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PKTerm for Windows
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| PKTerm for Windows Home | AFTER INSTALLATIONAfter installation of the program and TNC have been completed, you can start PKTerm for Windows in a few different ways:
After the program comes up, the first item you will see is a dialog box that prompts you for your Call Sign, Serial Number, and Activation Key.
If you downloaded PKTerm for Windows from the web, you won ’t have an Activation Key or Serial Number. Just enter your Call Sign and press Demo Mode. See the page on Using Demo Mode for important information on PKTerm for Windows Demo Mode. If you have an Activation Key and a Serial Number, enter them and press OK. The program will then ask for the COM port where the TNC has been connected and the baud rate to use to communicate with the TNC.
The program should now come up. If it doesn ’t, check the suggestions in the Troubleshooting section of the online manual.Now that you have finished entering the basic information, it’s time to begin the program. On opening PKTerm for Windows for the first time you will see this program window near the top of your monitor.
If you do not see a screen that looks like the one above, then you are using a different TNC. The DSP 232 and PK 232 will come up with only a frame window. Simply click on File and then choose with kind of session, VHF or HF that you want to start. If you are using a PK900 or a DSP 22322 then you will get a Port 2 VHF session window and a HF session window on the screen when you start. Near the bottom of the program window you will see a small chat buffer (the default color of this window is white), and a larger receive text buffer at the top (the default color of this window is blue). The bar that separates the two windows is the splitter bar, it can be moved up and down to resize the windows to your preference. NOTE: When making a packet connection, text you receive will appear in the text buffer. Commands and text you enter will appear in the chat buffer. All results of the commands or text entered by you will appear in the Command Window. The Monitor Window monitors the traffic on the packet radio port.
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MAKING AN HF NON-PACKET CONNECTION To make an AMTOR-SITOR HF Connection, select New HF Non-Packet Session from the File menu. This will now bring up the HF Non-Packet Window.
There are two basic Modes for AMTOR operation. Mode A operation is called ARQ. ARQ is a one-to-one Mode, meaning you are allowed to communicate with only one station at a time. Mode B operation is called FEC. This Mode is similar to Baudot or RTTY. Unlike ARQ, FEC is a continuous broadcast. To make an AMTOR contact : You need to be in Listen AMTOR Mode. To check and see what Mode you are in, look at the status bar. To Connect to Mode A: Select Listen AMTOR Mode from the Mode menu. Click on the Listen AMTOR button
Click on the AMTOR button
To link to another station, you need to select Link from the AMTOR
menu or press Link AMTOR button
To Call a CQ: Type data into the chat window and press Enter. Pressing Enter turns on Transmit. PKTerm for Windows transmits the data to the TNC and then switches back to Receive automatically. You can also press the Transmit button
To disconnect, select the Disconnect option from the AMTOR menu or press
Disconnect button
To Connect to Mode B To change Modes, select FEC Mode from the Mode menu. Click on the FEC
Once you are in the correct Mode (notice the Mode in status bar), you need to tune to the FEC signal according to the specifications in your TimeWave TNC Manual. When it is tuned correctly, you will start to see the FEC characters in the text window. Now you are ready to reply or call CQ. There are two ways to accomplish these. Type data in the chat box and press Enter. Pressing Enter turns on transmitter. It then transmits the data to the TNC and then switches back to receive automatically. You can also press Transmit button
Now you are ready to Call CQ again or receive FEC from another station. |
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CONNECTING TO YOUR OWN MAILBOX To connect to your mailbox in PKTerm for Windows simply open a VHF Session and click on the TNC menu, choose commands and then click on check mailbox. Now you are connected to your mailbox. If your screen doesn’t look similar to the following consult the Troubleshooting section of the online Help. [AEA/Timewave DSP 232/DSP 1232] 19820 free (B,E,K,L,R,S) Now you can enter any of the mailbox commands shown (B,E,K,L,R,S, or Help). Later you will want to read the PBBS section of the TNC Reference Manual for more details. If you type the HELP command and press Enter, you will see the mailbox helps file and then the standard mailbox prompt. To disconnect from your Mailbox simply click on the File menu, and choose Close. |
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. Tune to the AMTOR signal
according to the specifications in your Timewave/AEA TNC Manual.
. Then press the Transmit button
to turn on the transmitter. 
. Link will bring up a connect box. Enter
the SELCAL of the station you want to connect to. 
to return to Receive mode. This clears the
chat window.
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button in the
toolbar.