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PACKET OPERATION
When you access a local PBBS for the first time, you
often need to register as a new user. After you are
successfully registered, it will then be available as your
home PBBS. E-mail addressed to you will be held under
a directory, called a mailbox, on your home PBBS.
To send e-mail, you must designate the address of a
recipient, using their call sign and the call sign of their
home PBBS; ex. KD6NUH@KJ6HC. In this example,
e-mail is addressed to KD6NUH whose home PBBS is
KJ6HC. If your home PBBS cannot find KJ6HC in its
address file to forward your mail, you must designate the
address in more detail. You may enter
“KD6NUH@KJ6HC.#ABC.CA”, or
“KD6NUH@KJ6HC.#ABC.CA.USA”, or up to
“KD6NUH@KJ6HC.#ABC.CA.USA.NA”, as necessary.
The complete address of a recipient living in the U.S., for
example, should include an appropriate region code
(preceded by a #), state, country, and continent
abbreviations as above.
For further information, consult reference books which
should be available at any store that handles Amateur
Radio equipment. Web pages relating to Packet will also
be helpful. On Internet search engines, use “Packet
Radio” as a key word to find those web pages.
Note: If there is an amateur radio club in your area, consider
becoming a member. You can learn more in an hour from
experienced hobbyists, than in a month of independent research. Ask
on the local repeaters, or contact your national amateur radio
organization for information on local amateur radio clubs.
A packet is a unit of data transmitted as a whole from
one computer to another, on a network. Packets can be
transmitted on radio waves as well as on communication
lines. Besides a transceiver and a computer, all you
need is a terminal node controller (TNC). A TNC
converts packets to audio tones and vice versa, as one
of its tasks.
A variety of packet applications developed by hams
include packet bulletin board systems (PBBSs). PBBSs
are created and maintained by volunteers called System
Operators (SysOp). You may access one of your local
PBBSs to send e-mail, download files, or obtain various
useful information. Thousands of PBBSs, which have
formed a worldwide network, relay e-mail to its intended
destination around the world.
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