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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Negative on a computer at the repeater. The ratflector is a PC at my house with an Internet connection and hooked to a 2820. The ratflector can be anywhere
you bridge those connections.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> drats_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:drats_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>David Holman<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 06, 2013 11:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Discussion of D-RATS<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [drats_users] What do I Tell my Friends??<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">John,<br>
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I am guessing that you have a computer up there with the repeater, running D-RATS. At the moment, we don't have that, but, anyone can come get files from my D-RATS shared drive.
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What I would like to be able to do for things like bike races or other public service events would be to access a file, i.e., a roster for tracking drop outs, from the net control station or be able to inform them that aid station # whatever needs something.
Then they would get instant updates and we wouldn't have to continually tie up the voice channel to do those updates. We could also do check-ins and status and such that way too.
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I haven't tried that, but I have exchanged files. <br>
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Thanks<br>
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David, AC7DS<br>
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<pre>Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Ben Franklin<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre>
<pre>When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When people fear the government, there is tyranny.<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Thomas Jefferson<o:p></o:p></pre>
<p class="MsoNormal">On 02/06/2013 08:26 PM, <a href="mailto:rolan.clark@comcast.net">
rolan.clark@comcast.net</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">John,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">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?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Just some ideas you may want to play with.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">73 de rolan w3fdk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:JDavis@gtworks.com" title="JDavis@gtworks.com">John Davis</a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Wednesday, February 06, 2013 10:07 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">To:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:drats_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" title="drats_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">
Discussion of D-RATS</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Re: [drats_users] What do I Tell my Friends??<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">John WB4QDX</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="mailto:drats_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com">drats_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com</a> [<a href="mailto:drats_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com">mailto:drats_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>David Holman<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 06, 2013 10:02 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Discussion of D-RATS<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [drats_users] What do I Tell my Friends??</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kent,<br>
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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.
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I have APRSIS on this computer.... <br>
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Thanks<br>
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David, AC7DS<br>
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<pre>Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Ben Franklin<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre> <o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When people fear the government, there is tyranny.<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Thomas Jefferson<o:p></o:p></pre>
<p class="MsoNormal">On 02/06/2013 07:54 PM, Kent Hufford wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">You use DRATS as a regular x.25 packet modem program.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Can use the modem built into the Kenwood d710.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Kent</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="mailto:drats_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com">drats_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com</a> [<a href="mailto:drats_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com">mailto:drats_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>David Holman<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 06, 2013 9:47 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Discussion of D-RATS<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [drats_users] What do I Tell my Friends??</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kent,<br>
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How do you do that?? Can you also use it for APRS? <br>
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Thanks<br>
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David, AC7DS<br>
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<pre>Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Ben Franklin<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre> <o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When people fear the government, there is tyranny.<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Thomas Jefferson<o:p></o:p></pre>
<p class="MsoNormal">On 02/06/2013 02:26 PM, Kent Hufford wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">You can run DRATS on regular FM packet as the packet software.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Kent</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">KQ4KK</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="mailto:drats_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com">drats_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com</a> [<a href="mailto:drats_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com">mailto:drats_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:DESloan@aol.com">DESloan@aol.com</a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 06, 2013 4:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:drats_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">drats_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [drats_users] What do I Tell my Friends??</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">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?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thanks,<br>
Dave Sloan N0EOP<br>
EXAMS Chair Dayton Hamvention ® 2013<br>
c 765-969-2212 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">No virus found in this message.<br>
Checked by AVG - <a href="http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a><br>
Version: 2013.0.2890 / Virus Database: 2639/6059 - Release Date: 01/26/13<br>
Internal Virus Database is out of date.<o:p></o:p></p>
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