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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Yes it MAY be simple. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>My experience with LINUX is that it can be hit and
miss.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>It would take me all of 3 minutes to plug in a TT4
device, and write some serial code</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>If the soundmodem solution does not work straight
up you can end up pulling your hair out and spending hours trying to work out
why it does not work with your version of LINUX.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Been there SO many times.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>A TNC is the obvious solution, but I cant see why I
shud have to pay $400 for a simple packet radio tone enc/dec
solution</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=wa7nwp@gmail.com href="mailto:wa7nwp@gmail.com">Bill Vodall
WA7NWP</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=aprssig@tapr.org
href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">TAPR APRS Mailing List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:07
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [aprssig] Field
station</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>>><BR>>> Packet audio in, serial plain text out
into LINUX, perl and MySQL . simple<BR><BR>The sound card packet system is as
simple as one can get... Receive<BR>only there's no need for a TNC
and it'll work with either 1200
or<BR>9600.<BR><BR>Bill<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>aprssig
mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">aprssig@tapr.org</A><BR><A
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