Pactor 3 and 4 use Pactor 1 for the initial call; moving to faster waveforms
once the modems negotiate capabilities, etc. If you catch the initial call,
you should be able to decode it using free software....although luck, practice
working with recordings, and/or obsessive watching and waiting might be
required to make that happen.
Winlink Express' Pactor module has the capability to identify in Pactor 1 FEC
(freely decodable) at the end of a connection, but it is a user-selectable
option. The practice is discouraged in some non-amateur uses of Winlink, and I
wouldn't be surprised if most amateur users don't bother to check the box.
I understand that there is one hobbyist program out there that claims to be
able to decode Pactor 3 (Sorcerer; haven't tried it, and don't know much more
beyond that it exists)
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Michael Adams | mda@n1en.org
-----Original Message-----
Subject: Re: [RTTY] FW: If you care about CW and RTTY - time is of theessence
Jeff,
Best I can suggest is to contact with Charles N5PVL, as he had a site with
information on how to do this that I can no longer find.
Matthew Pitts
N8OHU
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