Looking to add another dimension to your BBS? Consider offering a chatroom to your users. There are several groups that meet worldwide on various channels, some channels are used locally for events/nets/emcomm and there are some that act as tech support for ham radio software programs. Here in NYC we use 14736 every Monday night as an alternate way to check-in to our weekly emcomm net (especially when encountering jammers). There is even a growing movement to use state or country-based channel numbers that reflect their 44net assignments like 4468 in NY, 4440 in UT, etc. Various packet bbs packages have chat capability built-in. I know of at least one station looking to incorporate it into FBB, but I have no information on that system. Connection to Hub_NA is easy. Use 44.68.41.2 (gw.n2nov.ampr.org). We currently have stations across the USA and Canada connected to Hub_NA. Come join us, ask questions and share your tips/tricks/ideas!