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Hi guys.<br>
This thread suggests some change might be useful.<br>
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Danny Moss wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Bill Vodall WA7NWP wrote:
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I think that Michigan is "the" convention these days..
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Michigan USA is surely an interesting place to be, there is a concerted
effort afoot to make a digital ham radio network work for both ham-fun
and emcomm. I have found using the ham network path to friends in
MI-DRG instead of the Internet path quite interesting. In support of
that vision, I'm delighted to host the jnoswiki as one way of
collaborating. Has the wiki been a "hit"? Hmmm.<br>
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<pre wrap=""> I'd *REALLY* like to see more Hamgate's and JNOS nodes pop up all
around the country!
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<pre wrap="">Me too!!! This would be a very good thing.
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<pre wrap=""> We have 22 Hamgate's in Michigan now and as many JNOS
home stations
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<pre wrap="">Are there how-to's we could leverage for a world wide system?
What does it take to be a "hamgate?"
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This specific answer is found on the wiki, and in several varieties.
Example configurations are downloadable.<br>
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How does somebody set up a home JNOS system?
Where does a AX25 Linux box fit in?
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Now this is a great question, over the past months it has had
considerable conversation around here, and this "itch" could use
"scratching" on the wiki if the wiki is to be a good "meeting place"
for exchange of experience. The technical stuff needed to pull off a
JNOS install has made it to perhaps "first base" [using an idiom], and
when your question is answered by a pretty complete set of examples of
what most any popular installation is to look like then perhaps it will
be a "home run".<br>
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<pre wrap="">. Our network continues to grow steadily. There are pockets
of JNOS activity in Colorado, Virginia, Hawaii, and a few other states.
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<pre wrap="">We should work together toward re-linking all of them through the
worldwide AMPRnet network :)
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<pre wrap="">I agree completely but I'm not optimistic on the AMPRnet system. Is
there enough interest and energy by the key players to support and
modernize it? </pre>
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An even better question than above. Interestingly enough it is
political rather than technical. Are we looking for a leader to
follow? I wonder if simply networking can cause enough energy and
direction while folks like Jay, Brian, Maiko, and more pump into the
collective experience what they already do very well. Sorta like
leadership by "consensus"?<br>
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<pre wrap="">Jay and Brian do a lot but they can't carry the whole
load. Maybe our chance for success would be higher if we started
over from scratch with the latest and greatest tools.
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What does starting over get rid of that needs to go? Is the effort
less than "pick up and carry on"?<br>
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<pre wrap=""><!---->Hi Guys,
I run 3 systems down here is Tasmania
I run Tnos on Linux box
I run FBB BBS on a linux box (Linked to station Australia wide)
I run Xrouter on a dos box
all there are linked to each other over my 1gb network and can be
connected to over the internet
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Now this demonstrates the change I wonder about from the top of this
post. The focus of jnoswiki has been on JNOS2 application rather than
on "digital ham networking" where content on TNOS, FBB, X, WINLINK, and
the other applications may be found. After all, jnos is a great
[versatile] tool but perhaps what's more interesting is networking
various choices of tools?<br>
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Wiki technology has potential to pull these things together into one
spot with lots of links to other spots for details. This is the
example: The wiki material began as the jnos manual by WH6IO and
others. Over time it has been modified to include much of the work of
VE4KLM, but not his most recent changes to the manual. The wiki also
contains various example configuration stuff not found elsewhere.
Perhaps for example links to KLM site is more labor saving than
inclusion?<br>
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The one feature that might be missed is the "search" function that some
of us JNOS users have become fond of. It seems easier to ask wiki
search than to sort out the thousands of answers google provides.<br>
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My system is also linked to another tnos on linux box in the north west
of the state of Tasmania VK7ax
I am always after more link so if you want to exchange mail or would
like a few links give me a yell.
Best Regards
Danny Moss
VK7HDM
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There is some bad news from the wiki. It has suffered poor
availability in recent weeks as I move from Fedora 8 to 10. I don't
have a spare platform to serve wiki from while I work out the new
features in the OS...:-(<br>
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So if the jnoswiki is more useful with additional general networking
topics, and if we(?) pick up pieces from AMPRnet [including AX.25,
DSTAR, and other technologies] and go forward to build a stronger ham
network, then the wiki could be one "scratchpad". Time is maybe our
only enemy? <br>
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Now if this thread morphs any further, it probably needs to be
re-titled?<br>
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73 Skip<br>
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