Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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This is the first video in a playlist intended to address the wide disbursement of packet radio knowledge.
This video covers the concept of packet radio it's history, APRS, BBS(bulletin board systems), TNC's like direwolf, and TCP/IP over packet radio. After this you will have a good foundation on the current state of packet radio in the ham or amateur radio community. Next we will talk about the most popular software TNC, direwolf, and set it up for future videos.

You can see a short write up of this video, as well as download the presentation form my website at:
themodernham.com/modern-introduction-to-packet-radio-ax25-aprs-and-tcp-ip

00:00 Intro
01:00 The Need
03:10 Presentation Start
05:07 Outline
07:00 What is Packet Radio
08:25 History of Packet Radio
12:20 Packet Radio Requirements
14:00 What is a TNC
17:30 What is a Soundcard interface
19:20 BBS(Bulletin Board System)
21:00 APRS
23:30 TCP/IP Over Packet Radio
26:14 New Packet Radio
27:30 Additional Resources
30:00 Outro

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