Greetings all! Has anyone experienced WL 2.9/3.0 returning the wrong call sign after you connect? I don't know which version of AirMail the fellow was...
... Hello Frank, I've seen that too. Perhaps even with the same "Western Area Gateway" station. <grin> I don't think it has anything to do with the Airmail...
Not knowing the details, it is hard to say for sure, but I expect it has more to do with timing the call and the way Pactor works. Pactor does not imbed the...
Frank I was having the same problem several months, When I would connect to the Gateway it seen me as what ever station prior to me. The problem was the TNC. I...
Hi all! Thank you all for your suggestions/observations re: wrong call sign. We are seeing that the problem affects both AirMail and Winlink legacy users as...
Jim, I am running version 3.2.022 with a PK-232MBX and all is working great for both Pactor and Packet. Is it possible to incorparte the ability to monitor on...
hi all, in the options message I noticed that the checkbox for mobile user is no longer present. I suppose that winlink makes this option unnecessary or...
Correct. All users are treated the same with the new dynamic routing scheme. there is no more "HOME BBS" meaning that all users are "mobile." Steve, k4cjx ... ...
k4cjx
k4cjx@...
Mar 20, 2005 12:16 am
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Greetings all! I'm running Winlink v3.0 with WinXP. Winscan 2.2 installed OK, but won't run. First it said it needed a newer version of MSCOMM.VBX. I read...
If you have experience running Airmail on a Mac, please write me direct with the details. I am told it can be done using a Windows emulator. Thanks in...
Jerry, ... Airmail runs fine on a Mac under Virtual-PC. The only wrinkle has to do with USB/serial adaptors not Airmail, either map the serial-port from the...
Hello All - I am experimenting with Winlink 2.9/3.0 and have read various references to "Netlink" or "Pactel" modules or SW that I believe allow some basic...
Winlink 3.0 was made for the early 16 bit operating systems and is no longer supported. My advice is to go to the Winlink.org/client.htm page and download...
k4cjx
k4cjx@...
Apr 1, 2005 3:24 pm
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Steve, Netlink was an add-on module for Winlink. The Winlink system back then had it's own mail server. This has all since disappeared, so that's why you ...
Is there a quick way to "empty the trash" in Airmail? I have a TON of messages just sitting in the trash can that I've had to manually delete (again) from the...
Eric, The quickest way to empty the trash is to close Airmail and delete the Airmail/Trash folder with Win-explorer, then restart Airmail. You are right about...
Highlight the first one, then move the cursor to the last one, then press shift key to highlight all of them and hit the delete key. 73 de K5GP, Gene...
... Jim Did you ever get my email about contacting Linda at PacComm to get the driver info you need to be able to use the tnc-2 clone tnc's with Airmail? It...
I'm using a Compaq Armada E500 laptop and would like to have the GPS signal input automaticaly for the position report. I've made the "Y" cable as per the...
hi there, ... to my knowledge the connection is not to the PC but to the Ptc-2. You don't need another comport, if you connect the GPS to the Y-cable. The...
hi again, ... I have to correct myself - the command is not location but position! GPS POSITION REPORT ... Latitude: Longitude: Velocity: Course: Recorded at: ...
Yes, they work perfectly. Look on CDW for Edgeport, StarTech, or KeySpan. Cheap and easy. I would use separate ports for the GPS. Also, there is a Windows line...
k4cjx
k4cjx@...
Apr 11, 2005 2:26 pm
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hi Steve, ... as said before, with a Y-cable it is not necessary to use a separate Com-port in the Laptop (it is possible, but I see no advantage unless ...
The GPS input y-cable does not give you another "COM" port on the laptop. It simply allows Airmail to read the GPS through the PTC's auxiliary serial input...
Shea, thanks,and I agree. Do you know the Boot command that keeps the GPS from looking like a mouse? Jim gave that to me several years ago, and now it is just...
k4cjx
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Apr 11, 2005 3:36 pm
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Steve, I don't have the BOOT command handy, but I never could get it to work. I usually just disable the "Microsoft Serial Ballpoint Mouse" in the Windows ...
... laptop. I have ... way to ... adaptor? ... the pactor modem on com 1 and it wants another com port for the GPS which it thinks is com 3 but that is not an...
Sorry my eye sight is failing. I got pins 1 & 5 reversed on the GPS connector. Also the diagram is incorrect. The GPS requires a male connector not a female...
... Y-cable. The ... and stores ... for the "Y" cable was wrong for my Garmin 76 so I replaced the female sub-D with a male sub-D pin for pin but I didn't...
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