Packet Radio

If you are interested in doing packet radio in North Georgia, please visit:

https://groups.io/g/packetradio-northgeorgia

My packet radio station is on the air on an experimental basis:

145.750 MHz: KE4QCM-7 BPQ Node-Stone Mtn,GA QCMBBS:KE4QCM-4, QCMCHT:KE4QCM-11 reachable via W4NWG-15 digipeater- sometimes I also on 145.590 MHz via digipeaters: LAWGA/WX4NET-7, BUFGA/WX4NET-6. QCMBBS:KE4QCM-4 is my PBBS and QCMCHT:KE4QCM-11 is my chat server that is connected to the worldwide chat server. I like packet radio for the conversational QSO, sending and receiving PBBS messages/bulletins from the ARRL and DX/technical bulletins (store and forward capability) and chatting with the worldwide chat server meeting hams in other parts of the USA and other countries. I am also active on 40m and 20m hf packet.

KE4QCM-1 packet radio mailbox

145.590/145.710/145.750, 3.589 MHz / 7.104 MHz /10.144 MHZ /14.105 MHz /18.107 MHz /21.115 MHz /24.910 MHz /28.140 MHz /50.640 MHz

My most active frequencies are 145.750 MHz FM, 145.590 MHz FM, 7.104 MHz LSB,14.105 MHz LSB and 28.140 MHz LSB

QCMBBS:KE4QCM-4 is my BPQ32 BBS that has packet radio bulletins and BBS messages.

QCMCHT:KE4QCM-11 connects to my BPQ32 Chat server which is connected to other worldwide chat servers.

If you would like to get into Packet Radio and you are currently running any of the new digital modes such as FT-8 with a soundcard TNC such as the Signalink TNC you already have the necessary equipment to get into packet radio on either VHF or HF using either a Windows or a Linux system.

Also, see the instructions below for how to setup your packet radio station using a soundcard TNC and/or a hardware TNC such as a AEA PK232, Kantronics KamPlus, etc. There are also instructions for setting up a BPQ node and a BBS and Chat option also.

Setting up your packet radio station using a hardware TNC (Youtube video)

Installing Soundmodem and Easyterm for VHF FM Packet operations (Youtube video)-if you are runnning a Signalink or other soundcard TNC and are using FT8, FT4, JS8, etc you should be able to set this up easily

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOm-NJTnUbA (Get your packet radio station on the air on VHF with a soundcard TNC such as a Signalink and Easyterm and Soundmodem software)

Intro to Packet Radio/BBS (using UZ7HO Soundmodem and Easyterm)

Installing UZ7HO Soundmodem and Easyterm for FM (VHF) Packet Radio Operations using a Soundcard TNC (Signalink) Use AFSK. AX.25-1200 baud and '1700' for the waterfall setting for FM packet.

Packet radio using Soundmodem and Easyterm for VHF (Windows)

Intro to HF packet using Soundmodem and Easyterm for HF packet operations (Youtube video) if you are runnning a Signalink or other soundcard TNC and are using FT8, FT4, JS8, etc you should be able to set this up easily

Setup instructions for HF Packet using Signalink Soundcard TNC

Setup instructions for VHF/UHF Packet using Signalink Soundcard TNC

Setup instructions for BPQ32 Node/BBS/Chat (Windows 7)-can use this for a terminal program also

Setup instructions for BPQ32 Node/BBS/Chat on Linux-can use this for a terminal program also

Building a Linux packet radio node

Introduction to packet radio

I currently use a Signalink USB TNC and a AEA DSP-2232 TNC for HF/VHF packet radio operations. I have recently gotten BPQ32 running with a BBS and Chat function as well as a DX Packetcluster on an experimental basis.

My BPQ Node BBS/Chat is KE4QCM-7 and frequencies used are 145.590 MHz (North Georgia, USA) , 3.596MHz USB, 7.104 MHz LSB, 10.144 Mhz LSB and 14.105 MHz LSB. At times I am also on 50.640 MHz (1200 baud fm packet). My packet radio BBS is QCMBBS:KE4QCM-4 and my Chat node is QCMCHT:KE4QCM-11

VHF/2 meters: North Georgia, USA

145.590 MHz: Digipeaters: WX4NET-7/LAWGA, WX4NET-6/BUFGA

145.710 MHz: Digipeaters WX4NET-4 , KK4YLX-1

145.750 MHz: Digipeaters W4NWG-15

I sometimes also monitor 145.01, 145.03, 145.05, 145.07 and 145.09 MHz.

