1-1/4 meter (220 MHz) band:
223.40 MHz, 223.42 MHz, 223.44 MHz, 223.46 MHz, 223.48 MHz
70 cm (440 MHz) band:
440.975 MHz, 441.000 MHz, 441.050 MHz, 441.025 MHz, 441.075 MHz
You know you've found a packet channel when you hear the
characteristic "Braaaaaap" sound of packet transmissions.
5. Once you've found an active packet channel, you must make sure
you have enough receive audio (volume) from your transceiver to
light the DCD LED on the PK-232 when a packet is being received.
If the DCD LED does not light when packets are received, you must
either increase the audio level from your transceiver, or rotate
the PK-232's front panel THRESHOLD control CLOCKWISE. The DCD
LED must light for the PK-232 to be able to receive packets.
You must also make sure that the DCD LED goes out when no packet
signals are present on the channel. If the DCD LED does not go
out when the channel is clear, make sure the Squelch control on
your transceiver is set high enough to silence the speaker. If
your Squelch is functioning, then you must either rotate the
PK-232's front panel THRESHOLD control Counter-Clockwise until
the DCD LED goes out when no signals are present, or decrease the
audio level. When the channel is quiet, the DCD LED must be OFF.
If the DCD LED stays on when the packet channel is quiet, your
PK-232 will never send packets to other stations.
4.3.1 What You Should See
If all is operating properly, you should see some packets on your
screen. Some typical packets you might "Monitor" are shown below:
N7ALW*>WA7GCI [C]
WA7GCI*>N7ALW (UA)
K6RFK>N7ALW*>N7GMF:
Goodnight John, its been nice talking to you.
N7ALW*>WA7GCI:
Hi Bob, how are you this evening?
KD7NM*>MAIL:
Mail for: K6RFK N7ML
N7HWD-8*>ID:
NET/ROM 1.3 (SEA)
SEA*>N7ML:
SEA:N7HWD-8> Connected to #SEA:N7HWD-7
K6RFK>N7ALW*>N7GMF [D]
N7GMF>N7ALW*>K6RFK (UA)
NOTE: You will probably see data (Packets) on the tuning bar-graph
which do not print on the screen. This is normal and is a
function of the MONITOR and the MPROTO commands.
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