Report any broken links to ww2bsa@arrl.net Best viewed from a tablet, laptop or desktop. WW2BSA Research Papers The Incomplete Guide to Amateur Radio Packet Node Stacking by Chris Lance, WW2BSA ISBN: 978-1-7351520-7-3 Packet Map Links Nationwide Amateur Radio AX.25 Packet Directory Map by Chris Lance, WW2BSA Worldwide Amateur Radio AX.25 Packet Directory Map by Chris Lance, WW2BSA Delaware Packet Network Map by Brian Pasternak, KA3VSP BPQ Active Node List and Map by G8BPQ Packet Articles, Tutorial and Educational Links Introduction to Packet Radio by Greg Jones, WD5IVD. ** Beginners should read this great article! ** Packet Radio Lives on Through Open Source Software by Tom Karpiniec, VK7NTK Changing Transforming a Lenovo N22 Chromebook Into a Full Linux Laptop Understanding Monitored Packet Frames by Don Rotolo R2IRZ North East Digital Association - Four archived newsletters from 1993, 1994, 1997 and 1999. Packet Radio Groups, Clubs and Organizations 145.050 Packet Network - Located in California, Nevada, and Oregon: The VHF Ham Frequency at 145.050 is the home to an extensive NET/ROM Packet Radio Network. Amateur Radio Packet Hardware - Discussion for all packet hardware, and especially older unsupported equipment. AEA / Timewave, Baycom, PacComm, MFJ, Kantronics, TNC2, L.L. Grace, SCS and others. BPQ Network - Extremely popular, worldwide packet network. Established by John Wiseman G8BPQ/GM8BPQ and Ron Stordahl AE5E for BPQ32 - AX.25 NET/ROM compatible node software for Windows. BPQ for DOS and BPQ32 for Windows were written by John Wiseman G8BPQ/GM8BPQ and have a considerable following of appreciative users. BPQ32 includes BPQMailChat, a modern BBS and Chat system, and BPQAPRS, an APRS Mapping and Messaging application. BPQ32 offers three program interfaces. BPQ32 & LINBPQ User's Group Delaware Packet Network/DEPN - depn@groups.io is an email discussion group for the support and development of a RF- Linked AX.25 Amateur Radio Packet Network within the State of Delaware and surrounding areas. EastNet Packet Group - East Coast network. Primarily, but not limited to, URONode, FlexNet, and (X)Net stations. Facebook Groups Packet Radio Systems and Information - Over 3K members with an interest in packet radio, share their ideas and information about packet radio networks and their own personal packet stations. Packet/Digital Ham Radio Operators - 1.9K members. This group is for ham radio operators who enjoy operating packet radio, and other digital modes, such as CW, APRS, PSK-31, MT-63, D- Star, D-Rats, JT-65, FT-8, RTTY (2 big RTTY contests yearly), MFSK, Olivia, Amateur TV, Hellschriber, Throb, Domino, FLDigi, WSPR, and more. Packet is also available via RF, and Telnet in some cases. Minisink Valley Amateur RAdio Packet Network - AX.25 Packet Radio Network of NNJ and Eastern PA consisting of nodes, BBS and mailboxes. Network105 - Established in 1986. Group of worldwide packet ham radio operators who enjoy chatting over the hf 20 meter band on 14.105 MHz LSB. Groups.io Link North Carolina Packet/TARPN - Closed point- to-point packet network utilizing IL2P Protocol. Ohio Packet - Collaboration to coordinate amateur packet radio in Ohio. Packet Radio SYSOPS - A groups.io for packet radio sysops to share knowledge and strategies on routing traffic (be that mail or other) between systems. Membership is limited specifically to system operators. The Packet Radio Forwarding Network (TPRFN) - TPRFN is a specialized network that connects existing VHF/UHF packet radio systems and standalone nodes using High Frequency (HF) bands and modern digital modes like VARA HF, prioritizing Near Vertical Incidence Skywave (NVIS) links for reliable, RF-only communication without relying on internet (AXIP) connections. Groups.io Link Facebook Group Link Robust Packet Radio Group - The Robust Packet Radio Group is devoted to supporting and advancing the use of Robust Packet (RP) radio protocol and gear on the HF bands. This includes the following RP enabled modems: SCS Tracker DSP TNC, SCS PTC controllers that support RP. SCS DR-7400 & DR-7800 Dragon Pactor modems with RP enabled firmware, WinRPR software modem*, Teensy RPRTNC* and LINK500 RPR TNC (Teensy based). Groups.io Link RTTY/DIGITAL - Groups.io for Radio TeleType and all Digital Modes. W4BFB (MARS System) - Located at the Charlotte Red Cross building, this hub serves as a central packet and BBS node. It utilizes high-speed backbone connections to link traffic across the Carolinas on