What is the connection to the Winmor protocol here??
73 de LA5VNA Steinar Charles Brabham wrote: > The article mentions WinLink developer Rick Muething. > > Rick Muething installed the WinLink HF and VHF stuff in our area. > > That was when we first noticed the new "packet node" with no callsign and the > alias "OFF". - Illegal as you can get. > > The "OFF" node cleverly screws up TheNet nodes so that the NODES list will > not display for users. > > After some investigation, it was discovered that it was the TELPAC node Rick > Muething so kindly set up for us that was disrupting thePacket network in our > area. > > Anybody here think that it was all just a slight oversight, an error? - Or > does it sound more like something deliberate? > > After a public exposure followed by a few private threats, the "OFF" node > went off the air and Packet users here were once again able to enjoy the > network we built here. > > Yesterday while node surfing about 150 miles north of my location, I saw a > node list that had "OFF" listed on it - and the nodes to the north of that > one were mysteriously missing from the NODE list. > > Apparently there are potential legal issues about using more than one > node-hop in order to access and utilize a TELPAC station - so we'll just > eliminate those nasty Packet networks with their multiple node-hops, eh? > > Benito Mussolini would be proud! > > Hiram Percy Maxim, on the other hand, would be sad and disgusted to see such > behavior by amateurs. > > If you see a no-callsign "OFF" or "DISABLE" node in your area and can't > access a NODES list, now you know the who, what and why of it. > > Heads up. > > 73 DE Charles, N5PVL > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.9/1637 - Release Date: 27.08.2008 > 07:01 > > >
