Date: Sat, 30 Oct 93 04:30:28 PDT From: Ham-Digital Mailing List and Newsgroup Errors-To: Ham-Digital-Errors@UCSD.Edu Reply-To: Ham-Digital@UCSD.Edu Precedence: Bulk Subject: Ham-Digital Digest V93 #93 To: Ham-Digital Ham-Digital Digest Sat, 30 Oct 93 Volume 93 : Issue 93 Today's Topics: Interesting things done with Packet Radio? RTTY v. AMTOR v. PACTOR -- dumb question Various flavors of TCP/IP Send Replies or notes for publication to: Send subscription requests to: Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu. Archives of past issues of the Ham-Digital Digest are available (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/ham-digital". We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 29 Oct 1993 14:53:33 GMT From: nntp.ucsb.edu!mustang.mst6.lanl.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!jms@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Interesting things done with Packet Radio? To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu jeffrey.n.jones (jeffj@cbnewsm.cb.att.com) wrote: : I am wondering if any other things are done with Packet Radio besides : working BBS's, doing email and keyboard chats. What else are hams doing : with this wondrous beast? 73! : Jeff The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) here has used packet for clustering and data base lookup. We have used a program called 'ARES Data' with several public service events (training for us) to keep track of participants returning to the start point. It's a nice data base that can be configured different ways. We also have a packet cluster set up (the DX cluster software with the DX functions shut off) that is on the air 24 hours a day. It's handy for communication between key people during events (emergencies, exercises or routine public service events). So that's what we're doing in addition to the BBSs, email and keyboard chats. 73...Mike K0TER ------------------------------ Date: 29 Oct 1993 20:23:01 GMT From: sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!bradley.bradley.edu!augustana.edu!gganderson@network.ucsd.edu Subject: RTTY v. AMTOR v. PACTOR -- dumb question To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu Hey gang, let me prove my ignorance. I know what RTTY is, as I decode it regularly from shortwave weather broadcasts. Is AMTOR just the narrower version (170 hz versus 850 hz) of RTTY, or is it something different? And what now is PACTOR? I just heard about it in the Sept QST, where a gentleman has an article, with pictures, talking about linking back home from the Pacific Ocean using PACTOR. The article does not, however, explain what PACTOR is. (I do not have a copy yet of the ARRL Handbook, where I am sure this is explained; just newly licensed and barely started on my reading list.) Thanks for the Information. Hope I didn't offend anyone on this list for asking such a basic question. Kevin Anderson, KB9IUA Augustana College, Rock Island Illinois gganderson@augustana.edu * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Kevin L. Anderson, Geography Dept., Augustana College Rock Island, Illinois 61201 USA phone: (309) 794-7325 e-mail: gganderson@augustana.edu or kla@helios.augustana.edu * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1993 14:19:23 GMT From: sdd.hp.com!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!caen!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!eng.ufl.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!root44!praxis!mikec@decwrl.dec.com Subject: Various flavors of TCP/IP To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu >>>>> Regarding Re: Various flavors of TCP/IP; bbattles@arrl.org (Brian Battles WS1O) adds: In article <2520@arrl.org> bbattles@arrl.org (Brian Battles WS1O) writes: Brian> CELLIS%BROCKVMA.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU writes: >> What is the difference in the various flavors of TCP/IP? I have no >> interest in being a PBBS, Digipeater, Internet Gateway, etc, I would >> just like to run as a TCP/IP node. What is the difference between JNOS, >> NOS, NET, PA0GRI, KA9Q, etc? Brian> Well, here's how I've always seen it: If all you want to be is an end-user, there really is only one NOS for that purpose - WNOS. Also available at ucsd.edu in hamradio/packet/tcpip/wnos/. Nothing can touch it for a convenient and comfortable user interface. 73, Mike (G6DHU) ------------------------------ End of Ham-Digital Digest V93 #93 ****************************** ******************************