Packet Radio

Packet radio is almost like an early internet. The good thing is that you don't have to put up with all those advertisements. It can be used like AIM^© (AOL Instant Messenger^©). Or you can exchange e-mail.

Packet radio is data sent in packets. You connect a computer to a TNC (Terminal Node Controller) which acts like the modem. Then to a radio which is like the phone line. There are set frequencies on the Amateur Radio Spectrum for packet radio. I use the VHF frequency of 145.030 MHz.

Some Pictures of my Packet Station

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1- My packet setup. This includes a Radio Shack HTX-202, A Compaq LTE Elite 4/75 CXL, running Pac Term '98, and a Kantronics Packet Communicator 3 TNC.

2- Is my Radio Shack HTX-202 VHF, on 145.030 MHz.

3- Is the front view of my Kantronics Packet Communicator 3 TNC.

4- Is the top view of my Kantronics Packet Communicator 3 TNC.

5- Is the view of my Pac Term '98 Program Logged into my mail box KB9VLL-1.