RE: Amateur Radio -- Aa brother Technology -- Be there [aloha]

["Willie Peloquin" <wpeloqui@xxxxxxxx>]

Hello Bob,

Is there an APRS, Automatic Packet Reporting System, package available for
Linux? I just started playing with packet again after 7 years. Naturally I
decided to try APRS also.

73,

Willie (N8MDY)



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert G. Brown [mailto:bob@acm.org]
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 1998 11:43 PM
> To: klug@klug.armintl.com
> Subject: Amateur Radio -- Aa brother Technology -- Be there [aloha]
>
>
>
> Fellow KLUG members -
>
> As you may have seen in the notes from the last meeting (Thanks to Brenda
> Williams for getting them out so fast!), there is an event this
> weekend, and
> our presence there will be an interesting example of what Linux can do.
>
> The event is a gathering of "hams" -- amateur radio operators, mostly from
> this area but also from this whole region.  This is a chance for
> all of these
> people who talk to meet one another, swap stories and equipment,
> buy and sell
> items of common interest. This event, called a "hamfest" takes place about
> once a year here in Kalamazoo, and others occur in cities nearby at other
> times.
>
> Hams provide a critical communications during emergencies, and have been
> chatting across continents decades before there ever was an Internet. They
> continue to push the envelope on several fronts of electronic technology,
> including the integration of computers into radio station
> operations. Some
> applications include design of electronic equipment (yes, hams build their
> own hardware), tracking satelites (yes, hams have their OWN
> satelites!), even
> converting data into International Radiotelegraph (commonly but
> inaccurately
> called "Morse" code). There are even Internet links that are run over ham
> radio stations!
>
> Want to talk -- direct -- to someone on the Space Shuttle? Become a ham.
> Want to figure out when to try? Get Linux!
>
> Linux is a NATURAL system for hams, and there is a fair amount of software
> out there for ham radio. Imagine people who build their own transmitters
> trusting proprietary, closed software!
>
> We are going to have a presence this Sunday at the Kalamazoo County Fair-
> grounds. We'll have at least one Linux machine there, with ham
> radio related
> software and a table with KLUG members who are current or former hams.
>
> I invite you to come on out and take a look at how Linux and ham radio,
> really brother technologies under the skin, can support and enhance each
> other.
>
> We'll report on our reception after the hamfest, but we're also looking
> forward to seeing you there.
>
>                                                       Regards,
>                                                        ---> RGB <---
>
>
>