Introduction to Packet Radio

The Packet Radio RF Forwarding Network (TPRFN) – Reconnecting Packet Radio One RF Station At A Time

BPQ32 & LINBPQ User’s Group – A user group for BPQ32 – AX.25 NET/ROM compatible node software.

BPQ Node Map – http://vps1.g8bpq.net/

Worldwide AX.25 Packet Map

tarpn.net – Everything you’ll need to know about TARPN packet networking.

TARPN Email Group – A place for discussing the creation and operation of an over-the-air social network, based on VHF/UHF packet networking on Amateur Radio and ISM-band systems, built for educational, hobby and emergency preparedness purposes.   This group is about making a new network that is divorced from commercial communications.

NinoTNC Support Reflector – Technical support for the TARPN NinoTNC

Other Packet Radio Networks

North Carolina Off-The-Grid Social Network – North Carolina packet radio network

Virginia Packet Network – The Virginia Packet Network (VAPN) is an AX.25/802.11 hybrid RF only system serving amateur radio interests in and around northern Virginia.

ARRL Michigan Section Digital Radio Group

Maine Packet Network

The Eastnet Amateur Radio Network – EastNet Packet Network

Northeast Ohio Packet Radio – Northeast Ohio Packet Radio

WW2BSA Packet Radio Resource

The Central Susquehanna Technical Group – The Central Susquehanna Technical Group is a non-club related group of local hams who meet to discuss technical topics of interests. It’s a time of good fellowship and bring the hobby back into the hobby

SOFTWARE

TARPN – Terrestrial Amateur Radio Packet Networking

G8BPQ Packet Node/BBS/Chat

QtTermTCP – QtTermTCP is a multi-platform version of BPQTermTCP. There are versions for Windows, Linux and Android.

JNOS-2.0 Full-Service BBS Software

Winlink Global Radio Email – a network of amateur radio and authorized government-licensed stations that provides worldwide radio email using radio

UZ7HO Soundmodem and Easyterm – software Packet-Radio TNC and Terminal

Direwolf Sound Card Modem – Software soundcard AX.25 packet modem/TNC

Putty – PuTTY is an SSH and telnet client with serial communications capabilities.

Outpost Packet Message Manager – Outpost is a Windows-based packet message client that lets you send and receive packet messages with almost any Amateur Radio Bulletin Board System (BBS) or TNC Personal Mail Box.
Outpost video tutorials available here.

HARDWARE

Signalink – USB Soundcard Radio Interface

Master Communications Digital Radio Adapter – Digital Radio Adapters (DRA)

NinoTNC – 1200/4800/9600 baud KISS TNC

Ham Made Parts – TNC Cables