Elke Link

An Elke Link (named for Pete Elke WI6H) is a link that goes to sleep after a period of inactivity on the node's receiver input. While asleep any traffic from connected nodes is not transmitted. This is useful for:

• Solar or other green nodes
• Mobile nodes
• Co-channel friendly nodes
• Low duty cycle nodes

rpt.conf Selection

On "normal" nodes, this is available as an rpt.conf setting. The value is in furlong/firkin/fortnight (FFF) system units... a bit of Jim Dixon humor.

Sample:

[1999]

...

elke = 744  ;FFF system 744 = 15 minutes

VOTER/RTCM Feature

This option is also available in the VOTER/RTCM, via hidden menu.

Menu 111 displays the current status of the hidden options:

Elkes (11780): 0, Glasers (1103): 0, Sawyer (1170): 0

Press The Any Key (Enter) To Continue

Elkes mode is enabled using menu option 11780.

Note: If you are enabling it on a VOTER/RTCM, you would not want to enable it in rpt.conf.