@sacha @screwlisp @dougmerritt @zagebo @vavakado I'm trying to figure out how to maintain a wireless terminal connection with my home computer up to 10km away (further's edge of town)
Via #Reticulum over #LoRa (#rnode) or another #MeshNetwork. #PacketRadio, #MANET, #BATMAN, #SDR, etc
I'm not sure where this is going if anywhere Β―\_(γ)_/Β―
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https://reticulum.network
https://unsigned.io/rnode/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_ad_hoc_network
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.A.T.M.A.N.
I've released FlexPacket v0.8.0 with a lot of fixes and new features.π The list is to long for mastodon. π So, here are just some points:
- ADD: Editor to write multiline messages.
- ADD: [mail] Offline mail support for LinBPQ.
- ADD: [convers] Separate window for convers.
- ADD: Progressbar to show the state of message/file download.
- ADD: External software can use FP as PR modem via pipes.
With my program βFP-Formsβ I want to make it possible to send freely definable forms via PacketRadio. FP-Forms connects to FlexPacket to use it as a modem. As always, It will be OpenSource. π
Btw, sponsoring is very important for OpenSource development.
At altitudes above 30 km, the hardware used here for weather probes appears to have problems.
By the way, APRSMap now displays data from RS41 weather probes. Of course, only visible when data is available.
If there is any other hardware that you would like me to include in APRSMap, please let me know. π
Two more nice features.
1) Progress bar for message and file downloads.
2) When FlexPacket displays the BBS software, it should also support offline mail reading.
FlexPacket will get a separate Convers window so that you can βsurfβ in PR without missing any messages in Convers.
#LXMF client for #Android, #Linux and #macOS allowing you to communicate with people or LXMF-compatible systems over #Reticulum networks using #LoRa, #PacketRadio, #WiFi, #I2P, or anything else Reticulum supports.
https://github.com/markqvist/sideband?tab=readme-ov-file
#NETWORK #opensource
#2025HackadaySuperconference ? #opensourcehardware #HackadayColumns #cons #News
#markqvist
#Reticulum das bessere #meshtastic in meinen π
Access my PacketRadio Node and BBS on CB with my C64. π₯³
@W1CDN is really putting packet radio on the map.
That's all I'm gonna say at this time.
One more example how nice #PacketRadio looks with ANSI Support. π
Over the weekend @meph added some mind blowing new features to lorapipe.
- APRS over LoRa
- Ethernet over LoRa
https://social.treehouse.systems/@meph/115365077448221139
#hamraadio #radio #lora #meshcore #meshtastic #lorapipe #aprs #ax25 #kiss #tnc #packetradio #networking #cybersecurity #offgrid
FlexPacket now also supports ANSI codes for background colors.
Btw, my OpenBCM fork with ANSI Support is already very stable. π
https://github.com/andreaspeters/openBCM/tree/color
With OpenBCM 1.9 I will bring color into PacketRadio. π₯³
btw, FlexPacket supports ANSI Colors. π
@vk6flab I can't connect to it today, but WG0A's packet node in Minneapolis had some #packetRadio games. Old log:
MNMSP:WG0A-7} BBS CHAT RMS GAMES WALL CONNECT BYE INFO NODES PORTS ROUTES USERS MHEARD
games
*** Connected to GAMES
User: W1CDN
Welcome W1CDN
to the game server
+==================================+
Note: This is a work in progress. If you bump into any issues,
let me know.
Current options are
ADVENTURE, ZORK, ZORK2, ZORK3
Type QUIT to leave
Enter selection>
So after reading a bit into the #packetradio #netrom protocol used in #amateurradio, Net/ROM is fixed to 236 byte packets if I read that right? Is there an improved protocol for routing ( #flexnet is closed-source) on top of #il2p (evolution of #ax25 ) ?
https://packet-radio.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/netrom1.pdf
FlexPacket now has a multiline editor for writing messages conveniently and easily.π
#Sideband is an extensible #LXMF #messaging client, situational awareness tracker and remote control and monitoring system for #Android, #Linux, #macOS and #Windows.
It allows you to communicate with other people or LXMF-compatible systems over #Reticulum networks using #LoRa, #PacketRadio, #WiFi, #I2P, Encrypted QR Paper Messages, or anything else Reticulum supports.
https://unsigned.io/software/Sideband.html
I purchased the VR-N76 radio with built-in KISS-TNC. I described how I use it under Linux for PacketRadio and APRS in a short post on my blog.
https://www.hamradiotech.de/posts/2025-09-11-VR-N76-KISS-TNC/
