Subj : Packet BBS?
To   : claw
From : Rotorek
Date : Thu Oct 03 2024 02:56 am

 cl> have to see.  Packet radio seems more expensive that you would expect
 cl> for an older tech.  Been looking will share when I can

Hi claw,

I've been recently playing with packet radio here, setting up a piBPQ node
running simultaneously with pi-star on my local rpi.

As a cheap TNC I used VPDIGI project -- just a cheap STM32 blue pill (2$) and 8 resistors and 4 capacitors, 2 trims and 2 diodes. It connects to the radio mic/speaker and via usb to rpi (virtual serial port), or you can use serial port instead.

My friend gave me a ready, driller board where you can place all the components and the device looks cool, which he ordered from some china workshop -- 4 pieces for around 10$. But it's not necessary as my other friend just soldered all the components directly to the stm32 board.

Anyway, it's working great both for aprs and packet radio.

73,
Rotorek

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