#ardop — Public Fediverse posts

Just stumbled on this tonight looking around for information on UUCP. So, my loony idea at the moment, is to see if I can funnel UUCP over AX.25 packet radio, with the idea that I can send email over that.

My principle gripe right now is that most UUCP implementations (I've dealt with SCO UUCP and Taylor UUCP) require you to list up-front, all the nodes you might want to talk to… but aside from that limitation, the technology choice seems sound on paper.

Here, a group has managed to make UUCP talk over ARDOP.
https://www.rhizomatica.org/hermes/

ARDOP has its own problems, but that project looks interesting in what they've achieved. They're using conventional Icom HF radios to provide both text, recorded voice and photo transmission between communities in the Amazon (the rainforest not the megacorp).

#AmateurRadio #ARDOP #UUCP #PacketRadio

@rhett #aprs for short messages and information retrieval (not so much into positioning). #packetradio or #ARDOP for #winlink emails (no windows, no #vara). #js8call for some asynchronous message and data exchange (not much experience yet). #M17project looks interesting. It is #foss enabling us to execute our #hamradio right to experiment (not like all that closed proprietary stuff: #DMRradio, #c4fm / #ysf and #dstar).

I just updated VE3VTY's website https://radiorabbit.ca/ve3vty/ with a "live" mheard that updates every 5 minutes. It will show mheard for #ax25, #ardop and #il2p HF ports. It uses a fantastic rube goldberg of expect/telnet/awk&sed to bring this info to the webserver. You love to see it! If you're curious about #packetradio you should totally check it out!