The antenna is a four pole phased dipole about forty feet in that air. It is running about fifty watts peak envelope power, on a kantronics kpc-3 tnc. There is fifty watts runnning on this packet station, with a kantronics dual port 9612. This node is located in AVA IL, currently their is fifty watts on this station also, the antenna is about 30 feet in the air. We also use a kpc-3 tnc on this site.
Packet is a neat form of communication.
The computer you use can range from the newest pentium computer to a commadore 64, or a slower pc.