[aprssig] VARA Continues To Show It's Overwhelming Superiority Over AX.25 Packet

[Jason Rausch]

I could get behind VARA if they would open up the spec so we can implement it in a hardware modem, thus eliminating the need for a full Windows computer to run it.  Let us embed it in a dsPIC or STM32 processor, give it a KISS USB interface and then we can use it on everything.
Jason Rausch K4APRwww.ke4nyv.com 

    On Sunday, October 6, 2024 at 11:28:00 PM EDT, Stephen H Smith via aprssig <aprssig at lists.tapr.org> wrote:  
 
   
[ 11:00  PM EDT  6 Oct / 0300 UTC 7 Oct]
 
I am currently observing a dramatic demonstration of how overwhelmingly superior VARA is  compared to classic AX.25  HF packet.   At this time, there is a nearly total HF blackout on 30M due to the massive solar CME (coronal mass ejection)
 
 
Currently, my APRS mapping webserver for 30M meters 300-baud HF packet APRS is showing no stations at all.  (Normally at this time of the evening there would be half a dozen or so stations around the country showing on my map. Receive via UZ7HO Soundmodem software TNC. )     
 
Meanwhile, beacons from WA7GMX-8 in Washington state and WB8SKP-9 in western Kentucky are continuing to be received on 30M APRS-over-VARA, here at my QTH near East Lansing, Michigan. 
 

 
  
Stephen H. Smith    wa8lmf (at) aol.com 
 Skype:        WA8LMF
 EchoLink:  Node #  14400  [Think bottom of the 2-meter band]
 Home Page:          http://wa8lmf.net
 
 APRS-over-VARA igates now operating on 30 & 60 meters
    <http://WA8LMF.net/map>
 
 "Studio B" Ham Shack on Wheels
    <http://WA8LMF.net/Aliner>
 
 -- APRS over VARA  --
    <http://wa8lmf.net/APRSoverVARA.>
 
   
 
 

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