Ham radio resource links ...
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Packet Radio:
TAPR - Web page of the Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Corporation, a nonprofit national group.
NEDA - The North East Digital Association home page; provides an excellent resource for amateur radio packet networking and node parameter settings, etc.
PEST - Packet Experimenters Society of Texoma (Texas). Charles Brabham (N5PVL) has put together an interesting web site devoted to getting hams to participate more in the development of packet networks vice just using them. Nice articles and links!
SEDAN - Southeastern Emergency Digital Association Networks. Detailed overview of the SEDAN packet network is provided along with numerous equipment modification files and detailed plans to build digital networks.
TPRS - Texas Packet Radio Society. Although this site is not updated very frequently, it still provides a very good look at some of the packet radio networks located in the south central area of the US.S. This group has very similar goals to DMARC.
T-MARC - This is the web home page of The Middle Atlantic FM and Repeater Council, a Washington DC-based organization that is jointly working with DMARC to provide band planning services for this area of the country.
Radio-TNC Wiring - Here's a comprehensive collection of wiring diagrams for hooking just about any commonly-used VHF amateur radio transceiver and packet TNC together. Web page courtesy of Gloria Medcalf (KA5ZTX).
Introduction to Packet Radio - This link takes you to WB9LOZ's web site. Larry Kenney has written an excellent 20-part guide to packet radio that's a "must read" for folks just starting out with this mode. This guide is presented in HTML format and Larry keeps the latest, updated version here.
Virginia ARES site - This is the State of Virginia Amateur Radio Emergency Services and RACES site. For the latest version of KC4ASF's Virginia Node/BBS list, look in the "Data Library" section of this web page.
Ham Radio articles de KA5ZTX - Some interesting and informational articles on various digital topics - Learn something today!
Packet Radio in the Ottawa (Canada) area - Nice general interest digital page.
Glossary of Packet Terms - Just what it says... This is Burt Lang's (VE2BMQ) list explaining what all those strange terms mean - a good resource for newcomers to the digital scene.
Digital Modes - Here's a listing describing the various types of digital communications modes - courtesy of the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters.
Packet Radio Manual - The Lincoln (Nebraska) Amateur Radio Club's Packet Radio Manual.
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Packet Radio Software:
F6FBB Packet BBS - Jean Paul's BBS Software Site - Get the latest F6FBB software & documentation here.
WINPACK Software - This site, provided by Nigel, G0RRW in England, provides the latest Winpack packet user software (Version 6.1 main program and upgrades).
WINPACK Aussie Page - More software and utilities for the WinPack packet system (from Austrialia).
JNOS Development Site Page - Mark Marston's excellent site containing complete data on JNOS (includes a variety of downloadable "plug & play" programs for JNOS & Baycom).
TNOS Web Page - TNOS (Tampa Network Operating System) is a KA9Q compatible multi-tasking TCP/IP environment designed for use with Amateur Radio. Brian Lantz (KO4KS) hosts the latest information and software for TNOS at this site.
TPK Aussie Page - TPK Upgrades and Utilities for the TPK packet system (from Austrialia).
FlexNet Node Software - This is the genuine FlexNet Homepage (in Darmstadt, Germany) - click here for the latest software and documentation for FlexNet.
FlexNet Node Software - At this French Internet site, you can find the latest version of FlexNet node software from the German team... the benefit is that you can also find english version documentation here that's not available from the German developers.
ROSE - Home page for the Rose (RATS Open System Environment) X.25 packet switch software.
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High Speed Packet Radio Modifications/Networking Data:
High Speed Packet Radio - This is Barry McLarnon's (VE3JF) resource listing of equipment options for Medium and High-Speed Packet Radio operations. A must read article!
N6GN's Higher Speed Packet Page - N6GN's data on high speed amateur radio digital networks.
Motorola MAXAR Modifications for 9600 baud packet - Dave Ewaldz's fine web pages with his detailed notes accumulated over the years describing the steps necessary to modify the Motorola Maxar/Moxy/Flexar series UHF radios for 9600 baud packet use.
Motorola radio information - Ryan Tourge (N2YQT) up in New York has put together a number of web pages about Motorola products that may prove helpful in getting those higher speed radios working. If you need part numbers for Motorola radios and accessories, pin-outs, programming tips and such, this is the site to go to!
GE Mastr II Repeater Mods - Monte Bateman (WB5RZX) has put together some technical information on GE Mastr II radios. It includes a section on making audio/packet radio modifications to use this radio for digital applications.
Convert a GE Mastr II in to Repeater Service - More data on the GE Mastr II radio - includes modification and alignment data.
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Automatic Position Reporting System (APRS):
APRS - Bob Bruninga (author of the APRS software) has put together this excellent site which has examples of the usefulness of APRS and links to "live" displays of various objects such as boats, aircraft and satellites.
MacAPRS - There's always a Macintosh person in the room! Keith Sproul listened to Bob's APRS talk a few years ago in New Jersey and immediately began looking at using Mac's to do the APRS functions. Keith is the author of the MacAPRS software which is discussed in great detail at this web site.
APRS SIG Page - This Special Interest Group web page, dedicated to using packet radio with APRS software for position finding, is sponsored by the Clear Lake (Texas) Amateur Radio Club.
APRS Software/Documentation - Here's a site with much of the latest APRS software and some documentation if you want to learn more about this specialty mode.
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DX Cluster Data:
DX Packet Cluster WebNet - Very nicely formatted site with tutorials, files and links to key DX Cluster networks available via TELNET on the Internet.
Packet Cluster Reflector - Click here to get to the page where you can subscribe to the packet cluster SYSOPS mailing list reflector.
TELNET access to DX packet clusters - courtesy of W2NA/V31DX, this site provides a brief cluster tutorial (with list of user commands) and a clickable listing of public (and private) DX Clusters available by TELNET on the Internet.
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