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VK2TV > PACKET 12.11.08 03:29l 42 Lines 1511 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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>From: KA1EUI@N1XTB.#EMA.MA.USA.NOAM
>To : PACKET@WW
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>You know what would be fun? If we had HF BBS's like there were in the old
>days. There used to be HF BBS's (packet) but they were not that
>good....but then came along AMTOR BBS's that were fully compatible with
>packet. They were fantastic! We used to move a ton of traffic and it
>was done without the Internet. That is something that could be very
>important in times of trouble.
>PSK31 doesn't work because there is no "store and forward" and no error
>correcting. To have a good Full Service HF BBS that will store and
>forward with error correcting you need to use something like AMTOR. Now
>Pactor would work, but Pactor II and Pactor III are proprietary and
>expensive. Pactor I is available for free and that would work, but AMTOR
>is available for free...it works with HF capable TNC's and it's proven.
>Does this idea interest any of you guys?
>
>73 Jim
>KA1EUI
Been running HF packet for at least 8 years. I currently have 20m and 40m
ports. I used to also have 30m but when my user became SK I moved the radio
to 30m aprs.
I run 0k3 garden variety packet because the channel is also a user channel
and it supports multiple connects, something I believe is not possible with
Pactor.
I have a Pactor TNC here but have no inclination to use it.
Cheers ... Ray vk2tv
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