Thanks for this video. I now know the correct way to handle P2P messages. One of the best laid out and presented videos I have seen. All facts and all information, no extraneous BS.
a unrelated question; say I don't have a server station available and I want to send a msg to station that I am not close enough to connect directly, is there a way to use a intermediary station that can connect to him and act like a digipeater and relay my msg on to the second station.
You are almost always going to have a Winlink RMS station that you would be able to contact to send your message. Then the recipient could retrieve it at will from any RMS station world wide. But if for some reason you don't, about the only option that I can think of is to send the message to the relay station you want to use, and then ask them in that message to forward the message to the desired station. I don't know of a way to do it automatically in a P2P session.
If you are doing a P2P session with another station, the software will send the message you have for the other station first. And then any messages the other station has for you will be automatically sent to your station. No special settings required. It happens automatically.
Glad you found it useful. Sorry for the delayed response. I moved from the QTH in the video and I have been off the air for over a year waiting for the new house to be build during the Covid shut downs and supply chain issues. Finally got settled in the new house and back on the air. 73.
