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From: daemon@jatz.aarnet.edu.au ()
Newsgroups: aus.netstatus
Subject: AARnet links up from Unimelb
Date: 13 Jan 1993 03:17:09 GMT
Organization: Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet)
Reply-To: Gregory Matthew Chenhall <gmc@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU>
NNTP-Posting-Host: 139.130.204.4


The links to:
        Western Australia (national)

        Telecom Research Labs (clayton, vic)
        St Vincents Hospital (melbourne, vic)
        Geelong Hospital (vic)
        Victorian College of Agriculture (Hawthorn)

have been made available through the course of the day by
Telecom.

Greg Chenhall

Information Technology Services, Thomas Cherry Building,
The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052 Australia
Phone:    +61 3 344 7888                Fax:   +61 3 347 4803
Internet: G.Chenhall@its.unimelb.EDU.AU
From: daemon@jatz.aarnet.edu.au ()
Newsgroups: aus.netstatus
Subject: VIC troubles Tue night (a few)
Date: 12 Jan 1993 15:17:35 GMT
Organization: Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet)
Reply-To: Douglas Ray <ray@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU>
NNTP-Posting-Host: 139.130.204.4

something took out the links to

	Western Australia
	Telecom Research Labs (clayton, vic)
	St Vincents Hospital (melbourne, vic)
	Geelong Hospital (vic)
	Victorian College of Agriculture (Hawthorn)

at 22:35 on tues night.   I suspect it's telecom rather than
unimelb, but more info as it comes to hand.
						- douglas ray
						doug@unimelb.edu.au
						networks & comms
From: daemon@jatz.aarnet.edu.au ()
Newsgroups: aus.netstatus
Subject: ISDN link to Western Australia
Date: 5 Jan 1993 04:35:25 GMT
Organization: Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet)
Reply-To: Anne Isherwood <aei@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU>
NNTP-Posting-Host: 139.130.204.4

The ISDN link between the National Hub and Western Australia was restored
at approx. 15:15. The problem was located at the Perth end.

Anne Isherwood
University of Melbourne


Newsgroups: aus.netstatus
From: hal@wanda.mel.dit.CSIRO.AU (Harold A. Miller)
Subject: Link to Melbourne CSIRO-DMT down
Organization: CSIRO, Division of Information Technology, Melbourne
Distribution: aus
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 01:47:18 GMT

Due to equipment failure at this site, the link to the Melbourne site of
CSIRO's Division of Manufacturing Technology is down.  No estimate yet on
repair.  Probably not less than another 24 hours (from mid-day Tuesday 5th).
If it looks like much more, we will attempt to route around the broken machine
(a Sun 3/260 in case anyone has one they want to dump on me for parts).

Sorry.
HM
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|Hal.Miller@mel.dit.CSIRO.AU              |  Facilities and Network Manager |
|CSIRO Division of Information Technology |  Facilities Management Project  |
|723 Swanston Street                      |  (TEL) +61 3 282 2628           |
|Carlton, VIC 3053, Australia             |  (FAX) +61 3 282 2600           |
From: andy@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU (Andrew Jarvis)
Newsgroups: aus.netstatus
Subject: link to WA down
Date: 8 Jan 1993 09:34:10 +1100
Organization: University of Melbourne
NNTP-Posting-Host: ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au
Summary: link to WA down
Keywords: WA

Hi,
   both lines to Western Australia are down since early this morning.
   The fault has been reported to Telecom.  

