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I'm operating two radios on one PC. One on HF and one on 2m. I have two requests.
1) To have multiple instances of VarAC on the same PC be able to advertise and accept email. They share the same databases.
2) To be able to adjust the self report on a 30 minute incriment, 30, 1 hr, 1.5hrs, etc. up to 4 hours.
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I'm not sure if this a wish list item or a "dummy doesn't know how"
I am trying to establish a VarAC 2m FM presence in the Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville North Carolina area. To accomplish this I have gotten VarAC Cluster up and running and I am centrally located between those cities.
I have noticed that in PSK Reporter my presence on a given band (mainly 2m) disappears after a while. I have looked at the manual and settings. It appears that VarAC only self reports at startup or a freq change.
This is an issue in that if someone looks at PSK reporter they don't see anyone in that area and just move on without attempting a connection.
Is there a way to select to self report periodically so that my 2m station (which I am leaving up 24/7) stays visible?
And as I am running a cluster, 2m on the…
VarAC will report a new frequency 60 seconds after the QSY. And keep reporting that frequency every 4 hours.
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In Settings-Alert Tags, is it possible to set/allow "incoming" (or "connected") as tag text? That would provide an "early warning" email of a possible connection. I have tried these but in vain. Also maybe any other text in the datastream to create an alarm email?
Hi Yka. You can use the Telegram Bot if you want real time alerts. there is a project on the VarAC extensions page: https://www.varac-hamradio.com/extensions
In general - your idea sounds interesting. I will add it to the roadmap.
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I'm having trouble getting my IC-7610 staying on USB-D1. During VarAC operation it keeps switching to USB instead. I have to manually set it back to USB-D1 all the time. Any help greatly appreciated.
So you didnt edit this section to suit your needs? This is what I have mine doing:
ModeUSB_D=FEFE98E02600010103FD,FEFE98E02900161201FD,FEFE98E01A0500890064FD,FEFE98E0164501FD,FEFE98E01A0500820128FD,FEFE98E02900164000FD,FEFE98E01A0310FD
#USB, Data1 ON, Fil 3
#AGC F
#MOD In 25%
#Mon On
#USB Out Level 50%
#NR Off
#Fil 3 to 600Hz
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Why don't you send the download link?
Anybody out there?
At least give me a direct download link if you are not able to send an email.
Try a gmail account. and make sure you look in the spam or promotional folder. I can check if your email was sent (let me know your email) but in 100% of the cases people complained - it always ended up in the spam.
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Couple questions! First, will there be a time when the canned Welcome Message will allow other tags besides <LOC>, such as <MYDT>? I'm in the middle of the ocean and a lot of mainland operators forget about the time difference where I am when looking for me :)
Also, is it possible to alter connect texts that prompt about EMAIL and AI use? Specifically, I'd like to make it more obvious that the AI command is "AI:" and not just "AI". I've had soooo many ops try to use my AI without the colon, get frustrated when there's no response and disconnect!
Thanks and Aloha! KH7JF
To your first question - we will consider adding it.
to your seconds quesiton - When someone connect you, your station report them the available services with the "<S:EAB>" tag. each letter represent a serive you provide.
When it is received - it shows on the other side as :
This shows them how to use it already.
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Irad:
Some of us are adapting the automatic frequency schedule and coordinating the schedule in our region between operators. To this point, we see benefits if VarAC would automatically beacon after the band change is done. The reason for this is so that the antenna tuner will be tuned for optimum performance on the frequency.
Also - as Don KM4UDX points out, his tuner needs a Tune/Tone for his tuner to automatically tune. So an option would be to also transmit a Tune/Tone after the frequency change to allow those tuners that need a tone to automatically tune.
Some of us are experimenting with a coordinated frequency schedule. We feel that a window of time on 30 meters may help transfer Vmails when QRM makes 40 & 20 meters difficult.
Thank you for the work and energy you and your team puts into making VarAC the most powerful digital network…
+1 to what Lutz already replied.
Beacons timer is reset on every band change and will fire right away (plus some grace time)
If you also enable Antenna tuner, it will automatically tune upon band change so the first beacon will be fired fully .
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Hi, newbie here. I have a (licensed) station, W3DK-2 and a (similarly licensed) digipeater, W3DK-10. VarAC won't let me use my W3DK-10 digipeater in a call to another station - e.g., K2BBL via W3DK-10, it says I can't use my own station to digipeat. W3DK-2 and W3DK-10 are different stations - W3DK-2 is an IC-705 and W3DK-10 is a TM-D710GA. Why is this disallowed? Thanks, Bob - W3DK
it doesnt even make sense to work through your own digipeater. as it adds no value to the process.
Digipeater is a nother VaraFM that you go through on your way to your detination that echos your packets. no logic in echoing your packets from the same modem.
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Irad, I've finally had a chance to stress test the Frequency Scheduler enhancement you added in v13.2.7 with up to 30 times and freq changes.
What I have found is that if #1-#15 is entered, it works fine... meaning error checks work, "SAVE AND EXIT" works, and if I open the Frequency Scheduler again, #1-#15 is saved.
Unfortunately any entries into #16 - #30 are not saved, and if filled it appears to save but when reopening Frequency Schduler, #16-#30 are blanked/deleted/not saved.
Bill
WW4BB
Hello Bill. I can confirm it on my end but as it seems here 16-30 are saved in the file and are just not loaded when re-opening the scheduler... so additional save will delete them.
I also confirm the bug on the #11-#12 entry
I will fix it.
Thank you for your attention
1 is already possible. usint the VarAC Cluster mode while assising one member as an email handler for both. 2. the 4 hours period was chosed as a compromise. there are limitations for self reporting. doing it too frequenct will be ignored on their end.