!! DEMO: Wireless Internet Technology !!

[Brian High]

<<Apologies to recipients of multiple copies.>>

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           !! DEMO: Wireless Internet Technology !!
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WHERE? 
Hardware/Software Meeting: 2-4pm on Sat. March 16, 1996  at the 
Shoreline King County Library Branch.  The meeting is open to the 
public.

BY WHOM? 
Seattle-area amateur radio operators

BRIEF EXPLANATION: 
A group of SCN volunteers and users, who are also amateur radio 
operators, will be demonstrating a technology which *may* be  
utilized by SCN to provide an alternative means to access SCN and  
also to aid the development of an important public service .

DETAILS:
Amateur radio operators from the King County Amateur Radio 
Emergency Service (K.C. A.R.E.S.) and a few other local groups will  
bring a portable system capable of 9600 bps TCP/IP networking over 
radio to the next Hardware/Software meeting.

Following the demonstration, we will discuss the feasibility of 
connecting a radio-internet gateway to the SCN equipment.  If it 
appears that no significant technical problems exist, the radio 
operators will propose the project to be discussed and voted  
on by SCN/SCNA at the next General Meeting.

BACKGROUND:
Now that the general public is increasingly using the internet to 
satisfy personal and community information needs, it makes sense to 
increase our access options.  One way is through amateur radio. In 
recent years, amateur radio  licenses have become very easy to obtain, 
and are granted to people of all ages.  Further, technological 
developments have made it possible to assemble a portable  digital 
amateur radio station for around $300 (used).

The Puget Sound TCP/IP Users Group has created an effective system of 
local area networks (LANs), including 4 digital repeaters and one 
experimental internet gateway.

The experimental gateway works fairly well when it is "up", but it is 
not reliable enough to be utilized for regular and emergency internet 
traffic.  It is the goal of the demonstrators to eventually establish 
a stable gateway, providing dependable service for both routine and   
emergency use.

WANT TO KNOW MORE? 
Please address questions and comments to:    kv9x at scn.org  (Brian High) 

   You can call (206)782-2827 or (206)271-4657 to reach BBSs  
   which are connected to the  Puget Sound TCP/IP (radio) network. 
   These are operated by individual amateur radio operators free of 
   charge.  Please respect their wishes concerning the use of their 
   systems.

Also see:   http://www.scn.org/IP/nwqrp/gateway.html


--Brian High, NorthWest QRP Club
  kv9x at scn.org
  nwqrp at scn.org


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