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    wd4kav
    Jun 26
    Edited: Jun 26

    Show stations that have mail waiting for a callsign

    in Feature requests

    OK, I'll admit I'm borrowing an idea from JS8CALL here, but am tossing this out to see if that functionality might be applied to VarAC.


    I agree completely that we do NOT want "mail for" beacons being sent on the calling freq, but perhaps VarAC could function as follows:


    I want to see if another station is holding mail.

    VaraAC could be commanded to send something like "M?" after my call (example WD4KAV/M?) for ONE beacon, at the next beacon interval. ( believe VARA-HF would allow this.)

    If another station held mail for me, and copied my call with this added indicator, it would initiate a link to me, and once connected, send the mail. (A maximum size limit could be set, to only permit short mail to be sent this way.)


    A more efficient (less channel activity) way to do this would be to have a station holding mai, to connect and simply send a special short mail message, containing the word YES, followed by a disconnect.


    Just thinking out loud right now, trying to find the best way to check for, and receive mail, with the least impact on the QRG.




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    irad d
    Jul 03

    I must say I am intrigued with this idea.

    I can use a special SSID to indicate that I am asking if someone has mail for me: Beacon like "4Z1AC-10"

    if someone copies this and has waiting mail for 4Z1AC, it will initiate a connection to me.

    I need to give it some more thoughts but definitely something I would like to further explore. thank you !

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    wd4kav
    Jul 03
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    I'm always willing to fill your head with more ideas...GRIN. Will be interested to see what you come up with.

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