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- Welcome to the Tele - Port ][ Packet Port! Packet Port (PP) is an idea
- that the assistant sysop (Al - AA5KG) thought up one Saturday afternoon
- while having a few beers and packeteering around the bands. Gee, I
- thought, wouldn't it be great if I could only tie my TNC into the Land-
- Line BBS so fellow hams who don't have TNCs but have a phone modem could
- call and access packet via landline? So, off I went digging through all
- the programming books I could find and asking lots of questions on the
- national FIDO Packet Radio Echo... Could it be done? Well, as the old
- saying goes, If their is a will.... Anyhow, to make a long story short,
- I finally ran across a sysop of a system in Canada who was doing just what
- I had in mind. He was even nice enough to let me download a copy of his
- port driver software! So there you have it, Packet Port was born.
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- * What is Packet Port?
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- Packet Port allows you, a licensed Amateur, the ability to access packet
- radio via your computer and telephone modem. You have total access to
- my packet station of a KAM TNC, Kenwood TM-221A 2 meter (45 watt) FM
- transceiver, an 11 eleven element 2 meter yagi at 40 feet, and when I'm
- able to be on hand, a Yaesu HF transceiver tuned to 7091 Khz packet on 40
- meters. Remember, to access 40 meter packet, you need to hold a General
- class or higher license.
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- * How do I access Packet Port?
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- First, you need to select S)ignup from the previous menu. There, you will
- need to answer a few questions and enter your callsign information. When
- you signup, please have the following information on hand:
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- () Your FULL NAME as it appears on your license
- () Your FULL ADDRESS as it appears on your license
- () Your license issue and expiration dates
- () Your license class and callsign
- () Your telephone number for verification/notification
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- Due to the legal requirements of Amateur Radio operation, you will also
- have to agree to abide by all FCC requlations governing Amateur Radio.
- Your use of Packet Port constitutes this agreement. After I have reviewed
- your signup information, and possibly called you via the telephone number
- you entered (in case I don't know you or have to verify any information),
- I will enter your information into the Packet Port User File. From then
- on, you will have access to the TNC.
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- * What if I have other questions?
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- If you have any other questions at all, please drop a note to either
- Dori - N5OZX, or myself at logoff. We will get a response to you as soon
- as possible. Enjoy Packet Port es '73!
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- Al AA5KG
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