Epson MFJ-1278B manual WB6YMHWD0ETZ,KV7B, Mheard Enter, AD7I WA7GXD N2WX NK6K KV7B

MFJ-1278B MULTI-MODE BASIC OPERATION

Since you are not connected to another station your packets are sent to the address "CQ," i.e., anyone. The packet you sent was "heard" by the MFJ-1278B and displayed, along with the sending station and the destination.

If you also want to see any intermediate digipeater stations being used, you can set MRPT ON. This feature would be useful if you later want to connect to one of the stations you are monitoring and will need a digipeater route in order to reach it. For example, you might see the following display:

WB6YMH>WD0ETZ,KV7B:Hello, Bill!

This packet was sent from WB6YMH via KV7B to WD0ETZ.

If there are several digipeaters, or if the message lines are long, the display may be difficult to read. The HEADERLN command can make reading the displayed information much easier. You can put the address header on a separate line from the text by setting HEADERLN ON:

WB6YMH>WD0ETZ,KV7B:

Hello, Bill!

Ordinarily, the MFJ-1278B will stop displaying monitored packets if you connect to another station, permitting you to converse without interruption. The reason for this is that the setting of the MCON command. The MCON command is defaulted to the OFF state. If you want to monitor activity while connected to a packet station, set MCON ON.

While the MFJ-1278B is monitoring the packet frequency, it is keeping a record of all the stations heard. These stations are recorded into the MHEARD log or list. To display the list of stations heard since the last time your MFJ-1278B was powered up, type the following from the cmd: prompt:

MHEARD <ENTER>

the MFJ-1278B will respond with a l,ist of stations much like the example below:

AD7I

WA7GXD

N2WX

NK6K

KV7B*

followed by the cmd: prompt. The last several stations whose packets were heard by your MFJ-1278B are displayed. The entry "KV7B*" means that KV7B was heard digipeating a packet rather than sending one of his own. You can clear the "heard log" with the MHCLEAR command.

You can see the settings of the monitor parameters described above, as well as several others,