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conditions: a clear 2300 hz channel transfer speeds: https://www.sigidwiki.com/wiki/VARA_HF

I'll start it up again, I took it down because I'm hosting it on my main computer but I can leave it up for a while if people are using it! It should be ready in a few minutes.

https://www.varac-hamradio.com/forum/varac-hf-discussion-forum/major-vrws-vara-radio-web-services-server-update-testers-and-server-hosters-needed

I personally don't recommend any ALC at all. Turn your radio to the maximum power allowed, then adjust your soundcard so the actual power transmitted is where you want it. If you absolutely want it pegged at the maximum power output possible, turn it up, and you'll notice when you hit that limit ALC will start to turn on to keep you from overdriving the rig. From there, don't allow ALC to get above 1/3 or the loss in signal quality might cause annoyance or slower connection speeds. But even below 1/3, it does affect the quality of your signal, so just to make sure everything is clean (and to protect your finals), I would drive the rig to about 50-75% max power output.

You can't change this in VarAC or in the VARA modem. Other than adding an artificial delay on the audio (which would move the beginning cutoff to an end cutoff) I don't see any real solutions to this problem.

I've just been keeping my web server up this whole time at 14.110 MHz. Quite a few people have connected to it but almost none of them actually do anything.

How to access the internet from the radio using my VRWS server,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ieerWHBP8E Video demonstration

Also, it is guaranteed that an ACK is sent after the other party sends the "is typing" info for this reason.

This is a very robust and useful mode, I am also surprised at the lack of normal QSOs that are happening. This is my favorite mode, after JS8Call (which has also just turned into a bunch of automated stations) and Olivia. I even created a web access server using VARA mostly because of the merits of this mode. Maybe we should advertise VarAC more, talk about it with other hams, bring it to their attention. I don't know how many people actually know about VARA and all the chat capabilities it has when combined with programs like VarAC.

No, just the normal packets. The closest thing I found was PTT ON/OFF, but that doesn't necessarily mean that a message has finished sending. BUFFER isn't reliable either because it isn't sent that often, I tried checking for "BUFFER 0" but it didn't work

Ok thanks. By the way, how do you determine when a message has finished sending in VarAC? Sometimes multiple outputs get sent in the same message and it breaks things, I'm hoping to find a way to wait until the first one has finished then send the second one in a separate message.

Unless you're ok with manually changing the frequency back to 14.110 after the CQ, I would recommend using the plain VARA Chat that EA5HVK released. https://mega.nz/file/SWJ2XBpZ#Py2BHs4P1B_xnMTayNjeDrXcAy6YdGWmykulsEsRIPo

Along with the other comment, I also did some manual frequency/slot changing so i could call CQ and also wait for a reply on 14.110 when I was testing.

run the program as root/administrator (that solves the issue on linux)

My server is back on 14.110 MHz. I encourage anyone with an HF rig that isn't being used much to fire up the server and let it rest on 14.110 with mine, the more coverage the better!

Only one person can connect to one instance of the server at a time, and interacting with the server through the command line counts as a connection. Another way of putting it is, you are trying to connect to the server through the radio when you are already connected through the terminal. Say "|disc" in the command line to disconnect and the server will interact with the connection through the modem. (a reconnect might be needed)

Never mind, I fixed both those problems, they are going out in the next update :)

I just tested and my server works almost completely bug-free on Vara FM as well! The only problems I saw were sometimes it didn't recognize a disconnect so it would softlock, and sometimes it wouldn't recognize a CQ because the lack of BW information afterwards. But, it is possible for it to see the CQ frame if it's timed right.

My server is not active anymore, but you can still download and run your own servers. I would recommend setting them up on 14.110 MHz