Subj : Re: Packet BBS?
To   : claw
From : Bob Worm
Date : Tue Oct 01 2024 10:20 pm

  Re: Re: Packet BBS?
  By: claw to Zero Reader on Tue Oct 01 2024 07:56:38

Hi, guys.

 >  ZR> I'd like to hear more about this also! I've been trying to setup a
 >  ZR> packet station recently, with the end goal of using Mystic as the BBS.
 >
 > I have seen several videos on packet radio.  The missing link is getting
 > Mystic on the air.  Might need to do some sort of pass through.

I have never understood why packet (or even split RTTY or something) combined with BBS didn't really take off on amateur radio. Or at least, if it did then it didn't last and I don't get why. For me, combining radio with low bandwidth interactive text base stuff seems like an ideal marriage.

Possibly it's because a lot of licenses don't allow you to operate equipment un-manned as it were, at least not without a variation?

Anyway, if you get something set up I'd love to see a video of it in action!

BobW
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