Andy Jarvis				
Networks and Communications		
Information Technology Services		 phone: +61 3 344 4136
University of Melbourne			 email: andy@sheen.its.unimelb.edu.au

Newsgroups: aus.netstatus
From: hal@wanda.mel.dit.CSIRO.AU (Harold A. Miller)
Subject: CSIRO-DMT Melbourne back on the air
Organization: CSIRO, Division of Information Technology, Melbourne
Distribution: aus
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 05:17:53 GMT

Our Sun 3/260 proved itself cat-like and is back on line.  CSIRO's
Division of Manufacturing Technology, Melbourne is back.
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|CSIRO Division of Information Technology |  Facilities Management Project  |
|723 Swanston Street                      |  (TEL) +61 3 282 2628           |
|Carlton, VIC 3053, Australia             |  (FAX) +61 3 282 2600           |
Newsgroups: aus.radio
From: cheese@runx.oz.au (Mark Cheeseman)
Subject: Re: Stolen equipment register
Organization: Your Computer Magazine, Sydney, Australia
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 23:00:54 GMT

In article <2983@eram.esi.COM.AU> dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall) writes:
>
>I have an old version on floppy; I'll post it when I find it.  It's also
>on the RWI BBS (naturally:-).  I got it from the Federal orifice just by
>asking them.


Well, if it's later than March 12th 1992, yes please. Hopefully a copy of that
one is on its way (unless I had a typo in the path!).

Does the Federal Office have access to the Internet? A periodical posting 
(perhaps supplemented by more timely postings when new equipment is reported
stolen) might be a good idea, but it really needs to be up to date, so the
obvious place for it to originate is with the Feds. Or even the packet network,
or Fido. 
>
-Mark


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From: dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: Daily IPS Report - 11 Jan 93
Date: 12 Jan 93 09:19:26 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES AUSTRALIA
Daily Solar And Geophysical Report
Issued at 2330 UT 10 January 1993
Summary for 10 January and Forecast up to 13 January
No IPS warning is current.
-----------------------------------------------------------

1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 132/084

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             11 January         12 January         13 January
Activity     Low                Low                Low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected

Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 130/082

1C. SOLAR COMMENT
None.
-----------------------------------------------------------

2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : active to minor storm 0900-1800,
quiet to unsettled otherwise.

Estimated Indices : A   K           Observed A Index 9 January
    Learmonth       19  2335 4422
    Fredericksburg  24                          11
    Planetary       30                          14


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : quiet to unsettled
Ap :  10

2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
The brief period of storm levels was probably due to a low energy,
but long duration flare on the 7th.

3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
Propagation conditions :
Low Lats: Normal.
Mid Lats: Normal.
High Lats: Degraded.
PCA Event : None.
3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
Propagation conditions are expected to be normal.
3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
None.

-----------------------------------------------------------

4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
MUFs at Sydney were near normal to enhanced 50%.

Observed Sydney Regional Ionospheric Index :  82

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
          11 January       12 January          13 January
MUFs      Near normal      Enhanced about 15%  Enhanced about 15%
T index   70               80                  80

Predicted Monthly Ionospheric Index for January is 50.

4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
None.

-- 
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU)         VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC
dave@esi.COM.AU                ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave
From: dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: Re: Stolen equipment register
Date: 6 Jan 93 00:25:12 GMT
Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
X-Disclaimer: "Me, speak for us?"
X-Witty-Saying: "Mobius strip - see other side for instructions"

In article <1993Jan4.230054.20470@runx.oz.au>,
    cheese@runx.oz.au (Mark Cheeseman) writes:

| Well, if it's later than March 12th 1992, yes please.

No, the one I have is earlier (or the same?  I did post it once...) than
that one.

| Does the Federal Office have access to the Internet?

Heck no...  They've only just got themselves on to packet (and refuse to
do anything other than post Federal News, since anything else is "conducting
business affairs").  I doubt whether they've even heard of the Internet.

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dave@esi.COM.AU                ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave
From: dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: Daily IPS Report - 12 Jan 93
Date: 12 Jan 93 09:20:22 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES AUSTRALIA
Daily Solar And Geophysical Report
Issued at 2330 UT 11 January 1993
Summary for 11 January and Forecast up to 14 January
No IPS warning is current.
-----------------------------------------------------------

1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 132/084

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             12 January         13 January         14 January
Activity     Low                Low                Low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected

Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 135/087

1C. SOLAR COMMENT
None.
-----------------------------------------------------------

2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : active to minor storm 1200-2100,
quiet to unsettled otherwise.

