Subj : Re: Packet Radio
To   : SetiOp
From : Andre
Date : Thu Jan 21 2021 08:32:40

On 19 Jan 2021, SetiOp said the following...
 
 Se> I wish I could find out how to get people interested in it here in Canada
 Se> again. We had quite a good network in our area at one time.

That's the trouble with a lot of amateur radio, and really some of the
trouble I see with some of the people who think they're going to start
a revival with their novel BBS.

The nostalgia is briefly interesting, but then people move on. The only reason
APRS is so popular is because it's built in to radios and takes zero effort to
setup. On the other hand, packet radio is a absolute nightmare just to get the
hardware/radio working right, even more so to try to have a successful
contact.

There just isn't any benefit or usefulness to packet radio anymore... Other
systems like winlink or olivia do it much better. And there isn't any sort of
pushing the envelop of technology with it either, like there is with things
like mesh.

As my elmer said to me, "You missed the boat by about twenty-five years." I
wish it weren't true, and I'll probably try to set something up for the
Milwaukee metro area this year, but I know it's all in vain.


Andre
WT9X

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