In May 1992, 4F2MD (Jonathan Javier, then DU2ANJ) presented an article to me, "Poor Man's Packet" from the magazine 73 Amateur Radio Today, August 1991 issue (page 8). The article was very interesting but it didn't include any information where we can obtain the software program (or probably we didn't notice it).

So we started communicating to our friends in the Whiskey-land (N5HD, Dwaine Hurta and AL7AW, Bob Mckinnie) on how we can get the software program. In short, these people were able to find the software and sent it to us.

We built two protoypes and was able to run them successfuly after several "tweaking" on the pots in July 23, 1992.

The people that helped me make this project a success are the following: 

   4F2MD,  Jonathan Javier (then DU2ANJ, and now our Trustee; email: [email protected]).
   DU2BAD, Atong Leano 
   DU2AYL, Al Cambaliza (resigned, now in the US; email: [email protected])
   DU2AVP, Dave Arciaga (resigned, now in Indonesia; email: [email protected])
   DY2AYW, Jonathan Fontanilla
   DU3MF,  Col. Flores (first QSO in packet. His TNC was a PK232)

Several PMPs then were built by 4F2IR (Rene Aguinaldo), DU2RK (Gel Vega), DU3DO (Pete Aguinaldo), and DY2AYW (with whom I had a second test with him).

The Baycom Modem was later introduced by 4F2AL (Bonyi Lim c/o N0JN) in December 1992. I then built the Baycom by converting one of the two PMPs since most of the parts of the PMP are the same with the Baycom. This is the very first Baycom modem in Baguio City (jumpered wires on a perf board!!!). Almost all packeteers converted to this type (Baycom) because you can talk up to 6 amateurs simultaneously (visit their Baycom Homepage for more information).

Later, we built a Baycom for our club and used the PC board designed by DU2BAD which measures 2" x 2" only.