[FADCA] REVISED! Technical Conference Announcement!! Aug 20 not 30!!

[Bill Sinbine]

At 06:33 PM 8/6/2005, you wrote:
>Florida Amateur Digital Communication Association (FADCA)
>
>Check the website often for any changes! (We'll get this right yet!)
>
>http://www.fadca.org/
>
>DIGITAL MODES TECHNICAL CONFERENCE
>
>Saturday August 20, 2005 8AM until 5 PM
>
>Tampa, Florida
>
>The TPALAN amateur radio club will host the second Florida Amateur
>Digital Communication Association (FADCA) technical conference to be
>held this year.
>
>A free full-day conference on packet, other digital modes, digital
>networking in Florida and ARES E-mail Over Ham Radio in Support of
>EMCOMMs will be held at the Hillsborough County EOC in Tampa. Anyone
>interested in learning about or promoting amateur radio digital
>communications is welcomed to attend.  Check the agenda below for
>details of topics to be covered.
>
>The conference, in the form of hands-on workshops, will be quite
>informal, though time-structured in order to keep discussions moving
>and allow ample time for all agenda items.  To keep on schedule, lunch
>will be on site ­-  a choice of sandwiches, sodas, water, etc.  The
>$6/person fee will also include morning Krispy Kream donuts and
>coffee.  Because of needing a head count for lunch, as well as CD ROMs
>and handouts, PLEASE advise well in advance of your attendance (See
>RSVP instructions after the agenda.)
>
>Attendees will be coming from all over the state. To take advantage of
>a full day, the conference will be divided into two hands-on
>workshops:
>
>(1) For those wanting to learn about E-mail Over Ham Radio and how to
>use the Florida Layered Packet Network.
>
>(2) For network site managers who want to get started on LINX FPAC.
>
>The first workshop will start at 0800 and the second after lunch, but
>no later than 1300 hrs.  The conference will end no later than 1700
>hrs. While these are related, but very divergent workshops, all
>attendees are welcomed to take part in either or both.
>
>This is your chance to learn more details about the exciting new
>facets (and some old ones!) of packet radio and digital messaging.
>
>Talk-In:
>147.105 + MHz N4TP amateur radio repeater ( 146.2 PL tone)
>
>Location:
>Hillsborough County Emergency Operation Center
>
>Address:
>2711 East Hanna Avenue Tampa, FL 33610
>
>GPS Coordinates:
>N 28 degrees 00.136 minutes
>W 82 degrees 25.682 minutes
>
>Driving Directions From Interstate 275:
>Traveling Interstate 275 from either a Northbound or Southbound
>direction, take Exit 47(A) [old Exit 30(A) ] Hillsborough Avenue / US
>Highway 92 East. Travel East on Hillsborough Avenue / US Highway 92
>East for approximately 1.7 miles until you come to the traffic signal
>at the intersection of Hillsborough Avenue and 30th Street. Turn left
>(North) onto 30th Street.  Travel North on 30th Street approximately
>0.5 miles until you come to the traffic signal at 30th Street and
>Hanna Avenue. Turn left (West) onto Hanna Avenue. The EOC is on your
>left approximately 0.1 miles from the intersection of Hanna Avenue and
>30th Street. The EOC building is located behind the Hillsborough
>County Fire-Rescue building at the base of the 320-foot radio tower.
>
>Driving Directions From Interstate 4:
>Traveling Interstate 4 Westbound, take Exit 7 [ old Exit 6 ]
>Hillsborough Avenue / US Highway 92 West. Travel West on Hillsborough
>Avenue / US Highway 92 West for approximately 4.9 miles until you come
>to the traffic signal at the intersection of Hillsborough Avenue and
>30th Street. Turn right (North) onto 30th Street.  Travel North on
>30th Street approximately 0.5 miles until you come to the traffic
>signal at 30th Street and Hanna Avenue. Turn left (West) onto Hanna
>Avenue. The EOC is on your left approximately 0.1 miles from the
>intersection of Hanna Avenue and 30th Street. The EOC building is
>located behind the Hillsborough County Fire-Rescue building at the
>base of the 320-foot radio tower.
