73 Amateur Radio Today – October 1989
Issue Contents:
Setting Up a Packet Radio Station
– Read this for the info the how-to books left out! …… WB6RQN 14
Digital Dreams
– The future of packet radio has arrived …… N3EUA 28
TNC PPM without the PC
– Give your older TNC personal mailbox capability with just a few keystrokes …… WB6WKB 30
Packet Radio in Japan
– Bits of info on packet in the land of the Rising Sun …… WA1LBP 38
Packet Radio and Hi-tech Nomadics
– How packet radio fits in with the world’s highest-tech bicycle …… N4RVE 48
TexNet Packet-switching Network
– Check out this highly effective low-overhead packet network …… WD5IVD 54
Amateur Packet Networking
– Going beyond keyboard-to-keyboard QSOs …… WB6RQN 60
DX Dynasty Awards
– The Dynasty grows …… WB2DIN and 73 Staff 65
TCP/iP for the Macintosh
– Merging this powerful networking system with a user-friendly micro! …… WA8DZP 68
Vertical Antennas at HF -part II
– More surprising facts about HF verticals …… W1GV 70
Packet Racket Lip Zipper
– Automatic rig speaker silencer for packet operation …… KB1UM 13
My SX-64 Runs Digicom!
– Run this popular low-cost packet interface on C-64’s portable brother …… KA9ELV 24
Put Your IC-22S on Packet
– Dust it off and dedicate it to 2m packet! …… KE4PC 31
KAM Box
– Switch mode and band in an instant …… N4AQG 32
One-chip RS-232 for the C-64
– Quick ‘n easy level converter …… KB0CDQ 34
Standardizing the Radio/tNC Interface
– Get up and running quickly with any rig/tNC combo …… WB6RQN 40
Improve Your TNCs DCD Circuit
– For a faster and smarter DCD …… N7CL 50
HF Packet Tuning Aid
– Hear your way to dead-on tuning …… W6IOJ 80
The Quickchanger
– This makes mixed-mode/band operation a breeze …… KA3MRX 84
DRSI PC Packet Adaptor
– Packet interface on a PC expansion card …… WB6RQN 20
GRAPES 56 Kbps Modem
– Transfer large program files in a flash on packet! …… KA9Q 42
DX Helper
– DX software for the Macintosh …… WB8EHS 59
Flodraw
– Simple schematic drawing on your PC …… WB9CWE 99
73 Amateur Radio Today – October 1989
