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  • Just saying Hello to the

    From Dthomasdigital@VERT/TLG to All on Monday, January 19, 2026 14:34:00
    KF5HSY here and just wanted to say hello to the HAMS, working on a new project and thought I's say hello. Working on getting a BBS setup and one day getting it radio ready, so hello.

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  • From Khronos@VERT/CWSHACK to Dthomasdigital on Monday, January 19, 2026 18:30:00
    Dthomasdigital wrote to All <=-

    KF5HSY here and just wanted to say hello to the HAMS, working on a new project and thought I's say hello. Working on getting a BBS setup and
    one day getting it radio ready, so hello.

    Cool.
    I haven't really ever connected to a bbs over the air waves.
    I suspect I'd have to do something like packet over hf or something
    since vhf is short range.


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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Khronos on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 15:24:00
    Re: Just saying Hello to the
    By: Khronos to Dthomasdigital on Mon Jan 19 2026 06:30 pm

    I suspect I'd have to do something like packet over hf or something
    since vhf is short range.

    There are digipeaters!

    Packet BBSes are usually a bit different from 'dialup' BBSes. Usually just run on a TNC but sometimes on a PC, with very short and minimal menus and features.

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Dthomasdigital on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 22:11:00
    KF5HSY here and just wanted to say hello to the HAMS, working
    on a new project and thought I's say hello. Working on getting
    a BBS setup and one day getting it radio ready, so hello.

    Greetings from N5VLZ in Arkansas.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to phigan on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 22:11:00
    Packet BBSes are usually a bit different from 'dialup' BBSes.
    Usually just run on a TNC but sometimes on a PC, with very
    short and minimal menus and features.

    The NS2B BBS in Penfield, New York, has both RF and telnet access,
    and they have a weekly packet net most Monday evenings.

    Daryl, N5VLZ

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  • From James Goble@VERT/RICKSBBS to all on Friday, January 30, 2026 07:34:00
    Re: Just saying Hello to the
    By: Daryl Stout to phigan on Tue Jan 27 2026 10:11 pm

    How long does it typically take to get this license? To become a ham radio op that is.

    James,
    telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
    http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080
    IRC www.irccloud.com/irc/ricksbbs/channel/ricksbbs

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to James Goble on Friday, January 30, 2026 21:28:00
    Re: How long does it take?
    By: James Goble to all on Fri Jan 30 2026 07:34:04

    How long does it typically take to get this license? To become a ham radio op that is.

    Everybody's different, but a lot of it depends on how you prepare for the exam. You can take the all-to-easy way out and memorize the answers, but you won't really learn much, or you can actually study for the exam and really learn what your covering; there's plenty of sources for that.

    You don't want to one of those hams who, after getting on the air, ask loads of questions that you should've already learned. Hams have little patience for such people.

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