[] [] Hams and Computers on November 28, 2007 There were generally two types of packet users: The first was the guy who wanted to have keyboard to keyboard chats with others. It was pretty nice for a while. The second type was the guy who wanted to be part of the national 'information' forwarding system consisting of dedicated backbone units and end user workstations. Try the following connection options in iSpy or Agent to connect to your Digilan IP camera. If an FFMPEG option is available we recommend you try that first as it will often be faster and include audio support. The settings for Digilan cameras are built right into our open source surveillance software iSpy and our Windows Service based. Software All Software latest This Just In Old School Emulation MS-DOS Games Historical Software Classic PC Games Software Library. Internet Arcade. Top Community Software MS-DOS CD-ROM Software Kodi Archive and Support File CD-ROM Software Library APK Vintage Software. Full text of 'A Santali-English dictionary'. You could turn on your 2-meter FM rig and hear the screams of hundreds of packet stations. Eventually the 'netrom' users got crabby and decided that the humans talking to each other were interfering with the critical work being done by the huge national network. People eventually got tired of being asked to 'keep it down - you're slowing the national network' and just walked away. And unfortunately, packet can run itself as long as power is not cut to the equipment. As most of you know - the packet network died a fairly peaceful death. There are still units forwarding useless information across the face of the earth, but the key word is 'units'. The units are forwarding the data. The hams that own the stations are at work or on vacation. There is still a fairly useful DX cluster net. I'm really glad that the people who TALK or CODE on the air found a way to use this tool for something other than the wasted curiosity it is. Now we have APRS. Instead of having to tell me where you are, I have to pull up a map and see your avatar and lat and lon info as you drive to work. APRS has a field or two for just 'chat' type stuff. I sent out at least a hundred invites to chat via APRS but alas - not one taker. I did get the occasional email from irate 'sysops' who thought one of my settings was sending needless chatter into the ether. (He obviously wouldn't want to demean his high level APRS equipment by picking up a microphone and giving me a holler on the radio). My point is that almost all attempts to mix computers and radios have resulted in no increase in our ability to enjoy our hobby or assist in an emergency, and a huge decrease of hams that are involved with their gear If you want to prepare for a disaster, these are the things you must do. -- Practice talking 2-meter simplex, antenna to antenna. Find out what kind of coverage map this creates. If you have SSB -- do the same thing. Map out a useable coverage map. ![]() Purchase a backup power supply for the home station. Get several extra power sources for your mobile/handheld equipment. The ability to facilitate human-to-human contact is one of the master purposes of amateur radio. In an emergency, the ability to know the limits of your equipment and your skills is paramount -- And that goes for everyone in your area. Get to know each other. Talk direct - not through repeaters. Tarzan movie characters. Know your national simplex frequencies and use them.
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