Re: [BVARC] Packet Radio in Houston

2024-02-12 Thread Fox Danger Piacenti via BVARC 

Hi Stephen.

You can find the repository here: https://gitlab.com/FoxyFoxie/pax25/

As mentioned, only the application layer has been built, with some shims 
for the frame queue/connections/etc.


It is extensively documented, though there aren't diagrams. It includes 
a walk-through tutorial on how to build your own app, and includes an 
example BBS app that demonstrates its capabilities. The included BBS app 
only took me a day or two to write in the library and does nearly 
everything my TNC's built-in BBS does.


The getting started guide 
 
will walk you through building the documentation for reading locally. If 
you have any trouble with it, please file an issue so I can take a 
closer look :)


Best,

-Fox

On 2/11/24 16:48, Stephen Flowers wrote:

Hey Fox,
Good afternoon.  I remember chatting with you at a brews with BVARC 
about a python library for ham comms that you were developing.  Do you 
have a GitHub repository or a SW architecture/block diagram of the 
signal flow?  Just wondering.  BTW, this sounds really cool.


73,
Stephen (W2WF)


On Feb 11, 2024, at 9:02 AM, Fox Danger Piacenti via BVARC 
 wrote:


Hi Scott and Terry,

There are also a few persons (such as myself) running individual 
nodes with things like BBSes. I'm currently working on some Python 
libraries with a few friends to make some new custom AX.25 apps that 
can do much more than packet radio has historically done. Right now a 
first version of the application layer is working and a friend is 
working on the protocol part.


In Houston, the big digipeater is named BIGBOY. You can usually 
connect to most systems in the area through it using your TNC. I have 
a node named 'FOXBOX' which you can contact through it. The command 
on your node is likely to be something like:


c FOXBOX v BIGBOY

There's also another mailbox that a few people use run by K5PBM. It's 
named PBMBOX. BIGBOY also has an address you can connect to as a jump 
box, but I forget the name. It announces it every few hours or so.


This is all on 145.05, so if you were listening on another frequency, 
you might not have found any of this.


Best,

-Fox

On 2/11/24 08:47, terry leatherland via BVARC wrote:
Scott, That's a perfect case for APRS digipeater works. You should 
do some googling on that and see what special software interfaces 
you need. I use a Tiny Tracker  but it is offline for a while.
Long range I'm converting the Tiny Tracker to a Raspberry Pi HAM 
digital utility but I don't have enough time to attend to it yet. 
Still not retired.
Kd5you is one of  our Winlink experts. The Ft Bend County Emerg  
Radio group uses Winlink check-in in every Monday.



Terry Leatherland, K5PGF
281-455-8090
Sugar Land, Tx



On Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 02:38:18 PM CST, Scott Little via 
BVARC  wrote:



Hi all,
I recently got setup for packet radio at the ham shack, but I haven't
found any good systems to connect to other than some Winlink nodes...
can anyone point me to some?
Thanks,
Scott KI5WLJ

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Re: [BVARC] Packet Radio in Houston

2024-02-11 Thread wb5itt via BVARC 
Back in the 1990s, we had a great packet system around Houston called TCAPS. 
Several nodes both 1200 and 9600 baud interconnected via 430.55 19200baud 
backbone... Unfortunately it started falling apart about the time I moved to 
Dallas in 96. I'm actually surprised there's still interest in packet these 
days..Chris WB5ITT Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT 5G Evolution 
capable smartphone..so there! 
 Original message From: Scott Little via BVARC 
 Date: 2/10/24  2:37 PM  (GMT-06:00) To: bvarc@bvarc.org Cc: 
Scott Little  Subject: [BVARC] Packet Radio in Houston Hi 
all,I recently got setup for packet radio at the ham shack, but I haven'tfound 
any good systems to connect to other than some Winlink nodes...can anyone point 
me to some?Thanks,Scott KI5WLJ
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Re: [BVARC] Packet Radio in Houston

2024-02-11 Thread Walter Holmes via BVARC 
If they would ever turn back on the APRS digipeater on the ISS, that would
be a great way to work packet.

NO-44 is another packet digipeater satellite, however, it only works in the
daylight hours, as the batteries have failed some time ago. 145.825 is the
frequency to listen on.

All the best,
Walter/K5WH

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Subject: [BVARC] Packet Radio in Houston

Hi all,
I recently got setup for packet radio at the ham shack, but I haven't found
any good systems to connect to other than some Winlink nodes...
can anyone point me to some?
Thanks,
Scott KI5WLJ



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Re: [BVARC] Packet Radio in Houston

2024-02-11 Thread Stephen Flowers via BVARC 
Hey Fox,
Good afternoon.  I remember chatting with you at a brews with BVARC about a 
python library for ham comms that you were developing.  Do you have a GitHub 
repository or a SW architecture/block diagram of the signal flow?  Just 
wondering.  BTW, this sounds really cool.

