That's the way I look at it, Bill ... <soapbox> A sounding message is simply the station's callsign as the ALE ID, and soundings are only done if the station has an operator present, otherwise, the unattended stations are simply scanning the channels on the HFlink netplan, and only respond if called by another station.. As far as the sounding messages, they are no different than coming up on the air in any other mode and saying .... " .. This is wa6ube..." .. -------- As Rodney King would say ... " Why can't we all just get along !!" ... -------- </soapbox> Elaine
-- Patricia (Elaine) Gibbons WA6UBE / AAR9JA http://www.qrz.com/wa6ube _____ From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill McLaughlin Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 4:42 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Trouble at mill RTTY contesters war with HFlink Hard to discern what is actually happening; seems like a tempest in a teapot. 73, Bill N9DSJ . <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=1871183/grpspId=1705063108/msgId =25901/stime=1200184947/nc1=4025373/nc2=5045819/nc3=5028927>
