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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:01:30 -0800
From: <scott_at_opentrac.org>
Subject: RE: [aprssig] *** TNC Test CD Update - Mirror Server Now
Available ***
>BTW, Scotts server for the original links has been pounded for 30 GB of
>downloads in the first 12 hours after my announcement!
Over 35 GB now. Load's back down to under 10% now, so feel free to pound
away. The APRS TV mirror link is back up, too.
I'm curious to see what everyone's results are. I need to run the tests
against the production version of the test track, but against the 0.9
version (which might be the same), I got:
967 packets decoded by a KPC-3
970 decoded by a uTNT
911 decoded by a Tracker2 (still being tuned and tested)
991 decoded by a Tracker2 tapped into a KPC-3's TCM3105 demodulator
So 991 is the score to beat so far. No fair turning on PASSALL!
Scott
N1VG
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:14:41 -0800
From: "Christopher T. Day" <CTDay_at_LBL.Gov>
Subject: RE: [aprssig] *** TNC Test CD Update - Mirror Server Now
Available ***
Steve,
I have had no luck burning the Nero version. The file sizes match exactly
what you listed, but when I try to burn the CD, I don't seem to have any
audio tracks and the _READme.htm file on the CD is entirely unprintable
characters. I'm using Nero Burning ROM v 7.5.7.0, downloaded today. Is
anyone else having this problem?
Chris - AE6VK
-----Original Message-----
>From: scott_at_opentrac.org [mailto:scott_at_opentrac.org]
>
>>BTW, Scotts server for the original links has been pounded for 30 GB of
>>downloads in the first 12 hours after my announcement!
>
>Over 35 GB now. Load's back down to under 10% now, so feel free to pound
>away. The APRS TV mirror link is back up, too.
>
>I'm curious to see what everyone's results are. I need to run the tests
>against the production version of the test track, but against the 0.9
>version (which might be the same), I got:
>
>967 packets decoded by a KPC-3
>970 decoded by a uTNT
>911 decoded by a Tracker2 (still being tuned and tested)
>991 decoded by a Tracker2 tapped into a KPC-3's TCM3105 demodulator
>
>So 991 is the score to beat so far. No fair turning on PASSALL!
>
>Scott
>N1VG
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:51:35 -0800
From: "Stephen H. Smith" <wa8lmf2_at_aol.com>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] *** TNC Test CD Update - Mirror Server Now
Available ***
CTDay_at_LBL.Gov wrote:
>Steve,
>
>I have had no luck burning the Nero version. The file sizes match
>exactly what you listed, but when I try to burn the CD, I don't seem to
>have any audio tracks and the _READme.htm file on the CD is entirely
>unprintable characters. I'm using Nero Burning ROM v 7.5.7.0, downloaded
>today. Is anyone else having this problem?
I don't know. (This is the first message I have received like this.) I
orginally created the file in Adaptec/Roxio.CIF format only.
Scott N1VG then converted it to Nero format and then offered to put it
on the server as well. He claims it burned successfully on his copy of
Nero.
--
Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com
EchoLink Node: 14400 [Think bottom of the 2M band]
Home Page: http://wa8lmf.com --OR-- http://wa8lmf.net
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:58:48 -0800
From: <scott_at_opentrac.org>
Subject: RE: [aprssig] *** TNC Test CD Update - Mirror Server Now
Available ***
>exactly what you listed, but when I try to burn the CD, I don't seem to
>have any audio tracks and the _READme.htm file on the CD is entirely
>unprintable characters. I'm using Nero Burning ROM v 7.5.7.0,
I burned it successfully with Nero Express 6. Will the full version of Nero
read .cif files? The .nrg was converted from the .cif using a 3rd party
utility.
Scott
N1VG
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:04:54 -0500
From: "Robert Bruninga" <bruninga_at_usna.edu>
Subject: [aprssig] Mobile/Tracker TX power
>The D7 is working acceptably at 0.5w, with a long whip,
>and batteries last longer.
For what it is worth, the TX power on most APRS mobiles is usually
insignificant compared to receive power. The RX and TNC are on all the
time drawing about 70 mA (I think) and so that is 70 mA-Minutes. Whereas
the TX transmits for only 1/2 second every 60 seconds and draws maybe 1.2
amps at high power (?). But this is only 10 mA-minutes. So the TX power is
only about 14% of the total battery drain.
