Date: Sun, 16 Oct 94 04:30:15 PDT From: Ham-Digital Mailing List and Newsgroup Errors-To: Ham-Digital-Errors@UCSD.Edu Reply-To: Ham-Digital@UCSD.Edu Precedence: List Subject: Ham-Digital Digest V94 #342 To: Ham-Digital Ham-Digital Digest Sun, 16 Oct 94 Volume 94 : Issue 342 Today's Topics: access to packet w/o equip? Hamcom version # and FTP site? Lecteur de disquettes New version of TPK? Receiving FAX on KPC-3 (2 msgs) Short comms links for packet What is packet? Send Replies or notes for publication to: Send subscription requests to: Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu. Archives of past issues of the Ham-Digital Digest are available (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/ham-digital". We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 15 Oct 1994 11:57:55 UNDEFINED From: n7slx@primenet.com (John Mitchell) Subject: access to packet w/o equip? Hello all, I'm without packet equipment, but would like to gain access to packet via any worm holes, or "live" gateways. Also, I'd like to get involved in the NTS here in Arizona. Can anyone tell me where I acc ------------------------------ Date: 15 Oct 1994 18:03:32 GMT From: David Spoelstra Subject: Hamcom version # and FTP site? In article Kenneth C Lotts, klotts@primenet.com writes: >What is the latest version # of hamcom and where can I ftp it from? It's version 3.0 at oak.oakland.edu in pub/hamradio/pc/digital/utils/hamcom30.exe. -David N9PGH ------------------------------ Date: 14 Oct 1994 20:10:42 +0100 From: cerdini@zen.dedal.fr.net (Michel CERDINI) Subject: Lecteur de disquettes Vous n'auriez pas des problemes avec le patch 53 pour acceder a vos lecteurs de disquettes ? Je traine ca depuis un certain temps, et je commence a me poser la question si je n'aurais pas oublie un patch quelconque a un moment donne... -- Michel CERDINI BP5574 69247 Lyon Cedex 05 | E-Mail cerdini@zen.dedal.fr.net RTC Zenith / BBS Zenux Acces Mail+News | AX25 F1ITS@F8KLY.FRHA.FRA.EU Minitel: 7836.1996 - VFast 24k: 7836.1001 | AmprNet f1its.ampr.org 44.151.69.10 ------------------------------ Date: 15 Oct 1994 22:20:57 +0800 From: phil@perth.DIALix.oz.au (Phil Street) Subject: New version of TPK? A friend of mine mention that he had heard from the UK that there will be or soon to be released version of the TPK comms program. Has anyone out there heard anything similar. It's quite popular in this neck of the woods. Please reply via email as I don't get this newsgroup. Tnx & 73 Rgds Phil +-------------------------------------+ | phil@perth.dialix.oz.au | | FidoNet: 3:690/640.12 | | ax.25: vk6ks@vk6anc.#per.#wa.aus.oc | +-------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Date: 15 Oct 94 16:13:45 GMT From: fgilmore@ozarks.SGcl.lib.mo.US (C. Frank Gilmore) Subject: Receiving FAX on KPC-3 > Date: 12 Oct 94 19:41:46 EDT > From: desaid@muvms6.wvnet.edu > Subject: PLEASE HELP WITH KPC-3 AND WEATHER FAX.. > > HELLO ALL: > > I HAVE KENTRONICS KPC-3 TNC AND HF RIG. I WOULD LIKE TO RECIEVE > WEATHER FAX USING KPC-3. CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHICH SHAREWARE IS > AVAILABLE TO RECEIVE WEATHER FAX USING KPC-3 TNC AND HF RIG. > > THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR HELP AND TIME TO RESPOND. > > 73 DINAKAR KB8PHZ > DESAID@MUVMS6.MU.WVNET.EDU The only actual FAX I have seen on the KPC-3 was using Kantronics own program. There are two other programs that >might< work, and since are both share- ware it won't cost you anything to try them first. WEFAXxx (have no idea of latest version) has been around and is popular...and JVFAX70 is extremely popular among the SWLs for receiving FAX. Most large BBSs that specialize in ham software have them (W3INK for example). I use paKet61 and Lan-Link 232 but neither support FAX yet although they do everything else but put out the cat. The demo I saw with Kantronics software was most impressive. 73, de Frank K0JPJ ex-W5PVX ...-.- fgilmore@ozarks.sgcl.lib.mo.us ------------------------------ Date: 15 Oct 94 16:49:15 GMT From: fgilmore@ozarks.SGcl.lib.mo.US (C. Frank Gilmore) Subject: Receiving FAX on KPC-3 In a previous message concerning this subject I neglected to another popular shareware program for the Kantronics series called "AUTOFAX.ZIP" which is on many of the FTP sites via Internet. Have not seenit in operation but have heard it works fairly well. 73, de K0JPJ ex-W5PVX ...-.- fgilmore@ozarks.sgcl.lib.mo.us ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 21:46:52 GMT From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Short comms links for packet In article <781714680snx@compd.com> det@compd.com (David Twist) writes: >Can anyone help! I am running a packet BBS and I only have two ports >which are used to connect to the two local nodes and they are both >also used for users. The local novice users are only allowed to use >70cms which is the forwarding link and as the traffic is high they >don't get much of a look in. I need to get the forwarding off the >70 cms to allow more user access. One of the nodes is in direct line >of sight of my QTH and only 200 to 250 yards away. >Has anyone got any ideas of how I can link to this node (other than >using one of the two radio ports) seems a shame to use a locally used >freq just to link such a short distance. I can't link by direct land >line as I am two blocks away from the node. So far I have thought of >using IR and Lasar but these are affected by weather and as I am on a >hill which get a lot of fog so I discounted them. Then I considered >making 400MHz plus units but don't know how good they would be. > Has any one overcome this problem before any help would be much >appreciated. This looks like a job for a wireless LAN product, or a good old gunnplexer link. NCR Wavelan cards could easily span this distance while giving high throughput. Since these work on 900 MHz using spread spectrum, they're out of the way of your users. It does require a PC at both ends of the link, but PCs make the best packet switches, and are cheaper than most specialized hardware. Or you can just set up a duplex gunnplexer link and run an ordinary modem over them. Direct FSK of gunnplexers isn't a good idea because of frequency drift. It's better to use tone modulation and AFC on the carriers. Just treat it as permanent a wireline connection. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | ------------------------------ Date: 15 Oct 1994 03:30:33 GMT From: mcduffie@unlinfo.unl.edu (Gary McDuffie Sr) Subject: What is packet? bd27015@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Phlatline) writes: >Hey ted here's what i've sort of grep'ed from my little time with ham. ^^^ Welcome to ham radio. By the way, ham is meat, ham radio is this hobby. 73, Gary ------------------------------ End of Ham-Digital Digest V94 #342 ******************************