@W1CDN is really putting packet radio on the map.
That's all I'm gonna say at this time.
#packetradio
One more example how nice #PacketRadio looks with ANSI Support. 😅
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. 🙂
https://github.com/andreaspeters/openBCM/tree/color
With OpenBCM 1.9 I will bring color into PacketRadio. 🥳
btw, FlexPacket supports ANSI Colors. 😄
@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.😄
#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/
I've released APRSMap version 0.4.0 right now:
I've added support for local OSM Tiles and fixed some issues with APRS Messages piped from FlexPacket.
I have released FlexPacket -a PacketRadio terminal program- in version 0.7.0. Among new features, it includes bug fixes related to AGW and KISS.
https://github.com/andreaspeters/flexpacket/releases/tag/v0.7.0
With TFKISS version 1.3.0, I have now added support for APRS UI frames. These now appear in the monitoring channel.
Monitoring #APRS using a #PiZeroW with USB sound card as TNC. #packetradio #YAAC #baofeng #soundmodem
Fellow #hamRadio person @scott has been beaconing #BirdNET observations on #packetRadio for some time now on 14.105 MHz LSB.
Which means you can get a real sense of what's happening in his area based on seeing things like this, no Internet required, just RF:
15:44:45R VE3QBZ-7>FLOCK Port=2 <UI>:
>VE3QBZ-7 just heard a House Sparrow for the 169664th time
It's a fun project!
Gibt es hier zufällig jemanden, der back in the days (insert banjo music here) Packet Radio über CB-Funk (HAM ist auch ok) auf einem Amiga, ATARI ST oder irgendeinem 8bit-System gemacht hat?
Insbesondere würde mich interessieren, wie man die Baycom-Modems, die damals sehr populär im CB-Funk waren, an solchen Maschinen zum Laufen bringt. Ich hatte das damals an einem PC unter DOS.
Ich bereite einen Talk dafür vor und brauche noch ein paar Einblicke.
#packetradio #cb #hamradio #retrocomputing #amiga #atari #commodore
While cleaning up my office, I found some old packet radio equipment that I'm not interested in keeping, and would be willing to pass onto someone who can make good use of it. In particular I have an Argent ADS-GM1 GPS https://www.argentdata.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=85 and an ARGENT OpenTracker+ Both are RS232 (not USB) but if you have the appropriate USB->serial adapter, I suspect they would still work. Make a plea via DM and I'll send them out to you. #hamradio #packetradio
I wrote a short article about how to add a local running wikipedia to the LinBPQ node.
https://www.hamradiotech.de/posts/2025-07-09-LinBPQ-Wiki-Application/
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