Subj : packet radio
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Angus Mcleod
Date : Mon Jul 04 2005 08:04 pm

  Re: packet radio
  By: Daryl Stout to ANGUS MCLEOD on Mon Jul 04 2005 18:46:00

 >    For the record, those doors included:
 > 
 > 1) QRZDoor -- where using the current QRZ Callsign CD-ROM, you could
 > look up info on any ham, and create a textfile of desired data, then
 > download it.

IIRC, I had a QRZ disk years ago, and it came with fairly basic software 
to access the database on the disk.  Is that the same thing?  It didn't 
look too hard back then to access that data.  A program to do si would be 
fairly easy to code, I'd think.  But as I said, that was years ago...

 > 2) BULLET -- a ham radio bulletins door that could list up to 26
 > categories of text bulletins (from W1AW, The ARRL Letter, Newsline,
 > etc.). You could also use the door for other bulletin categories.
 > 
 > 3) WASPRT -- Worked All States Awards Competition Tracker, for 10 to 80
 > meters on HF and a "Special Band" that you select (such as VHF).

Both of these sound, once more, like they wouldn't be that hard to 
reimplement.

 > 4) ARPD -- Packet Door (my favorite), where you could logon to the BBS,
 > and if you were a licensed ham radio operator, enter the door, and work
 > packet remotely through the BBS...as if the TNC was at their QTH. The
 > door changes the callsign of the TNC to the name of the user in the
 > control file (this way, the Sysop prevents unlicensed hams from using
 > it), and it opens a capture file to log all activity, for possible FCC
 > enforcement, if needed.

ARPD is over 10 years old, but you might try contacting the author:

	W4KGU
	DAVID G PERRY
	3305 S. Vermont Ave.
	Independence MO 64052
	USA

	w4kgu@w4kgu.net

or visit his website at http://w4kgu.net/


---
 þ Synchronet þ CQ DX!  The ANJO BBS calling on 56K dial-up...

.