Board:   [fsxNet] HAM
Subject: Re: Packet Radio
From:    vorlon(21:1/195.1)
Date:    Sun Jan 11, 2026 01:51

 al>   Re: Re: Packet Radio
 al>   By: calcmandan to alterego on Tue Apr 28 2020 05:49 am



 al> (Work is keeping me busy, and when it is not, my kids are.)

 al> Why dont we do it here - and perhaps we could drag a few more in?

 al> But, step #1 is to learn what I need to learn. For me it seems to
 al> begin here: https://www.amc.edu.au/industry/amateur-radio

To operate Packet (ax25) in Australia a "Standard" license is required.

The basic setup is:

Radio (2m or 70cm) and Antenna
TNC (1200bps or 9600bps, with 99% being 1200bps) [Think of the TNC as the
modem]
Computer running terminal software or bbs software with the AX25 stack
loaded.


In the packet world the bbs software is 100% txt based, and there are a
number of software packages. The most common obe being FBB.





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