[OKDXA] VHF Packet Cluster

Tue, 3 Dec 2002 12:48:23 -0600

Hi Kim,

The least expensive and most troublefree option I know of (and have used for
many years) is a second phone line and an internet connection to
http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/.  There are numerous DX info sites as well.
Currently, I have a cable modem and I telnet to k1ttt.net where I can filter
the DX spots so that I only see info from US stations and I have software to
alert me to country spots that I need.

I miss the ability to chat with locals but we have the OKDXA Reflector that
sorta fills that void.

An excellent site to find what is available on the internet is www.ac6v.com.

See ya,

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Elmore" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: [OKDXA] VHF Packet Cluster

> Hi Bill,
>
> Thanks for the advice. I haven't yet found any wireless i-net ISPs that
> serve my area (SE 104th and Anderson RD, about 5 mi SE of Tinker).  I'm
> open to suggestions! The Sprint system reaches my area, but they no longer
> take on new customers and I suspect they're trying to sell their current
> system.  We have no CATV and DSL is not likely in any reasonable time, so
> I'm a bit stuck.  It's a shame that AX.25 packet has gone the way of the
> dodo; for this application, it was quite good.
>
> 73,
>
> Kim Elmore, N5OP
>
> At 09:40 AM 12/2/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>
> >Kim, you might check for the availability of one of the wireless i-net
> >servers in your area. I recently got on it here in Burns Flat, 128  k
hook
> >up both ways and it's great. $29.95 per month. Down side is $330.00
> >equiptment and hook up fee. It really is glitch free and frees up the
> >phone lines.
> >Packett radio is a thing of the past out here. also, there is an internet
> >cluster in Lawton that has very few regular users .
> >kc5nyo.dns2go.com  solid connections.
> >73   BILL-W5VW
> >  Kim Elmore <[email protected]> wrote:Hi Terry and all that responded,
> >
> >Thanks for the info. The last time I was truly active was in 1995; in
June
> >1995, I moved here. I guess I was spoiled while I lived in the Denver
area
> >because the Mile High DX Association helped maintain a packet cluster
that,
> >as far as I know, was fed data only from local sources. There were a lot
of
> >very active DXers in the Denver area. However, I know that the MHDXA had
> >gratis help from some engineers who simply enjoyed the challenge of
making
> >the cluster work, and so footed a fair bit of the load. The cluster was
> >state-wide, spanned the Continental Divide and had several nodes
> >interconnected with a high-speed 70 cm backbone.
> >
> >I'm only just becoming active again, and the amount of time I've been
able
> >free for radio has been disappointingly small. I was aware of Sprint's
> >wireless ISP option, but thought that they had stopped expanding the
> >service a few months ago; I was unaware that there were any others. We'll
> >probably avoid the satellite option for now, though if we ever build a
> >house on the land we're buying, we might try it then.
> >
> >I need a way to avoid using the phone line because my wife is a
radiologist
> >and has to take call form home. When that happens, we have to leave both
> >phone lines open, because she needs to receive images and talk to other
> >docs or techs at the same time; the hospital doesn't maintain a way to
send
> >the images over the internet, so a telephone line is a necessity.
> >
> >My location isn't ideal for anode and I don't have a particularly tall
> >tower (an HDBX48 with 8 ft of steel mast sticking out of the top) so I
> >probably wouldn't make a good node site, but would happily entertain one
> >otherwise. If we ever build on the land east of Norman, we'd have a
better
> >site even with that modest tower: it has an unrestricted horizon.
> >
> >I've been wondering how useful spots from non-local sources are; I
suppose
> >it could help me anticipate when conditions might open up at my QTH, or
> >help me map operating habits of some particular DX, but knowing that MA
> >hears something juicy doesn't necessarily mean I'll hear it. On the other
> >hand, the more ears, the better.
> >
> >One of these Mondays, I'll try to check into the 75 m net. Unfortunately,
> >6:30 pm is often when we're preparing dinner and so isn't a good time for
a
> >leisurely anything. I hope you all did well in the CQ WW had a fine
> >Thanksgiving!
> >
> >73,
> >
> >Kim Elmore, N5OP
> >Kim Elmore, Ph.D.
> >University of Oklahoma
> >Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
> >"All of weather is divided into three parts: Yes, No, and Maybe. The
> >greatest of these is Maybe" The original Latin appears to be garbled.
> >
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>                            Kim Elmore, Ph.D.
>                         University of Oklahoma
>          Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
> "All of weather is divided into three parts: Yes, No, and Maybe. The
> greatest of these is Maybe" The original Latin appears to be garbled.
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