Timewave PK-900, Operating Manual

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|AYes, I was planning to go Saturday. { You switch to Port 2 with
What time do you want to leave? |A to say you want to go }
A:I'll pick you up at 8:00 Bob. { Your friend on VHF responds
I'm looking forward to it. to you }
0:Well, it's getting late here and { Jim on HF tells you he has
time to pull the plug Bob. shut down for the night }
Sounds good, I'll see you on { You last sent data on Port 2
Saturday morning. and do not need to send |A }
|0Take care Jim, and 73. { You say 73 to Jim on HF }
A:73 Bob. { Your friend on VHF says 73 }
|A<Ctrl-C>A:cmd:D <Enter> { You switch to Port 2 and
Disconnect from WX7EEE }
*** DISCONNECTED: WX7EEE { You're now disconnected from
WX7EEE on VHF. The A:
doesn't show because you last
received data on port 2. }
0:*** DISCONNECTED: WX1AAA { WX1AAA disconnects from you
on HF (Port 0 }
As you may have noticed, the above technique of communicating on more
than one Port at the same time is almost identical to that used for
single-port multiconnect packet operation. Let's discuss the sample
QSOs above to see how the Port switching occurs.
The first packet frame, we see is a CQ from WX1AAA. This frame is
preceded by a "p1" which shows it was received on Radio Port 1.
You have seen WX1AAA calling CQ and decide to connect to him on HF.
You simply go to the Command mode (by typing <CTRL-C>) and issue the
CONNECT command C WX1AAA as shown on the third line. The fourth line
shows that you are now Connected to WX1AAA. Note that you did not
have to type "|0" before sending the connect request since the
PK-900 defaults to Port 1 until it has been changed to Port 2. If you
want to be sure of which channel you want to be on, you could type |0.
Now that you are connected to WX1AAA you greet him and send your name.
WX1AAA then gives you his name (Jim) and location which is the way
most QSOs begin. Remember in the above example, the underlined text
is the text you would have typed.
You have just begun your QSO with WX1AAA when all of a sudden your
friend WX7EEE connects to you. WX7EEE has connected on Radio Port 2
(VHF) which is shown by the "A:" before the connect message. Remember
that the 26 channel designators for Radio Port 2 are A-Z.
Before you respond to WX7EEE on VHF, you send a packet to Jim on HF
giving him your location. After sending this packet, you see WX7EEE
on VHF has offered you a ride to the hamfest. We know this packet is
from Radio Port 2 since the previous packet displayed by the PK-900
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