Estimated Indices : A   K           Observed A Index 10 January
    Learmonth       21  3223 4443
    Fredericksburg  14                          24
    Planetary       15                          28


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : quiet to unsettled
Ap :  10

2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
None.

3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
Propagation conditions :
Low Lats: Normal.
Mid Lats: Normal.
High Lats: Degraded 0600-1200UT.
PCA Event : None.
3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
Propagation conditions are expected to be normal.
3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
None.

-----------------------------------------------------------

4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
MUFs at Sydney were depressed up to 30% until sunset, then near
predicted values.

Observed Sydney Regional Ionospheric Index :  49

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
         12 January          13 January          14 January
MUFs     Enhanced 5 to 15%   Enhanced about 15%  Enhanced about 15%
T index  80                  90                  90

Predicted Monthly Ionospheric Index for January is 50.

4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
None.

-- 
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU)         VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC
dave@esi.COM.AU                ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave
From: Paul.Walton@f404.n632.z3.fidonet.org (Paul Walton)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: WICEN National Newsletter No 14
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 08:12:52

      To      : All Emergency Management Agencies
      From    : Wireless Institute Civil Emergency Network
                Australia
      Information for inclusion in this fortnightly Bulletin
      should be sent by one of the following methods :-

      Postal  : WICEN, P.O. Box 106, Mitcham, Victoria, 3132
      InterNet: vk3tp@csource.oz.au
      FidoNet : Paul Walton @ 3:632/404
      Packet  : vk3ur@vk3bbs.vic.aus.oc
      Voice   : Paul Walton (03) 754-8646 (A.H)

WICEN.014               WICEN HAPPENINGS                     10/01/93

This is the continuation of the report by Brian Mennis on the  recent ACDC
course he attended. 

The  syndicate  exercises   formed  a  very  important  part  of  the
proceedings .  When  the  formal  lectures for the course finished on Thursday
at midday , each syndicate was given an exercise to research and present to the
whole course on Friday morning .  The instructions for  this  exercise  laid 
out  that  each syndicate was to present a report which in, brief, had to
cover:

"the nature and magnitude of a disaster scenario of their choosing"

"to prepare a detailed report of the event"

"report should include

          preparedness of the community for the event,
          effectiveness of public information,
          role of media,
          communications and technology,
          effectiveness of warning systems,
          was evacuation necessary,
          the role of the EOC,
          lessons learnt."

as may be imagined, this is not something that can be done in an  hour or two.

My syndicate selected a cyclone in Cairns. We were lucky that we had a senior
SES volunteer in our group, who had experienced cyclones. I was able to get in
a plug  for  WICEN as the first news of the disaster to the outside world came
from a WICEN operator in Cairns.

The course, in common with all other ACDC courses ,  is anything but a holiday.
Starting at 1600 on the Sunday, it runs every day until about 2030 or 2100, and
finishes off on Friday at 1200.

To  give some idea of the program, the following is what was scheduled for the
Monday:

    The Nature of Disaster.
    The Comprehensive Approach to Disaster Management.

    The Queensland Counter Disaster Management System.

    Vulnerability Analysis, the Community at Risk.

    Vulnerability Analysis, Hazards to the Community.

    What role my Organisation plays in Disaster Management.

In addition, there were three syndicate exercises on that day.

During the remainder of the course, subjects covering the role of  the media,
financial management , counter disaster preparedness , response management ,
critical  incident stress management , welfare recovery ,and human response in
a crisis situation were covered. And, of course,syndicate   exercises  were  
liberally   sprinkled   through-out  the proceedings.

Continued in WICEN.015 .............

 * Origin: WICEN Victoria Telephone BBS. (3:632/404)
From: dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: Daily IPS Report -  4 Jan 93
Date: 4 Jan 93 00:08:08 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES AUSTRALIA
Daily Solar And Geophysical Report
Issued at 2330 UT 3 January 1993
Summary for 3 January and Forecast up to 6 January
IPS Warning No. 01, issued on 01 January is still current.
-----------------------------------------------------------

1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 125/077

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             04 January         05 January         06 January
Activity     Low                Low                Low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected

Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 128/080

1C. SOLAR COMMENT
None.
-----------------------------------------------------------

2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : unsettled to active

Estimated Indices : A   K           Observed A Index 2 January
    Learmonth       17  4332 3442
    Fredericksburg  24                          16
    Planetary       25                          17


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : active
Ap :  20

2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
Recurrent disturbance in progress.