https://www.google.com/mymaps/viewer?mid=1HCAjozP5cLYpOPXN_hRPu3z1JDg&hl=en_US (GA ARES digipeaters and RMS Gateways Map from 2017)

I can reach to KA4KKF-7 node (BBS, Chat, other nodes w/ DX Cluster, etc and KA4KKF-1 BBS on 145.590 MHz (thru WX4NET-7/LAWGA digipeater)

Some local VHF nodes accessible thru KA4KKF-7 Node (in GA) on 145.590 MHz (thru BUFGA/WX4NET-6, LAWGA/WX4NET-7, SNLGA/WX4NET-8 digipeaters): http://ka4kkf.dyndns.org:8008/Node/Routes.html

ATLBBS:WB4QOJ-1 (Atlanta,GA full-service BBS)

ATLCHT:WB4QOJ-2 (Chat in GA)

ATLDX:WB4QOJ-8 (DX Packet Cluster)

GAATL:WB4QOJ-7 (Node in GA) http://wb4qoj.no-ip.org/Node/Routes.html

KKFBBS:KA4KKF-1 (BBS in GA)

KKFCHT:KA4KKF-6 (Chat in GA)

RKYRVR:KF4LLF-7 (Node in North Carolina) http://kf4llf.no-ip.org/Node/NodeMenu.html

NCB105:KA9QJT-7 (Connected to Net105-20 meter packet radio network on 14.105 MHz LSB)

BHMD:N3HYM-5 (Node in MD) https://www.qsl.net/n3hym/n3hym_pbbs.htm https://www.qrz.com/db/N3HYM http://n3hym.ddns.net:8013/

ON105:VA3HRA-7 (Connected to Net105-20 meter packet radio network on 14.105 MHz LSB)

PDARES:WX4PCA-7 (Paulding County, GA ARES node)

RKYDX:KF4LLF-8 (DX Packet Cluster in North Carolina)

UT:KA5D-7 (Node in TX active on Net40-40 meter packet radio network on 7.104 Mhz LSB)

Nodes accessible from GAATL:WB4QOJ-7 (Node in GA):

LYANOD:N9LYA-8 (Multiport node in IN)

WESTTN:N4QMI-7 (Node in TN active on Net40-40 meter packet radio network on 7.104 Mhz LSB)

I can also reach to WB4QOJ-1 full service BBS or WB4QOJ-7 (node that has a DX Cluster, Chat function, etc) on 145.590 MHz thru digipeaters WX4NET--7/LAWGA)

I'm on 144.910 MHz, 145.590 MHz and/or 145.710 Mhz in the Atlanta, Georgia area testing/experimenting at times with my KE4QCM-7 BPQ node and sending out a beacon. Also, at times I have my packet radio mailbox at KE4QCM-1. Please connect to my packet radio station for keyboard to keyboard chat.

Middle Georgia Packet Radio:

145.030 N3BYR-7 node (this node is reachable thru port 2 on my node)

https://www.n3byr.com/n3byr_packet_node.txt

https://www.n3byr.com/n3byrnode/n3byrnode.pdf

N3BYR-12 Middle Georgia Packet Chat (BPQ Chat Room)
N3BYR-7 Digipeater and Main Menu
N3BYR-1 BBS (BPQ BBS)

http://www.midgadata.lumasis.net/

Some nodes and mailboxes accessible via N3BYR-7: N4ARY-7, N4ARY-1

AE4XO-7, KN4SRP-1, KO4AFR-1, KE4LRS-1, KQ4DVS-1

HF Nodes:

40 meters: 7.104 MHz LSB (center tone 1700 Hz), also at 415 Hz)

KT4WO-6:LAZY (NC) CONNECT BYE INFO NODES PORTS ROUTES USERS MHEARD

KK4DIV-7 (FL) BBS RMS CHAT SYSOP CONNECT BYE INFO NODES PORTS ROUTES USERS MHEARD

Nodes accessible from KK4DIV-7: EGVNOD:LU4EGV-4 , NODSTA:F1OYP-5, RIJEN:PE1RRR-7, , NETHI:GM3YEW-4, MELNOD:N3MEL-7 , WILOW:KB9PVH-7 , BHMD:N3HYM-5 , GMNOD:W9GM-7

N3BYR-7 (Central GA), 7.104 MHz LSB, Node, PBBS, Chat

I'm testing/experimenting at times on 14105.50 MHz LSB AFSK 300 baud HF Packet and 10.144 MHz LSB 300 baud HF packet, 28.140 MHz LSB 300 baud HF packet during the day and 7.104 MHz LSB AFSK 300 baud HF packet and 3.596 MHz USB AFSK 300 baud HF Packet at night. Please try and connect to my BPQ node KE4QCM-7 with a BBS/Chat function (and testing a DX packetcluster also at times) that is also connected at times to 144.910 Mhz, 145.590 or 145.710 1200 baud VHF FM 1200 baud Packet in the Metro Atlanta, GA, USA area. My packet radio mailbox is KE4QCM-1.

