MFJ-1278B MULTI-MODE

BASIC OPERATION

Once you have set your operating mode, the user must press the K key and a <ENTER> in order to enter RECEIVE mode. The MARS operator is now ready to receive MARS traffic.

The operator must then tune the VFO on the radio so the tuning indicator on the MFJ-1278 is centered on the bar graph display. The received traffic should be coming to the screen, in the proper MARS format.

Operating MARS with MultiCom for IBM

Operating MARS using the MFJ-1278B and the MultiCom™ software, makes operating much easier. Let's say that you have 20 pieces of traffic, but you only need to send 10 of them, this is where MultiCom™ comes in handy. The MultiCom™ software has a very good text editor, Multi Word™ . You can use the Multi Word™ editor to send MARS messages. All received data is stored in a 32K COMM buffer that MultiCom™ opens when loaded. So, at anytime the operator can see all traffic that has been received. The operator can go into the Multi Word™ editor by pressing the F10 key, followed an ALT-B. The ALT-B key sequence fills the Multi Word™ editor with the contents of the COMM buffer.

Insert a CTRL-Tat the beginning of each piece of traffic and a CTRL-Rat the end of each piece of traffic. Use the Multi Word™ commands, F1 and F2 respectively, to block off the pieces of traffic you want to send. After blocking off the traffic, use the F9 key to send the traffic to the MFJ-1278B to be transmitted.

The operator will need to perform this operation for each piece of traffic to be sent. If all pieces of traffic are all together, one right after the other then the procedure will only need to be done once.

The MARsmode Command

The MARsmode command provides two levels of MARS compatibility. The "QSO" mode provides minimal translation. In the QSO mode, the MFJ-1278B assumes the user is manually sending and receiving. Maximum translation is provided for sending and storing files of MARS messages, while preserving all of the formatting information, using the special MARS ASCII equivalent characters, and differs from QSO mode only because of its extra ASCII output translations.

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Epson MFJ-1278B manual Operating Mars with MultiCom for IBM, MARsmode Command