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Re: Packet radio

On Mon, 1 Feb 1999  wrote:
> an ht isn't the best way to go.
> 
> you're a lot better off if you get a proper radio and open up the front
> end.  with good antenna placement (years ago, i used to put the antenna
> up somewhere like roof of tallest building in city), i had good coverage
> of most of the city, including interiours of some buildings and along
> some subway routes (something you don't get with cellular phones).
> 
> when cellphones started to come onto the market, often i'd be in a
> building where someone couldn't place a telephone call with their
> cellphone, and i'd still be able to get a good solid net connection.
> 
> a great deal of this has to do with good antenna placement and a good
> radio (e.g. not an ht).
> 
> of course my old rig (1987 design) was only 56kbps, but now
> with 2megabits/sec we're a lot happier with our throughput.
> i often run x windows across the radio, and my wearcomp is just
> like a real desktop computer.  we're also looking at designing faster
> (e.g. 10 or 100mbps) radios.
> 
> cdpd is terrible, both in terms of reliability, as well as throughput.
> of course it's useful as a backup (fallback) when going to another city
> that doesn't have a gateway.
> 
> if anyone's visiting toronto, let me know, and we'll see what we can
> do to give you connectivity while here (bring your tnc, etc..).
> i've still got my old rigs and can setup anything from 1200bps
> to 56kbps with the old rigs.
> 
> 
> steve
> 
> --
What hardware are you currently using (base/mobile station, what TNC, freq
and is it available to a no code Tech, if its not above 6m then I guess
the answer is yes)

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