I am running Winlink 2000 also for emergency communications-you can send me an message via Winlink 2000 to KE4QCM@WINLINK.ORG or to my packet radio address: KE4QCM@KE4QCM.#NCGA.GA.USA.NOAM

HF packet frequencies:

USA-3.589 MHz LSB, 3.596 MHz USB , 7.082 MHz USB (1000 Hz), 7.104 MHz LSB, 10.144 MHz LSB, 14.105 MHz LSB, 28.140 MHz LSB

Europe: 7.045.20 MHz USB, 14.1022 MHz USB, 28.137.10 MHz USB

SkipNet 40m BBS-to-BBS 7103.50 7102.80 MHz
SkipNet 40m BBS-to-BBS 7101.00 7101.70 MHz
SkipNet 20m user 14104.30 MHz
SkipNet 20m forwarding 14098.00 14097.30 MHz
SkipNet 20m forwarding 14097.91 14097.21 MHz
SkipNet 30m observed 10146.70 10145.98 MHz

Australia 40m 7037.70 7037.00 MHz
Orpa (Argentina) 10m (BBS-FWD) 28180.0 MHz

HF packet frequencies

More HF packet frequencies

PCL Packet Net every Monday night at 8PM EST/EDT on PACNET/NS2B-11

http://ww2bsa.org/ww2bsa-network105.htm

https://eindhoven.space/radio-experiments/packet-radio/where-to-find-packet-on-10-meter-band-eu/

https://eindhoven.space/radio-experiments/packet-radio/where-to-find-packet-on-20-meter-band/

https://eindhoven.space/radio-experiments/packet-radio/where-to-find-packet-on-40-meter-band-eu/

https://www.qrz.com/db/SM5RVH

DX spider commands manual

What is a packet cluster

http://www.astrosurf.com/luxorion/qsl-clusters.htm

If you need help to setup BPQ32 and you have a Signalink/UZ7HO soundmodem and/or a hardware TNC and a Windows 7+ operating system, please let me know and I'd be glad to help you to set it up and configure it.

See the menu on the left side of the screen for links for setup instructions for using Signalink USB TNC/Hardware TNC for HF/VHF packet radio with Windows 7 and Linux systems and how to setup a BPQ BBS/Chat system also..

I also can help you setup and configure the following Hardware TNC: Kantronics Kam Plus and AEA Pakratt PK-232MBX and AEA DSP-2232, MFJ 1278B, TM-D700A and the Signalink Soundcard TNC.

Packet radio websites:

'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0FAzMIsxMg (A modern introduction to packet radio)

https://themodernham.com/modern-introduction-to-packet-radio-ax25-aprs-and-tcp-ip/

https://themodernham.com/packet-radio-building-a-station-shopping-list/

https://themodernham.com/connect-to-a-packet-radio-bbs-node-with-a-kiss-tnc-windows-linux/

https://themodernham.com/node-to-node-and-chat-linking-via-axip-in-bpq32-and-linbpq/

https://themodernham.com/modern-introduction-to-packet-radio-ax25-aprs-and-tcp-ip/

Getting started with digital communications-packet

Packet Radio Basics (N8UR)

Intro to Packet Radio

http://www.wattystuff.net/amateur/packet/index.html

https://neatcircuits.com/packet/

https://www.electronics-notes.com/articles/ham_radio/digimodes/amateur-packet-radio.php

Packet Radio: What ? Why ? How ?

https://www.qsl.net/yb0emj/ampr.html

https://f1oyp.files.wordpress.com/2023/07/world-bbs-listing-june-2023.pdf

Intro to Packet Radio (by topic)

http://www.sacvalleyares.org/contents/ARES%20Documents/Presentations/Outpost%20Packet%20Presentation%20by%20Rich%20Vizcarra%20K6TM%20EC,%20Nevada%20County%20ARES/Packet101.pdf