>
>                             AGENDA
>
>0800 - LUNCH  - PACKET NETWORKING IN FLORIDA AND HANDS ON WORKSHOP ­
>
>So you want to get (back) on packet? So your ARES group wants to
>incorporate E-mail Over Ham Radio?  Here is your chance for some
>real-time help. Basics of the Florida Layered Packet Network and the
>WL2K E-mail Over Ham Radio systems will be presented, then we will
>load the software required to use them on your laptop.  There will be
>plenty of help.  Take advantage of this opportunity.  If you don't
>have a Win95/ 98/ 2000/ XP laptop to bring, come and observe so you
>will see how to do this on your computer at home or at your EOC.
>
>NOTE: Win2000 or WinXP OS is required for full automatic E-mail over
>Ham Radio. Win95/98 may be used for packet messaging and less
>automatic E-mail.
>
>THE FLORIDA LAYERED PACKET NETWORK AND HOW TO NAVIGATE IT.
>Local Area Networks (LANS) ­ The Building Blocks of the Network; switch
>components; how a switch functions; network addressing; connect
>scripts; Telnet links, packet Bulletin Boards, Telpac Nodes.
>
>E-MAIL OVER HAM RADIO IN SUPPORT OF EMCOMMS IN FLORIDA.  What is
>required to provide this service in Florida.
>
>GETTING YOUR PACKET STATION RUNNING (All software will be supplied.)
>
>1. Loading the following programs on your Win2000 or WinXP computer:
>
>a) MS Dot Net Framework 1.1 (Do it yourself before you leave home if
>possible. Just do a Google search "download net framework" and use
>Windows Update. Do not go beyond 1.1!)
>
>b) AGW PE free
>
>c) AGW terminal
>
>d) AGW digi
>
>e) Paclink Post Office
>
>f) Paclink AGW
>
>2. On this computer or a Win95/98 computer
>
>g) Winpack Terminal Program
>
>h) Airmail 3.0.22
>
>i) Telpac Node
>
>3. Making the TNC LEDS blink using c,e,f, g, and h above.
>
>If you also bring a (working) TNC and an RS-232 cable for the TNC to
>your computer, you will go home with all this working.  (Bring power
>supply for the TNC.)  If you do not have a TNC there will be one for
>you to use during the workshop as a proof of principle. Do not bring
>your vhf radio unless you have a TNC-to-radio cable already wired for
>that. Bring a dummy load if you bring the radio.  MODERATORS: N0IA,
>N3PPC, and anyone else who is available to help.
>
>If necessary, this workshop will continue after lunch concurrently
>with the LINUX FPAC workshop.
>
>LUNCH BREAK ­ Two choices of sandwiches, potato chips, cookie, pickle
>spear, and a soft drink - $6/person. (Morning Krispy Cream donuts and
>coffee included.)
>
>1300  LINUX FPAC ­ Network site managers will learn how to prepare a
>LINUX computer for FPAC.  Bring one or more LINUX-capable computers
>with one or more serial ports and a CD-ROM 
>drive, or just sit in, observe, and take notes.
>
>The exercise is planned to set up ax.25, define a port and test that
>port.  From there one can play with packet (as a USER) and attempt to
>install FPAC/TELPAC.  This is a hands-on exercise, with a 'Live CD'
>install (i.e. OS on RAM drive and programs are pulled off the CD into
>RAM) or a hard drive install.  We should be able to complete the
>exercise on a laptop and accommodate those who want to install to the
>hard drive on a desktop. If your computer already has Linux installed,
>the needed ax.25 packages will be supplied. MODERATORS- K4GBB and
>KP4DJT.
>
>Come for one or both of the seminars.  Don't miss lunch!
>
>Send an e-mail before August 17, 2005 to <rsvp at danmc.org> indicating
>your attendance at the Technical Conference on August 20, 2005
>
>Subject: TC August 20
>
>In body of message indicate the following:
>
>Name
>Call
>County
>Morning Session? (Y/N)
>Lunch ? (Y/N)
>Afternoon Session? (Y/N)
>
>TPALAN and FADCA are looking forward to a large interactive crowd!
>
>AR
>
>
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73, Bill Sinbine
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