Subj : Re: Packet Radio
To   : Vk3jed
From : dejavu
Date : Tue Jun 16 2020 13:21:03

On 29 Apr 2020, Vk3jed said the following...
 
 Vk> -=> On 04-28-20 06:11, Wolfstag wrote to calcmandan <=-
 Vk> 
 Vk>  Wo> I am licensed, still reseaching what to get and are people using it
 Vk>  Wo> these days.
 Vk> 
 Vk> Packet is mainly used for APRS these days, rather than interactive
 Vk> comms. However, I am partway through setting up a packet hub.  And I'll
 Vk> be able to support IP(v4), as well as plain AX.25.
 Vk> 

APRS is widely used in the US, however Packet is still widely used.  What's
happened with Packet is that all the original hams are gone and the packet
infrastructure that was running on Kantronics TNC's, for example, have also
failed.   The talent that use to maintain them is also gone so there is no
one to pick up the slack.

If we all did our part to put up packet nodes on the existing VHF/UHF
frequencies we could keep it alive and well and leverage all the existing
packet nodes that haven't dismantled, as well as offer a whole new breed of
messaging capabilities via BBS that never existed previously.

73

-Dejavu

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