3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
Propagation conditions :
Low Lats: Fair-Normal.
Mid Lats: Fair-poor.
High Lats: Fair-poor.
PCA Event : None.
3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
Propagation conditions are expected to be degraded again today
with fair-poor conditions at mid and high lats.
3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
None.

-----------------------------------------------------------

4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
MUFs at Sydney were depressed 10 to 30%

Observed Sydney Regional Ionospheric Index :   4

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
          04 January         05 January         06 January
MUFs      depressed 20 to 30% depressed about 15% near normal
T index    0                 40                 60

Predicted Monthly Ionospheric Index for January is 50.

4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
None.

-- 
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU)         VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC
dave@esi.COM.AU                ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave
From: dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: Re: Citizens Band Packet Radio on 70cm
Date: 8 Jan 93 08:58:58 GMT
Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
X-Disclaimer: "Me, speak for us?"
X-Witty-Saying: "Mobius strip - see other side for instructions"

In article <102937.16734.22368@kcbbs.gen.nz>,
    Steve_Wright@kcbbs.gen.nz (Steve Wright) writes:

| My suggestion is look at some UHF backbones for BBS forwarding if you want to
| save money. I bet doc won't wear it though cause you're deliberatly
| bypassing telecom specifically to avoid tolls.

You must have different rules in ZL; it's quite OK here in Oz.  Although
DoTC & Telecom do get stroppy about packet & telephone mixing, so it's
confined to packet BBSs.

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dave@esi.COM.AU                ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: type-approved radio modems
From: Steve_Wright@kcbbs.gen.nz (Steve Wright)
Date: 12 Jan 93 03:53:06 GMT
Organization: Kappa Crucis Unix BBS, Auckland, New Zealand

Gracilis' KS-900 9600 baud data radio with the packeTwin card is approved
to FCC part B, apparantly equivalent to SISPR 22B.
From: msp@pos.apana.org.au (Mark Purcell)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: Re: Citizens Band Packet Radio on 70cm
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 17:19:14 +1100
Organization: Private site: Sydney, Australia

In <3014@eram.esi.COM.AU> dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall) writes:
>In article <102937.16734.22368@kcbbs.gen.nz>,
>    Steve_Wright@kcbbs.gen.nz (Steve Wright) writes:

>| My suggestion is look at some UHF backbones for BBS forwarding if you want to
>| save money. I bet doc won't wear it though cause you're deliberatly
>| bypassing telecom specifically to avoid tolls.

>You must have different rules in ZL; it's quite OK here in Oz.  Although
>DoTC & Telecom do get stroppy about packet & telephone mixing, so it's
>confined to packet BBSs.

What about transfering USENET news over packet?  Does anyone do it, and is it
allowed?

Mark

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From: dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: Daily IPS Report -  9 Jan 93
Date: 9 Jan 93 02:43:26 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES AUSTRALIA
Daily Solar And Geophysical Report
Issued at 2330 UT 8 January 1993
Summary for 8 January and Forecast up to 11 January
No IPS warning is current.
-----------------------------------------------------------

1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 133/085

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             09 January         10 January         11 January
Activity     Low                Low                Low to moderate
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected

Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 140/093

1C. SOLAR COMMENT
None.
-----------------------------------------------------------

2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : quiet to active.

Estimated Indices : A   K           Observed A Index 7 January
    Learmonth       14  3222 2443
    Fredericksburg  10                          19
    Planetary       10                          16


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : unsettled to active
Ap :  15

2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
None.

3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
Propagation conditions :
Low Lats: Normal.
Mid Lats: Normal.
High Lats: Normal.
PCA Event : None.
3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
Propagation conditions are expected to be normal.
3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
None.

