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<DIV>Duffy and all, </DIV>
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<DIV>I can set our local dstar for 15C and I did that and run some d-rats checks
with one of the stations. I was using our 444.8 mHz repeater. I like
to wait until after 2200 local, EST, then I announce I am going to 15C but it
isn’t that busy anyway but I do that as courtsey.</DIV>
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<DIV>You can email me at <A
href="mailto:w3fdk@arrl.net">w3fdk@arrl.net</A> and we can set up
something. Our repeater is KB3YBH and I will connect it
to 15C and we can d-rats like crazy using radio HI HI . All are invited to
join in.</DIV>
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<DIV>73 de rolan w3fd</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=duffy@wb8nut.com
href="mailto:duffy@wb8nut.com">Amateur Radio WB8NUT</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 12, 2012 5:42 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=drats_users@intrepid.danplanet.com
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [drats_users] D-RATS questions,
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would like to see people actually using the D-RATS program with their
RADIOS!!!<BR><BR>I have tried on REF015C numerous times and no one
responds.<BR><BR>Anyone up to trying some digital chat on
REF015C/<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR><BR>Duffy<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">These are very good
questions. Thank you for taking the time to ask them in writing. I
run a reflector for our city and have observed many of the same issues you
mentioned. I anxiously await the answers as well.</SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Brian Mileshosky <A
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2012 2:02 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>
[drats_users] D-RATS questions, suggestions<BR></FONT></DIV><BR>Dan
--<BR><BR>I'm beginning to use D-RATS and am trying to generate interest
<BR>throughout New Mexico for its use as well. Some questions and
<BR>suggestions for improvement:<BR><BR>1) It would be VERY helpful if the
"Stations" screen on the right side <BR>of the Chat tab reflected stations on
a particular Chat channel ONLY <BR>(when viewing a Channel tab). That
is, if I create a channel called <BR>"NM", and I click on its tab, then the
callsigns on the right side of <BR>the screen should only show those on the NM
channel. If I want to see <BR>EVERYONE on a given ratflector, then I can
click on the default "Main" <BR>chat tab. This way, if during an
emergency event that requires a number <BR>of tactical "chat nets" via chat
channels (i.e. a channel where the EOC <BR>is found, another for where
shelters are found, etc), I can see exactly <BR>(and only) who is on each
channel, and not have to wonder who is on one <BR>channel and who is
not. Right now, when I set up a channel I have no <BR>idea who is on it
since the list is cluttered with callsigns of people <BR>who are NOT on that
channel as well.<BR><BR>2) In the log screen, when filtering for file
transfers, it would be <BR>nice if a file transfer log listing also included
the callsign of <BR>whoever grabbed a file from my "Shared" folder. This
way, if I ask a <BR>station to grab a file from me, I have record that they in
fact did, so <BR>I don't need to consume additional time following up with
them and <BR>asking. Right now all I can see is that a file was transferred at
a <BR>certain time, but I have no clue who transferred it.<BR><BR>3) Is there
any reason why transferring files via internet can't occur <BR>at internet
speeds? It would be nice if D-RATS knew the method of <BR>transfer based
on whether it's connected to the internet, or via RF <BR>(even if a future
release made each message user selectable via a radio <BR>button or pull-down
menu): Internet would occur at internet speeds, but <BR>if via radio it would
automatically throttle the speed settings for that <BR>particular medium
accordingly. If the internet is up in an emergency, I <BR>say leverage
it as fully as possible to unburden the limited RF <BR>channels. Somehow
this should be seamless (based on the software <BR>detecting the medium across
which a file or message is to be sent) and <BR>not require the user to change
blocksize when sending via the internet <BR>vs RF.<BR><BR>4) I noticed, when
sending multiple NTS forms in version 0.3.3, that <BR>after I click on "Send"
within the message screen, the message(s) isn't <BR>actually sent. I
have to secondarily click "Send/Receive" on the main <BR>program screen before
the message actually gets sent. Additionally, if <BR>I have multiple
messages queued up for sending, I need to click <BR>"Send/Receive" for each
message in the queue before each is sent <BR>individually. It would seem
that the "Send" within the message screen <BR>would be sufficient, and that
multiple messages in the queue would be <BR>sent on their way
automatically.<BR><BR>5) We recently set up a ratflector here in New Mexico
and our initial <BR>testing revealed that, if a ratflector went down
temporarily, then any <BR>D-RATS user out there who was connected to it would
manually have to <BR>reconnect to it. I can see a situation where a
user, perhaps in an ARES <BR>tactical net, might not be aware that his
connection was lost and might <BR>consequently miss out on important
action. Is there not a way for the <BR>D-RATS application to sense that
a connection has been lost and <BR>automatically reconnect? It could be
as simple as, when D-RATS hasn't <BR>seen data from a ratflector for
n-minutes, the D-RATS application sends <BR>a ping or keep-alive message to
the ratflector. If no response from the <BR>ratflector, it assumes it
went down and automatically tries to <BR>re-establish connection with
it. If the ratflector is down for a long <BR>duration, D-RATS would
attempt a reconnect every n-minutes until a <BR>connection is re-established
or until the user switches to a new <BR>ratflector.<BR><BR>If you wouldn't
mind sharing your thoughts I'd appreciate it. Thanks <BR>for an
excellent software application!<BR><BR>73,<BR>Brian
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