I think Packet is dead ..mostly.

What "activity" do you want ?

If you want to exchange email via packet, using Al's Telpac node will allow 
you to send email but it essentially will look like your are sending email 
from Outlook express except it's first "hop" will be via RF to Al's node.

If you want to log in to a packet BBS and read amateur radio related 
bulletins like in the old days , there are not many left but the DX Clusters 
some time run a fairly good version.  However , these have mostly moved to 
the Internet

If you take a look at http://www.northeastflexnet.org/  you will notice that 
WNy WPA is not part of there coverage area.  You can access why is left of 
the Erie Packet Radio on 145.01 via erit-7  I think.

Don't forget HF packet on 30M and some BBS still exist on 20M.


If you want weather information the APRS stations you can try are

APRS Weather Stations
Western New York, Southern Ontario and Surrounding Area

      Callsign
      Location
      Grid Square
      Mode
      Sponsor
      VE3CJB Alliston EN94xb WX
      VA3FN Barrie FN04dj WX
      VA3MWK Carleton Place FN15xc WX
      AA2AC-2 Clarence FN02qx WX
      KG8QC Cleveland EN91aj WX
      N8FGR Cleveland EN91gk WX
      AB2AB-5 Cortland FN12vr WX
      K8DTX Detroit EN82gq WX
      KB8SGF Detroit EN82nm WX
      K2SLZ-5 East Aurora FN02qr WX
      N3BXL Erie EN92vc WX
      VA3GY Erin EN93xs WX
      WB7SWW Fredonia FN02hl WX
      K2NV Grand Island FN03la WX
      VA3HST Guelph EN93vn WX
      VE3DTV-9 Hamilton FN03bf WX
      KE2VW Holland FN02rp WX
      VE3COE Kincardine EN94ee WX
      W2SO-1 Lancaster FN02qw WX
      VE3ADJ Lindsay FN04pe WX
      VE3PEW Mississauga FN03dn WX
      VE3GSI Napanee FN14mf WX
      KB8ROP New Lyme EN91jm WX
      VE3JON Point Clarke EN94db WX
      AA2YS Rochester FN13fd WX
      VE3PWZ Shelbourne EN94up WX
      VE3EYR Simcoe FN92ux WX
      K2LGJ Tonawanda FN03nx WX
      KB2UQX Tonawanda FN02pw WX
      VE3VRW Toronto FN03jr WX
      N2QJU Waterloo FN12nv WX





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Allen Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 7:29 PM
Subject: status of packet locally


> That is a big question mark for me!!!!!
>
> What I do know is:
>
> 144.390 is for APRS and sounds busy with active stations and digi-peaters. 
> However, from the home station, one quickly looses interest in beaconing 
> his stationary QTH and checking himself on FindU.com.
>
> 145.01 is apparently the local FlexNet activity frequency. When are hams 
> actually using this frequency? I see WB2ELM calling CQ all the time, but 
> it seems that nobody is home. Your digi shows up from time to time, as 
> well as some others who beacon. Last night I did hear several hours worth 
> of BBS downloads, but I don't know the path to the BBS that was on.
>
> 145.07 has a N2LRG digi to jtown and possibly the abiliby to connect with 
> individual stations in the Jamestown area. For some reason, I can't 
> connect to JTOWN - it reports as being BUSY. And today, at this moment, 
> even N2LRG is not responding.
>
> As I mentioned to Terry, I am all dressed up, and nowhere to go. Do you 
> have any suggestions? Should I put my TNC back in the box for another 
> fifteen years and try again???
>
> Any helpful comments will be appreciated.
>
> de john r. hagle
> N2JH
>
>
>
> 



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