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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I don’t have any access, but wasn’t there a 9600 baud backbone on 6 meters ages ago? Maybe someone remembers that and how it was laid out.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joe<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>73 de N3HGB<b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> aprssig <aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Bruninga<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 10, 2021 4:01 PM<br><b>To:</b> TAPR APRS Mailing List <aprssig@lists.tapr.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [aprssig] East Coast Backbone 9600 baud network<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>There has been a donation of a dozen or so KPC-9612 Dual Port TNC's to fuel renewed interest in a possible 9600 baud KA node packet network along the Appalachian mountains from Maine to Georgia similar to what we do each year in the one day Golden Packet event (<a href="http://aprs.org/at-golden-packet.html">Golden Packet Event (aprs.org)</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If we can identify a frequency (and band) for the backbone then there is also a potential donor for a dozen radios for the backbone side (220 or UHF?).<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>See <a href="http://aprs.org/ec9600net.html">East Coast 9600 baud backbone (aprs.org)</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>So, anyone that has potential access to existing ham sites along the way, ket us know.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bob, WB4APR<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>