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<DIV><SPAN class=312110721-19082006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Gudday</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=312110721-19082006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Been doing some
experimentation last few days into the best way to pass traffic from remote
sites into a HQ.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312110721-19082006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312110721-19082006><FONT face=Arial size=2>We have
tried</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312110721-19082006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312110721-19082006><FONT face=Arial size=2>1) UI send and
forget packets - with linux perl looking at TNC </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312110721-19082006><FONT face=Arial size=2>2) APRS messaging -
with port xastir port 2023 talking to perl</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312110721-19082006><FONT face=Arial size=2>3) 2.4 GHz wifi -
failed misserably</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312110721-19082006><FONT face=Arial size=2>4) Connect mode in
AX25 with perl running on linux looking at serial port</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312110721-19082006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312110721-19082006><FONT face=Arial size=2>By far the most
simplest and most efficient was to set the kenwood up to 10 users, and then let
them connect over good ole ax25 and send data.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312110721-19082006><FONT face=Arial size=2>The ack function was
pushed back into the radio ax25 protocol layer instead of the data layer eg APRS
messaging.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312110721-19082006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312110721-19082006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Learnt heaps and
found I could pass 17 pieces of infor in 2.5 secconds.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312110721-19082006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312110721-19082006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Try reading that out
over air ! hee hee</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312110721-19082006><FONT face=Arial size=2>All good fun, cheers
Andy </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>-----------------------------------------<BR>Andrew
Rich<BR>Amateur radio callsign VK4TEC<BR>email: </FONT><A
href="mailto:vk4tec@tech-software.net"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>vk4tec@tech-software.net</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>web:
http://www.tech-software.net<BR>Brisbane AUSTRALIA </FONT></P>
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