====== Tom's packet radio scratchpad ====== This is Tom's scratchpad and hopefully evolve into: * How to build a standalone packet node * What you can do with it * How you can get it talking to other packet systems * Interlinking with high-bandwidth private IP networks like hamwan and on the other side: * How to build a packet access station * What you can do with it * How to use it [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cEIUonkOrhhZBp82YWYNGuavl-nYf7ItQCEIcPSfLjo/edit?usp=sharing|Live Google Docs scratchpad]] == URLs == * https://www.foxk.it/blog/2017-01-radio-node/ * https://github.com/F4FXL/ax25systemd/blob/master/axup * https://www.linuxbabe.com/linux-server/how-to-enable-etcrc-local-with-systemd * https://www.theskywaves.net/fbb/AX25_BBS_UK_FORWARDING_REGIONS.pdf * [[https://www.stu2.net/wiki/index.php/FBB|FBB setup notes]] * [[https://nts-digital.net/mw/index.php/BPQ_Overview|BPQ notes]] * [[https://www.cantab.net/users/john.wiseman/Documents/Downloads.html|BPQ downloads]] * [[https://github.com/pe1rrr/linbpq_rtg|LinBPQ - Ready to Go - Raspberry Pi Linux]] * https://sourceforge.net/projects/linpac/ * https://mgdm.net/weblog/systemd/ * [[https://vapn.org/help/bbs-message-type-status|BBS message flags]] * [[https://www.theskywaves.net/fbb/gb7cip_ax25_fbb_forwarding_paths.pdf|GB7CIP forwarding paths]] * [[http://www.choisser.com/packet/|Introduction to Packet Radio]] === United Kingdom BBS Regions and Counties showing National Area Code=== adapted from https://www.theskywaves.net/fbb/AX25_BBS_UK_FORWARDING_REGIONS.pdf ^ Region ^ Forwarding area ^ County ^ Code ^ | #1 RSGB Reg A - N England | #11 | Cheshire | CHS | | | #12 | Cleveland | CVE | | | #13 | Co. Durham | DHM | | | #14 | Cumbria | CBA | | | #15 | Humberside | HBS | | | #16 | Greater Manchester | MCH | | | #16 | Isle of Man | IOM | | | #16 | Merseyside | MSY | | | #16 | Lancashire | LNH | | | #17 | Northumberland | NLD | | | #18 | Tyne and Wear | TWR | | | #19 | North Yorkshire | YSN | | | #19 | South Yorkshire | YSS | | | #19 | West Yorkshire | YSW | | | | | | | #2 RSGB Reg B - Midlands | #21 | Bedfordshire | BFD | | | #22 | Cambridgeshire | CBE | | | #23 | Nottinghamshire | NOT | | | #24 | Hereford and Worcester | HWR | | | #25 | Leicestershire | LEC | | | #26 | Lincolnshire | LCN | | | #27 | Northamptonshire | NHM | | | #28 | Shropshire | SPE | | | #28 | Staffordshire | SFD | | | #29 | Warwickshire | WKS | | | #29 | West Midlands | WMD | | | | | | | #3 RSGB Reg C - South East | #31 | Essex | ESX | | | #32 | Greater London | LDN | | | #33 | Hertfordshire | HFD | | | #34 | Kent | KNT | | | #35 | Norfolk | NOR | | | #36 | Suffolk | SFK | | | #37 | Surrey | SRY | | | #38 | East Sussex | SXE | | | #38 | West Sussex | SXW | | | | | | | #4 RSGB Reg D - South West | #41 | Avon | AVN | | | #42 | Berkshire | BRK | | | #43 | Buckinghamshire | BUX | | | #44 | Devon | DVN | | | #44 | Cornwall | CNL | | | #45 | Dorset | DOR | | | #45 | Somerset | SOM | | | #46 | Gloucestershire | GLR | | | #47 | Alderney | ALD | | | #47 | Jersey | JER | | | #47 | Guernsey | GUR | | | #47 | Sark | SRK | | | #48 | Hampshire | HPH | | | #48 | Isle of Wight | IOW | | | #49 | Wiltshire | WLT | | | #49 | Oxfordshire | OFE | | | | | | | #5 RSGB Reg E - Wales | #51 | Clwyd | CLD | | | #52 | Dyfed | DFD | | | #53 | Mid Glamorgan | GNM | | | #53 | South Glamorgan | GNS | | | #53 | West Glamorgan | GNW | | | #54 | Gwent | GWT | | | #55 | Gwynedd | GDD | | | #56 | Powys | PWS | | | | | | | #6 RSGB Reg F - Northern Ireland | #61 | County Antrim | ATM | | | #62 | County Armagh | ARM | | | #63 | County Down | DWN | | | #64 | County Fermanagh | FMH | | | #65 | County Londonderry | LDR | | | #66 | County Tyrone | TYR | | | | | | | #7 RSGB Reg G - Scotland | #71 | Borders | BDS | | | #72 | Central | CTR | | | #73 | Dumfries and Galloway | DGL | | | #74 | Fife | FFE | | | #75 | Grampian | GRN | | | #76 | Western Isles | WIL | | | #76 | Orkney | ORK | | | #76 | Highland | HLD | | | #76 | Shetland | SLD | | | #77 | Lothian | LTH | | | #78 | Strathclyde | SCD | | | #79 | Tayside | TYS | Example: GB7CIP.#32.GBR.EURO (is a BBS located within the London Forwarding area. As gb7cip was a satellite server to a London BBS before taking over full service many Years ago.) === 2m / 70cm nodes === Excluding HF and APRS ^ Region ^ Callsign ^ Sysop ^ Freq ^ Locator ^ Location ^ Notes ^ Web ^ | SE | GB7KUX | G0KUX | 144.9375 | IO91WP | Southgate | | | | SE | MB7NCR | G4APL | 144.9375 | IO91WH | Caterham on the Hill | | https://www.theskywaves.net/ | | SE | MB7NRD | M0LTE | 144.95 | IO91LK | Reading | | | | SE | MB7NAF | M1MIT | 144.95 | JO02NN | Wymondham | NOT OPERATIONAL | https://www.mx0wvv.org/ | | SE | MB7PGD | M0NGY | 439.9875 | IO91QE | Godalming | NOT OPERATIONAL | | | N | MB7PNE | M0NXN | 439.9875 | IO94EX | Gateshead | NOT OPERATIONAL | | | MID | GB7UOD | G7UOD | 144.95, 432.675 | IO92PA | Milton Keynes | | | | SW | MB7NBA | G0AOZ | 50.65, 144.95, 430.2, 432.675 | IO91FR | Bampton | 430.2 n/o | | | SCOT | MB7NCB | GM7LUN | | IO85 | | | | | SCOT | MB7NHW | GM7LUN | | IO85 | | | | | SCOT | MB7NLS | GM7LUN | | IO85 | | | | | SCOT | MB7NSB | GM7LUN | | IO85 | | | | | SCOT | MB7NSK | GM7LUN | | IO85 | | | | | SCOT | MB7NDU | GM7LUN | | IO85 | | | | === Equipment === == Tait TM8200 == {{:tait-tm8200-2row-15way-connector.png?direct&400|}} {{:tait-tm8200-rj45-control-head-connector.png?direct&400|}} {{:tait-tm8200-dsub-control-head-connector.png?direct&400|}} === Client software === * [[https://nl3asd.tripod.com/sally.html|Sally7 personal mailbox client]] * Outpost - Personal mailbox client * QtTermTCP - from BPQ, can as of recently now be used with a dumb KISS modem as a "traditional" connected-mode TNC * https://sourceforge.net/projects/uichat/ - CLI and gui ax.25 chat client again with KISS modem support * UISS - non-connected mode packet client