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VK2TV > PAKET 23.03.09 02:17l 103 Lines 4285 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: Another Nail in the Coffin
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To : PAKET@WW
> From : G7SRI
> To : PAKET@WW
> Type/status : B$
> Date/time : 23-Mar 05:00
> BID (MID) : A51561G7SRI
> Message # : 317795
> Title : Re: Another Nail in the Coffin
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> Path: !GB7LDI!ZL2BAU!GB7ESX!GB7SYP!GB7NND!
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> From: G7SRI@GB7NND.#23.GBR.EU
> To : PAKET@WW
>
> [T:1623. D:22/03/09 #:1561 N:Geoff B:GB7NND {IO93JG, Clowne}]
>
> Adam
> Had 'em (Claimed to be the shortest poem)
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I agree wholeheartedly with the comments mad by W2AIQ made recently about
> the fall in use of RF on packet. It's a great shame that the rf network
> for packet has fallen into the present state. Whilst the internet has
> speeded up the transfer of packet bulletins between one BBS and another,
> it simply is not radio.
>
> Likewise, the use of 'Echolink' can and sometimes is accomplished without
> the use of a radio at all. IRLP is slightly different because in the case
> I have come across the person at each end is using a radio to connect
> through an RF gateway or IRLP linked repeater network, but often, when I
> have listened on such links the audio quality has been very poor and
> sometimes so badly effected by interference that it was hardly worth
> attempting a conversation.
>
> I refuse to have any internet connection in my home, I tried it once quite
> a few years ago and was not impressed by it. The added risk, in spite of
> anti virus software, of a virus getting through the protection is a
> further reason not to bother with it. If the packet network is reduced to
> a state where it is no longer viable to use my local BBS without resorting
> to an internet connection then I shall simply do what a lot more Radio
> Amateurs have already done and stop using the mode.
>
> I appreciate the work done by sysops that have tried to keep the mode
> running, in particular the two men who operate GB7NND and GB7SYP, both of
> which I can access by Radio. I didn't become a radio amateur in order to
> use internet, I did it because I want to use RADIO and explore some of the
> things it has to offer, including a great deal of help I have had from
> other radio enthusiasts. I hope, that in some way, I have also been able
> to help others.
>
>
> 73 from Geoff, G7SRI @ GB7NND.#23.GBR.EU
>
> Message timed: 16:22 on 22-Mar-2009
> Message sent using WinPack V6.80 and radio
> Yes Folks, real RF energy used here.
>
> Don't ask me, I have random access memory.
>
>
> --- End of messsage #317795 to PAKET from G7SRI ---
>
Hello Geoff,
With 5 radio ports (2 x 2m, 1 x 70cm, 1 x 40m 1 x 20m) for the BBS and 2
more (1 x 2m & 1 x 30m) for APRS, I think I easily fall into the category
of "radio BBS". I'm also in the process of building up a remote node that
will have a 70cm 9k6 link and a local 2m port - more radios.
I have one 2m user and I forward to a bbs on a second 2m frequency, or via
a UHF link to the remaining isolated remnant of our UHF backbone. It's
almost one user per radio on VHF/UHF. I do better on 40m with 2 BBS's and
a handful of users, some regular and some irregular.
However, if not for the internet I would have been forced to close the BBS
years ago. Why, you ask? There is no longer a backbone in this part of the
country and as a result I am isolated from any VHF/UHF networks by
hundreds of kilometres (450km to Brisbane and 350km to Newcastle). I still
forward on 40m with 2 BBS's and manage to shift a reasonable amount of
traffic, depending on the mood of Mother Nature. But 40m 0k3 isn't able to
handle all the traffic that is available and that's where my internet
links come into play.
Of course I'd like to be RF only, but that is simply impossible now. I
also accomodate a small handful of amateurs who can no longer erect
antennas due to a variety of reasons. They may not be actively using radio
but they are still actively involved with their amateur friends, a point
that shouldn't be overlooked.
I'm lucky. I'm on 25 acres in a rural setting and if I want another
antenna, I go out and erect it. If I want another tower, I just erect it
without asking a soul for permission. Amateurs as fortunate as me in that
regard are a diminishing number, and one day I'll be forced to be one of
them.
Cheers ... Ray vk2tv
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