On Mon, 08 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Greetings,
>
[snip background]
> Specific Questions
> 1) What is the actual protocol used in the packets via the radio link?
AX25 - others can give you a better set of pointers than I - basically its X25
level 2 with expanded address fields though.
> 2) Has anyone already created a driver for windows for this protocol?
The one that immediately springs to mind is that from
SV2AGW - George Rossopoylos
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http://www.forthnet.gr/sv2agw
> 3) Is it possible (with a driver, some convoluted way) to get windows to be
> compatible with the Linux AX.25 protocol? Has it been done before? Website?
See above
> 4) If the above is over ambitious. What other protocols could be used
> which would be compatible for multiple operating systems?
Very 'doable' the only real problem is the expense of the Windows driver
development kit (but you probably already have that...)
> 5) What piece of hardware (within the scope of this project) do you think
>the "global" amateur radio community would benefit most from?
>
Avoid 220MHz as this is not available round the world. There is probably more
digital radio work going on in Europe than the USA so make sure its possible
to 'translate' to those most likely to be interested!! 430Mhz is better for
internationalism even with the shorter range it at least is not lacking
bandwidth (but 1290MHz would be even better on that score and you benefit from
cellphone technology at those frequencies)
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