ka2dew

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   by ka2dew 6y ago

   Off the grid text messaging attracts young people into the hobby and retains existing hams, especially the young ones. This is a worthy concept.
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   by ka2dew 6y ago

   The trick is to get a few Raspberry PIs and install the software. The NinoTNCs are really cheap so you can make a network on your desk without any radios. Then get the radios after you can con some couple of other hams within a few miles
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   by ka2dew 6y ago

   check out a $30 four-speed KISS TNC for $30 called "NinoTNC". Also a ham radio cable manufacturer called hammadeparts.com Beware that the Baofeng radio has many configurable elements, some of which get in the way of doing packet.
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   by ka2dew 6y ago

   Once you decide sending packets from point A to point B is a good idea, one must look at what percentage of the available bandwidth is actually usable. Many hams think of packet radio in terms of building a single station, for a user-end-te