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How to relay VMail?

Hi all, I can‘t find any information about how to leave a vmail for someone at another station. Did anyone figure this out? 73

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wu6x

Mar 24, 2024

I read the manual(s) and it is not clear how to leave a VMail for a destination station via a "hop". So, how is that done? Or, maybe I need to first find the relay station and it becomes more clear? Also not documented.

NC3Z Gary

Mar 24, 2024

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Can you explain what you want to accomplish so i can point you in the correct direction.

bretchilcott

Mar 24, 2024

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It is a bit confusing how to relay a message. There may be a simpler method, but this is what I do.

To determine what station can relay a message I use the FindPath button on the right side of the screen. Simply type in the station you wish to send a Vmail to. If any station on line has heard the station, they will report back when they heard it, what frequency and the SNR.
I then identify the best station which heard the station I want to send the Vmail to and I connect to that station which will become the relay station.
Once connected to the relay station, then move off of the calling frequency. Once off of the calling frequency, create a Vmail - BUT CHANGE THE CALL SIGN IN THE VMAIL TO THE DESIRED RECIPIENT (FINAL DESTINATION). By default, the call sign of the station you connected to will be listed in the Vmail destination and it must be changed.
Create the Vmail and send. You will get a warning message that the Vmail you created will be parked at the station you are connected to and not the final recipient. That is OK - just send it.
What happens now is that the Vmail you just created will be parked at the station you just connected with. Then when the final destinations VARAC beacons, the station where the Vmail is parked will send a notice to the final recipient that there is a Vmail waiting for them there.
Give it a try - it works great!
73
Bret C / AC0AE

oh8xat

Jul 31, 2023

I wish people would deliver a straight answer to a very specific question instead of replying RTFM. a comprehensive manual is a nice thing, and the writers and translators deserve our appreciation and respect. But that is no reason not to simply explain how to relay a message via 3rd party to destination. W/O forcing someone to comb through a manual, and maybe still not finding what they wanted to know. It would certainly be quicker not to have to comb through walls of text for that single sentence of information that would save the day. If you dont know, dont say - if you do know then just explain in your own words , be a helpful elmer. Do not tell people to RTFM - i dont think that would be the purpouse of this forum. 73, OH8XAT

NC3Z Gary

Oct 13, 2022

Yeah, many of us are using this feature, works great. Since we have community members that have done some heavy lifting writing manuals, that may be the best place to start. https://www.varac-hamradio.com/forum/manuals/english-manuals-by-varac-community

NC3Z Gary

Oct 16, 2022

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How long is the call sign you are using? I think VARA HF has an issue with KISS for callsigns over 6 or so characters.

nl13286

Oct 16, 2022

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6 characters

NC3Z Gary

Oct 16, 2022

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All looks like it should, the only difference is the VARA license.