well I looked at that site and if I get a kpc3, I will order a cable. Since
I am retired, I do not have the motor skills to make up a cable now. I read
the manual for the kpc3 and I really like it. I used to have an a e a many
years ago, and I used telix with it.
Jim
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From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 12:32 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: packet
> 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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