Specifications

PK-232 OPERATING MANUAL Pactor OPERATION
Monitoring two linked Pactor ARQ stations does not provide the error
correction enjoyed by the linked stations. Since your PK-232 is not
part of the 'handshake" you do not generate the request for repeat.
Your PK-232 will check for the correct CRC error check and will not
display messages with errors. Missing blocks will be designated with
four error symbols. The default error symbol is the underline (_).
See the command summary for ERchar, the error symbol.
Your PK-232 will not print a block of data if that block contains the
same sequence number as the previous block. If the "ISS" (Information
Sending Station) is repeating the same block, you won't print it twice.
11.9 Pactor MailDrop Operation
The PK-232 allows Pactor as well as Packet access to the MailDrop.
Messages that originate in Packet or AMTOR can be accessed remotely in
Pactor and messages that originate from a remote Pactor station can be
accessed by Packet and AMTOR users of your MailDrop. This section of the
manual talks about basic Pactor mailbox operation. Section 11.10 will
discuss how to pass message traffic from Pactor to Packet and AMTOR and
vice versa.
Make sure that you understand MailDrop Operation in chapter 5 And the
basic Pactor operation described earlier in this chapter before putting
your Pactor MailDrop on the air.
11.9.1 Special Operating Considerations
The Pactor MailDrop has been designed with a "Watchdog" safety feature so
that it may perform safely without constant attention. If a remote
station is linked with your Pactor MailDrop and no traffic is passed for 5
minutes, the link will drop and your transmitter will shut off.
With this in mind, we have designed the Pactor MailDrop so that it can be
disabled at any time during an ARQ link simply by turning the command
TMAIL (TOR MAIL) OFF. This allows you the SYSOP to make your MailDrop
available to other stations and still break in to chat with remote
stations at any time. This could come in handy should you want to provide
some help or information to a remote station using your Pactor MailDrop.
11-9.2 Settings for Pactor MailDrop Operation
Before a remote Pactor user can access your MailDrop, be certain that
MYPTCALL and/or MYCALL is set to your Amateur callsign.
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