Subj : Re: Packet Radio
To   : deon
From : Avon
Date : Thu Jan 21 2021 19:35:12

On 20 Jan 2021 at 03:10p, deon pondered and said...
 
 de> I would love to get data flowing over the air - with no ongoing costs to
 de> a 3rd party, even if it was a slow speed. Building out (or optimising) a
 de> protocol to support this slow speed would be fun...

I too would like to do this. I'm hot on building communications resiliency
and I like the idea of a ascii BBS running contemporary bbs software
available to folks to access over RF.

I've not really played with the older 'built by hams for packet radio bbs'
software but from what I've seen I'm not sure I would really like it.

My ideal would be (as part of a wider plan of communications resilience) to
have bbs FTN running over RF packet as a wider option for people to connect
should TCP/IP over 'mainstream' internet channels be taken down due to act of
god or man etc..

We really are too dependent on the interent to handle all our global
communications. It's a pity modems and copper cables have gone / are going
the way of the dodo.

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