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    From John Robinson@johnr@cavalry.com to alt.ham-radio.packet on Tue Dec 4 09:59:02 2007
    From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.packet

    I am trying to use Airmail to operate my packet station. I can run
    packet normally via hyper terminal in windows or even via the dumb
    terminal built into Airmail, but not via the VHF Packet client in
    Airmail. When I launch the VHF packet client in airmail it tells me the
    modem initialized ok, but when I try to connect to another station it
    tells me it's making the call in the Airmail packet client window but it
    never keys up the radio. I am using a Yaesu FT-2800 and have tried both
    a Kantronics KPC-2 and a AEA PK-232mbx TNC with the exact same results.
    I have went into the settings for the VHF packet client and picked my
    TNC from the list (pk-232 and KPC-3 selections respectively). I a little stumped since the radio and both TNC's work fine together outside of the Airmail VHF packet client. Any ideas or suggestions would be
    appreciated.

    John w5hb

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  • From Tom Horne, Electrician@hornetd@mindspring.com to alt.ham-radio.packet on Wed Dec 5 18:35:12 2007
    From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.packet

    John Robinson wrote:
    I am trying to use Airmail to operate my packet station. I can run
    packet normally via hyper terminal in windows or even via the dumb
    terminal built into Airmail, but not via the VHF Packet client in
    Airmail. When I launch the VHF packet client in airmail it tells me the
    modem initialized ok, but when I try to connect to another station it
    tells me it's making the call in the Airmail packet client window but it never keys up the radio. I am using a Yaesu FT-2800 and have tried both
    a Kantronics KPC-2 and a AEA PK-232mbx TNC with the exact same results.
    I have went into the settings for the VHF packet client and picked my
    TNC from the list (pk-232 and KPC-3 selections respectively). I a little stumped since the radio and both TNC's work fine together outside of the Airmail VHF packet client. Any ideas or suggestions would be
    appreciated.

    John w5hb

    Let me suggest that you go to <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LOADING_WL2K_USER_PROGRAMS/> You will
    have to sign up with Yahoo but that's free and I haven't suffered any
    ill effects after more than two years. They have tutorials on running
    airmail by using the AGW packet engine as the host. The AGWPE soes a
    good job of keeping the various TNCs working.
    --
    Tom Horne

    "This alternating current stuff is just a fad. It is much too dangerous
    for general use." Thomas Alva Edison
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