[drats_users] Slow Speed Data via reflector

[John D. Hays]

I've gotta reiterate, I don't think reflectors are the place to do email or
file transfers.  They are a group broadcast facility, not a place for
one-to-one comms.  You might use one for QSTs, but what we need is an add-on
to the gateways that is used for long haul email and file traqnsfer.

-- John, K7VE

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com> wrote:

>  I can't contribute much to this discussion, but last night was my first
> experience with trying to send a lot of text data back and forth through a
> busy reflector. This was after the Florida Tech net, on the K4DSO repeater
> in Birmingham connected through the reflector. Radio here is an ID-800, with
> a very fast, Windows XP Pro SE3 machine.
>
> Copying the keyboard to keyboard chats was problematic at times. Watching
> the radio display, and listening to the beeps, it was clear that a lot of
> text was being passed rapidly, but often the software couldn't seem to keep
> up. A lot of it simply never displayed. Better results were obtained by
> using a Hyper Terminal, but still a lot text was missed.
>
> File transfers were also an issue. As many noted, any interruption
> guaranteed a failure. I'm eager to participate in more testing.
>
> 73,
>
>
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> ARES Alabama Section Emergency Coordinator
> NCS-SHARES NCS-047
> ---------------------------------------------
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> Maylene, AL 35114
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>



-- 
John D. Hays K7VE
Email: john at hays.org
VOIP/SIP: john at hays.org
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