Subj : Re: Packet BBS?
To   : Reverend Shaft
From : echicken
Date : Sat Oct 05 2024 12:28:15

  Re: Re: Packet BBS?
  By: Reverend Shaft to echicken on Wed Oct 02 2024 11:58:05

 RS> I've been thinking about tinkering with this setup as well. I currently
 RS> have a digipeater/iGate set up with my SignaLink and Direwolf, but that
 RS> doesn't see much use. (Far too rural.)

You'd think that's the problem, but I live in Canada's largest city and packet activity here was pretty dismal the last time I checked. There's a lot of dude-where's-my-car and weather station noise on APRS, but that's about it. There's just not a lot of people making real use of it.

Perhaps doing something fun / interesting with it would bring people in. Well, maybe not so many in the rural spaces.

 RS> With the restrictions on symbol rate lifted in the States (in favor of a
 RS> bandwidth limit), I'm wondering if there's a good opportunity for
 RS> developing newer digital technologies on HF. I recognize there are

I believe people are already working on this, though I haven't checked in a while. Recent developments on HF and VHF/UHF were a bit disheartening. There was "new packet radio" which seemed to require a hardware modem/TNC or data radio, and only one person's implementation available last time I looked. VARA was getting attention, but IIRC is/was closed-source.

I'd like to think there's something better out there now. It'd be nice to see something open and usable with a soundcard.

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