Amateur Packet Radio

Basics of packet radio

http://www.ctares.org/packetbook.php

http://www.ctares.org/ssid.php

Introduction to packet radio

https://www.complete.org/packet-radio/

https://vk3ye.com/gateway/nodec95.htm

http://www.ctares.org/packet%20new%20user.pdf

Node and packet radio stations map (map/list of recent packet stations recently heard on the air)

https://www.packetradiomap.com/

Map-node and packet stations recently heard on the air (nodes, heard, node links, modem nodes, chat network, chat report)

Worldwide Amateur Radio Packet Directory

Digital traffic network map

Xrouter node map

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1KPHm2htEljjsals5RGZSw01rFFObNvjx&ll=9.141677089901286%2C-110.05289195&z=2

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?ll=29.29036471657434%2C-85.87349311981245&z=4&mid=1TitEgCw6PfQQ45JE1fe9_uz4pKP-aIOz

More Packet radio maps:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1KPHm2htEljjsals5RGZSw01rFFObNvjx&ll=9.141677089901336%2C-110.05289195&z=2

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1Fh1Ei9of2rGgB7OuBHjRAfW5LiNibYWR&hl=en&ll=37.933908871562686%2C-93.21215574999995&z=3

Middle Georgia Data Network (MGDN)

https://packet-radio.net/

https://tapr.org/

https://ukpacketradio.network/nodes:gb7cip

https://packet-radio.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/il2p-specification0-4.pdf

Nationwide Amateur Radio Packet Directory by WW2BSA

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1KPHm2htEljjsals5RGZSw01rFFObNvjx&ll=9.141677089901235%2C-110.05289195&z=2 (Xrouter map)

https://wiki.oarc.uk/packet

TNC Mods

https://nts-digital.net/mw/index.php/Main_Page

http://www.gwinnettares.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/presentations/PACKET-1.pdf

https://www.qsl.net/n3hym/n3hym_pbbs.htm

Robust Packet and HF packet frequency list (Winter 2022)

https://eindhoven.space/radio-experiments/packet-radio/

Europe hf packet radio frequencies

More HF packet frequencies

Network 105

More info on Network 105

Network 105 stations map

Network 105/Net 40 Packet radio stations map

https://groups.io/g/network105

https://qsl.net/kb9pvh/105.html

HF Skipnet

Getting Started with TCP/IP on Packet Radio

https://themodernham.com/configuring-direwolf-for-hf-ip-over-ax25-using-tncattach/

Networking Fundamentals (Youtube)

https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/global/fi_fi/assets/docs/SMB_University_120307_Networking_Fundamentals.pdf

https://www.ampr.org/ipip/

BPQ The BBS - Digital Traffic Network

http://db0fhn.efi.fh-nuernberg.de:8080/cmd?cmd=c+300

https://themodernham.com/ultimate-direwolf-tnc-installation-guide-for-windows-and-linux/

https://www.qsl.net/ah6rh/am-radio/packet/jnos.html

Packet radio on HF

Robust Packet Radio

More Robust packet radio frequencies

Read packet radio bulletins online

What you can do with packet radio

Packet radio

SSID assignments for packet radio

List of packet radio bulletins

SSID packet radio

K8BZ packet radio Youtube videos

http://www.w1npp.org/ares/RedCross/packet/WB9LOZ/PACKET~1.PDF

https://myplace.frontier.com/~nb6z/packet.htm#chapter3

https://rarclub.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/N4HOK-Packet-Radio-Presentation-for-RARC-2017-03-10.pdf

http://www.norfolkamateurradio.org/pdf/Packet%20Radio%20Again.pdf

http://www.rickmega.com/RACES/Packet_SOG.pdf

https://www.murrayarc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/MARC-2020.08.13-Packet-Radio.pdf

http://www.vhfclub.org/packet_radio_primer.html

https://www.superpacket.org/interesting-and-advanced-projects-products-in-amateur-radio.html

https://zeroretries.substack.com/p/zero-retries-issue-0002

http://www.wattystuff.net/amateur/packet/index.html

http://www.wattystuff.net/amateur/packet/flex32%20-%20soundcard%20packet%20for%20windows.htm

