Hello all Network105,

? ?Over the last week we have been seeing a Large amount of BBS Traffic (? compressed data ) and APRS Traffic.

? ?Please check your setups if you are running BPQ32 or others and make sure that we all follow the guidelines that Burt VE1AMA established for our Great Network.

? ?Thanks again for being part of NetWork105.

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I'm new to Network105. I'm setting up a little station on 10M and would be interested in the guidelines for operating a good packet station. Where is the document you're referencing here? I checked the files and the Wiki and can't find hide nor hair of it. I did a search and can not find a webpage for Network105. Maybe I'm challenged but where can I find a copy of the guidelines?
Thanks & 73
Mike

OK, ignore my last plea. I went back and did a search specifically for Network105, Burt's call and guidelines and the first thing to come up is a link to it right here in Groups.io. sorry.
Mike

Hi Mike,
Welcome to the group! It seems you've located the web site.
But we would love to hear about your HF packet adventures on 10 meters.
Let's start with a TNC: are you planning on using a sound card or external hardware?
What frequency were you thinking of? LSB or if your license class allows, FM?

73 de Chris Lance
ww2bsa.org

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Thanks, Chris. Yes, I did find the website after I stopped looking for network105.com or whatever. In fact the link in your email note says Network105.org but actually goes to Net105.org which doesn't exist. I found the site at . Either way I found it.

I guess I'm a victim of too many You Tube videos that are passing mis-information. I saw a video that said Network105 is the same group no matter what band you're on. So I mistakenly believed that 28.105 was where you are on 10M. I have now seen that you are predominantly on 20M (14.105). So I've been sitting on 28.105 LSB and not seeing much activity. I saw others that popped up there or in the Direwolf groups.io that were trying to get started with packet on 10M too. It seems that for short periods there's a flurry of activity there but then it all just stops. Today I saw nothing. But then I think we had a solar event and the bands may have been dead. I didn't see a lot on VARA either. Not sure what affect it has with the VARA folks on the USB side of that frequency. I started with packet on 2M back in the early 90s. It was pretty exciting because gateways and portals were being setup then to start interfacing packet with 'The Internet'. Then the internet took over and packet began its decline. Now I'm just trying out all the digital modes to find which works out the best for me. Since I'm a Tech I only have privileges on the low end of the band. I can't do FM further up.

?I'm using a sound card based transceiver (IC-7300). I do still have my PK-88 hardware TNC from the 2M days. I'm very intrigued by VARA. I have it installed and have made several contacts and had nice QSOs with others. I'd like to be able to do Packet or Olivia using the VARA-HF modem. I've tinkered with FT8/4. I'm trying to get FLDigi working to do PSK31 and RTTY. But, nostalgia has brought me back to packet and I'm curious about the differences between old AX.25 packet and Robust Packet. Lots of things to learn and for this 70+ year old I want to keep the ol' gray-matter flexible.

Thanks for the welcome, Chris. I look forward to seeing what packet can do now.

73
Mike