[FADCA] Status of E. Central Florida Packet Network - Saturday March 31, 2007

[bud Thompson]

Deltona
0630 EDT

The following 1200b Local Area Networks (LANs) in the E. Central Florida 
Packet network are all functioning including interconnectivity:

Melbourne  145.090 also 441.050 9.6kb
Orlando      145.070
DeLand      144.910 also 446.250 9.6kb
Daytona Beach 145.050
St. Augustine  144.990
Orange Park   144.093

Two-way travel time from Melbourne through to Orange Park is approximately 6 
seconds.

The Melbourne to Orlando link is over the internet.  From Orlando through to 
Orange Park the links are all UHF 9.6KB.

The N4ZKF Packet Bulletin Board is on the DAB LAN and may be reached from 
any LAN on the network. (Network address 386677)

WL2K resources (Telpac Nodes) are available on all LANS except St. Augustine 
and may be accessed from one LAN to another (including from St. Augustine) 
across the network.

Check the Telpac Map at http://www.winlink.org/positions/telpacpos.aspx for 
current status of Telpac Nodes reporting to the internet.  (See attached map 
from this morning.)

NOTE:  The WL2K Telpac Maps now contain MARS Telpac Nodes - those are listed 
for 148.650 which is not in the 2M ham band.  Be sure you are transmitting 
on your Local Area Network user frequency as above.  There is no cross-over 
between Ham and Mars on the network.  There are two MARS Telpac nodes in 
this part of the state: AAR4WJ in Palm Bay and AAB4FL in Ocala.

73,

bud Thompson NØIA
386 574 4124
386 956 0386 Sprint Cell