[Harc] Winlink Wednesday! do-not-reply

[Rus Gustavson]

I thought I'd follow up on the Winlink thread.

I'm still slogging through Winlink, thinking that maybe I have an issue
with Winlink, computer, antenna, radio or soundcard setup (so many
variables). Mainly because it does indeed sometimes take a lot of tries to
get through to send the message. Sometimes I have to let some hours pass
before trying again and being successful. So, it actually was a bit
heartening for me to hear that others have struggled to get a connection.
;-)

Nevertheless, I do almost always have a successful connection so long as I
have the time. I think it's well worth the effort. And, I have to admit I
like the challenge.

Keep it up, and I think if we share our victories it will ultimately help
others be successful too.

I came across this instruction page this morning and thought I'd pass it
along. I guess because I'm a slow processor I like to read things rather
than watch YouTube, which I find myself stopping and rewinding often.

See what you think, maybe it's old hat:
http://www.masterscommunications.com/products/radio-adapter/pdf/Winlink_Express_Comm_Academy_Session_3_2020_PDF_Version.pdf

73, Rus, NQ6F

PS: by-the-way, if you're looking for a sound card interface I think there
are good reasons to look at the DRA Sound Card (
http://www.masterscommunications.com). I wished I'd seen this before
ordering my RigBlaster Advantage. The advantage of the SignaLink is that
it's ubiquitous. There's a lot of help out there for the SignaLink setup.
The RigBlaster has incredible factory support.

On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 10:53 PM Howard, KB6NN via Harc <
harc at humboldt-arc.org> wrote:

> Thanks for that Richard.  I, too, have had no luck with propagation.  All
> the stations mentioned in other posts have been "green" on the RMS catalog
> when updated on line.  Tonight, I had a report of "Good to CU Howard and
> great signal tonight" - but that doesn't mean it would be good elsewhere.
> In my haste, I have not looked at the various reporting websites to see
> where my signal may have been picked up.  Of course, WSPR stations find me
> easily, and beacons I can hear might be helpful, as would be the reverse
> beacon network: http://www.reversebeacon.net/main.php - but by the time I
> took the time to check those, I might as well have tried random connections
> to stations for which propagation was predicted to be good for me in the
> Winlink Express program.
> Howard
>
> On 3/10/2021 6:35 PM, Richard Kern kn6rk via Harc wrote:
> >
> > Peer-to-peer with Howard was easy compared to connecting to one of the
> nodes.
>
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