frequencies like 145.010 MHz and 446.500 MHz. Winlink Global Radio Email - Winlink is a network of amateur radio and authorized government stations that provide worldwide radio email using radio pathways where the internet is not present. Wisconsin Packet Radio - Their Groups.io seems to be geared towards hamfest announcementss instead of packet. Further investigation is pending. AMPRNET and Networking 44Net Comnnect Requesting a block - ARDC How to Troubleshoot Amprnet - encaptest N2NOV.AMPR.ORG - HAMGATE Portal HamGate System June 2022 NetRom Tutorial Proposed WWconvers Channel Scheme Digital Traffic Digital Traffic Network (DTN) Radio Relay INternation (RRI) ARRL Chapter 8: Operation of the Digital System EASTNET Packet Meeting Minutes and Videos 2021-06-19 EastNet Meeting Minutes 2021-09-09 EastNet Meeting Minutes 2021-12-11 EastNet Meeting Minutes 2022-03-10 EastNet Meeting Minutes 2022-06-18 EastNet Meeting Minutes 2022-09-08 EastNet Meeting Minutes (Missing videos will be posted pending final editing.) 2022-09 EastNet Meeting Video 2023-12-09 EastNet Meeting Video 2024-03-14 EastNet Meeting Video 2024-06-08 EastNet Meeting Video 2024-12-14 EastNet Meeting Video FlexNet and FlexNet32 What is FlexNet External link to a nice Slideshow on Packet and Flexnet An Introduction to FlexNet by Junter Jost DK7WJ “AX.25 Packet for Amateur Radio: FlexNet Node Configuration” by Chris Lance, WW2BSA (pending) - Setting up a FlexNet32 Node on a Windows DOS, XP, 7, 8 or 10 machines with Paxxon packet radio terminal program. The following files are referenced in the above document and will be uploaded shortly. FlexNet32 V. 3.3g 6PACK.ZIP Includes .bin image, .doc file in German and English and 6pack.exe. The last file is ONLY for DOS configuration. flxnod.dll - This is what makes FlexNet32 into a node. Paxxon - Terminal Program specifically designed to be used with FlexNet32. N1URO (SK) Server Packet Files TNOS.zip from N1URO Server Uronode Admin Scripts EPROMS: paccomm spirit-2 release 5.0 9.17.97 tiny2_300190_Siskin_pms3.0 tnc200_pmsV3.0 uidigi19b3 X1-J_Release_4 x1j4-src x1j4tnc2 N1URO (SK) Articles Hack to get Winlink 2000 on URONode and NetRom - by N1URO Linux ax25 and node configs explained - by N1URO ax25 start stop script - by N1URO Running an Amprnet Gateway Using NAT - by N1URO (X)NET Files XNet Handbook to the Node Software V1.20 Cica 1999 Installing (X)Net on Linux and Raspberry Pi Distros 2022-12-09 - by KP3FT Direwolf 1.6 installation for Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Raspberry, Debian - 2022 linuxnet.zip xnet_arm6.zip xnet_arm7.zip More Packet Files APRS APRS.fi APRS - HF APRS Using PSK63 ICOM IC-7100 to PK-232 Packet TNC Interface Cable by Bob, N4RFC Software - General. These software packages should work with most external TNCs. There is a variety of demos, shareware and freeware. Due to time, I haven’t listed or tested them all. G8BPQ JNOS WinPack - This is the best packet program out there if you are running Windows 95 and above. Even runs under Vista. Easy to configure and use. XPWARE - The author, Gary KF7XP has discontinued support. He has generously placed the software in public domain. I have used this with a PK-232 successfully. DOS and XP versions. Zipped to include all TNC and registration files. Sound Card Modems/Software Tigertronics SignaLink West Mountain Radio RIGblaster UZ7HO DireWolf Terminal Node Controllers (TNC) Legacy/Out of Production Click the TNC model for a picture. Software is DOS unless otherwise noted. Not a complete list. Not all tested. Proceed at your own risk. It’s so easy to pick up a computer with a DB9 serial port, wire up a cable to a TNC, boot up to DOS 6.22 or FreeDOS and run some packet software! AEA PK-64 PakRatt manual AEA PK-80 manual Setup Msg AEA PK-87 manual AEA PK-88 manual Schematics PK-88 AEA History of the PK-232 AEA PK-232 manual Tech Manual PK-232 AEA PK-232MBX manual AEA PK-900 manual XPDUAL (See XPWARE under software) BayCom Manual in config file V1.6 MultiUser Baycom Coastal Works TNC-X manual Schematics Connections 1 Connections 2 Kantronics 9612+ manual Rev G Kantronics KWM-1200/9612+ Tigertronics Link to BayPac Modems/Software Timewave PK-12 manual Timewave PK-96 manual Timewave PK-232SC manual Timewave DSP-232+ manual Terminal Node Controllers (TNC) In Production Kantronics KPC-3XE 1MB manual Brochure Kantronics 9612XE manual Kantronics KPC-3+512 manual Rev H Katronics KAM-XL manual Brochure Pinouts Kantronics MT1200 OpenModem (Out of stock) Info