Ham radio people - try out a utility I wrote for sending files over packet radio: https://gitlab.scd31.com/stephen/minitransfer
Also check out the underlying protocol that I wrote, which exists as a library: https://gitlab.scd31.com/stephen/minipac
@stephen Nice to see ham radio stuff made with #rustlang!
I had a really brief glimpse into code which raised couple of questions:
* Do you have Forward Error Correction (FEC)? Maybe sacrificing bytes for FEC to reduce whole frame re-transmissions might be worth it?
* CPU time is cheap. How about trying multiple different compression algorithms (or parameters) to find the optimal for given data? Some things might compress differently (text vs. binary) or not compress at all.
@stephen And more:
* Can the Hostname in Packet be other than 8 bit ASCII? E.g. 5 bit Baudot (might be too short) or 6 bit code (e.g. BCD six-bit code). This might provide 6 byte saving (2x Hostname) with 5bit code or 4 byte savings with 6bit code.
