[FADCA] Re: Telpac Gateway

[Chuck Hast]

On 6/28/06, bud Thompson <budt at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> See my bottom posting . . .
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: seelyf at aol.com
> To: budt at cfl.rr.com
> Cc: seelyf at aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 13:54
> Subject: Telpac Gateway
>
>
> Hello Bud,
>
>     Thanks to you, my understanding of WL2K has grown to the extent that we
> are now ready to establish a Telpac Gateway at the Highlands County EOC in
> Sebring, FL.  We have a few questions before we bring the gateway up:
>
> 1.  Do you have a recommended frequency for our location here in central
> Florida?  Contacts with FADCA did not result in a frequency assignment.
> Since current Florida Telpac Gateways are nonexistent in the mid 145 mhz
> range, would 145.570 (or nearby) appear to be a good choice for us?  There
> is a local packet net on 144.970 so we wanted to stay clear of that
> frequency.  Any thoughts or suggestions about choosing a frequency would be
> welcome.
>
> 2.  May we have permission to use the N0IA Telnet server?  During our
> testing, this server has been totally reliable.
>
> 3.  Do non-WL2K stations cause any problems if they connect to the Telpac
> station?
>
> Thanks,
> Fred Seely  AA4ME
>
> * * *
>
> Hi, Fred - Glad you are moving things along there in your area.
>
> 1.  I don't see an existing 2M LAN in your part of the state, but we need to
> get some others on the fadca at mailman.qth.net who are closer to the ground
> truth than I am to respond before I make a recommendation for a LAN
> frequency there.  Normally, there is an FPAC switch that supplies a 2M LAN
> frequency for access to the network.
>
> In the absence of such - I recommend trying to work an arrangement with the
> 144.970 'packet net' folks as that must be where anyone who is on packet is!
> This would, hopefully, provide more packet folks an introduction/access to
> the WL2K system rather than just going off on a frequency where no one else
> is.
>
> 2. Freel free to use the N0IA Telnet server for your Telpac Node. . . I
> suggest using two out of state PMBOs as your #2 and #3.
>
> 3. If a keyboarder connects to the Telpac node it just responds like a BBS.
> The keyboarder needs to know the keybaord commands for using the Telpac
> node- which can be learned by using the H(elp) command.  Telpac supports
> keyboard connects, but it is terribly slow that way!  Best that users have
> Paclink AGW or Airmail (fully automatic links) or at least have the message
> in a file and upload/send the file once the inital TO: is set up.
>
> If you need any help in setting up terminal programs (Winpack) to make that
> semi-automatic let me know.
>

Is he talking about the Lake Placid switch on 144.97? That would be the
nearest, it is/was a DOS box, perhaps it can be moved to Linux and the
TelPac app put on it?

-- 
Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
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