--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Howard Z." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2m/70cm D-star radios can communicate with each other without a > repeater. These radios can send audio and slow speed data > Another option is 1200 baud packet. I have not played with this very I played with 1200 baud packet ALOT in the early 90s in SE wisconsin. Sounds like you want an external TNC like a KPC-3 http://www.kantronics.com/products/kpc3.html About the size of a paperback book, cheaper than a d-star module, draws 30 mA (thats thirty mA, not three hundred mA). Folks connect to n9nfb-1 to talk to the internal mailbox (or connect via the built in "ka-"node thru the network if out of direct simplex range). When they leave you an email the far right LED "mail" illuminates. No need leave the laptop connected and running a certain program 24x7, perfectly OK to do something else until you see the little "mail" indicator on the TNC. Good luck finding a laptop that draws less than 30 mA while running a soundcard modem program. 73 de Vince N9NFB
