My personal favorite for home VHF/UHF Packet is Flex32 with the excellent
PAXON terminal.
There are step-by-step tutorials for both of these programs at USPacket.Org,
featuring a screen shots for each step involved in installation and setup.
These tutorials are very popular, I had to purchase
I tend to agree with Charles in regard to a packet-only setup;
Flex32/Paxon is pretty slick.
MultiPSK in packet mode is more than just a terminal program; it needs
no external driver and does APRS, digipeats and mail (and probably
more). It is abit of a learning curve after using a more
://sharon.esrac.ele.tue.nl/pub/linux/ham/pskmail/windows
You need pskmail version 0.5.4 to enjoy PSK250 arq.
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Von: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com
Gesendet: 08.11.07 04:49:18
An: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com
Betreff: [digitalradio] Re: VHF digital setup
I have tried MultiPSK on packet and it is interesting, works well but
is only a terminal.
I once comented that converting MultiPSK into a full fledged packet
mailbox was too much,
considering all the other things it does well.
I have not tried, but maybe with TCP/IP it could be done...using
Thanks for the tip Andy,seems like the hardest part is just getting
the physical connection to the Icom established.The FL-Digi sounds
good,did some reading on W1HKJ's website,but will have to get a Linux
PC up and running to take full advantage of that software I believe.
Time for bed in the
-I find Multipsk for packet with a soundcard much easier than AGW.
For PSK Winwarbler, DM780, MUltipsk and others will work well, for
PSK250 though you may need FL-DIGI or MixW.
I'm not sure about the hook-up for your radio but I agree, the data
jack is better than the MIC jack, usually.
