Subj : Re: Packet Radio
To   : JF
From : Vk3jed
Date : Sat Jan 23 2021 06:33:00

-=> On 01-22-21 03:48, JF wrote to Avon <=-

 JF> Amen! I'm very interested in this, and I've been pondering about it for
 JF> a while. What I imagine is something equivalent to how BBS used to
 JF> work: mail would be transferred from BBS to BBS over the phone lines,
 JF> from point to point, in such a way as to avoid any long distance
 JF> charges. The same could be done with RF: transfer FTN messages from one
 JF> VHF station to the other (or maybe even HF), so that we don't
 JF> necessarily depend on the internet in case of an emergency. Mail could
 JF> be routed via different mediums, and there would be a mechanism in
 JF> place to avoid duplicates and figure out the best path (Internet,
 JF> phone, HF, VHF, etc.).

Now that sounds like an interesting project.


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