If your interested in learning about packet and getting a station set up I recommend this page from the Packet Radio .org people.

Unless specified, all packet on this page is at 1200baud fsk (fm).. 

Frequencies of interest:

• Nobarc's main user access to packet is on a freq of 145.05 and is called WMA. **see notes at the bottom of this page. 
• One of the better Local resources for DX is from K1TTT on 145.69. 

Some of the easily accessable resources via WMA 145.05 include:
Dx Clusters:

DXALB based in Albany. C DXALB gets you right into the cluster. 

NHDX in Keene,NH. After connecting to NHDX type DX to enter the cluster 

YCCCDX in Rockingham county NH. After connecting to YCCCDX type DX to enter the cluster. 

BBS's (E-mail gates):

BBSFOX is by KD1KU in South Hadley, Mass. 

BBSUMX from WA2UMX. To access BBSUMX you will need to connect to SRTGA1 first. 

TCP/IP access:

none yet...

APRS access:

• 144.39 is the nation wide frequency.. 
• Everything you ever wanted to know about WinAPRS including links to download the program. 

If you want to watch the weather in real time in APRS try these maps:

•  North East Intellicast WX map refreshes every hour or so. 
•  Albany WX from Accuweather. Refreshes every thirty minutes or so. 

Regional hubs of packet:

MTM  mount Tom's club node. One hop from WMA. 

SRTGA1 Saratoga county Races node stack. One hop from WMA also. 

Links on topics concerning Packet Radio:

•  Packet radio information Site with lots of info on how packet works. 
•  Internet based Packet cluster for those that don't have access to a cluster from work. 
•  APRS and GPS information from TAPR. APRS collection of stuff. 
•  Paccomm A company that specializes in bleeding edge of the technology packet equipment. Slow speed up to 56kb! The only company of its kind. 
•  Want to play with some 1 thru 10megabit packet? This is the place to start!
• Want to do TCP/IP on packet radio? (freephone & dialpad.com also!) The only way to go is with Linux...This is the old HOWTO. Worth reading for all the why's and what for's but the real current doc has been folded into the Linux distributions them selves. See the /usr/doc/faq/howto/AX25-HOWTO for current info. 

More comming soon so check back after awhile!

** WMA is currently on top of Mt. Greylock and has Other nodes and BBS's on the same frequency from other states making the node SEEM to be deaf or plain old down a good deal of the time. One of my hopes as packet guy is to see about putting up a proper 2meter access port that is not as badly affected by this. Read on if you are interested in an explaination  give me a call or e-mail. When others are using the freq and you can't hear them, but you can hear WMA, the effect is called HTS Hidden Transmitter Syndrome. We have it worse than most nodes and is also refered to as ETS or Exposed Transmitter Syndrome when done on mountain tops. User nodes are not recommended to be on top of mountains like Greylock. Details on the effect can be read about in this paper by Burt VE2BMQ.