Subj : Re: Packet Radio
To   : Blue White
From : Avon
Date : Thu Jan 07 2021 15:13:45

On 06 Jan 2021 at 01:07p, Blue White pondered and said...
 
 BW>  BW>  Av> A future hope of mine is to try and get my Mystic BBS on the air
 BW>  BW>  Av> accessible via packet and TCP/IP connection.
 BW>  BW>
 BW>  BW> Do you have to be a HAM in order to make your BBS accessible in this
 BW>  BW> manner?
 BW> 
 BW> 
 BW>  Av> If you're asking about sending echomail over radio, then I would say
 BW>  Av> yes, given that the packet radio gear needs to be run by a licensed
 BW>  Av> amateur radio operator. The frequencies you can use will also vary
 BW>  Av> between countries somewhat.
 BW> 
 BW> Actually I meant allowing it to be accessed by hams via packet / TCP/IP.
 BW> Of course, I guess once they log on I would be broadcasting, so that may
 BW> have answered my question.  :)

I sorta follow, if a HAM spins up a BBS and makes it available via their
packet gear then it stands to reason that any other HAM with packet gear
should be able to access the BBS assuming it's an open system.

Likewise if someone logins into a BBS via telnet etc. over the Internet and
that BBS is linked to packet gear then their messages are going to be sent
out both via BinkP etc. and radio waves around the same time.

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