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Winlink connect failure


 

Hello, I am sorry if this is not the right group but maybe some who know VARA protocol could give me a hint please?
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I am connecting to a Winlink RMS using VARA using our radio club callsign, registered about a week or two ago. What I can see in the panel is the first goes my sent ACK (probably start frame), then I can hear the other station responding, next from me is sent DATA packet, and then I can see repeated REQ being sent indicated in the panel (in red color) and there is no response from the RMS, although just a few seconds before it reacted to my sent ACK immediately and signal was loud and clear.
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Then I switch Winlink Express to another callsign, one I have been using a year or two, and call the same RMS on the same frequency using the same equipment. Connect happens instantly and the session is done perfectly in a matter of seconds (no mail to send or receive).
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Is it possible to see some VARA log or diagnostics to understand what happened?
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Jindra


 

um, yes. Click on Log at the top of the VARA window.
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73
John Denison
KD5YOU


 

Are you using HF (SSB) or FM?
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It sounds like an audio drive level, just for a preliminary guess. But there could be a slew of other factors involved.
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Doug / N3JXB