CONCLUSION

Introduction to Packet Radio Part 20.

In the previous 19 parts of this series, I have attempted to cover all of the basics of packet radio - from setting up your TNC and making your first QSO, to using digipeaters, the packet node network, bulletin board systems and mailboxes. Many of the TNC commands have been explained, including the best settings for normal use, I've introduced you to TCP/IP and I've offered some suggestions that should make it easier and more enjoyable for you to use packet radio.

Now that you have the basics, you might want to continue with your study by investigating some of the other facets of packet radio. There are several programs available that we haven't covered yet in this series that you might find interesting. There's the Packet Cluster software used by the DX Spot-ting Network, the NOS packages for TCP-IP, Tex-Net, Rose, Conference Bridging, etc. PAC-SAT, the packet satellite program, is now growing in popularity as more satellites carrying packet radio equipment are released.

If you have any comments on this "Introduction to Packet" series, want to suggest new topics for inclusion in future articles, or want to correct or update any of the information contained in the series, please send me a packet message. I'd love to hear from you and your comments would be very much appreciated. I hope that you've found the series to be informative and helpful in making packet radio more enjoyable for you.

Enjoy!


This series was origninally written in 1988 by Larry Kenney, WB9LOZ and the latest edition of the series is available in its entirety at this website www.choisser.com/packet

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