Patrick,
Sholto is the one who "twisted" my arm to revisit HF Packet. Net 105 is
a remarkable network and one can only imagine how many messages have
been processed since the 1980s'; all on a shared channel with a
relatively narrow mode.
I've used the network to connect to Sholto when there is no propagation
between us. I can log into his packet mailbox and leave him a message
thanks to magic of digipeating.
Your program does a wonderful job on HF packet.
Tony -K2MO
On 5/13/2010 4:35 PM, Patrick Lindecker wrote:
Hello to all,
About this net, I received an intyeresting mail from Sholto:
73
Patrick
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I have a little explanation for the HF packet network. I hope it helps:-
First see the attached map. It shows most of the important nodes on
"Network 105".
The parameters for HF are:
MARK: 14103.42 KHz
SPACE: 14103.22 KHz
HBAUD: 300
PACLEN: 60
FRACK: 5
MAXFRAME: 1
SSID's used are:-
Absent: Direct QSO
-1: Mail drop
-2: Gateway digipeater
-7: Node
-10: Winlink 2000 RMS
The nodes are used to hop around the network instead of digipeating
which is inefficient. ACK frames are handled by node-node connections
rather than stations themselves.
For instance. If I want to talk to Burt, VE1AMA I could first connect
to W0TX-7 in Colorado. When connected I would see this:-
###CONNECTED TO NODE W0TX-7(W0TX) CHANNEL A
Denver Radio Club 145.05<>14.105 (www.w0tx.org)
ENTER COMMAND: B,C,J,N,X, or Help ?
The commands on this node mean:
B - BYE
C - CONNECT TO ANOTHER STATION
J - SHOW THE HEARD LIST (FROM W0TX)
X - CONNECT TO ANOTHER STATION ON SECONDARY PORT (OFTEN VHF)
Now I might be able to reach VE1AMA-7 from this node but perhaps
not... so I will connect to another node first K9VSO-7
so I type "c k9vso-7"
What I see is this:
###LINK MADE
###CONNECTED TO NODE K9VSO-7(K9VSO) CHANNEL A
KB9SOZ Monroe Center, Adams Co., Wi
Sysop: Jim K9VSO
ENTER COMMAND: B,C,J,N,X, or Help ?
so now I type "c ve1ama-7"
and what I see is:
###LINK MADE
[TNOS-3.01a1-BFHIMW$]
>
I have now made it to VE1AMA-7 which is a TNOS node and BBS.
I could do this with reduced power because I am relying on the other
nodes to make the connection. As long as I could get into a node close
to me then I can reach the world literally because VE1AMA-7 (and some
other nodes) have AMPRNet / telnet links to Europe, Australia, Asia
etc.
>From the VE1AMA-7 node I can type a command "ports" which means show
me a listing of your "ports"
Available ports:
alw : alw : internet link - wa7v-8
itt : itt : internet link - i6qpl-7
hou : hou : internet link - vdagw
noh : noh : internet link - k8ee
har : HAR : internet link - ve2har-7
con : con : internet link - ve3con
pma : pma : internet link - va3pma-7
mos : mos : internet link - ka0mos-7
ca : ca : amprnet link - kd6mtu
oha : oha : internet link - k8khw
gat : gat : internet link - ve2uqh-6
pkt : pkt : internet link - ve2pkt-4
nsb : nsb : internet link - ve1fyi-7
ppr : ppr : internet link - ve1ppr-7
zda : zda : internet link - ve3zda-7
uhf : uhf : UHF BackBONE
hf : hf : * NETWORK 105 *
vhf : vhf : 2m LAN Local Network
Patrick, you can see there is a port called HF. If you were to telnet
directly to telnet://ve1ama.ampr.org/ <telnet://ve1ama.ampr.org/> and
log in with your callsign
then you could use Burt's HF port just the same as if you had
connected by
RF.
So to connect to K9VSO-7 you would type "c hf k9vso-7" and now you
would be on 20m HF in the USA!.
Here is another example. There is a node called "AURORA" which I can
reach first via HF and then VHF through W0TX-7. I use the command "X"
to mean connect to a station on a VHF port. My comments appear in
[....]
c w0tx-7
[ first I connect to W0TX-7 in Colorado via HF]
:*** CONNECTED to W0TX-7
###CONNECTED TO NODE W0TX-7(W0TX) CHANNEL B
Denver Radio Club 145.05<>14.105 (www.w0tx.org)
ENTER COMMAND: B,C,J,N,X, or Help ?
x aurora
[connect to AURORA via W0TX-7's VHF port]
###LINK MADE
Welcome to KB8DM's Packet Switch.
