Hi, all.

I recently have been re-appointed as Emergency Co-ordinator and RACES 
Officer for my county in Michigan.

One of the things our section leadership would like us to work on is 
improving our capabilities in the packet radio area.

Apparently, our section leadership likes the idea of getting certain printed 
material in times of emergency, and they also like the idea that packet can 
work when all other communications systems are down.

I would like to pursue the possibility of getting a packet system up and 
running here at the home QTH, but don't want to spend money unnecessarily, 
especially if the resulting system will not be blind friendly.

Here's what I have so far:

1.  I have an old TMV7A that I can dedicate to packet if needed;

2.  I have an outdoor antenna for 2 meters that is ready to go;  and

3.  I have a computer that I can load any needed packet software onto.

My questions are these:

1.  What kind of packet softwre works best with Jaws?  Outpost, Windows 
Hyperterm, or something else?
2.  What kind of TNC would be relatively inexpensive to acquire, and would 
be blind friendly?

Any help with these questions would be appreciated.

I'll collect all responses, and put them into a folder for future reference.

73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