So, yes, it saves battery power to run on low power, but only less than 15%
of life, yet running on low power sacrifices over 7 dB of link margin. In
many cases, getting in, is worth more than saving just 15% of battery
life..
If you run a 2 minute rate, then the TX power is down to only about 7% of
total battery life power, and is usually insignificant to mission success
compared to being heard..
Anyway, just a thought.
Bob, Wb4APR
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:25:09 -0800
From: "Christopher T. Day" <CTDay_at_LBL.Gov>
Subject: RE: [aprssig] *** TNC Test CD Update - Mirror Server Now
Available ***
Scott,
I haven't found anything in Nero Burning ROM that will read in a .cif file.
Since I just bought the full Nero package, I haven't had a chance to check
all the other utilities yet.
Chris - AE6VK
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:36:04 -0800
From: <scott_at_opentrac.org>
Subject: RE: [aprssig] *** TNC Test CD Update - Mirror Server Now
Available ***
Hmm, don't know then. The .nrg file works fine for me. Anyone else tried
it?
Scott
N1VG
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:07:22 -0600
From: "Robbie, wa9inf" <mwrobertson_at_comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] *** TNC Test CD Update - Mirror Server Now
Available ***
Scott,
I just finsied the burn, and all I have on the CD is a _READme.RTF, an
autorun.inf, and several gif files.. Autorun will not start, and the
_READme.rtf file I can not read...Have no idea what's wrong, :-(
Robbie
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Message: 12
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:25:30 -0800
From: "Stephen H. Smith" <wa8lmf2_at_aol.com>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] *** TNC Test CD Update - Mirror Server Now
Available ***
mwrobertson_at_comcast.net wrote:
>Scott,
>
>I just finsied the burn, and all I have on the CD is a _READme.RTF, an
>autorun.inf, and several gif files.. Autorun will not start, and the
>_READme.rtf file I can not read...Have no idea what's wrong, :-(
>
>Robbie
What vesion of what operating system are you running? RTF (Rich Text
Format) is supposed to be a more or less portable text file format that
supports basic formatting (underline, bold, italic, etc) unlike basic ..TXT
files. It should be openable in either Windows Write, Wordpad or MS Word
if you have it. I throught all flavors of Windows could deal with RTF.
Apparently Microsoft is going to drop support for the .WRI file format
(nice for formatted text file READMEs) that goes all the way back to
Windows Write in Windows 3.0, in the version of Wordpad that comes with
Vista so I thought I was going to something more universal..... I may
have to redo the readme as an HTML file that will open in your default web
browser.
Actually the contents of the readme file are nearly the same as my web
page at:
http://wa8lmf.net/TNCtest/index.htm
When the disk is run on a PC, it will only autorun the CD-ROM part. (I
assume the display of files and readme DID appear automatically after
inserting the disk and waiting a few seconds.) The audio part will not
start playing by itself as it does with a single-format purely audio CD.
To play the audio part, you will have to launch the Audio CD Player from
the Windows START menu. Do START - Programs - Accessories - Entertainment
and launch the "CD Player" (not Media Player!). This should give you a
panel that looks like a car stereo player with track select, start/stop
buttons and a volume control.
--
Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com
EchoLink Node: 14400 [Think bottom of the 2M band]
Home Page: http://wa8lmf.com --OR-- http://wa8lmf.net
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Message: 13
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:26:19 -0600
From: "John Habbinga" <kc5zrq_at_gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] *** TNC Test CD Update - Mirror Server Now
Available ***
>I just finsied the burn, and all I have on the CD is a _READme.RTF, an
>autorun.inf, and several gif files.. Autorun will not start, and the
>_READme.rtf file I can not read...Have no idea what's wrong, :-(
Are you trying to play the CD with something like Windows Media Player? If
so, use the feature to "Rip" the CD, then cancel that operation. Now go to
the Now Playing menu and the tracks should be listed.
Basically your computer CD-ROM is trying to read the data files and is
ignoring the audio files. If you play the CD-ROM in a regular CD player,
like one in your car, then it will play the tracks normally.
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