Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site smu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!smu!neihart From: neihart@smu.UUCP Newsgroups: net.ham-radio Subject: Packet Radio Vax access Message-ID: <13200009@smu.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Oct-84 23:37:00 EDT Article-I.D.: smu.13200009 Posted: Tue Oct 16 23:37:00 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Oct-84 09:14:48 EDT Lines: 30 Nf-ID: #N:smu:13200009:000:1588 Nf-From: smu!neihart Oct 16 22:37:00 1984 Packet radio repeaters provide multiple 1200 baud virtual-channel data links between any two points within radio range simultaneously on a single frequency pair. If one end were connected to the Vax, the other end could be us with our 2-meter radios connected to our RS232C terminals by a packet assembler/disassembler. This would be preferable to the dial-up ports since 1) several users could use the remote radio link simultaneously, 2) our home telephones wouldn't be tied up while we're on-line, 3) the valuable Vax dial-ups wouldn't be used by us, 4) it wouldn't be as necessary to log off if we were going to be idle for a few minutes since we are consuming merely a virtual channel, and 5) we could be on-line anywhere in the city, such as our vehicles, as long as we're in range of the repeater. The drawback (if you can call it that) is one would have to have an amateur radio license, class Technician or above, to utilize this radio link. Does anyone know if it would be legal to use 2-meters or any ham band for this purpose? Ruling out business Vaxs, academic 4.2bsd Vaxs cannot be used for profitable purposes according to the Berkeley license agreement, so does this open the door for the above type of arrangement? Unfortunately, the telephone company has only business tariffs for their data links, so the opinion within Bell anyway is that any type of data communications traffic is business. I sure hope the FCC doesn't feel the same way! Please respond if you have any ideas or information. Carl Neihart Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas