speaking from my own experience: soundmodem looks particularly attractive, especially to a novice who just dropped a bunch of $$ on a radio, as it appears one can get a TNC for "free". As it turns out, soundmodem is probably _the_ most complicated and difficult way to get into packet/APRS barring building a TNC from discrete transistors.
When I tried it, I was a novice ham, but not a novice unix guy, and I couldn't make it work. There are lots of variables/places to screw up. If you've got the patience and electronics knowledge, go for it. I personally would drop Scott $32 for an OT1+ kit that can do KISS mode. Having said all that, I just got a $39 linux box off ebay (can run on 12V, not sure about 13.8V) that I am considering setting up sound modem on. |: -Jason kg4wsv _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