Basic packet node commands

https://www.on7lds.net/42/sites/default/files/AGWPEAPI.HTM

https://sites.google.com/site/darathursdaynite/technical-information/packet-radio-getting-started

http://www.trinityos.com/HAM/Packet-GettingStarted/getting-started-with-packet-radio.txt

https://www.tapr.org/pdf/DCC1995-Recommendation4HAP-WO5H-WD5IVDAA4RE-W0RLI.pdf

Delaware packet network (DEPN)

https://vden.org/ (VA Digital Network)

https://www.depn.net/bpq-mail-server-user-and-sysop-commands/

https://sites.google.com/site/lmpacket/ (Louisiana/Mississippi packet radio)

http://www.fla-sedan.com/sedanhowto.html (Florida packet radio)

http://ncpacket.net/north_carolina_packet_radio_network.html (North Carolina packet radio)

http://tarpn.net/t/packet_radio_networking.html

https://web.archive.org/web/19970122015323/http://www.sedan.org/

https://web.archive.org/web/20001205103300/http://www.packetradio.com/glossary.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/19981201233157/http://www.packetradio.org/index.html

https://web.archive.org/web/19990219100811/http://www.packetradio.com/network.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/19990427114150/http://www.packetradio.com/map.htm#ga

http://ct1ebq.com/2020/11/07/ssid-packet-aprs/

https://www.qsl.net/nf4rc/2018/DRatsHandout.pdf (drats and packet radio)

http://www.ww2bsa.org/index_htm_files/Programming%20the%20MikroTik%20hAP%20lite%20for%2044net%20VPN%20use%20V1.6.pdf

https://wiki.oarc.uk/packet

http://hamgatepa.ampr.org/docs/Convert_your_1980s_era_radio_modem_to_USB.pdf

http://hamgateny.ampr.org/docs/AX25.2.2-Sep%2017-1-10Sep17.pdf

http://ve2pkt.ampr.org/

https://www.zeroretries.org/

https://www.m0ahn.co.uk/nprabout.html

https://spectrum.ieee.org/build-a-longdistance-data-network-using-ham-radio

Packet radio via satellites:

http://www.aprs.org/astars.html

http://www1.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat.cgi

http://www.aprs.org/sats.html

Packet radio online forums:

https://groups.io/g/network105 (20 meters hf packet)

https://groups.io/g/bpq32

https://ncpa.n0ary.org/index.php (Northern California)

https://groups.io/g/EastNetPacket

https://groups.io/g/IllinoisPacketRadio

https://groups.io/g/IN-Packet

https://groups.io/g/midGAdata

https://groups.io/g/MiPacket

https://groups.io/g/ncpacket

https://groups.io/g/ohiopacket

https://groups.io/g/packet-radio

https://groups.io/g/packethackers

https://groups.io/g/PacketRadio

https://groups.io/g/tarpn

https://groups.io/g/WisPacketRadio

https://groups.io/g/xrouter

https://groups.io/g/robustpacket

Packet radio software:

Installing UZ7HO Soundmodem and Easyterm for FM Packet Radio Operations using a Soundcard TNC (Signalink)

Easyterm (works with soundcard TNCs such as the Signalink USB)

Easyterm tutorial

Soundmodem (works with soundcard TNCs such as the Signalink USB)

Lanlink- (works with hardware TNCs such as AEA DSP-2232, AEA PK232 and soundcard TNCs)

BPQ (works with hardware TNCS and soundcard TNCs such as the Signalink USB) Windows/Linux

Xrouter (node software) and docs Windows/Linux

Airmail (works with hardware TNCs)

Winlink Express (formerly RMS Express) (works with hardware TNCS and soundcard TNCs such as the Signalink USB)

Outpost (works with hardware TNCS and soundcard TNCs such as the Signalink USB and can be used to download messages and bulletins from packet BBS (PBBS) systems

https://groups.io/g/Sally7

Paxon (works with a soundcard TNC such as the Signalink USB)

Putty (simple terminal for packet radio)

WinTNC (V 2.01)

Using WinRPR for robust packet radio

https://www.qsl.net/wk4wc/rtc/RTC_HELP_06_NTSD/RTC_HELP_06_NTSD.html

https://nl3asd.tripod.com/index.html

http://ok1ike.c-a-v.com/soubory/soft/packet_soft.htm

https://www.qsl.net/sv2fta/software/packet_soft.htm

http://technocoma.blogspot.com/p/packet-radio-in-modern-age-with-direwolf.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRZhm5bLgxs (Direwolf Youtube video)

Using UZ7HO Soundmodem and Easyterm for HF Packet -Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF_stYfO6jc&t=497s