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Packet-Radio Digest Mon, 3 Apr 2000 Volume 2000 : Issue 81
Today's Topics:
AGW+WinAPRS
Baycom BP-1
Best speed without line-of-sight? (2 msgs)
Yaesu (6 msgs)
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Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 23:06:43 +0100
From: "Andy Pritchard" <apritch@lineone.net>
Subject: AGW+WinAPRS
If you have no luck with WinAPRS try UI-View which will work with
AGW/Winpack available from the following address
http://welcome.to/uiview
73 - Andy, G7OCW
PreCool <precoolNOprSPAM@email.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:00785168.2df6e226@usw-ex0102-016.remarq.com...
> AGW works in that I receive APRS packets in other programs such
> as the AGW Monitor and WinPack. In WinAPRS I get nothing! I
> opened the AGW port in the WinAPRS program, checked every
> setting and nothing. Shouldn't incomming packets be displayed on
> the map?
>
> Who if anyone is using AGW and WinAPRS? How does it work for you?
>
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Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 00:12:10 -0500
From: "N5JEP, Leo Salas" <rsalas@lecnet.net>
Subject: Baycom BP-1
hello...i am looking for a software program or possible upgrade for the
Baycom BP-1...I am using WINTNC v 1.01g
are there any other programs that may work for the BP_1?
It is not a multi-mode TNC..
If anyone has a 1270c and would like to dump it on someone, leave me an
email!
TNX, Leo
N5JEP in Paris, TX
n5jep@arrl.net
rsalas@lecnet.net
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Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 08:00:03 -0600
From: "Charles Brabham" <n5pvl@texoma.net>
Subject: Best speed without line-of-sight?
Aaron Baugher <abaugher@adams.net> wrote in message
news:m2g0t81x94.fsf@haruchai.adams.net...
> Good grief; I didn't realize I was going to start a holy
> war. I've got no intentions of doing anything illegal, so
> if there are any FCC goons headed to my house with tear gas,
> please tell them to stand down.
No harm done, Aaron. Since many hams are not familiar with the PART97 regs,
and others are confused about them, it is good for the issue to come up up
every once in a while for clarification. The "lurkers" in the newsgroup
often benefit from such discussion.
>
> Now that I'm aware of the legal issues and have done more
> research on the technology, I'll ask a completely different
> question:
>
> A friend and I like to play network games, but since I moved
> out into a rural area where I can't get anything faster than
> analog modem access, we're basically out of commission.
> We're 50 miles apart. I've been looking at the WA4DSY 56K
> modem from PacComm. Down East Microwave sells a 56K MSK
> Modem Transceiver that is designed to work with this modem.
> It looks like I might also need a PC card like the PacComm
> PackeTwin in my computer. My friend, of course, would need
> the same setup at his end.
Don't forget that you will both need Ham liscenses for that setup.
Personally, I'd go with satellite access, and let the other person keep
whatever access they already have. With the dish, your transmissions TO the
web go out over your phone modem, and anything coming back to you FROM the
web comes in over the satellite link, at flabbergasting speed. You can also
subscribe to and view the DSS satellite TV services with most if not all of
these.
It works out well because you send out very little in relation to what you
must recieve in order to utilize the web. This solution is less expensive,
much faster and quite a bit more reliable than Packet Radio. There are also,
of course, not nearly so many legal and technical issues to consider when
using it.
>
> The question that's never answered in the brochures for
> these products is: what's the maximum distance that they
> will cross, and do they need line-of-sight? This
> transceiver uses the 222-225 band, and produces 35 watts of
> output, if that helps in the determination.
I've seen 2-meter (144 MHz) stuff work beyond line-of-sight, but only under
unusual conditions. The 222-225 MHz stuff is most definitely line-of-sight.
No way around it.
Maximum distance will vary according to the sort of terrain the signal must
cross, and how the gods of radio propagation have blessed or cursed your
area. It might work out OK for 50 miles, and possibly more if conditions are
really ideal, but it also might peter out at 15-30 miles. I can't really
predict that for you, at least not accurately. The link's performance will
also vary from day to day, depending on the weather, the amount of other
activity on or near your chosen frequency, the time of day, and a number of
other factors.
If a packet doesn't make it for some reason, it is resent. Resends slow down
things enormously, and can make a 56kb link act like 300 baud when it gets
severe enough. If the resends do not make it either, the TNC tries a
specified number of times and then drops the link.
--
73 DE Charles Brabham, N5PVL
N5PVL @ N5PVL.#NTX.TX.USA.NOAM
http://www.texoma.net/~n5pvl
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Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 12:06:05 GMT
From: Aaron Baugher <abaugher@adams.net>
Subject: Best speed without line-of-sight?
Good grief; I didn't realize I was going to start a holy
war. I've got no intentions of doing anything illegal, so
if there are any FCC goons headed to my house with tear gas,
please tell them to stand down.
Now that I'm aware of the legal issues and have done more
research on the technology, I'll ask a completely different
question:
A friend and I like to play network games, but since I moved
out into a rural area where I can't get anything faster than
analog modem access, we're basically out of commission.
We're 50 miles apart. I've been looking at the WA4DSY 56K
modem from PacComm. Down East Microwave sells a 56K MSK
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