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PK-88 OPERATING MANUAL
EVERY sends your beacon text at regular intervals. AFTER sends your beacon
once after the specified interval after the last packet activity on the
channel.
A beacon frame may be sent directly, and also sent via the digipeat addresses
specified by the UNPROTO command.
Thoughtful beacon timing avoids cluttering the channel with unnecessary
transmissions. Used with discretion, automatic beacons can be useful to verify
propagation conditions and show usable radio paths. However, excessive beacons
can be a source of interference to traffic flow. Use your beacon with
consideration for others on the channel.
If you set the BEACON timing at a value considered too small for busy channels
(less than '90'), you will see:
This warning appears in the Command Mode each time you type a command to
remind you that your beacon interval may too short; your beacon may be
bothering other channel users and need your attention.
4.5.2
Will You Accept Connections?
CFROM determines if call requests are accepted or rejected, which calls are
accepted and which are rejected. You can also use synonyms CONOK ON and CONOK
OFF in place of CFROM ALL and CFROM NONE. CFROM has four arguments: ALL, NONE,
YES and NO.
ALL and NONE are used alone in the following manner:
•
ALL - the PK-88 accepts connect requests from all callers;
•
NONE - the PK-88 rejects connect requests from all callers.
YES and NO require a list of call signs:
•
YES (list)
accepted;
•
NO (list)
rejected.
CFROM's default argument is ALL. If ALL, the PK-88 will accept connect
requests from any station that sends you a connect request.
Type 'CFROM NONE' or 'CONOK OFF' to reject connect requests from all stations.
If the PK-88 receives a connect request when CFROM is set to NONE, your
monitor displays:
*** Connect request: <call sign>
Your PK-88 sends the calling station a DM packet, or 'busy signal.' The caller
sees:
WARNING: BEACON too often
up to eight call signs whose call requests will be
up to eight call signs whose call requests will be
*** MYCALL busy
*** DISCONNECTED: (call sign)
4-7
PACKET OPERATION
PK88-59
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