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 -=> Quoting Lowell Herr to Alan Beck <=-

 > ABWell what do you know? I just so happen to be a Ham who
 > ABruns a Full Service
 > ABHam BBS in the N.W.T. of Canada. My ham address is VE8XU @


 LH> Would you recommend forgetting Packet Radio is one has easy access to
 LH> Internet and K12net?

Lowell,

I do not recommend that you stick with only the K12 nets and the Phone line
stuff. Ham Radio is not about convienience, nor is it about being able to 
get alot of data, it is about learning about Radio and sharing in a Brother
hood of hams.

I don't know if you have tuned into an HF Ham Radio Contact at all recently, but
you will find a wide range of things being discussed.

On the subject of Packet. It is the perfect place for young hams to learn about
Ham Radio. It would also teach them about the other aspects of Packet and Ham
Radio overall. There are also lots of other areas which I cannot even think of 
touching upon, such as tracking the low earth orbit satellite DO-17 and then 
using a regular police scanner to tune it in and listen to it speak to your 
students.

So there are lots of possibilities for Packet.

The Low Earth orbit satellites also send telemetry about themselves as data 
packets and your students can learn about and watch the systems on an actual 
spacecraft.

Lots of toys.

Regards
Alan 



... Blue Wave - World Tour - 1992

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