Packet Radio
145.05 MHz Packet Radio Network Information
Sunday Night Packet Net
- When: 8:00 PM Pacific Time
- Frequency: 145.05 MHz
- How to participate: See Varmint Al's (WB6YNM SK) Packet Radio Page.
Basically, check in with an UNPROTO packet containing your name and location when your callsign suffix is called.
Software
- Lubuntu - A flavor of Linux
- Dire Wolf - A software "soundcard" AX.25 packet modem/TNC and APRS encoder/decoder. It can be used stand-alone to observe APRS traffic, as a tracker, digipeater, APRStt gateway, or Internet Gateway (IGate)
- Paracon - A packet radio terminal
- BPQ - Packet node & BBS software
- Outpost Packet Message Manager - Windows-based packet messaging client
How to Hear/See Packet Radio
Modern Ham has good videos and blog posts on how to set up your PC to use packet radio:
Common Packet Radio Commands
- ABORT - Stop a connection in progress
- B(ye) - Node will disconnect
- C(onnect) callsign - Connect to callsign
- C callsign S(tay) - Stay connected to node when end disconnects
- J(heard) - Callsigns with daystamp
- J S(hort) - Heard callsigns only
- J L(long) - Callsigns with daystamps and vias
- N(odes) - Heard callsigns with daystamps
- N S(hort) - Node callsigns only
- N L(ong) - Node callsigns with daystamps and vias
- Help or ? - Display help menu