoW....an actual 40 meter packet station!

[KL7AJ]

Tonight in class I was demonstrating some digital modes. I have my old pk900 set up, and was scanning the H.F. bands in the SIAM mode, which automatically identifies a lot of the weird signals. I was talking about H.F. packed and how nobody uses it any more, JUST as I caught a 40 meter packet station on 7.105. It's been AGES since I've heard any H.F. packet! So I parked it there and we watched a lot of Canadians exchange BBS information. Pretty cool.

So, never say a mode is dead when you're giving a demonstration.

Eric

[AB2T]

Tonight in class I was demonstrating some digital modes. I have my old pk900 set up, and was scanning the H.F. bands in the SIAM mode, which automatically identifies a lot of the weird signals. I was talking about H.F. packed and how nobody uses it any more, JUST as I caught a 40 meter packet station on 7.105. It's been AGES since I've heard any H.F. packet! So I parked it there and we watched a lot of Canadians exchange BBS information. Pretty cool.

So, never say a mode is dead when you're giving a demonstration.

Eric

Wow, that really is strange.

I know nothing about HF packet. I think the maximum bit/s rate is 300 (I don't know what works out to in bandwidth).

I've seen youtube demonstrations of 300 bit/s landline (with an acoustic coupler!), and it's _beyond excruciatingly_ slow. Makes you wonder why anyone would use the system anymore except for the most basic two-line emails.

Anyway, yes quite fascinating.

73, Jordan

[KL7AJ]

Wow, that really is strange.

I know nothing about HF packet. I think the maximum bit/s rate is 300 (I don't know what works out to in bandwidth).

I've seen youtube demonstrations of 300 bit/s landline (with an acoustic coupler!), and it's _beyond excruciatingly_ slow. Makes you wonder why anyone would use the system anymore except for the most basic two-line emails.

Anyway, yes quite fascinating.

73, Jordan

Yep, this was 300 baud. Just fine for the conditions.

Eric