[aprssig] Best TNC for use as portable digi?

[Stephen H. Smith]

Robert Rochte wrote:
> I'm wondering what TNC everyone would recommend for a small, portable 
> (read: balloon-borne) APRS digipeater.  I had a KPC-3+ that I was 
> planning to fly on Field Day, but it is now somewhere in Lake St. 
> Clair...  Is the KPC-3+ still the best choice or is there something 
> better?
>
> Thanks and 73,
> Robert  KC8UCH
>   

An alternative that would be cheaper and more "expendable" would be the 
TNC-X with it's piggyback digipeater plug-in board.  At $50 a pop, you 
could afford to deep-six three or four of these for the cost of one 
KPC3+      Details at:


    < http://tnc-x.com >




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