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How To Set Up And Run A Packet Station
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1, Get A Tnc.
2, Get A 2 mtr Transceiver
3, Get A Computer Or Terminal.
4, Get A Piece Of String From The Shed.
5, Connect The Tnc To The Radio As It Shows In The Manuals.
6, Connect The Tnc To The Computer Or Terminal.
7, Switch It All On.
8, Check the Smeter On The Radio, Nothing Showing, Buy A 100W Pa.
9, Connect The 100W Pa Between The Radio And The String.
10, Check The S meter, Great, Signals Appear As If By Magic.
11, Throw The Manual In The Corner, After All You Got This Far Without It.
12, Set Up The Tnc From Memory (Why Not You Got Past On The Last Bit).
Tnc Parameters And How To Set Them For Best Results.
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(a) CONok OFF (You Dont Want Others Connecting To You Till
You Get It All Working).
(b) USers 10 (You Can Converse with A Large Crowd At The Pub).
(c) REtry 0 (After All You Dont Want It To Stop).
(d) BEacon Every 1 (Got To Tell Eveybody Your On).
(e) CWid Every 1 (Your Learning Morse).
(f) Digi ON
(g) P-Persist OFF
(h) BText All 120 Characters Must Be Used.
(i) Conperm ON (Once You Have Him,You Dont Want To Loose Him).
(j) CWIDtext All 32 Characters Must Be Used.
(k) FRack 0
(l) MAXfram 7
(m) MYAlias (Anything Daft Will Do).
(n) MYCALL NOCALL (Thats what Its Set To So Its Right).
(o) MYPCall Anything-2
(p) Paclen 255 (You Like Large Numbers).
(q) PERSist 255 ( " ).
(r) RElink ON (If He Goes You Want To Reconnect To Him).
(s) SLottime 0
(t) TXUIFram ON (He's Got To See What Was Waiting To Go To Him).
14, Set The Radio Up - Volume, Minimum.
Squelch, Maximum.
PA, 100Watts, Preamp On.
String, Plugged Into The PA.
15, Issue A Connect Request To Your Mate Up The Road.(After All He's Got
To Hear You With The Preamp And PA On).
16, Make A Cup Of Coffee.
17, He Still Hasn't Answered.
18, Have A Bath.
19, He Still Hasn't Answered,He Must Be busy.
20, Take The Dog For A Walk.
21, He Still Hasn't Answered, This Packet Must Be Good,Il Leave It Trying
Because He's Bound To Be Free In Soon.
22, Go To Bed, After All, Its Doing Its Thing Why Interfere With It.
23, Wake Up For Work.
24, He Still Hasnt Answered, Must Have Been Up All Night Using His Gear,So
Il Leave It Going, I Know He Doesn't Work So He's Bound To Answer Me
Today.
25, Home For Tea.
26, He Still Hasn't Answered.
27, Switch It All Off, Go Up The Street And Tell Your Mate His Radio Must
Be Deaf.
27, Your Mate Says " I Havn't Been Using My System", And Shows You His
Station Working Properly, With The Settings In The Manual. You Decide,
(After He Gives You A Clout Round The Ear With A Bat), That Maybe You
Had Better Go And See If The Dustbin Hasn't Been Emptied, And Retreive
The Manual That You Should Have Read In The First PLace.
End of message from GW8ERA @ GB7IMB