Timewave PK-232MBX - Remote Logon to Your AMTOR Maildrop

PK-232 MBX – OPERATING MANUAL AMTOR AND NAVTEX OPERATION
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7.6.4.1 Remote Logon to your AMTOR MailDrop
The AMTOR maildrop user interface is slightly different from the packet interface due to
the differences between the two modes.
When CODE is set to 0 and the ITA#2 alphabet is used in AMTOR, only UPPER case
characters are sent. If you the SYSOP set CODE to 2 enabling the Cyrillic extensions,
both upper and lower case characters can be sent and received. See the CODE com-
mand for information and limitations of this feature.
When a station links with your AMTOR MailDrop, your PK-232 first identifies your station
by sending your callsign and the amount of free MailDrop memory as shown below:
DE WX7AAA (AEA PK-232M) 17528 FREE.
The PK-232 then sends the user the MTEXT string if the MailDrop message command
(MMSG) is ON. The default text is shown below:
WELCOME TO MY AEA PK-232M MAILDROP.
TYPE H FOR HELP.
Since AMTOR transmissions do not self-identify, your MailDrop will force the remote
user to identify in one of three possible ways.
The first way is automatic:
Your MailDrop will send "STAND BY" and then the WRU request to the remote user. Al-
ways be sure you have entered a proper Auto-Answerback (AAB) message consisting of
"QRA YOURCALL YOUR_MYSELCAL YOUR_MYIDENT" as described earlier in this chap-
ter.
The second way covers beginning AMTOR users:
AMTOR users who have not entered a proper Auto-AnswerBack response or for some
reason have the WRU feature disabled cannot be automatically identified by your Mail-
Drop. In this case, your MailDrop will ask the calling station to identify as follows:
After 10 seconds your MailDrop will ask the calling station to identify by sending "QRZ?
DE "your callsign+?" to the calling station.
The calling station then has 3 minutes to respond with its callsign. The ID must contain
either "QRA" or "DE" and must end with "+?". An Amateur with the call WX7BBB would
send the following:
QRA WX7BBB +?
If no satisfactory ID occurs within 3 minutes from the establishment of the link, the link
is automatically shut down.
The third way covers experienced users:
Experienced AMTOR users may want to save time by simply sending QRA followed by
their callsign immediately after establishing the link. For example station WX7BBB may
simply enter the following immediately after establishing the ARQ link.
QRA WX7BBB +?