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WA6LIE > MIRFAN 17.07.99 11:43l 164 Lines 5984 Bytes #999 (0) @ AMSAT
BID : WA6LIE41681
Read: GUEST OE7FMI
Subj: HOW TO WORK MIR PT.2
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Sent: 990717/0245 41681@WA6LIE.#WCCA.CA.USA.NOAM
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5. BE PREPARED
If you wish to send a message to the crew, have a file of message READY
to go! What I usually do is make a message to R0MIR BEFORE I even send it.
On my KPC-9612, I get in my mailbox, and SP R0MIR@MIR Then enter the
subject and then the message. When MIR is in range, and the mailbox is
not being used, I forward the message. My TNC talks to MIR's TNC and
goes through the forwarding process. This is ALOT quicker! I send 3.7K
of info in one minute! This includes the connect to disconnect time.
Consult YOUR TNC users manual for forwarding mail to a station.
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HINTS:
PLEASE WAIT FOR A <<D>> FRAME FROM R0MIR-1 TO THE CURRENTLY CONNECTED
STATION BEFORE YOU TRY A CONNECTION!
Most TNC's use the command MCOM ON to see ALL frame headers.
Consult your TNC user manual for more information.
cmd: MCOM ON
eg. R0MIR-1>WA6LIE [06/21/98 01:00:24]: <<rr2>>: (This is what my tnc shows)
R0MIR-1>W6XXX [06/21/98 01:00:30]: <<DM>>: (This station is QRMing)
R0MIR-1>K6XXX [06/21/98 01:00:34]: <<DM>>: (This station is ALSO QRMing)
WHY? R0MIR-1 hasn't yet finished with WA6LIE, thus still connected!
The <<D>> is a disconnect request from R0MIR-1 (To connected station ONLY)
At this time, you MIGHT be able to connect to R0MIR-1 IF the connected
station has already send his <<D>> request.
R0MIR-1>WA6LIE [06/21/98 01:00:45]: <<D>>: (NOW R0MIR-1 is DONE with WA6LIE)
A <<DM>> commonly seen is a "Disconnect" sent to a station.
We call this DM City! In otherwords, NO PERSON is doing ANYTHING EXCEPT
getting Disconnected! This is seen when stations are trying to connect to
R0MIR-1 when there is ALREADY a user CONNECTED!
THIS IS THE MAIN CONTRIBUTATION TO QRM AND FAILURES of those that are
connected, or trying to connect, or send/read mail!
EXAMPLE:
If I were on a high speed highway, and STOPPED in the middle of the
road to see where I was at, I would become a traffic hazzard. Others
would honk their horns and give obscene gestures. Someone else will
rearend me, and cause a major accident and close down the road.
IF I had been aware of where I was at, and where I was going, there
would be no incident, and everything would FLOW NORMALLY!
Bottom line: LOOK,THINK and LISTEN FIRST!
Don't try to send a message to your buddy down the street to MIR's
PERSONAL Mailbox. It will NOT allow 3rd party messages. If you try,
you will get a response - MESSAGES MUST BE ADDRESSED TO THIS STATION.
Please Don't connect to your buddies MAILBOX OR HOME STATION Via
the MIR digipeater! This is like you and your buddy going down the
highway at the same speed chit-chatting - IMPEEDING TRAFFIC!
** IF you can run your radio squelch open (using CD SOFTWARE KPC only),
you will increase your odds of decoding the signal.
Consult your Kantronics manual for more information.
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6. BE COURTEOUS
See #5 above, and apply here.
Again, please don't try connecting to R0MIR-1 when someone else is already
connected! You will get a R0MIR-1 **BUSY. When you get this, don't
keep trying while others are connected. This just messes up the other
station, and it is interference and will just take that much LONGER
for the user to finish before he/she disconnects. Would you like
others interfering with your connects to MIR? Look for the <<D>> frame
from R0MIR-1 to the connected station. Using MCOM ON will allow you
to see all these packets. Here is what MY KPC-9612 would show.
R0MIR-1>WA6LIE/1 [05/13/98 22:18:04]: <<D>>:
After you see this, hopefully, the ground station has sent his/her
disconnect to R0MIR-1, and it will be ready for the next connect.
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R0MIR
This is the callsign of MIR. This port has no value to working MIR
except credit towards a QSL card. There is nobody at the keyboard.
Note: Sometimes a connection to R0MIR will roll over to the mailbox.
This is set by the sysop, if the crew sends their script file you will
get a message: HELLO FROM MIR SPACE STATION
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DIGIPEATING VIA R0MIR
Using UI frames (unconnected informational) is very effecient.
APRS uses this mode to send alot of information without having
a formal connection to a station. To do this, you must set your
Unproto path. In the command mode cmd: type U CQ Via R0MIR
There are other variations that can be used like U CM96BX Via R0MIR.
This shows my grid square via R0MIR. To use the unproto mode, you
next have to get into the converse mode. The letter K <enter> works
on KPC tncs, and may work on yours. If not, type CONVERSE. Now,
EVERY line you type will be digipeated via MIR. Try something like,
Hello from Scott in Aptos, Calif. wa6lie@juno.com
R0MIR should have digipeated this, and if it does, you will see
your line appear on the screen with an astrik after R0MIR(*)
DO NOT use R0MIR for formal connects to other stations!
Use the digipeater as described above to send your short messages.
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QSL REQUESTS USA and WW except Europe:
Dave Larsen - N6CO
PO Box 311
Pine Grove, California
95665
USA
Please include a SASE (Business Size Envelope) and two IRCs > for
international. If you are sending an IRC, Please make sure it is dated
1998, as the post office won't accept IRC's dated over 1 year old.
Make sure the cancel stamp is in the right place on the IRC.
"Green Stamps" (USA ONLY) are apreciated for covering additional costs.
European QSLs To:
Radio Club "F5KAM - QSL Manger de "R0MIR"
" Carrefour International de la Radio"
22, Rue BANSAC - 63000 - CLERMONT-FERRAND - FRANCE
with a self-adressed envelope, and two 1998 IRC coupons.
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MIREX WEB SITE INFORMATION
Additional information can be found at the MIREX web site at:
http://www.ik1sld.org/mirex.htm
- or -
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/3431/mirex.htm
If you have any questions, drop me a note!
73, Scott
E-Mail: wa6lie@juno.com
Packet: wa6lie@wa6lie.#wcca.ca.usa.noam
updated 10/98
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