The KC9UHI-6 packet node is on-air.
Connect with 1200 baud ax.25 to KC9UHI-6 or the node alias of WIKAUK on 145.030 MHz.
(Common syntax of node alias and node callsign looks like ALIAS:CALL, for example WIKAUK:KC9UHI-6. Typically sending a connect request to either the node alias or callsign results in the same thing)
Once connected to WIKAUK:KC9UHI-6, connect to KAUNOD:KC9UHI-7. From here, connections to nodes worldwide, the full service BBS, and a local chat server are available.
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KAUBBS:KC9UHI-3 hosts a full-service BBS with worldwide bulletins and message forwarding/delivery. I'd be happy to help you set up forwarding for your BBS if you'd like to configure your own. The BBS HA is KC9UHI.#ECWI.WI.USA.NOAM. (more on Hierarchical Addressing can be found here --
http://www.choisser.com/packet/part07.html)
KAUCHT:KC9UHI-11 hosts a local chat server - allows for keyboard<->keyboard communications between all connected stations.
Both the WIKAUK:KC9UHI-6 and KAUNOD:KC9UHI-7 nodes run the BPQ32 software. A breakdown of all the commands is available here --
https://cheatography.com/gcremerius/che ... -commands/
Direct connection to KC9UHI-12 for Winlink is also available.
Hardware:
WIKAUK is using a raspberry pi B (really old) with a NinoTNC (
http://tarpn.net/t/nino-tnc/nino-tnc.html) interfaced to a Motorola Radius M120 set to 42W with a cooling fan mounted to the rear. After N connectors, RG-8 coax, polyphaser IS-50-NX-C0 lightning arrestor, and DIamond x300NA antenna are taken into account, the system has approximately 115W EIRP. Antenna is mounted about 38' AGL.
KAUNOD is inside an Ubuntu 16.04 virtual machine, with AMPRNet access (
https://www.ampr.org/). This system has several AXUDP connections to nodes worldwide.
Drop me a message at KC9UHI@KC9UHI.#ECWI.WI.USA.NOAM