<br>Bill WA7NWP wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I'd really like to hear how well that works for<br>
you - specially if you can give it a good workout at 9k6.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>That's certainly the plan, although at the moment I'm only running at 1200. First integration test with client stations using other D710's should be this weekend. I'll try to remember to post a report (prompt me if I don't).</div>
<div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">the D710 will pop out of KISS mode if it cycles power so be prepaired<br>
to somehow deal with that.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Good tip. I saw this mentioned in another thread as I was searching for an answer to the original question. I'm imagining a setup in which an automated station is constantly listening for JNOS-generated traffic (beacons if nothing else), and if nothing is heard for some configurable amount of time, it tries to connect. If that fails, it reaches out over the LAN and tries to force a reload of the TNC setup script. If it can't connect after that, it starts asserting some kind of alarm. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Or something like that. I'd be happy to hear about other approaches others may have used to address this problem.</div><div><br></div><div>Clearly we will have nothing like that working really soon, but the dirty little secret is that, in the exercise we have coming up in the next few weeks, I'll be sitting right next to the JNOS station... :-)</div>
<div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I wish we had a $600 dual band radio<br>
(plus second tnc-x for 1200 baud) with built in 9k6 TNC back in the<br>
days of serious JNOS/Packet...</blockquote><div><br></div><div>It's a nice radio, to be sure, but be careful what you wish for, as the devil's in the details. One thing I've observed about the D710 -- and it really drove me crazy until I figured out what was going on -- is that it's extremely vulnerable to de-sense by a powerful, nearby transmitter. </div>
<div><br></div><div>While getting JNOS set up, I was using an Alinco DR-135 for the JNOS radio and a GE MVS (two rooms away) for the Outpost client, and things were working great. But when I substituted the D710 for the MVS in the client role, every time it attempted to connect, JNOS/Alinco would send it back a UA-frame that the D710 consistently wouldn't hear. When I finally guessed what was going on and dropped the Alinco to low power, things started working. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Likewise, when using the D710 as the JNOS radio (once I figured out how to get it into KISS mode), and trying to use the MVS (whose power level isn't adjustable from the front panel), again, no joy. I needed to use the Alinco on low power as the client before things started working...</div>
<div><br></div><div>73, Michael KI6TYV</div></div>-- <br>Remember, Comrades: Life is a series of choices -- all of which will be made for you by Central Committee.<br>