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# On : 12/28/2007 10:56:04
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From Pete G6KUI ...
>Hi,
>I've started looking at BPQ32 and can't find out if the RLC100 internal
>4 port card is supported.
I can't help with your BPQ32 problem.
>I'm planning to change over to BPQ32 for the BBS computer which will then
>hopefully run WinFBB as well as Sally for my PMS. It will also have the
>option for internet forwarding if that is ever needed. It will also be fully
>accessable from the home network and be integrated with my GB7DBY NAS.
>GB7NHR DX-Cluster may eventually be integrated into the one computer.
>
>(GB7DBY network server acceccable at http://www.buffalonas/gb7dby)
>
>What Packet-Radio plans has anybody else got for 2008 ?
Hi Pete and the gang,
I already run a reasonably comprehensive packet station here with RF
channels ....
20m (0k3)
40m (0k3)
2m (144.900 1k2)
2m (147.550 1k2)
70cm (440.050 1k2)
All ports are availble for the BBS and the Fpacnode (ax25, Netrom, Rose and
Flexnet). I have more bbs users on 20m and 40m than I do on VHF/UHF. There
are also some axudp links around the place.
In addition, I run APRS on 2m (145.175) and 30m, and operate an Igate.
All of the above runs under Linux on a P300 with 128M RAM, with Debian v4.0
being the distribution.
My plans for 2008 include installation of the local APRS node at a site
near here, and the installation of a digi (initially) and then a full-blown
node in town so that my local 2m port will have a better location. That
node will, like the home station, be Linux based and will run Fpacnode. It
will be linked back to here with a half-duplex 70cm 9k6 link - the radios
are not capable of full duplex.
I will probably also continue towards migrating the BBS/Node system to a
P700 computer, replacing the existing P300. But for now I'm having too much
fun with the replacement computer, knowing that it matters not if I break
something.
Whilst conceding that packet activity has declined over the last five
years, I'm not prepared to accept that it is dead. Packet has undergone a
natural process of rising to a peak and then falling back. I believe that
many operators believe packet is dead because they've been told packet is
dead, and not from personal experience. We should be talking packet up, not
down. It remains one of the most useful tools available to the hobby.
I believe that some resurgence in packet activity is possible but we can only
achieve that by continuing to provide facilities for users. Packet is a
complete waste of time and resources without users, and as sysops we need to
provide the facilities users require, as far as practicable.
Many users have moved off to APRS to test its waters. I believe that some
of those people will get sick of staring at a map of the same home stations
and will return to packet.
I will continue to provide a telnet service to a small number of stations
that genuinely can't access the network by radio but I will not open a telnet
floodgate to all and sundry. Somebody wanting telnet because they can't be
bothered erecting an antenna doesn't cut with me, but someone who can't erect
an antenna for genuine reasons is a different matter.
I think I'll have plenty of packet related activity to keep me occupied in
2008.
Cheers ... Ray vk2tv
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