23 Jan
2017
23 Jan
'17
11:01 a.m.
Is there a good forum to discuss packet, AX.25 and such things? After some 20 years of
abstinence from packet I am really interested in getting something going. In my area APRS
is alive and well, but packet on VHF or UHF is dead and has been dead for a long time.
Lots of equipment is still out there, such as KPC-3 and the like, just not being used.
Although I am very interested in getting packet going again, I have no idea where to
start. Got hardware to spare, but where to start? What’s out there for software
(OpenBCM, JNOS, BPQ32, what else?)…
I realize that this is probably not the avenue to discuss, but perhaps someone can point
me in the right direction of where to start looking, where to ask.
Thanks,
Adi
23 Jan
23 Jan
11:08 a.m.
On 23/01/2017 16:01, Adi Linden via 44Net wrote:
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Is there a good forum to discuss packet, AX.25 and such things? After some 20 years of
abstinence from packet I am really interested in getting something going. In my area APRS
is alive and well, but packet on VHF or UHF is dead and has been dead for a long time.
Lots of equipment is still out there, such as KPC-3 and the like, just not being used.
Although I am very interested in getting packet going again, I have no idea where to
start. Got hardware to spare, but where to start? What’s out there for software
(OpenBCM, JNOS, BPQ32, what else?)…
I realize that this is probably not the avenue to discuss, but perhaps someone can point
me in the right direction of where to start looking, where to ask.
There is an
active BPQ32 group on Yahoo Groups -
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BPQ32/ - it covers Windows and Linux
flavours of BPQ.
73
Nick.
11:27 a.m.
Hello Adi,
A few ideas for you:
- The LinuxHams list at linuxham(a)groups.io is also a good place
though most of the traffic there is about Fldigi
- The Xastir list at xastir(a)xastir.org is a very strong APRS group
(APRS client side) as is the aprx-software(a)googlegroups.com APRX group
(APRS server focus)
- If you're interested in packet from a Raspberry Pi / SBC
perspective, check out the Raspberry_Pi_4-Ham_RADIO(a)yahoogroups.com list
- There is also the LinuxHam list at linux-hams(a)vger.kernel.org but
it's not very active other than posting / discussing Linux AX.25 kernel
patches
There are other lists as well such as BPQ32 (BBS centric), Direwolf
(software TNC), TNC-Pi (hardware TNC), JNOS, etc.
--David
KI6ZHD
On 01/23/2017 08:01 AM, Adi Linden via 44Net wrote:
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Is there a good forum to discuss packet, AX.25 and such things? After some 20 years of
abstinence from packet I am really interested in getting something going. In my area APRS
is alive and well, but packet on VHF or UHF is dead and has been dead for a long time.
Lots of equipment is still out there, such as KPC-3 and the like, just not being used.
Although I am very interested in getting packet going again, I have no idea where to
start. Got hardware to spare, but where to start? What’s out there for software
(OpenBCM, JNOS, BPQ32, what else?)…
I realize that this is probably not the avenue to discuss, but perhaps someone can point
me in the right direction of where to start looking, where to ask.
Thanks,
Adi
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