[FARC] FARC Meeting Topic

[Bob Moroney]

Kirk,
Of course, you've lost the element of surprise by posing your question 
here instead of springing it on the presenters on Monday, but then 
again, you may get a more comprehensive response as a result.  Good 
strategy! 

My guess is that day-to-day AX.25 packet use around here is pretty 
limited these days (as we've discussed before), with nets (maybe) set up 
and/or activated for drills and actual emergency situations.  But this 
probably varies by area, with  parts of the country commonly affected by 
storms/wildfires/forest fires/earthquakes/etc. having more permanent and 
active infrastructure.

We'll get the real answer(s) Monday.  See you then. 

73, Bob K9CMR
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Kirk Talbott wrote:
> Hello all, I know the plate is pretty much full for our upcoming FARC 
> meeting but I have another topic idea for a meeting which follows 
> along with the planned agenda items of NTS traffic handling and 
> digital.  My ARRL Operating Manual says you can access Packet NTS 
> traffic bulletin boards and receive and transmit NTS messages via 
> Packet.  Just curious as to how this works. 
>  
> The ARRL Operating Manual says, "After logging on to your local 
> NTS-supported bulletin board, type the command LT, meaning List 
> Traffic.  The BBS will sort and display an index of all NTSXX traffic 
> awaiting delivery. "  Do we have a local NTS-supported Packet bulletin 
> board?
>  
> Once you get to your local NTS-supported Packet bulletin board you 
> supposedly can receive traffic by issuing the RT (read traffic) 
> command and the message number.  The operating manual says you can 
> send NTS traffic with Packet via the ST (send traffic) command.  The 
> whole process looks rather involved and if someone knows how to do it 
> a demonstration   might be interesting. 
>  
> or
>  
> Is the process of sending NTS-Traffic via Packet extremely outdated 
> and nobody does this anymore?
>  
> I know if I had my druthers and I had to receive and send NTS traffic, 
> I would rather sit at a computer and receive and send NTS-traffic at 
> my own leisure rather than trying to listen to another Ham rattle off 
> NTS-Traffic form items over the radio.  With the almost universal use 
> of computers and Ham radio, I'm surprised there isn't NTS-Traffic 
> handling software that can interface with Packet NTS-Traffic BBS's to 
> do this very thing.  I mean AIRMAIL software does Internet E-mail via 
> Packet, why not NTS-Traffic?
>  
> 73
> KB3ONM
> Kirk