Hi Scott and Terry,
There are also a few persons (such as myself) running individual nodes
with things like BBSes. I'm currently working on some Python libraries
with a few friends to make some new custom AX.25 apps that can do much
more than packet radio has historically done. Right now a first version
of the application layer is working and a friend is working on the
protocol part.
In Houston, the big digipeater is named BIGBOY. You can usually connect
to most systems in the area through it using your TNC. I have a node
named 'FOXBOX' which you can contact through it. The command on your
node is likely to be something like:
c FOXBOX v BIGBOY
There's also another mailbox that a few people use run by K5PBM. It's
named PBMBOX. BIGBOY also has an address you can connect to as a jump
box, but I forget the name. It announces it every few hours or so.
This is all on 145.05, so if you were listening on another frequency,
you might not have found any of this.
Best,
-Fox
On 2/11/24 08:47, terry leatherland via BVARC wrote:
Scott, That's a perfect case for APRS digipeater works. You should do
some googling on that and see what special software interfaces you
need. I use a Tiny Tracker but it is offline for a while.
Long range I'm converting the Tiny Tracker to a Raspberry Pi HAM
digital utility but I don't have enough time to attend to it yet.
Still not retired.
Kd5you is one of our Winlink experts. The Ft Bend County Emerg Radio
group uses Winlink check-in in every Monday.
Terry Leatherland, K5PGF
281-455-8090
Sugar Land, Tx
On Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 02:38:18 PM CST, Scott Little via
BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:
Hi all,
I recently got setup for packet radio at the ham shack, but I haven't
found any good systems to connect to other than some Winlink nodes...
can anyone point me to some?
Thanks,
Scott KI5WLJ
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