[aprssig] KPC3+ induced errors (was: KC0YA-11 and AE0SS-11 Balloons Aloft)

Sun Mar 13 16:46:19 EDT 2011

On 3/13/2011 1:42 PM, Russ Chadwick wrote:
> Earlier today I posted under this subject line that the I-gate that caused 
> most of the packet delay problem with the EOSS balloon flights yesterday was 
> using a KPC-3+ TNC.  That was incorrect.  He was using a D710 receiving 
> 144.340 MHz and connected to UI-View sending packets through Comcast to 
> first.aprs.net.
>
> Russ
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Was he using the D710 in KISS mode or normal command mode?

[The earlier D700 mobile and TH-D7 hand-held had notoriously poor KISS 
handling, due to a too-small buffer in the TNC chip.]

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