Michael, at 16:48 on Sep 18 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

MR> As I mentioned previously the SNR ratios vary.  This is the 
MR> result of the last call to David's BBS (to pick up this mail 
MR> actually :) )

MR> Speed                  31200/26400 
MR> Recv/Xmit Level  (-dBm)     26/10
MR> SNR              (dB)       38

Good SNR, but the link rate could have been a tad higher.

MR> As you can see the NSR is 38 yet the best I could do was 
MR> 26400. Transfer rates do vary was well, I got 3319 (David's 
MR> figures) from the first lot of mail and 2779 for the second. 
MR> I constantly get this pausing even though I have &k0. Its
MR> annoying in the extreme.

There appears to be no rhyme or reason for some signal levels when compared
with link rates and S/N ratios, either.  Have a look at this compilation I
put together earlier today, bearing in mind that all of these calls were
from my Courier to David Drummond's.  Go figure...

# 11 Jul 14:59:32 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.4/15.1
# 11 Jul 14:59:32 BINK Snr             ( Db )   39.5
# 11 Jul 14:59:32 BINK Speed                  33600/26400

# 12 Jul 06:39:30 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.4/12.1
# 12 Jul 06:39:30 BINK Snr             ( Db )   39.3
# 12 Jul 06:39:30 BINK Speed                  33600/31200

# 12 Jul 06:40:52 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   32.1/13.1
# 12 Jul 06:40:52 BINK Snr             ( Db )   36.4
# 12 Jul 06:40:52 BINK Speed                  28800/28800

# 12 Jul 14:20:22 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.2/13.1
# 12 Jul 14:20:22 BINK Snr             ( Db )   39.0
# 12 Jul 14:20:22 BINK Speed                  33600/31200

# 13 Jul 07:55:30 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   32.2/11.9
# 13 Jul 07:55:30 BINK Snr             ( Db )   36.1
# 13 Jul 07:55:30 BINK Speed                  28800/28800

# 13 Jul 07:59:45 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.4/11.9
# 13 Jul 07:59:45 BINK Snr             ( Db )   38.7
# 13 Jul 07:59:45 BINK Speed                  33600/31200

# 13 Jul 14:24:18 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   32.1/12.1
# 13 Jul 14:24:18 BINK Snr             ( Db )   35.9
# 13 Jul 14:24:18 BINK Speed                  28800/28800

# 13 Jul 18:27:05 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.3/13.1
# 13 Jul 18:27:05 BINK Snr             ( Db )   39.3
# 13 Jul 18:27:05 BINK Speed                  33600/28800

# 14 Jul 07:10:22 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   32.3/12.0
# 14 Jul 07:10:22 BINK Snr             ( Db )   22.9
# 14 Jul 07:10:22 BINK Speed                  12000/12000

# 14 Jul 18:18:31 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.2/12.1
# 14 Jul 18:18:31 BINK Snr             ( Db )   39.3
# 14 Jul 18:18:32 BINK Speed                  33600/31200

# 15 Jul 06:43:54 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   32.0/13.1
# 15 Jul 06:43:54 BINK Snr             ( Db )   36.7
# 15 Jul 06:43:55 BINK Speed                  28800/28800

# 15 Jul 06:44:56 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.3/12.1
# 15 Jul 06:44:56 BINK Snr             ( Db )   39.2
# 15 Jul 06:44:57 BINK Speed                  33600/31200

# 15 Jul 14:22:34 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.2/14.9
# 15 Jul 14:22:34 BINK Snr             ( Db )   39.3
# 15 Jul 14:22:34 BINK Speed                  33600/28800

# 16 Jul 06:40:37 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   32.2/13.9
# 16 Jul 06:40:37 BINK Snr             ( Db )   36.6
# 16 Jul 06:40:37 BINK Speed                  28800/28800

# 16 Jul 06:44:51 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   23.8/15.1
# 16 Jul 06:44:51 BINK Snr             ( Db )   39.2
# 16 Jul 06:44:52 BINK Speed                  33600/28800

# 16 Jul 14:54:49 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.4/12.1
# 16 Jul 14:54:49 BINK Snr             ( Db )   39.4
# 16 Jul 14:54:49 BINK Speed                  33600/31200

# 17 Jul 06:35:01 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.4/12.1
# 17 Jul 06:35:01 BINK Snr             ( Db )   39.1
# 17 Jul 06:35:02 BINK Speed                  33600/28800

# 17 Jul 06:36:07 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   33.9/15.9
# 17 Jul 06:36:07 BINK Snr             ( Db )   36.1
# 17 Jul 06:36:08 BINK Speed                  26400/26400

