I cheated there, I went to www.packetradio.com and ordered a cable. I have
made them in the past, I used to buy any radio I could get my hands on,
usually ones with no PL tone boards or whatever so I have made cables for
radios in the past but for my current radio, a TM-271A, been running 5 years
straight and still going, I bought the cable. The idea of putting a modular
connector on doesn't appeal to me. I suppose I could do what they did and
cut an Ethernet cable but I didn't. I bought this radio because it was a
good deal from someone who couldn't figure out how to use it for some reason
and the older radios with no tone boards was fine, but I had people
digipeating through me every morning back and forth for a good 4 to 6 hours
and that sent many of the old radios to their graves. That, on top of my
heavy NTS use at the time, it's died out now but I used to handle many
hundreds and in the summer while people are on vacations thousands of
messages and almost all had a packet aspect to them somewhere. This radio
can take it though that doesn't happen so much anymore, it does happen every
now and again.
----- Original Message -----
From: "jim johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: packet
>I agree I guess you use hyperterminal or something like that, how did you
> make the interface cable from the kpc3 to the radio?
> Jim
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 11:49 AM
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: packet
>
>> Soundcard interfaces aren't bad on HF with PSK31 and what not but what I
>> do
>> is vhf packet and you can do that with a sound card interface but I much
>> prefer doing it the way it's been done forever, with the TNC.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "jim johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 11:10 AM
>> Subject: Re: packet
>>
>>
>>> thanks, that is what I am considering. I have had people suggest sound
>>> card
>>> interfaces to me.
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 11:07 AM
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Subject: Re: packet
>>>
>>>> I run a Kamtronics KPC-3
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "jim johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 10:43 AM
>>>> Subject: packet
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I would like to know if anyone is using pack and what tnc or sound card
>>>>>=
>>>>> interface. I used to be on packet a number of years ago, and now I am
>>>>> =
>>>>> interested again.
>>>>> Jim wb4kmq
>>>>
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