From: e3grwill@aelmg.adelaide.edu.au (Grant Willis VK5ZWI)
Newsgroups: aus.radio.packet
Subject: New Rose Software release and Re: CAPRG Technical Symposium
Keywords: Rose v3.1 TCPIP support and comments on caprg conference
Date: 6 Oct 92 01:15:55 GMT
Organization: Adelaide University
NNTP-Posting-Host: crick.biochem.adelaide.edu.au

Hi All,

Its not often I can access news these days. My local network has made it
really difficult
to access a news server. Anyway....

First up just a quick announcement - I have uploaded the new Rose software to
grivel.une.edu.au in the /pub/ham-radio/incoming directory filename
rzsw31.zip. This
is the bug fix version of Rose v3.0 that supports transparent transportation of
protocol ID's across a Rose network (ie you can route TCPIP in vc mode
or even NETROM
frames across a Rose link).

Secondly regarding the conference in Canberra a while back, a group of us from
Adelaide made the trip for the weekend to the conference. (by the way cant you
fellas put some trees on the Hay Plains or something??? :-)) All of us
felt it was
worth the 12 hour drive from Adelaide and we will be back next year if at all
possible. The conferences I attended included the broadcast protocol
discussion, 
amateur radio astronomy, wormholes, pager and other interference on 2m -
combating
the problem and spread spectrum. There was a second stream of talks running
that included things like solar cycles, hf data modes, digital signal
processing etc.
(The DSP talk which one of the other VK5's attended was mainly about the
DSP4 card
I think). 

Infact there is a group here in VK5 that is looking to possibly staging
a similar event
around February next year.

The papers are worth getting I feel. And if you do get the chance come
along next year!

Oh finally, my 2c worth on the broadcast protocol. An experimental 300 Baud
service based on the RTTYGate software which I Co-Author is being planned for
Adelaide next year. The frequency we will use is 147.525 (which is the RTTY BBS
frequency). The way it will run is if you have a normal RTTY Modem
(2125/2295 Hz
pairs) you will be able to capture the 300 baud broadcasts. The broadcasts will
be on a cycle of transmit two bulletins then listen for 5 minutes incase anyone
wants to log into the RTTY BBS to read mail, if no  one logs in within 5
minutes
it goes on to the next broadcast. Not exactly the way Carl planned the
service but
it is a way we can multiplex a service onto existing facilities here in
Adelaide at
least. (300 baud was chosen because thats the top speed the RTTY modem
can handle).

When I have modified the code - if people are interested -I will put it
on grivel.
For those not familiar with RTTYGate - it is basically a packet to RTTY
mail/bulletin
gateway BBS program. The broadcast section will be setup to handle the
RFC-822/1036
headers and initially will be in baudot. ASCII to come when further
hacks are made
to the RTTYGate code. Eventually should end up as 300 baud ASCII. Higher
speeds will 
come later. The legality problems of a "continuous broadcast" would be overcome
aswell with this system as the transmission is intermittant.

If anyone has any comments please E-Mail me. I cant read news normally
anymore. (any chance
of a listserver being setup for aus.radio.packet like the
rec.radio.amateur.packet one
on ucsd?)

Cheers de Grant VK5ZWI

AARNet: e3grwill@aelmg.adelaide.edu.au
Packet BBS: VK5ZWI@VK5TTY.#ADL.#SA.AUS.OC

Disclaimer: The uni doesnt know I exist - how could they then take
credit for this?
Newsgroups: aus.radio