Hello Mark, That is good news to me that there is a LinuxRMS gateway available now. I still have some packet hardware, but have not had it up in years. Now most any computer has enough horsepower to do that without the external hardware and do a decent job.
Good to hear from Rob, Been a long time since I had the chance to talk to him. If either of us could get away for a bit David would certainly appreciate a hand on getting the RMS gateway up again. Having it on something other than Windows would certainly be a welcome change. Dave On Fri, 2014-03-28 at 13:15 -0500, Mark J. Bailey wrote: > Yeah, Dave, but what I think I'm about to attempt is the Linux-based "second > class cousin" to Winlink (at least to some of the hardcore windows-only > users in the Winlink community), LinuxRMS: > http://download.prgm.org/dl5di-soft/rms-gateway/ > > This is one reason I was sorry to hear Doug had moved as I think he had the > only 2m, 1200 baud node on in the area. I think it was on 145.010. But there > may be other access points. I also picked up a 9600baud G3RUH daughterboard > modem card for my MFJ-1278 packet terminal node controller at a hamfest a > couple of years back, so if I got some 440mhz crystals for that old, but > working TEKK radio from back in the day, I could connect on 440 MHz as well > at 9600 baud. I've been overhauling the gear here of late. > > By the way, heard from Bob Reineri (K7RJR) after many years of hiatus. He > said to tell you hello! He lives in Central Oregon now. > > -----Original Message----- > From: nlug-talk@googlegroups.com [mailto:nlug-talk@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of David R. Wilson > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 1:01 PM > To: nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: [nlug] Red Hat Reveals CentOS Plans > > Also used for APRS: > > http://aprs.fi/#!lat=36.14150&lng=-86.85990 > > That gives position, altitude and can be used for messaging too. If you > look close enough you can sometimes find a call from an NLUG member there. > > Winlink uses more than just packet. It was just one of the more common > modes that is still in use. There is also email capability over the air > using PSKMail: > > http://pskmail.wikispaces.com/ > > Dave > > > On Fri, 2014-03-28 at 12:50 -0500, Mark J. Bailey wrote: > > Ham radio digital packet (basically, AX.25) - > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_radio > > > > > > > > It used to be very prominent then Internet came along. :) Still used a > > lot for a fairly resilient over the air messaging system called > > ‘Winlink’ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winlink) and for a GPS > > location system called ‘APRS’ > > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Packet_Reporting_System) which is > > a lot like ACARS for mobile ham radio operators (mostly for coordinating > > emergency response activities). If you can tune VHF (like with a police > > scanner), you can hear area traffic on 144.390 in the Middle Tennessee > > region. What you will hear on that frequency is 1200 baud packet > > transmissions. There’s a few web sites that collects and provides others a > > way to monitor the APRS stations being tracked by the system and collected > > centrally. http://aprs.fi/ and http://www.openaprs.net/ are a couple I > > like to use. > > > > > > > > From: nlug-talk@googlegroups.com [mailto:nlug-talk@googlegroups.com] > > On Behalf Of Csaba Toth > > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 12:40 PM > > To: nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > > Subject: Re: [nlug] Red Hat Reveals CentOS Plans > > > > > > > > What is a packet operation? > > > > On Mar 28, 2014 9:09 AM, "Alex Smith (K4RNT)" <shadowhun...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > Doug moved like November or December of last year. I believe he did > > take his packet operations, I'm not sure. You'd be best to contact > > David Wilson to see if he left anything behind or bequeathed anything > > to someone else in Rutherford County. > > > > > > > > " ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech > > censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, > > chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron > > Satie as wisdom and warning... The first time any man's freedom is > > trodden on we’re all damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron > > Satie, Star Trek: TNG episode "The Drumhead" > > - Alex Smith > > - Dulles Technology Corridor (Chantilly/Ashburn/Dulles), Virginia USA > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Mark J. Bailey <m...@jobsoft.com> > > wrote: > > > > Alex, > > > > > > > > When did Doug move??? I assume he took his packet ops with him? I had > > not heard he had left. > > > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > From: nlug-talk@googlegroups.com [mailto:nlug-talk@googlegroups.com] > > On Behalf Of Alex Smith (K4RNT) > > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 10:05 AM > > To: nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > > Subject: Re: [nlug] Red Hat Reveals CentOS Plans > > > > > > > > Fun. I'm planning on deploying Scientific Linux or Oracle Enterprise > > Linux on the servers I'm going to provide one of my ham radio friends > > in West Virginia (Doug Lowe, N1EMP, formerly lived in La Vergne). I > > have two rackmount servers (two Sun Fire X4100s) that I bought on > > surplus auction, and I'd like to give to him. I'm planning on SL/OEL > > bare metal, with VirtualBox running a couple of Windows Server VMs. He > > has some software that will work on Linux, and others that are Windows > > only. > > > > > > > > " ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech > > censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, > > chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron > > Satie as wisdom and warning... The first time any man's freedom is > > trodden on we’re all damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron > > Satie, Star Trek: TNG episode "The Drumhead" > > - Alex Smith > > - Dulles Technology Corridor (Chantilly/Ashburn/Dulles), Virginia USA > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 10:55 AM, John R. 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