Linux-Hams archive - November 1998: Re: Pactor-ax25

Re: Pactor-ax25

Kai Schulte (terhi.victor@logonet.com)
Wed, 4 Nov 1998 01:31:22 +0000 (CUT)


On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Willy Peake wrote:

> Does anyone know of a software package that will allow me to monitor
> and transmit Pactor. I'm using a Kam multimode with the serial port
> kiss driver. The tnc has built in Amtor but it seems a lot of the
> forwarding bbs's are running Pactor now.

Monitoring would probably work using a sound card, but transmitting
is a different matter. "Advanced" hf protocols like pactor have very
strict timing requirements (this is what makes noise reduction by
adding/subtracting multiple retransmits possible), so emulating pactor
probably wouldn't be a strength of linux. (Or have you already found
some ingenious way of handling the turnaround, Thomas? ;)

Otoh, if you just want to connect a pactor controller to one of your
serial ports any terminal program should do...

Kai