From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.packet

Recently I decided to give APRS and packet a try. Functionally, the
equipmenbt works and I can monitor packets but when I try to get a
packet contact by CQ or anything else suggested in the Kantronics manual
I get icy silence, except for a cryptic "not many CQ takers on
packet" message.

I fully admit to not knowing everything, maybe not even much of
anything, but if packet is so hot I would think someone would respond at
least to tell me what I am doing wrong. The "real amateurs" are all too
eager to point out the errors of us beginners but are seldom available
when we ask for help.

Needless to say, I am a bit disappointed with packet.

Powaybob
KE6WYG
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From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.packet

Hello,

Packet is not really ment to call CQ as it is a connected mode.
It is based on a network structure for data (file and mail) transfer.

Sure, that you might be dissapointed if you thought that packet permits to
make direct QSO; you should rather give a try to CW, SSTV or RTTY.

Take a look at: http://www.uspacket.org/

There's near every info you should need to mount a decent PR station.

73 de F8BOE Olivier ...-.-


powaybob wrote:

Recently I decided to give APRS and packet a try. Functionally, the equipmenbt works and I can monitor packets but when I try to get a
packet contact by CQ or anything else suggested in the Kantronics manual
I get icy silence, except for a cryptic "not many CQ takers on
packet" message.

I fully admit to not knowing everything, maybe not even much of
anything, but if packet is so hot I would think someone would respond at least to tell me what I am doing wrong. The "real amateurs" are all too eager to point out the errors of us beginners but are seldom available
when we ask for help.

Needless to say, I am a bit disappointed with packet.

Powaybob
KE6WYG

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"powaybob" <powaybob@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:NgQQe.1852$mH.884@fed1read07...

Recently I decided to give APRS and packet a try. Functionally, the equipmenbt works and I can monitor packets but when I try to get a packet contact by CQ or anything else suggested in the Kantronics manual I get
icy silence, except for a cryptic "not many CQ takers on packet" message.

I fully admit to not knowing everything, maybe not even much of anything, but if packet is so hot I would think someone would respond at least to
tell me what I am doing wrong. The "real amateurs" are all too eager to point out the errors of us beginners but are seldom available when we ask for help.

Needless to say, I am a bit disappointed with packet.

Powaybob
KE6WYG

You need to find your local BBS (bulletin board) and NODE, then have a go at connecting by giving the command C WA2NDV for example. You will find that the BBS is similar to newsgroups, but more controlled and polite. With a
node you can ask it what it can hear, then connect to another station miles away.
From the UK I was able to connect right across the country "node-hopping" to LONNY in London, then over to WA2NDV which is a BBS in New York if I
remember the callsign correctly. I have also node hopped to Russia.
The APRS thing is just like a part time network of amateurs, in the UK we
use UI-VIEW as a program. It's nothing like real packet.
The reason for not many experts is that a lot of them you hear around the bands can quote technical stuff, but they have absolutely no idea what it means - which is why they can never explain it to you.
Have a hunt around for local packet groups, then get the frequencies of the BBS and NODES in your area. You will get far more response sending a
message out to ALL@WWW on a BBS than you do on here.


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KPO wrote:

"powaybob" <powaybob@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:NgQQe.1852$mH.884@fed1read07...

Recently I decided to give APRS and packet a try. Functionally, the >>equipmenbt works and I can monitor packets but when I try to get a packet >>contact by CQ or anything else suggested in the Kantronics manual I get >>icy silence, except for a cryptic "not many CQ takers on packet" message.

I fully admit to not knowing everything, maybe not even much of anything, >>but if packet is so hot I would think someone would respond at least to >>tell me what I am doing wrong. The "real amateurs" are all too eager to >>point out the errors of us beginners but are seldom available when we ask >>for help.

Needless to say, I am a bit disappointed with packet.

Powaybob
KE6WYG

You need to find your local BBS (bulletin board) and NODE, then have a go at connecting by giving the command C WA2NDV for example. You will find that the BBS is similar to newsgroups, but more controlled and polite. With a node you can ask it what it can hear, then connect to another station miles away.
From the UK I was able to connect right across the country "node-hopping" to LONNY in London, then over to WA2NDV which is a BBS in New York if I remember the callsign correctly. I have also node hopped to Russia.
The APRS thing is just like a part time network of amateurs, in the UK we use UI-VIEW as a program. It's nothing like real packet.
The reason for not many experts is that a lot of them you hear around the bands can quote technical stuff, but they have absolutely no idea what it means - which is why they can never explain it to you.
Have a hunt around for local packet groups, then get the frequencies of the BBS and NODES in your area. You will get far more response sending a message out to ALL@WWW on a BBS than you do on here.

Thank you. THat was to the point and much more polite than others have been. Poway bob
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