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Frequently Asked Questions
for
Amateur Packet Radio
Part 2 of 3

Version 1.0
9 Jul 1991

This document is for unlimited distribution.

Please send corrections and additions to Steve Schallehn
(steve@matt.ksu.ksu.edu).  This posting will be made on a monthly
basis, posted to rec.radio.amateur.packet.



2.0 Computing Network Resources for Amateur Packet radio . . .  1
     2.1 What Newsgroups/mailing lists are available?. . . . .  1
     2.2 What anonymous FTP sites are available  . . . . . . .  2
     2.3 Are there any gateways for mail or news . . . . . . .  2



2.0 Computing Network Resources for Amateur Packet radio

This section summarizes the resources available on Internet for
amateur packet radio operators.


2.1 What Newsgroups/mailing lists are available?

This is a list of all groups that regularly discuss amateur
packet radio.  For newsgroups, subscribe to the group through use
of your news reader.   For mailing lists, add a '-request' to the
end of the list name for subscriptions.  For listserv groups,
send mail to 'listserv' at the node which contains the list.  The
first line of the mail should be 'SUBSCRIBE groupname yourname'.
Send the command 'help' for more information.


rec.radio.amateur.packet (Newsgroup):
General discussions involving Packet Radio.

rec.radio.amateur.misc (Newsgroup):
General amateur radio discussion.  Usually does not contain any
particular information about Amateur Packet Radio.

rec.radio.amateur.policy (Newsgroup):
Discussion of regulation policies regarding every aspect of
amateur radio.  Occasionally deals with polices of packet
coordination and legal issues of packet radio.

rec.radio.swap (Newsgroup):
General for-sale for any radio equipment.  Occasionally will have
packet equipment for sale.  Recommended location for any amateur
packet radio for-sale items.

info-hams@ucsd.edu (listserv group):
A digest redistribution of the rec.radio.amateur.misc Usenet
discussion.

packet-radio@ucsd.edu (listserv group):
A digest redistribution of the rec.radio.amateur.packet Usenet
discussion.

hs-modem@wb3ffv.ampr.org (mailing list):
Discussion of high speed modems and radios available and future
plans.  Also includes discussion of networking using high speed
modems.

tcp-group@ucsd.edu (mailing list):
Group discussion technical developments of TCP/IP over packet
radio and use of the NOS TCP/IP programs.

gateways@uhm.ampr.org (mailing list):
Discussion of current gateways and future plans for gateways.
May deal with sensitive internetworking issues.


For all lists at ucsd.edu, archives are kept of the discussions
and maybe access via anonymous FTP to ucsd.edu.  Some listserv
groups also have archives.  Send to the group's listserv 'help'
for more information on commands.  Digests for the ucsd.edu
discussions are available.  Send mail to listserv@ucsd.edu with
the first line being 'longindex' for more information.


2.2 What anonymous FTP sites are available for getting packet
radio information and programs:

This is not an inclusive list of FTP sites, but these sites carry
a large portion of the programs available.  Consult the Archie
archive server for info on particular files.  Send mail to
archie@cs.mcgill.edu with the line 'help' for more information on
archie file searches.


ucsd.edu : Primary distribution site of KA9Q's TCP/IP packages.
Also, general packet radio information.

simtel20.army.mil: very large collection of amateur radio
software.

wuarchive.wustl.edu: Mirror site of Simtel20 archives.  Easier to
use then the simtel20 archive.


2.3 Are there any gateways for mail or news between internet and
amateur packet radio?

Currently, there is no general use gateways between packet radio
or any other computer network.  The primary problem with such
gateways is required content of amateur packet radio.  Most wire
based networks do not have any rules on content (such as
profanity or business) like amateur radio does.  Therefore, all
traffic destinated to amateur radio has to be hand filtered.

However, there are several experimental wormholes that are being
tested through Internet.  See the discussion on the gateways
discussion group for more information.
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