Type ? for a list of available commands.
n
AURORA:KB8DM-5} Nodes:
ASCVI:VA3CVI-2 AURBBS:KB8DM AURCHT:KB8DM-12 AURNOD:KB8DM-13
BBS:N9LYA BBSCVI:VA3CVI-1 BBSJOA:N4JOA-1 BBSMPF:VE1MPF
BBSUIL:VE3UIL-3 BPQ:GM8BPQ-2 BPQBBS:G8BPQ BPQCHT:G8BPQ-4
BULLHD:9Y4PJ-7 CANBBS:K2CAN-4 CANCHT:K2CAN-5 CHAT:VE9MPF-2
CHATPJ:9Y4PJ-13 CHTMPF:VE9MPF-11 CO105:KB0MQQ-7 DABBBS:N4ZKF-4
DABDXC:N4ZKF-2 DABFLA:N4ZKF-5 DEVBBS:GB7COW-1 DEVCHT:GB7COW-11
DVRCO:N4ATA-7 DX:GB7RDX DX:K9BBS-5 DXAR:N9PMO-6
DXC:VE9SC DXCC:N9PMO-4 DXZKF:N4ZKF FBB:K9BBS
FGRDX:K2CAN-2 FGRLKS:K2CAN-3 HAMMER:KC8GKF ILDIA:N9ZZK-5
IN105:N9LYA-7 INCHAT:K9BBS-14 JOABBS:N4JOA JOABPQ:N4JOA-3
JOACHT:N4JOA-11 LDIBBS:GB7LDI MIMUSK:KC8GKF-2 MNBPQ:N5IN-14
MNBPQ1:N5IN-13 MNDX:N5IN MNDX1:N5IN-1 MNDX2:N5IN-2
MNQBBS:N5IN-3 MNQCHT:N5IN-6 MOBRA:KB0WSA-6 MPFMTN:VE9MPF-7
NDEVON:GB7COW-5 PJBBS:9Y4PJ PJBBS2:9Y4PJ-2 PMOBBS:N9PMO-1
PMOCHT:N9PMO-11 RMS:N9PMO-10 RMS:K9BBS-10 RMS:VE9SC-10
SFALLS:VE3UIL-7 SFSBBS:VE3UIL-1 SFSCHT:VE3UIL-9 SFSDX:VE3UIL-5
SFSRMS:VE3UIL-10 SINC:N7ZEF-1 SWAR:G3LDI WIBBS:N9PMO
WIRAC:N9PMO-2 WSABBS:KB0WSA-4 WSARMS:KB0WSA-5 WYO:N7ZEF-4
[now I try a UK node via AMPRNet]
c ldibbs
AURORA:KB8DM-5} Connected to LDIBBS:GB7LDI
Greetings! This is the G3LDI/SWAR Gateway:
Type BBS to access GB7LDI. Type DX to access GB7RDX Cluster.
+++ Type NARC when in the BBS to see the Club Programme +++
SWAR:G3LDI} BBS DX CONNECT BYE INFO NODES ROUTES PORTS USERS MHEARD
[FBB-7.01b-ABFHMRX$]
GB7LDI BBS, QTHJOO2ON.
Hello Sholto, you are now on channel 1.
There are 977 active messages, 31894 is last message and
31850 is the last you have listed.
Assigned channels:
Ch. 1 (BPQ) : K7TMG3/10 18:05
** TYPE ASSIST FOR A LIST OF IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE HELP FILES **
(0) GB7LDI BBS (H for help) >
etc....etc....
It is not easy to understand at first but it is a massive network and
a lot of fun. I have had some nice QSOs with hams from Russia, Europe
and South America I could not have heard on HF directly.
73
Sholto
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony" <d...@optonline.net <mailto:DXDX%40optonline.net>>
To: <digitalradio@yahoogroups.com <mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com>>
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 8:32 PM
Subject: [digitalradio] Apologies --- Network 105 / Multipsk
> All,
>
> Re: [digitalradio] Network 105 and Multipsk
>
> Sorry about my last post - it wasn't intended for the reflector.
>
> Tony -K2MO
>
>
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>
> http://www.obriensweb.com/digispotter.html
<http://www.obriensweb.com/digispotter.html>
> Chat, Skeds, and "spots" all in one (resize to suit)Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
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