I am mulling over creating a website and a #GeminiCapsule for those interested in getting started in #PacketRadio . I was thinking that it might be cool to be able to post a listing to the #PacketBBS and allow users to request info via packet, but proxy through #Gemini
This should be possible, as my node can play #Zork
A long time ago, I found several files that discussed connecting the #C64 to #hamradio equipment, typically via the user port. What sorts of things could you do with a C64 and a ham radio back in the day? The details are lost on me, this really was a few decades ago and the files tended to have ASCII diagrams. #retrocomputing #packetbbs #packetradio
Finally gotten round to moving the x30 dual band (144/430mhz) and the adsb (1090mhz) antennas from inside the loft to outside
Been saying I’ll take down the pair of MikroTik SXT LTE units for ages as their no longer in use for a while
Should now have better coverage for my LoRa APRS igate (MB7UKT) and great coverage for my packet BBS 2m node (GB7PKT)
#hamradio #hamr #amateurradio #lora #loraaprs #aprs #packetnode #packetmailbox #packetbbs
i played with HF packet for a bit. the problem i had was that it was super hard to keep a connection long enough to do anything. it was good for keyboard to keyboard, but it was hard to connect to #PacketBBS etc.
Tried #10m #packetradio today, but no luck so far... maybe someone can tell me where to find active #bbs #packetbbs on #28MHz ?😄
@F4FXL @aprs I wrote an implementation of AX25 in the days of packetbbs were widely used - before websites. Now I find that #AX25 and #packetbbs aren't dead, just overshadowed. I've managed to get #direwolf running on HF via an IC-7300.
That was the easy bit. As is the way with all software, there's understanding the layers, so as well as exploring Direwolf, I need to find an #AX25 tools tutorial. Thanks for your tiny example - these really help.
Spent some time with #direwolf yesterday and finally figured out how to make it transmit packets. It wasn’t a software problem at all, it was the USB-to serial cable not pushing enough voltage to actually trigger #PTT. Never forget to #debug the physical layer. Next two stops are #packetbbs and #aprs #messaging, I think, in some order or other.
Currently testing old TNT #packetradio terminal and DPBOX #packetbbs freshly build on Raspbian without ax25 stack
TNT run fine but DPBOX need some tweaks to run
Just for fun 🙂
@Atari_BBS i REALLY want to dial up a #PacketBBS soon! I think they're 300 baud.
I am seeing a bunch of chatter here about #PacketRadio . If i could only get a few people to put up nodes in my area, it would be so fun to build a BBS. I feel like the whole thing could be a raspberry pi connected to a mobile 2m rig.. #PacketBBS
Este es mi hamshack. Un handy Radioddity GD-77 para los satelites NOAA que publico en @santiago@muro.undernet.uy , un Yaesu FTM-3100 para VHF y un Yaesu FT-840 para HF. Luego tengo una Pioneer DEH-P3700MP con SuperTuner IIID para FM Dxing y algunas radios receptoras más con onda corta como la Tecsun PL-880, ElectroBrand Model 2971 y una Eton Mini, y cuando las autoridades habiliten de una vez el cifrado para la transmision de contraseñas en el espectro radioeléctrico, voy a montar lamprimera packet radio BBS con el SignaLink USB que está al lado del handy y hasta la hacemos federar con activitypub, que tal? #hamradio #radio #shortwave #swl #packetbbs #packetradio
@F1RUM #aprs stations aren't linked so do not work like traditional #packetbbs networks. Besides geolocation, many are used for #wx telemetry and are linked to home weather stations. Messaging is limited to short "text messages" and is not very common.
Do any #packetradio #packetbbs systems still exist (yes, I just wrote BBS system, I'm sorry).
Or is leveraging #js8 the best way to do 1-many, many-many store and forward communication?
