Subj : Re: Packet Radio
To   : dejavu
From : calcmandan
Date : Wed Jun 17 2020 22:36:00

-=> dejavu wrote to Vk3jed <=-

 de> 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>

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

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

I am very interested in this. Soon I will be studying for my HAM license in the
US and will have a strong interest in setting up packet radio and a BBS.

I have some major time constraints to work around.

Daniel Traechin
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