# 17 Jul 14:39:13 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.3/14.9
# 17 Jul 14:39:13 BINK Snr             ( Db )   39.7
# 17 Jul 14:39:14 BINK Speed                  33600/28800

# 18 Jul 06:53:22 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   21.4/11.9
# 18 Jul 06:53:22 BINK Snr             ( Db )   15.9
# 18 Jul 06:53:23 BINK Speed                  9600/21600

# 18 Jul 06:54:48 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.3/11.9
# 18 Jul 06:54:48 BINK Snr             ( Db )   20.7
# 18 Jul 06:54:48 BINK Speed                  12000/31200

# 18 Jul 15:25:20 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.4/12.1
# 18 Jul 15:25:20 BINK Snr             ( Db )   39.7
# 18 Jul 15:25:21 BINK Speed                  33600/31200

# 19 Jul 06:41:57 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.3/11.9
# 19 Jul 06:41:57 BINK Snr             ( Db )   22.8
# 19 Jul 06:41:57 BINK Speed                  14400/31200

# 19 Jul 14:58:36 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   34.0/13.2
# 19 Jul 14:58:36 BINK Snr             ( Db )   35.5
# 19 Jul 14:58:37 BINK Speed                  26400/26400

# 19 Jul 15:28:32 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.4/12.1
# 19 Jul 15:28:32 BINK Snr             ( Db )   38.9
# 19 Jul 15:28:33 BINK Speed                  33600/31200

# 20 Jul 06:46:44 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   33.9/15.0
# 20 Jul 06:46:44 BINK Snr             ( Db )   36.4
# 20 Jul 06:46:45 BINK Speed                  26400/26400

# 20 Jul 06:49:41 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.4/14.9
# 20 Jul 06:49:41 BINK Snr             ( Db )   39.2
# 20 Jul 06:49:41 BINK Speed                  33600/28800

# 20 Jul 21:27:33 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.4/13.1
# 20 Jul 21:27:33 BINK Snr             ( Db )   39.3
# 20 Jul 21:27:34 BINK Speed                  33600/28800

# 21 Jul 14:24:41 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.3/12.1
# 21 Jul 14:24:41 BINK Snr             ( Db )   38.9
# 21 Jul 14:24:41 BINK Speed                  33600/31200

# 22 Jul 06:26:16 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   34.0/13.0
# 22 Jul 06:26:16 BINK Snr             ( Db )   35.8
# 22 Jul 06:26:17 BINK Speed                  26400/26400

# 22 Jul 06:27:29 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.4/13.1
# 22 Jul 06:27:29 BINK Snr             ( Db )   39.0
# 22 Jul 06:27:30 BINK Speed                  33600/28800

# 23 Jul 06:28:31 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.3/14.9
# 23 Jul 06:28:31 BINK Snr             ( Db )   39.7
# 23 Jul 06:28:32 BINK Speed                  33600/28800

# 24 Jul 06:45:14 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   22.4/12.1
# 24 Jul 06:45:14 BINK Snr             ( Db )   18.5
# 24 Jul 06:45:14 BINK Speed                  7200/21600

# 24 Jul 07:06:18 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.2/11.9
# 24 Jul 07:06:18 BINK Snr             ( Db )   23.3
# 24 Jul 07:06:19 BINK Speed                  16800/31200

# 25 Jul 06:40:41 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.2/15.1
# 25 Jul 06:40:41 BINK Snr             ( Db )   39.2
# 25 Jul 06:40:42 BINK Speed                  33600/28800

# 26 Jul 06:34:44 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   34.0/12.2
# 26 Jul 06:34:44 BINK Snr             ( Db )   26.1
# 26 Jul 06:34:44 BINK Speed                  16800/16800

# 26 Jul 06:35:50 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.2/12.1
# 26 Jul 06:35:51 BINK Snr             ( Db )   39.7
# 26 Jul 06:35:51 BINK Speed                  33600/31200

# 27 Jul 07:16:07 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.3/15.1
# 27 Jul 07:16:07 BINK Snr             ( Db )   39.5
# 27 Jul 07:16:07 BINK Speed                  33600/28800

# 27 Jul 15:30:21 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.4/15.1
# 27 Jul 15:30:21 BINK Snr             ( Db )   39.7
# 27 Jul 15:30:21 BINK Speed                  33600/28800

MR> Still haven't been able to get through to Dynalink lately, 
MR> their phones are constantly engaged, so it's no words of 
MR> wisdon from them :^

Yet another company who thinks that PR means personal radio...  :(

Regards, Bill

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