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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>So explain what isn’t “free”
about WinLink?<br>
And why is it overhyped?</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I think it’s about as free as it can
get, except maybe</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>If you consider the cost of a Pactor-3
modem, which isn’t</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Nearly as expensive as a nice HF
rig. Using Packet, even</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Miserly Hams can access Winlink via Telpac
using existing</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Packet modems and VHF radios. You do
NOT need Pactor-3</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>To access it, many older packet modems
include Pactor-1</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Which works fine most times.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I think it isn’t hyp’ed
enough!</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It’s a great system.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It serves the Amateur community daily,
24/7,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Not just putting blips on maps for the
amusement of</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Of Ham’s wife wondering where her
husband is.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>And a Linux flavor is surely welcomed now!</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>So just what is PSKMail? If it doesn’t
have the</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Infrastructure of WinLink it will never be
much use…</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I can’t download a 411MB file to
find out… that’s worse</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Than buying a Pactor-3 modem!</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org [mailto:aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Stephen Brown Jr<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, December 19, 2006
20:43<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> TAPR APRS Mailing List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [aprssig] PSKMail
Live CD</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This
is pretty neat, I didn't even know something like this existed, and being a
linux program makes it all more the better for me! :D <br>
<br>
I'm definitely going to look into this, I would love to see a free alternative
to the overhyped Winlink system. <br>
<br>
Thanks for sharing!<br>
<br>
73's<br>
Stephen <br>
N1VLV</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=gmailquote><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 12/19/06, <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Brian B. Riley</span></b> <<a
href="mailto:brianbr@mac.com">brianbr@mac.com</a>> wrote: </span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Steve Ford's January 2007 Eclectic Technology profiled
a freeware<br>
alternative to the Pactpr based WinLink 2000. Unfortunately for many <br>
its only available in Linux. Fortunately, for the misfortunate there<br>
is a Live Boot CD available from SM0RWO at<br>
<br>
<<a
href="http://www.crusefalk.se/psklive/">http://www.crusefalk.se/psklive/</a>><br>
<br>
It is a 411 MB download as an ISO file ready to be burned. I have<br>
booted it up on two different Intel based machines here and it runs<br>
very nicely. The disk was hard to get as the first few days after QST<br>
hit homes, the website got hammered pretty hard, It took me 12 hours <br>
to pull the file!<br>
<br>
If you do not have access to broadband or don't want the hassle I<br>
have made it available at Ye Olde Disk Shoppe for the usual fee of<br>
$3.50 ( covering, label, media, copying, mailer, Paypal and postage) <br>
<br>
<<a href="http://www.wulfden.org/DiskShop.shtml">http://www.wulfden.org/DiskShop.shtml</a>><br>
<br>
---<br>
cheers ... 73 de brian riley, n1bq , underhill center,
vermont<br>
<<a href="http://web.mac.com/brianbr/">
http://web.mac.com/brianbr/</a>> Tech Blog<br>
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