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DT:Friday,June 12th.,2009 @0844hrs EST
Hello Trevor and all on the last man standing ....
It is refreshing to hear a sysop, speak of the problems sysops
face in keeping the RF packet side going for ZERO users.
Trevor covered many things, that even I can relate to as an ex-syop
of a landline BBS system, connected to a network. Electric power
wasted as it ambles along day after day with nothing happening., As
well add the investment of the sysop in his equipment to even have
a BBS for all is consideration, because if it goes down, ZERO users
don't care. They're on the Internet, or telnet to their BBS.
Try running a node. Not from the home, the best node as indicated
by Trevor were on commerical sites, or apartments rooftops until
there was money seen to be made, and oh yeah did the rents ever
increase, and rent agreement clauses demanded this and that to
the point they could not be afforded. Also some choice sites
simply told Amateur Radio tenants they were not allowed back
after the agreement ranout.
Thanks Trevor for saying so many things that are bang on.
Where I am, here at the lake, I am RF to the local BBS between
Lake Simcoe, and Toronto. 30miles to the south. I also leave
my TNC online for as long as I can, incase someone needs to
digipeat via me to the BBS, something which was needed, as
I had "1" user up here who could not reach there due to antenna
restrictions, or whatever. How mnay others I have not a clue
but I know for sure the usage of VE3WBZ as a digipeater is
far and inbetween when it is and isn't ...while they all
clamour for the Internet.
The Internet destroyed the landline BBS systems here 30
died over night in 1995 when it arrived here, and I closed
in 2005 after a few years of ZERO usage. The same can
be said for the packet BBSes here VE3FJB, VE3YRA BBSes
that closed... as I know.. " I was the last user of them."
Now .... Readers! What are we going to do? I try to get on
the air and will when my HF is restored after a year and try
get folks interested again ....I think the packet radio BBS
and all is a great mode of Amateur Radio.
Someone said ...who will setup this and that ... easy said
when some , like myself have not a clue as to how to get
a BBS setup and on the packet network. Setup a NODE or
have the TNC left on ....OK. No problem ... but WE all
must get others to give it all a try, sort of the reason
for the hobby ...RF...not letting your pinkies do the
Internet thing.
I even had an offer for using or setting up my HF radio for
Packet on HF...forwarding and such ....BUT there too not a
clue. So a user I have remained for a few years, and too
bad, but then I too as many sysops saw this all coming and
the users disappearing.
Onto the next stage .....
ttfn
Peter VE3WBZ
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