73,
Stephen (W2WF)


> On Feb 11, 2024, at 9:02 AM, Fox Danger Piacenti via BVARC  
> wrote:
> 
> Hi Scott and Terry,
> 
> There are also a few persons (such as myself) running individual nodes with 
> things like BBSes. I'm currently working on some Python libraries with a few 
> friends to make some new custom AX.25 apps that can do much more than packet 
> radio has historically done. Right now a first version of the application 
> layer is working and a friend is working on the protocol part.
> 
> In Houston, the big digipeater is named BIGBOY. You can usually connect to 
> most systems in the area through it using your TNC. I have a node named 
> 'FOXBOX' which you can contact through it. The command on your node is likely 
> to be something like:
> 
> c FOXBOX v BIGBOY
> 
> There's also another mailbox that a few people use run by K5PBM. It's named 
> PBMBOX. BIGBOY also has an address you can connect to as a jump box, but I 
> forget the name. It announces it every few hours or so.
> 
> This is all on 145.05, so if you were listening on another frequency, you 
> might not have found any of this.
> 
> Best,
> 
> -Fox
> 
> On 2/11/24 08:47, terry leatherland via BVARC wrote:
>> Scott, That's a perfect case for APRS digipeater works. You should do some 
>> googling on that and see what special software interfaces you need. I use a 
>> Tiny Tracker  but it is offline for a while. 
>> Long range I'm converting the Tiny Tracker to a Raspberry Pi HAM digital 
>> utility but I don't have enough time to attend to it yet. Still not retired. 
>> Kd5you is one of  our Winlink experts. The Ft Bend County Emerg  Radio group 
>> uses Winlink check-in in every Monday. 
>> 
>> 
>> Terry Leatherland, K5PGF
>> 281-455-8090
>> Sugar Land, Tx
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 02:38:18 PM CST, Scott Little via BVARC 
>>   wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> I recently got setup for packet radio at the ham shack, but I haven't
>> found any good systems to connect to other than some Winlink nodes...
>> can anyone point me to some?
>> Thanks,
>> Scott KI5WLJ
>> 
>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club
>> 
>> BVARC mailing list
>> BVARC@bvarc.org 
>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
>> Publicly available archives are available here: 
>> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> 
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> 
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Re: [BVARC] Packet Radio in Houston

2024-02-11 Thread Fox Danger Piacenti via BVARC 

Hi Scott and Terry,

There are also a few persons (such as myself) running individual nodes 
with things like BBSes. I'm currently working on some Python libraries 
with a few friends to make some new custom AX.25 apps that can do much 
more than packet radio has historically done. Right now a first version 
of the application layer is working and a friend is working on the 
protocol part.


In Houston, the big digipeater is named BIGBOY. You can usually connect 
to most systems in the area through it using your TNC. I have a node 
named 'FOXBOX' which you can contact through it. The command on your 
node is likely to be something like:


c FOXBOX v BIGBOY

There's also another mailbox that a few people use run by K5PBM. It's 
named PBMBOX. BIGBOY also has an address you can connect to as a jump 
box, but I forget the name. It announces it every few hours or so.


This is all on 145.05, so if you were listening on another frequency, 
you might not have found any of this.


Best,

-Fox

On 2/11/24 08:47, terry leatherland via BVARC wrote:
Scott, That's a perfect case for APRS digipeater works. You should do 
some googling on that and see what special software interfaces you 
need. I use a Tiny Tracker  but it is offline for a while.
Long range I'm converting the Tiny Tracker to a Raspberry Pi HAM 
digital utility but I don't have enough time to attend to it yet. 
Still not retired.
Kd5you is one of  our Winlink experts. The Ft Bend County Emerg  Radio 
group uses Winlink check-in in every Monday.



Terry Leatherland, K5PGF
281-455-8090
Sugar Land, Tx



On Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 02:38:18 PM CST, Scott Little via 
BVARC  wrote:



Hi all,
I recently got setup for packet radio at the ham shack, but I haven't
found any good systems to connect to other than some Winlink nodes...
can anyone point me to some?
Thanks,
Scott KI5WLJ

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Re: [BVARC] Packet Radio in Houston

2024-02-11 Thread terry leatherland via BVARC 
Scott, That's a perfect case for APRS digipeater works. You should do some 
googling on that and see what special software interfaces you need. I use a 
Tiny Tracker  but it is offline for a while. Long range I'm converting the Tiny 
Tracker to a Raspberry Pi HAM digital utility but I don't have enough time to 
attend to it yet. Still not retired. Kd5you is one of  our Winlink experts. The 
Ft Bend County Emerg  Radio group uses Winlink check-in in every Monday. 

Terry Leatherland, K5PGF281-455-8090Sugar Land, Tx
 

On Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 02:38:18 PM CST, Scott Little via BVARC 
 wrote:  
 
 Hi all,
I recently got setup for packet radio at the ham shack, but I haven't
found any good systems to connect to other than some Winlink nodes...
can anyone point me to some?
Thanks,
Scott KI5WLJ

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