Re: [Announce] New AX.25 release and signoff from maintenance

From: John Ackermann N8UR (ndezvgr@au.dk)
Date: Fri Nov 16 2001 - 20:54:25 EET

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    Just a quick followup re the status of the TAPR radio project -- it's not
    dead, but it's certainly been a lot slower-going than any of us had hoped.
    After Motorola obsoleted most of the major chips on the digital board, the
    volunteer team did a redesign and have now more than made up the lost
    ground (i.e., we now have the digital (baseband) side of the radio
    substantially debugged and functional). Work continues on the RF board and
    the software development.

    It's been a long haul, and it may be quite a bit longer before we have a
    finished product, but the project does continue.

    73,
    John N8UR
    President, TAPR
    jrwnbia.ywregeqrcz@easeful.com

    --On Friday, November 16, 2001 12:56 PM -0500 Nick Papadonis
    <brfg.tfeyqkor@mailit.tunk.net> wrote:

    > Didn't Phil Karn propose new link layer protocols to help fix packets
    > problems? http://www.qsl.net/n9zia/newlink/page1.html I haven't seen
    > any of these issues addressed by anyone else.
    >
    > Wouldln't the community be in favor some some amateur product in which
    > all parts of the firmware could be controlled or changed. Frequency,
    > power output, etc...
    >
    > I know that TAPR started a 900Mhz FHSS radio project, however I
    > queried on status and it looks dead.
    >
    > I see these options as a replacement for packet.
    >
    > - Nick
    >
    > Jonathan NAYLOR <terhi.victor@logonet.com> writes:
    >
    >> Hi Craig and All
    >>
    >> > I haven't take a radio out of the packing box I put them in over two
    >> > years ago! The last i heard there was almost no 4k8 or 9k6 in Sydney
    >> > and anyway my 4k8 radio has some Tx problem. Not good things to
    >> > motivate you to work on the code.
    >>
    >> I have the same feeling myself. Ever since I left the UK I haven't used
    >> any packet radio. With the availability of cheap broadband Internet
    >> access, I haven't felt the need to get involved in the pit of politics
    >> and bullshit that is packet radio. I may add that I am talking about my
    >> experiences in the UK, and has no relation to how packet radio may or
    >> may not be in Zurich.
    >>
    >> I have since got back into weak signal work on microwaves and enjoying
    >> myself far more. I think the future of computers with amateur radio is
    >> not with packet but with weak signal work, for example DSP of various
    >> sorts, and with new non-packet data modes like PSK-31.
    >>
    >> Having got that off my chest I feel much better.
    >>
    >> Jonathan G4KLX/HB9DRD
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President, TAPR                sdzbsn.qhzcu@relay.tunkki.fi    http://www.tapr.org

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