Subj : packet radio
To   : Cipris
From : Angus Mcleod
Date : Mon Jul 04 2005 09:25 am

  Re: packet radio
  By: Cipris to All on Mon Jul 04 2005 03:17:00

 > I was wondering if there is a way to sert up a packet radio bbs if so where 
 > how and dos any one know if there is a way to tie it in with synchro.  

There are plenty of packet BBS's out there.  Well, maybe not plenty, but 
several.  I don't know that SBBS would be suitable, even if you could get 
it hooked up to a TNC.  There are operational problems.  A simple example 
is logging on.  Since you would broadcast your userid and password "in 
clear" any other station monitoring would get your userid/password easily.  
Packet BBS's usually use a challenge/response method of some sort, so that 
the sequence changes randomly.

 > for if ther is i will get my ham licence to set up a packet bbs

In my experience, packet BBS's are bo-ring.  (Packet radio itself is 
bo-ring.)  There are no people involved.  Packet radio is all about 
machines passing unwanted, useless and out-of-date bulletins back and 
forth between each other on automatci, causing massive QRN in the process.  
The only packet systems I've ever used that actually had some merit were 
the systems on the PacSats.





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