Hi John. Yes! HF packet is still very much in use, at least in the USA and Canada. We call ourselves Network 105 and we had a recent article in QST magazine.
Our frequency is 14103.2 mark, 14103.4 space. To use a PK-232 set the following parameters: HBAUD: 300 PACLEN: 60 MAXFRAME: 1 FRACK: 5 DWAIT: 0 SLOTTIME: 10 PERSIST: 63 PPERSIST: ON VHF: OFF WIDE: OFF We use the network for ragchewing and personal mailboxes mainly. We have approximately 35 nodes and you are welcome to check out our yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/network105/ 73 Sholto K7TMG --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, John Becker <w0...@...> wrote: > > I have been listening to the HF bands for packet > over the last few days not hearing any. > > Is it still in us? > > I have 2 PK-232's not in use for sometime now and > will try to sell, give away or donate to the trash system. > > John, W0JAB >
