[drats_users] What do I Tell my Friends??

[Matt Maguire]

I guess if you run TCP/IP on top of AX.25, you could set up a ratflector on one of the packet hosts, and the other packet hosts can connect to the ratflector via a TCP connection over AX25. The main problem would be that the AX25, IP and TCP headers together would present significant overhead compared to running D-RATS directly on top of KISS, but it would allow for greater flexibility.

Does anyone know if there are there any public ratflectors currently running on the AMPRnet?

73, Matt VK2RQ.

On 07/02/2013, at 2:26 PM, <rolan.clark at comcast.net> wrote:

> John,
>  
> A friend of mine who had a tnc in kiss mode and I had a tnc in kiss mode and using drats we could only tranfer a file about 1k in size but never did find out why, maybe a tnc buffer size?
>  
> I have a drats on our  local mountain and it works great for sending drats email to someone on the air. Its not a repeater like packet but it does the job plus one  can upload a file that could serve as a message.  We use  .txt files and give it a name so someone could upload a  file called    w3fdk.txt    if someone  wants to send  me a file then I can connect to w3fdk-9, my call for the mountain top drats, and down load any file. No privacy there as anyone can download a file but  the principle works. Files can also  be deleted   from any station that has their call in the proper place in drats.
>  
> This doesn’t  answer your question but maybe it  gives you an idea of how to further use drats.  I keep it going at  the mountain top just for training for those that want  to experiment with drats and in an ecom situation it sure can be used. I can connect it to the internet if I wish from my home computer via the  internet and have  that function but I leave it as a stand alone unit.
>  
> Just some ideas you may want to play  with.
>  
> 73 de rolan w3fdk
>  
> From: John Davis
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 10:07 PM
> To: Discussion of D-RATS
> Subject: Re: [drats_users] What do I Tell my Friends??
>  
> It takes a TNC or sound card interface to the 6-pin mini-DIN on the 880 operating in FM mode to use that functionality.  It does take a KISS TNC like a KPC-3+. Also keep in mind that to bridge D-RATS and packet you would configure a PC with a Ratflector with a connection to a D-STAR radio and a separate FM radio with a KISS TNC.
>  
> John WB4QDX
>  
> From: drats_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:drats_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of David Holman
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 10:02 PM
> To: Discussion of D-RATS
> Subject: Re: [drats_users] What do I Tell my Friends??
>  
> Kent,
> 
> I don't have a packet modem...  My radio is an ID-880H...  How do you use D-RATS as an X.25 modem program?? I do have a Tiny Trak 4 that I could plug into the radio, but I would still need some kind of soundcard software to generate the Packet Tones. 
> 
> I have APRSIS on this computer....  
> 
> Thanks
> 
> David, AC7DS
> 
> 
> Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.
> Ben Franklin
>  
> When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When people fear the government, there is tyranny.
> Thomas Jefferson
> On 02/06/2013 07:54 PM, Kent Hufford wrote:
> You use DRATS as a regular x.25 packet modem program.
>  
> Can use the modem built into the Kenwood d710.
>  
> When you use DRATS with DSTAR you get mapping display. But I am not sure if you try it in FM packet mode do you get APRS support like WinAPRS or UIView.
>  
> Kent
>  
> From: drats_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:drats_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of David Holman
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 9:47 PM
> To: Discussion of D-RATS
> Subject: Re: [drats_users] What do I Tell my Friends??
>  
> Kent,
> 
> How do you do that??  Can you also use it for APRS?  
> 
> Thanks
> 
> David, AC7DS
> 
> 
> Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.
> Ben Franklin
>  
> When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When people fear the government, there is tyranny.
> Thomas Jefferson
> On 02/06/2013 02:26 PM, Kent Hufford wrote:
> You can run DRATS on regular FM packet as the packet software.
>  
> Kent
> KQ4KK
>  
> From: drats_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:drats_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of DESloan at aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 4:23 PM
> To: drats_users at intrepid.danplanet.com
> Subject: [drats_users] What do I Tell my Friends??
>  
> I am trying to get several other hams who are also in our local RACES group to give D-Rats a try. So far they continue working on getting packet up and working locally. But, are showing no interest in using D-Rats. What else can I tell the as to why they should try D-Rats?
>  
> Thanks,
> Dave Sloan N0EOP
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