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# General Questions
## Why Does This Exist?
I needed a place to practice CW with actual human beings, and I wanted it to be as close as possible to what I'd experience on a radio. I also didn't have a lot of money to spend on equipment, but I did have a computer, phone, and gamepad. At the time I wrote it, there was nothing else like it on the Internet. Now there is VBand, which is very good, and you should check it out too.
## Why do I hear a low tone?
This is the "drop tone", and will be accompanied by an error.
This means the packet arrived so late, it can't be played in time. In technical terms: the timestamp of the packet plus the receive delay is less than the current time. It can't be scheduled to play, because we can't go back in time.
This could be happening for three reasons:
1. You (the person hearing the drop tone) need a larger receive delay
1. The receiving computer's clock is in the future (running fast)
1. The sending computer's clock is in the past (running slow)
Vail attempts to correct for clock differences, but making sure your computer has correct time, down to the millisecond, can help with reliability. Running an NTP (Network Time Protocol) client can help a lot.
# Repeaters
## How many Vail Repeaters / Channels are there?
There are an infinite number of Vail repeaters.
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## What does "local" mean next to the repeater name?
It means this repeater doesn't repeat anything: nothing you key in will be sent anywhere. These are to help people practice and learn, without worrying about anyone else hearing them fumble around.
## Why do I hear a low tone?
This is the "drop tone", and will be accompanied by an error.
This means the packet arrived so late, it can't be played in time. In technical terms: the timestamp of the packet plus the receive delay is less than the current time. It can't be scheduled to play, because we can't go back in time.
This could be happening for three reasons:
1. You (the person hearing the drop tone) need a larger receive delay
1. The receiving computer's clock is in the future (running fast)
1. The sending computer's clock is in the past (running slow)
Vail attempts to correct for clock differences, but making sure your computer has correct time, down to the millisecond, can help with reliability.
# Project Questions
## How can I help?