RE: Pilot: Packet radio on a pilot?

["Jim Hardy" <jbhardy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greg,

I saw a site on the Pilot webring.  It was hosted by a ham and contained
some ham software.  I never tried any of the stuff, but I think you use the
VT-100 terminal software on the Pilot to talk to the TNC.  The website would
have more detail.  If I can find it again, I'll post it.

Jim Hardy

-----Original Message-----
From:	gwilterdink@xxxxxxxx [mailto:gwilterdink@xxxxxxxx]
Sent:	Monday, August 31, 1998 1:15 PM
To:	pilot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:	Pilot: Packet radio on a pilot?

        Do we have any HAM enthusiasts on this list? I'm holding my Palm
     Pilot Pro (PPP) in one hand and my little (and I mean little) Yaesu
     VX-1R hand (finger!) held transceiver in the other hand wondering why
     I shouldn't be able to get these two to talk to each other for the
     purpose of sending/receiving email.

        The PPP has the serial port. Not knowing too much about packet
     communications, I know I would need a TNC (terminal network
     controller) that converts FSK (frequency shift keying) audio signals
     to and from the radio into a data stream the PPP can process.

        It (the TNC) would require a little smarts in order to "listen" to
     commands from a special "terminal interface program" running on the
     pilot that would switch the transceiver between transmit,receive,
     convert and route the data in the appropriate direction.

        Sounds simple enough. The TNC units I've seen so far are large
     (compared to the PPP and the VX-1R), expensive, and complicated (with
     their own processors, ROM, RAM, etc.) Picopacket is one that I have
     looked at.

        Anyway, I am curious and look forward to another interesting thread
     other than Da Vinci "bashing", a product none of us *really* know
     anything about.

     Greg Wilterdink, KF6QEO

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