-----------------------------------------------------------

4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
MUFs at Sydney were near normal to 30% enhanced.

Observed Sydney Regional Ionospheric Index :  77

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
         09 January          10 January          11 January
MUFs     Enhanced 15 to 30%  Enhanced 15 to 30%  Enhanced 15 to 30%
T index  95                  90                  85

Predicted Monthly Ionospheric Index for January is 50.

4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
None.

-- 
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU)         VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC
dave@esi.COM.AU                ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave
From: eric.davis@f906.n714.z3.fido.zeta.org.au (Eric Davis)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: CB radio options
Organization: Fidonet. Gate admin is fido@socs.uts.edu.au
Date: 23 Dec 92 22:23:00 GMT

Original to: imb@asstdc.oz.au
FROM NAA-228 TO NAD-899 MINE WAS ISUED IN THE VERY FIRST BATCH SO I WAS TOLD
AT THE TIME
                              ERIC
--- FMail 0.92
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Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: Re: Citizens Band Packet Radio on 70cm
From: Steve_Wright@kcbbs.gen.nz (Steve Wright)
Date: 8 Jan 93 04:38:54 GMT
Organization: Kappa Crucis Unix BBS, Auckland, New Zealand

when they find out just how disgusting 1200 baud AFSK half duplex is,
they'll chuck it _REAL_ quick like hams should have done years ago.

My suggestion is look at some UHF backbones for BBS forwarding if you want to
save money. I bet doc won't wear it though cause you're deliberatly
bypassing telecom specifically to avoid tolls.  56KBit half duplex through
a bit regenerated digital full-duplex repeater (NOT a digi)  is not quite
as fast as V32 dialup. do the maths and see if you achieve anything.

Steve - ZL1BHD
Newsgroups: aus.radio
From: terryd@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Terry Dawson)
Subject: Re: Citizens Band Packet Radio on 70cm
Organization: Sydney University Computing Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 10:54:05 GMT

msp@pos.apana.org.au (Mark Purcell) writes:

>What about transfering USENET news over packet?  Does anyone do it, and is it
>allowed?

It could be done, it could be legal, but in all practicality it'd have to
be vetted, and would be a lot of work for somebody, and would be of
questionable value. You could only carry a very small percentage of the
news that is shuffled around here every day, which groups do you feed ?
I'd suggest that just sci.electronics alone would congest any packet
network we have running currently.

Terry


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From: Craig.Orr@f263.n633.z3.fidonet.org (Craig Orr)
Newsgroups: aus.radio
Subject: Citizens Band Packet Radio on 70cm
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 13:41:00

Hi Peter,

 > I'd be interested to know peoples thought on the idea
 > of a new Citizens band radio... one exclusively for
 > packet radio. The idea would be that non-amateurs
 > would be able to communicate with their local
 > bullettin boards without the need to pay for the
 > telephone calls. The band would need say, 80 channels
 > and would ideally be on vhf or uhf. My suggestion is
 > that a portion of the 70cm Amateur band be allocated
 > for this purpose.

Well I unfortunately don't have any current form of licence, so I hope you
don;t mind my input, my packet experience comes from RX only, but something
like what you describe would egg me into obtaining the necessary licence ASAP,
buying the radio, and putting my board straight on.

I imagine that it would promote the hobby to many other people who are also
looking for just a feature. Ultimately this might well lead to an increase in
the number of full callsigns

IMHO This idea has a lot of merrit, especially if it becomes
widely used. 80 Channels FM in 70cm sounds good. If it was put into place I
would attach my board ASAP.

Can I suggest that a baud rate of 9600 is taken as the standard, maybe a few
1200 baud channels for the cost advantage to the users it would attract, but
high speed is most desirable with large usage packet is it not?

Now I wonder if some form of Interstate relay can be put
into place without breaking DOC rules on being transferred to a band you are
not allowed on.

Craig Orr
Compubus BBS

 * Origin: Datamini Compubus BBS - 61-3-569-1164 - (3:633/263)