[FADCA] Lost another one to Dia Tec!

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Hi Bud, et al.:  We stand ready to fill in wherever we are needed.  Bud 
knows our assets and locations.  We have the time to put systems together 
and we can place  the switch/node where you need it.  Lake Panasoffkee is 
just a stones throw from Dunnellon.  Let me know your wishes.  73, Ed
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bud thompson" <budt at cfl.rr.com>
To: <k4gbb at earthlink.net>; "Florida Amateur Digital Communication 
Association" <fadca at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: "CatherineK4ECM" <manywtrs at atlantic.net>; "Mike Harper" 
<mikeharper at mrhs.org>; "Edwin A. Crowell" <w5twr at comcast.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [FADCA] Lost another one to Dia Tec!


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Charles S Schuman" <k4gbb at earthlink.net>
> To: "FADCA - News Reflecter" <fadca at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 12:17
> Subject: [FADCA] Lost another one to Dia Tec!
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>> It looks like the ROSE stack @ MRMC in Ocala is
>> SK! Mike, kq4pp, says the equip took a direct hit and wiped out the whole 
>> mess! He also reported that the hosp has other plans for that area and 
>> wasn't open to having replacment gear installed.
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>> I haven't seen anything out of The Villages for over a month.
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>> Other than my linux test facilities, Telpac node and BBS there is no 
>> other packet service in Citrus/Marion Counties.
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>> While I think of it... It appears that the linux mkiss don't like 
>> BPQkiss. I am able to use the Tiny2 kiss w/o any pbms - other than the 
>> TNC has to be restarted after each boot. If I hang a TNC w/ BPQkiss on 
>> the same cable it talks to the puter, but has no TXD. I'm guessing that 
>> Chuck, kp4djt, had simular pbms and as a result went to 6pac.
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>> <<Charlie>>
>>     k4gbb
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> From bud N0IA
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> Losing the site in Ocala is not the direction in which we want to go!  Dan 
> KA0OXH is nearly ready to put Clermont /Lake County LAN on the air and the 
> next step is to backbone north to Ocala!  N3PPC and I are working on 
> radios for Russ N4KOX that will go in sites North, NW and NE of Ocala and 
> will be expecting Ocala to be on the air! Arrrgh!
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> Mike- What can be done to mitigate this? This would be a major loss to our 
> efforts to refurbish the network! (Can you attend the upcoming FADCA 
> Technical Conference in Sanford on April 30?)  We have some 'hospital' 
> connections in Seminole, Orange, and Lake Counties... is it possible those 
> might help?
>
>> I haven't seen anything out of The Villages for over a month.
>
> Ed W5TWR has been the main mover/shaker there and I know he has been 
> in/out of town having new grandbabies and other family obligations.
>
> Ed- can you step in here and comment?
>
> We gave our E-mail Over Ham Radio in Support of EMCOMMs dog and pony show 
> in Tavares shortly after the hurricanes, in the Villages in January (?) 
> and in Eustis at the Lake County EOC in March. I had the impression the 
> LAKE COUNTY and SUMTER COUNTY ARES groups will be working on getting folks 
> on packet (Paclink AGW and/or Airmail) and putting up Telpac nodes.  I'm 
> hoping that some of the more interested folks from the LAKE COUNTY ARES 
> will attend the FADCA Technical Conference.  (It is less than 70 minutes 
> drive.) Tom KD4WOV indicated that would be likely once I published the 
> full agenda.
>
>> Other than my linux test facilities, Telpac node and BBS there is no 
>> other packet service in Citrus/Marion Counties.
>
> Hang in there, Charlie!  Catherine K4EMC in VERY REMOTE Inglis which is in 
> Levy County only 0.2 mile out of Citrus County is anxious to get connected 
> to the network.  Late last year N3PPC and I set her up with Airmail and 
> Paclink AGW, but she is so far from any network node that it doesn't do 
> her any good on vhf packet. She doesn't have sufficient HF experience / 
> training to use the Airmail on HF effectively.  She has 'connections' 
> there with her ARES EC that might help generate some interest.  It might 
> prove fruitful for you and Catherine to get together and see if you can 
> bring her in to your packet service and get involved.
>
> Catherine - any chance you can attend the FADCA Technical Conference in 
> Sanford (12 miles north of Orlando) on April 30?  Perhaps you and Charlie 
> K4GBB could carpool. (k4gbb at earthlink.net <k4gbb at earthlink.net>)
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>> While I think of it... It appears that the Linux mkiss don't like 
>> BPQkiss. I am able to use the Tiny2 kiss w/o any pbms - other than the 
>> TNC has to be restarted after each boot.
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> N3PPC and I are not that far along with LINUX FPAC for me to respond 
> (N3PPC- can you?)  However, I recall that Chuck KP4DJT was concerned about 
> TNCs in their (native) kissmode not being able to stay there!  I have 
> determined that the AEA/Timewave PK96 will stay there for a fact in DOS 
> FPAC.  We use KISS 0$B mode for DOS FPAC and it works swell, and works 
> every time.
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> 73,
> bud N0IA
> 386 574 4124
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