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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

Live Google Docs scratchpad

URLs

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

Client software

toms-packet-scratchpad.txt · Last modified: 2022/11/30 21:25 by m0lte