[Coco] Ham Radio

[john donaldson]

   Now APRS seems to have taker over from Packet. When I 
lived in Houston, Texas most of the packet networks had 
very
little activity, but the APRS network was very busy and 
growing.
   I wonder if APRS could be programed to run on a COCO3
under OS9 or NitrOS9??

John Donaldson
AB8YZ


On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:52:17 -0500
  jdaggett at gate.net wrote:
>
>
>That is KA9Q software. 
>
>The last itme I used packet here in So. Fla it was a 
>mess. About 8 yrs ago. Half the 
>state was Rose, (northern part) and the other, (southern 
>part) was Net One. just to 
>get a connection from Ft. Lauderdale to Jacksonville 
>required the right phase of the 
>moon. Jupiter needed to be in Sagitarius and the wind had 
>to be out of the south. 
>Then you might have the connection for about an hour 
>before some link in the 
>middle failed. Typical hop was Ft. Lauderdale to Ft. 
>Myers, to Sarasota, to 
>Aracadia, to Orlando,  to Ocala, to Palatka, then to 
>Jacksonvile. The link from 
>Arcadia to Orlando was the weakest one. At 430 Mhz it had 
>the longest haul. Using 
>400Mhz around the east central part of the state is 
>limited. Cape Kennedy and 
>Patrick AFB restricted radiated power. Essentially there 
>was a wall in central 
>Florida, Considerig MacDill AFB in Tampa, McCoy NAS in 
>Orlando and the Cape 
>on the east coast.. McCoy is gone now and McDill AFB has 
>reduced importance so 
>that should have freed up a lane to the north.  
>
>One of these days I may just check again to see if the 
>service is more reliable and 
>better performance. 
>
>james
>
>WA4BZJ      
>
>
>
>On 10 Nov 2003 at 8:48, john donaldson wrote:
>
>>    I used to run KN9Q (sp) on my MM/1 and had a ball 
>> talking
>> to other hams using it and watching traffic over the 
>> packet
>> network.
>> 
>> John Donaldson
>> AB8YZ
>> 
>> 
>> On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 22:15:32 -0800
>>   <jimcox at miba51.com> wrote:
>> >John:
>> >
>> >Drop me a line some time, I'd like to learn more about 
>> >packet radio.
>> >
>> >Jim
>> >
>> >On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 17:12:55 -0800
>> >  "John Guin" <johnguin at hotmaill.com> wrote:
>> >>Hello all,
>> >>
>> >>I was reading Jim Cox's mail about not pursuing ham 
>>radio 
>> >>work with the Coco
>> >>in the Seattle/Bellevue area.
>> >>
>> >>I'm also a ham radio operator in the Seattle area, and 
>> >>have had antenna
>> >>restrictions to deal with as well.
>> >>
>> >>Back when I had my packet radio set up, I used a 19" 
>>long 
>> >>antenna made from
>> >>#12 wire and got reception and transmission good 
>>enough 
>> >>from West Seattle to
>> >>the node closest to my condo - about 3 miles away.  I 
>> >>used my old 2 meter
>> >>handheld, and it worked very well.  It only had one 
>>watt 
>> >>of transmitting
>> >>power.  That's all you need to get started on packet
>> >>
>> >>IIRC, there was actually a packet article or two in 
>>the 
>> >>Rainbow, but I'm not
>> >>sure how useful the information would be.  The packet 
>> >>modem does most of the
>> >>work, though, so the easiest thing to do with a Coco 
>>now 
>> >>would be to use a
>> >>terminal program to log data.  Since the Coco uses a 
>> >>standard voltage on the
>> >>serial port, it is not as hard to connect the modem as 
>> >>some other 8 bit
>> >>machines (Commodore, I'm talking to you).
>> >>
>> >>Anyway, the point of this letter is not to let antenna 
>> >>restrictions keep you
>> >>off the air.  Unless you were wanting to get involved 
>> >>with Clover or some of
>> >>the other low frequency modes, a really cheap "coat 
>> >>hanger" antenna sitting
>> >>in a window is all you really need.
>> >>
>> >>73,
>> >>John Guin
>> >>KB7ZJW
>> >>
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