In Charles Brabham wrote:


"Michael" wrote in message
...

Looks like I'll have to figure out how to get AX25 going on a linux
machine.....

Why would you want to handicap yourself like that? You'll get better
performance on the air with FlexNet, and performance is the desired
factor, eh? Running the AX25 stuff in Linux gives you the latest in packet
radio from the mid 1980's. Things have significantly improved since then,
and it would be a shame to see you spend good money on equipment and then
cut your own throat by going cheap on the software.

Charles, N5PVL

I had a bit of a go with FlexNet a couple of years ago. I don't know what
its like now but back then it was a DOS application for a windows machine.
It would not run properly on a protected machine (I was mainly using NT4 at
the time - now I only have XP or linux).

I did manage to get it going on a windows 95 or 98 machine but could not
manage to figure out how to get it to work properly.

In Howard Goldstein wrote:

On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 00:49:35 GMT, Michael
wrote:
: I priced the 900MHz ones from the Australian disributer and they were
: $1600 for the serial version or $2800 for the ethernet version.
:
: I wonder how much they are in the US?

In large quantities I was led to understand they they were in the
$100-200 range a few years ago, sans case.

A different product from http://www.omnispread.com using DSSS and
approved for use down in your area might also fit your needs (LAWNII)

They claim that these radios can work over 10 kilometers (6 miles) using
20mW output with a receive sensitivity of -95dBm.

I wonder if that is realistic.

The more expensive ones transmit 1W.

In Howard Goldstein wrote:

On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 00:49:35 GMT, Michael
wrote:
: I priced the 900MHz ones from the Australian disributer and they were
: $1600 for the serial version or $2800 for the ethernet version.
:
: I wonder how much they are in the US?

In large quantities I was led to understand they they were in the
$100-200 range a few years ago, sans case.

A different product from http://www.omnispread.com using DSSS and
approved for use down in your area might also fit your needs (LAWNII)

They claim that these radios can work over 10 kilometers (6 miles) using
20mW output with a receive sensitivity of -95dBm.

I wonder if that is realistic.

The more expensive ones transmit 1W.