[Coco] Ham Radio

[john donaldson]

   I used to run KN9Q (sp) on my MM/1 and had a ball 
talking
to other hams using it and watching traffic over the 
packet
network.

John Donaldson
AB8YZ


On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 22:15:32 -0800
  <jimcox at miba51.com> wrote:
>John:
>
>Drop me a line some time, I'd like to learn more about 
>packet radio.
>
>Jim
>
>On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 17:12:55 -0800
>  "John Guin" <johnguin at hotmaill.com> wrote:
>>Hello all,
>>
>>I was reading Jim Cox's mail about not pursuing ham radio 
>>work with the Coco
>>in the Seattle/Bellevue area.
>>
>>I'm also a ham radio operator in the Seattle area, and 
>>have had antenna
>>restrictions to deal with as well.
>>
>>Back when I had my packet radio set up, I used a 19" long 
>>antenna made from
>>#12 wire and got reception and transmission good enough 
>>from West Seattle to
>>the node closest to my condo - about 3 miles away.  I 
>>used my old 2 meter
>>handheld, and it worked very well.  It only had one watt 
>>of transmitting
>>power.  That's all you need to get started on packet
>>
>>IIRC, there was actually a packet article or two in the 
>>Rainbow, but I'm not
>>sure how useful the information would be.  The packet 
>>modem does most of the
>>work, though, so the easiest thing to do with a Coco now 
>>would be to use a
>>terminal program to log data.  Since the Coco uses a 
>>standard voltage on the
>>serial port, it is not as hard to connect the modem as 
>>some other 8 bit
>>machines (Commodore, I'm talking to you).
>>
>>Anyway, the point of this letter is not to let antenna 
>>restrictions keep you
>>off the air.  Unless you were wanting to get involved 
>>with Clover or some of
>>the other low frequency modes, a really cheap "coat 
>>hanger" antenna sitting
>>in a window is all you really need.
>>
>>73,
>>John Guin
>>KB7ZJW
>>
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