Date: Sat, 4 Dec 93 04:30:18 PST 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 #135 To: Ham-Digital Ham-Digital Digest Sat, 4 Dec 93 Volume 93 : Issue 135 Today's Topics: ATM on Amateur Radio? FT 2700 RH and 9600 baud Help - Packet address? KPC3 'busy' PK-88 vs KPC-3 vs DPK-2 - Comments? Storno 5114s conversion TEKK Radios 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: Wed, 1 Dec 1993 13:28:11 GMT From: swrinde!emory!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!pavo.csi.cam.ac.uk!cam-orl.co.uk!mda@network.ucsd.edu Subject: ATM on Amateur Radio? To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu ATM cells are 53 bytes long. Five bytes are used for the header and the other 48 for data. An organization called the ATM Forum has been set up by interested commercial and academic parties to define some standards. -- Mike Addlesee G1TFK ------------------------------ Date: 2 Dec 1993 11:40:54 +0100 From: ghost.dsi.unimi.it!ghost.dsi.unimi.it!not-for-mail@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu Subject: FT 2700 RH and 9600 baud To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu Who knows how to modify a Yaesu FT 2700 RH to work with 9600 baud modems ? Thanks in advance. Domenico IW2JKO. -- ################################################################ # Domenico Romano - # # Department of Computer Science - University of Milan - Italy # ################################################################ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1993 19:55:46 GMT From: nntp.ucsb.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!news.den.mmc.com!duffy.den.mmc.com!user@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Help - Packet address? To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu Hello. I'm not a Ham, and have never been on this group before, but I was directed here after asking a question in another forum... I don't really know anything about the ham world, or packet radio, but I've been given the "packet radio address" of an acquaintance abroad. It looks a lot to me like a normal email address, but sending email doesn't seem to quite work. After talking to a few people, I've been told that it is possible to send mail to this address, but I have to go through some hoops to do it. Does anybody know what those hoops might be? The address I was given is 2E0AFP@GB7MAD.#24.GBR.EU. Thanks for any help or pointers! -- ... Rick duffy@pogo.den.mmc.com rduffy@nyx.cs.du.edu ------------------------------ Date: 3 Dec 93 23:07:05 GMT From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu Subject: KPC3 'busy' To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu Try turning the command MONITOR OFF before turning off the computer. Works for me in a non-high level packet usage. I've been told the buffer in the TNC fills up otherwise and can't send it to the puter so sends the busy signal on connect requests. de W8SQY ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1993 20:29:37 GMT From: ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!uunet.ca!lhaven.UUmh.Ab.Ca!combdyn!lawrence@network.ucsd.edu Subject: PK-88 vs KPC-3 vs DPK-2 - Comments? To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu In article djenkins@wang.com (Dave Jenkins) writes: >I am trying to decide between asking for a PK-88, KPC-3 or DPK-2. Some of >the relative merits that I know of include: > >KPC-3: L 1 Y Y Y Y $119.95 > ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ > | | | | | | | > | | | | | | +------- HRO Price > | | | | | | > | | | | | +--------- Open squelch operation > | | | | +------------ TNC-2 Compatible > | | | +--------------- PBBS > | | +------------------ WEFAX > | +--------------------- Kiss Mode > +------------------------ 12 Operation (L = Low power consumption) > >1) The guy at HRO said it does KISS Mode but it didn't say in the catalog. >2) "100% firmware compatability with TAPR TNC-2" > "* TNC-2 Compatible * Runs all TNC-2proms" >3) $31.95 optional board > I own a KPC3, I went with the advice to get the cheapest TNC I could find... and at the time it was. The Open Squelch operation is Software Carrier Detect.....which isn't recommended if to use it in low power consumption mode....since the processor is constantly polling the audio to check for a valid signal. The option board for the DPK-2 is probably hardware that does carrier detect, which would probably draw less power. The KPC-3 is maybe command set compatible, but it is not firmware compatible to TNC-2. Its proprietary stuff from Kantronics. Yes, the KPC3 has KISS, I run my in that mode all the time now that I'm addicted to NOS. I'll probably continue to run it this way when I start running a BBS (I plan to run a BPQ switch so I can still run NOS with the BBS). -- --EMAIL-----------------------------PHONE-----------FAX------------ | WORK: lawrence@combdyn.com | (403)529-2162 | (403)529-2516 | CallSign | HOME: dreamer@lhaven.uumh.ab.ca | (403)526-6019 | (403)529-5102 | VE6LKC ------------------------------------------------------------------- disclamer = (working_for && !representing) + (Combustion Dynamics Ltd.); ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1993 13:28:23 +0000 From: swrinde!emory!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!demon!fantom.demon.co.uk!dave@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Storno 5114s conversion To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu Hello, I am about to convert a Storno 5114s ex PMR transceiver to 2m, and wondered if anyone has any tips/information that may be of use to me during the conversion. Also, the Storno I have has been modified for data use (it has no microphone or speaker) so any information on this would also be of great use to me. If anyone has circuit diagrams or anything similar I would gladly pay for postage/photocopying costs. Thank you in advance, Dave -- David J. Phelps dave@fantom.demon.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1993 01:11:00 GMT From: darwin.sura.net!udel!news.sprintlink.net!nic.hookup.net!news.kei.com!eff!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!apple.com!amd!netcomsv!netcom.com!fmitch@seismo.css.gov Subject: TEKK Radios To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu kb4lfh@vnet.ibm.com wrote: : Can anyone tell me about the TEKK 440 based Radios? I know they : are only 2watts, but are they good performers? Any information : will be greatly appreciated. : 73, Mike KB4LFH : ==================================== : KB4LFH @ VNET.IBM.COM : ==================================== hi mike... the tekk's work great! we are using one with a 20 watt brick for our main 9600 baud backbone node on 446.100... for the price, you can't go wrong... we have ordered 5 more to complete our backbone... we probably will use tthe power amps out of some old commercial gear for a little higher power... the tekk expert is geoff, kd4goe, he is on the 'net and his 'net address is geoffp@netcom.com cul... mitch, wa4osr -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fmitch@netcom.com Felton "Mitch" Mitchell, WA4OSR in Mobile, Alabama USA 205-342-7259 home, 205-476-4100 work, 205-476-0465 FAX co-sysop for W4IAX bbs running fbb ... sysop for WA4OSR DXCluster in Mobile.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ End of Ham-Digital Digest V93 #135 ****************************** ******************************