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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

[[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 ==
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=== 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