New #GeminiCapsule #Gemlog post:

#PacketRadio node mapping

gemini://gemini.sergio101.com/posts/packet-radio-node-mapping.gmi

So, I am finally updating my #GeminiCapsule #Gemlog .

This time, it's about getting my #PacketRadio station put back up for the first time since like 1992. it works!

But this posting makes me wonder about the present state of the #Gemini protocol. More later.

gemini://gemini.sergio101.com/posts/fun-with-packet-radio.gmi

It's back to the future for packet radio. I just reflashed my Kantronics KAM-XL (vintage 2005 or so) with new firmware.

After a few mistakes - Kantronics wasn't expecting a .hex file with Unix line terminators, and there were an awkward few minutes when it would say "upload now" then "upload failed" right after - my TNC now boots up with a version from August 2024.

Who knew they were still doing development?

In 2021, the german #DARC received 179,690€ from the #ARDC to correct and update the #Linux #AX25 #packetradio #kernel stack.

https://www.ardc.net/apply/grants/2021-grants/grant-fixing-the-linux-kernel-ax-25/

Since that day, NOTHING is available anywhere. The dedicated web site (linux-ax25.org) is non-existant and all about this project (and the money) vanished.

https://mailman.ardc.net/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/44net@mailman.ampr.org/message/GV2LZSBRMRSFZ2DEQQYIHYIUQ4BMQZWO/

Has anyone any information about the status of this project? Where is the code? Where the money went?

So, I've been learning #GraphDatabases with #Neo4j this week. I think it would be SUPER fun to recursivlely do an mheard on all the #PacketRadio nodes, to help establish paths around the country.

Just casually playing with old #ham #msdos #packetradio software #GraphicPacket, my favorite in the 90's, in a #DosBoxX window.

I'm thrown 30 years back and thrilled to have managed to make it work with a #KISS modem and #TFKISS resident driver (a NordLink TNC2 "TheFirmware" emulator for MSDOS).

Btw, I am preaparing some real hardware (Pentium 233) to make that work on, with a legendary 1200 bauds packet-radio #BayCom modem...

hi world of #hamradio

I have been searching for information about this technology, specially about the use of #packetradio to access #tcpip networks or better yet #ipfs networks.

I found this page: https://fieldradio.org/connecting-ham-radio-to-the-internet-listening-and-broadcasting/

And I just wanted to ask if you aficionados think it's a good source of such info for a beginner.

Thank you for any inputs!

Found an active repo on Github for the #packetradio #terminal #qttermtcp by John #g8bpq (the guy behind #bpq32 and #linbpq ) that he uses for source uploads. https://github.com/g8bpq/QtTermTCP
At this time of writing it's on version 0.0.0.79, compile and execute it with
mkdir build; cd build; qmake ..; make -j$(nproc); ./QtTermTCP

Did a roadtrip with my mobile #aprs digipeter ( #ftm500 #yaesu) today with my #uvpro monitoring with #aprsfi To my phone. Was about a 4.5 hour drive. Pretty interesting to see all the stations! It was also cool I could monitor on my FTM-500 and the UV-Pro at the same time. #photo #photography #amateurradio #hamradio #packetradio #baofeng #btech

My mobile APRS Digipeter doesn’t look suspicious at all… once up and running it pulls 0.11 Amps. With that 4.5Amp battery it should last 36 hours at 90% efficiency give or take. I can’t imagine trying to take this on a plane! #bioenno #aprs #digipeter #digirig #amateurradio #hamradio #packetradio #direwolf #photo

Quick trips need things to do during downtime!
- CW Practice Kit
- Portable APRS Digipeter Kit (for FTM-500d)
- UV-Pro
- Cool organizer bags w/ Labels

Eben gerade erfolgreich das BBS https://db0bbs.de/ auf 3590,25 kHz kontaktiert
#fldigi #packetradio #amateurradio

Thanks to @kevintitmarsh and Jose (EA1AY) my #packetradio BBS (DB0APK) is connected with S&F. Thanks a lot.

In this article astronomers were listening between 80 to 300MHz and were getting TV signals as RFI, lol . But I bet you could use a Yagi to “plane bounce” some VHF APRS traffic. Has this been done? I just had to Dahl-E that as a concept! https://phys.org/news/2025-02-unexpected-tv-method-filtering-unwanted.html #hamradio #amateurradio #aprs #packetradio #planebounce

Is here anyone in my #hamradio bubble who can connect my #packetradio BBS to his PR-BBS via S&F? And of course, node linking would be great too.

So far I’m liking the output of the APRS Foundations steps to document the protocol. I finally learned the correct format of the ACK message! Thank you for pulling together this report of info! :ack001

And thank you for John Langner (WB2OSZ) for documenting the protocol!

https://how.aprs.works/understanding-aprs-packets/

New packet radio and old packet radio.

TACNPR and OHTNC v2 side by side.

they're 100 percent gonna come for fedi

anyone experimenting with fedi over #packetRadio?

Wrote a little win32 console utility to set the internal clock of a couple of packet radio TNCs I own. Can be set for local time or UTC #packetradio #hamradio