On 07-21-18 10:07, Andy Ball wrote to Paul Hayton <=-

"55" could mean anything because of the way CB PLLs get hacked around. Here are my notes on the legitimate channel frequencies...

FCC/CEPT CB Radio Channel Frequencies

Also the same in Australia, which adopted the same AM/SSB 27 MHz specs as the USA. However, since you're talking to Paul, NZ is different. Their CB band is down in 26 MHz.


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On 07-22-18 10:39, Paul Hayton wrote to Andy Ball <=-

Yep quite correct and in New Zealand I suspect it's different again... thanks for pointing that out.

Yes, NZ has a rather unique allocation on 26 MHz. Apparently, that was because TVNZ channel 1 started around 54 MHz, and 27 MHz would have caused nationwide TVI over there. :D


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Ed Vance wrote to Supa_Scoopa Subject: Re: BBS over Ham Radio

In the late 1970's there were some Hams in the Louisville,
Kentucky & Southern Indiana area who operated AFSK BAUDOT and ASCII Radioteletype BBS's on Two Meters using their Apple ][ and Atari
PC's.

I ran a 20 meter mailbox system for many years after I got into ham radio in 1979. I started in the 80's some time using the HAL DSR-3100, (Later the HAL DSK-3100 when they added a discs drive. I was called an MSO, which stood for Message Storage Option. It was a store and forward system. I was on 20
meters about 14.0875 If I remember correctly. You would get on with your
RTTY System and type MSOAPI. My system would come one, welcome you, and you could read and store messages. Sort of like a simple Packet BBS. There were
a number of us on frequency, so you could leave a message on my machine for
a friend who you did not have propagation to, he could check in read the mesages and leave you a reply. You could write and erase your messges. I also put the ARRL Bulletins in and other messages of interest that you could read but only I could erase. It was a great group of guys and we had other MSOs on from SD, IL, FL, Guatamala and even a few in Europe. the HAL Corporation was and still is located in Urbana, IL. HAL was also the name of the computer
in 2001 Space Oddesy butild in, yes, Urban, IL, Vut Bill Henry akkways
ckauned that his company pre date the 1868 movie by 19 years. Not sure if
Bill sill owns HAL, Bill is also a ham radio op, (I forgot his call).

Fun times back then RTTY was and stll it my favorite digital mode.

-73-

Al Kaiser n1api@cox.net <=-

Stay Healthy 'n Wealthy!

Al Kaiser - Meriden, CT, 24-Jul-2018 at 9:13.
Fido : 1:142/926 - Internet : n1api@cox.net

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Ed Vance wrote to Supa_Scoopa Subject: Re: BBS over Ham Radio

In the late 1970's there were some Hams in the Louisville,
Kentucky & Southern Indiana area who operated AFSK BAUDOT and ASCII Radioteletype BBS's on Two Meters using their Apple ][ and Atari
PC's.

I ran a 20 meter mailbox system for many years after I got into ham radio in 1979. I started in the 80's some time using the HAL DSR-3100, (Later the HAL DSK-3100 when they added a discs drive. I was called an MSO, which stood for Message Storage Option. It was a store and forward system. I was on 20
meters about 14.0875 If I remember correctly. You would get on with your
RTTY System and type MSOAPI. My system would come one, welcome you, and you could read and store messages. Sort of like a simple Packet BBS. There were
a number of us on frequency, so you could leave a message on my machine for
a friend who you did not have propagation to, he could check in read the mesages and leave you a reply. You could write and erase your messges. I also put the ARRL Bulletins in and other messages of interest that you could read but only I could erase. It was a great group of guys and we had other MSOs on from SD, IL, FL, Guatamala and even a few in Europe. the HAL Corporation was and still is located in Urbana, IL. HAL was also the name of the computer
in 2001 Space Oddesy built in, yes, Urban, IL, But Bill Henry always
claimed that his company pre dateed the 1868 movie by 10 years. Not sure if Bill sill owns HAL, Bill is also a ham radio op, (I forgot his call).

Fun times back then RTTY was and stll it my favorite digital mode.

-73-

Al Kaiser n1api@cox.net <=-

Stay Healthy 'n Wealthy!

Al Kaiser - Meriden, CT, 24-Jul-2018 at 9:13.
Fido : 1:142/926 - Internet : n1api@cox.net

.!. Why is it called a bathing suit? You don't take a bath in it.
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Before I left the states for Korea, there was not much packet activity besides APRS in San Diego, Ca. Though that may depend on the region.

RTTY seemed to still be active on HF, then there is WINLINK for sending email over the PACTOR modes. There may also be WINLINK VHF/UHF nodes in your area.

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Before I left the states for Korea, there was not much packet activity besides APRS in San Diego, Ca. Though that may depend on the region.

I used to run a PBBS on 145.01 in San Diego from 1993 to around 1997, got interested in "full service BBSing" and became a node on 145.05. I remember lots of activity back then but I've been out of ham radio for a while. Still have a KPC-3 in the garage somewhere though... :)

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