Around these parts (I live in Manhattan) there is packet on a number of QRG's in the 145.010>200 range. Most of the packet stuff uses that Flexnet stuff so in theory anything you can run (ax25/tcp etc)should be ok. The best thing to do would be to put up an antenna outside and set you scanner off looking for data in the lower 145Mhz bit of the band. when you find some, swap your scanner for your radio/tnc combo and see what you can decode. So long as you can here one station, and so long as that station is digi enabled, you can get into the packet network. Whether the network you get into is TCP is another matter. What are you expecting to be able to do with your station? Mark, KC2ENI >From: Royans K Tharakan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Equipment for packet, range of transmission >Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 09:14:22 -0400 (EDT) > >Hi > >For some, this question may sound wierd, but for me its critical >to help me make use of this mailing list. Any help would >be appretiated. > >1. I am new to amateur world, and am intrested in using > packet network and packet TCP more than anything else. >2. What radio equipment should I be looking for to buy, > considering the fact that I currently live in an apartment > (ground floor). >3. I live on route 22, north plainfields, close to rutgers, > and failed to notice and digi repeaters on the 2m and 70cm > bands. Is there a digi network around ? >4. Do I look too crazy to jump into packet right away ? > >For my backgroud... I've been in linux and networking for a long >time....starting from kernel 0.99 :-) > >bye >Royans >KC2FHE > >-------------------- >Royans K Tharakan >Lucent Technolgies >(908) 604-3974 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.royans.net/ >KC2FHE > > > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
