10-04-21 05:23 Tracker1 wrote to Dumas Walker about Re: BBSing the alternativ Howdy! Michael,
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On 9/27/2021 1:04 PM, Dumas Walker wrote:
You can run a BBS with HAM Radio.
But can people without a HAM license access them legally? I asked
once and was told no.
Sure they can... just not over the air... nothing stopping someone from also having the BBS available via telnet or dialup.
I have a License to Operate a Ham Radio Station, W9ODR.
Around the mid 1970's there were some local Ham Radio BBS's that I
logged on to using Radioteletype on the 2 Meter VHF Ham Band.
Those BBS's were for Licensed Amateur Radio Operators only, if I
had a visitor in the Radio Room, after I Logged on one of the BBS's
I could allow them to use the Keyboard as a Third Party Operator
(That is permitted by F.C.C. Part 97 regulations since I am the
Control Operator).
There wasn't any telephone access to those BBS's.
After I bought a C=64, 1541 FDD and 300 Baud VICModem in 1984
a Ham Radio Friend told me a telephone number for a L/L BBS and
I've been using BBS's since then, first on Dial Up, now by using
the internet.
Later, a local Ham had a HF Packet Radio BBS on 20 Meters Packet
and had another Packet Radio BBS on 2 Meters that I used every day,
until my wife told me to unhook those unsightly Antenna wires I had
running out of the room and through the hall way.
The BBS I use has a Dial-Up line, but isn't a local call for me so
I use DSL now and the Home Phone isn't tied up when I'm Logged On
to the BBS.
In 2006 I got this XP pc and later learned how to get QWK Packets
from this BBS by using a Batch file to run a FTP Script.
Yep!, I'm lazy, I type a few keys and press Enter, and PUSH PULL
CLICK CLICK, I get my BBS FIX.
Another Batch file is used to send REP packets to the BBS.
73 (Best Regards) de (From) Ed W9ODR dit dit
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