https://wiki.farpn.net/ 2026-04-29T18:25:50+00:00 https://wiki.farpn.net/ https://wiki.farpn.net/_media/wiki/logo.svg text/html 2025-11-29T04:12:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/about?rev=1764389526&do=diff About FARPN ---------- Mission We are an experimental, federated, amateur radio packet network focused on creating a safe, inclusive, and diverse learning environment for anyone interested in participating in or driving the open development of amateur packet radio technologies. text/html 2026-02-23T03:13:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/active-nodes?rev=1771816435&do=diff List of Active Nodes This is a manually maintained list of active PBBS nodes in the FARPN network and their capabilities. Operator Type QTH Node Frequencies AXIP Apps Mail FWD KC2IHX web/mastodon BPQ Walla Walla, WA, USA / DN06 KC2IHX-7 14.105 LSB text/html 2026-02-20T04:49:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/axudp-via-yggdrasil?rev=1771562997&do=diff AXUDP via FARPN IPv6 Mesh (yggdrasil) If you followed the FARPN guides, you should have yggdrasil running on your node, peered with a couple other FARPN members, which gives the FARPN community a private IPv6 mesh network that rides on top of your regular internet connection. text/html 2024-11-23T19:48:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/bpq-aprs?rev=1732391339&do=diff Example for APRS in BPQ This will act as an iGate from RF, but will not digipeat or gate from APRS-IS to RF. In this example, port 2 is HF and port 4 is UHF. This block of text can go at the end of the BPQ32.cfg file, for example, if on Windows. text/html 2025-09-20T16:38:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/bpq-fldigi?rev=1758386308&do=diff Introduction fldigi is a software package for running a subset of amateur radio digital modes. BPQ can interface with fldigi to either allow users to connect or forward messages using other modes than AX.25. To make integration easier, you can use a rig control package like flrig to allow both BPQ and fldigi to control the radio on specific port(s). text/html 2025-01-23T16:40:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/bpq-notes?rev=1737650433&do=diff BPQ Maintenance Notes Forwarding I have too many queued messages for a forwarding partner, how do I empty an outgoing forward queue? The best way we've found to do this is to uncheck `BBS` for the user and then to recheck it. Also, you can see the outgoing queue length at the top of the Forwarding configuration for the user. text/html 2025-11-23T23:09:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/bpq-winlink?rev=1763939354&do=diff Winlink in BPQ It is possible to route messages bidirectionally between BPQ and Winlink without setting up your own Winlink RMS node, as long as you can make a consistent connection to a stations that *does* act as a Winlink node. Typically this means AXIP or VHF rather than HF, to avoid transmitting too much data at 300 bd. text/html 2026-02-27T14:28:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/bpq32-web-server-terminal?rev=1772202513&do=diff Using the BPQ32 Web Terminal With Your Node - Quick Start If you're on the same machine, or the same network, as your node, using the browser based terminal is another quick and easy way to interact with your node. The only catch with this method is that you'll only see the interactions you have with your node - you won't have a window displaying a live feed of packets sent and received, like you would with text/html 2025-01-15T18:26:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/concepts-to-implement?rev=1736965567&do=diff N6CTA (Matrix 2025-01-15) - “We should maybe make a wiki page for concepts from these projects that we'd like to try to implement instead.” text/html 2025-11-29T04:37:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/contribution-style-guide?rev=1764391077&do=diff Contribution Style Guide Contributions to the FARPN Wiki are welcome and encouraged! Cleaning up or editing an existing page, or adding new pages and tutorials are great ways to get involved. Please reach out via our Matrix chat in the #Wiki room in order to get started. We'll get you set up with an account, and answer any questions you might have. text/html 2026-02-23T21:52:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/decode-packets?rev=1771883540&do=diff Hear and Decode Packets There are as many ways to hear and decode packets as their are HF rigs on the market, so for this exercise we'll point you in a couple directions, with the last being what you'll likely want to do with your node that you set up following the FARPN guides. text/html 2026-02-11T02:52:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/drafts?rev=1770778352&do=diff This page is intended to provide a list of pages in progress, which should not be considered authoritative information ever, but especially until someone bothers to remove them from draft status. * Transferring Files * Packet Applications * Troubleshooting Audio * Network Security Best Practices for Packet Radio * Learning Objectives * Concepts from Other Projects * BPQ and fldigi * BPQ and Winlink * mwtchahrd text/html 2026-02-20T13:11:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/etiquette?rev=1771593084&do=diff Packet Etiquette & Conventions These are by no means rules - just conventions that have evolved over the years of folx doing packet. Some of us at FARPN are known to scoff at convention, so no one here is going to give you a hard time if you do you. We just wanted to let you know what you might encounter out there in the wild! text/html 2025-11-29T04:10:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/events?rev=1764389457&do=diff Events ---------- We don't have any regularly occurring FARPN events...yet! text/html 2025-11-29T11:30:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/getting-started?rev=1764415809&do=diff Getting Started What does it take to get connected over the air? Checklist: * HF SSB transceiver or VHF/UHF FM transceiver * USB audio to transceiver interface * Internal (ex: Icom IC-7300) or external such as: * Digirig * Yaesu SCU-17 text/html 2026-02-27T05:50:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/hearing-stations?rev=1772171446&do=diff List Stations You Hear This exercise is as much about bragging rights as it is about any particular technical skill :-) Just like all things ham radio, the better your antenna system is, the more you'll hear, so make a list, and brag to your friends about it! text/html 2026-02-17T02:12:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/home?rev=1771294331&do=diff Federated Amateur Radio Packet Network Wiki ---------- About FARPN * About Us * Our Projects * List of Active Nodes * Packet Events Resources * Introduction to Packet Radio * Packet Station Planning * Getting Started * Software Configuration Tutorials * Packet Radio Hardening * Up and Running...Now What? * Other Packet Networks Wiki Documentation * Contribution Style Guide * To-Do List text/html 2025-11-29T11:27:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/introduction-to-packet-radio?rev=1764415653&do=diff Introduction to Packet Radio ---------- What is packet radio? Packet radio in the context of amateur radio has historically revolved around the use of the AX.25 protocol transmitted via FSK or AFSK at 300 to 19200 baud over FM or SSB. Most commonly, Bell 103 300Bd is used on HF over SSB and Bell 202 1200Bd has been used over VHF and UHF links. Links above 2400Bd require special hardware considerations and generally therefore aren’t as commonly used. Today we have software based modems to enco… text/html 2026-02-08T17:05:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/learning-objectives?rev=1770570311&do=diff Learning Objectives Could also be called “onboarding.” Related to #gamification. We have brought a few people in by walking them through the steps to get packet stations up and running. There are a lot of objectives (small steps) that can be taken toward the overall goals (eventual target) of text/html 2026-02-05T16:03:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/mesh?rev=1770307430&do=diff FARPN Mesh We currently have two mesh projects. The first mesh is Yggdrasil which is an E2EE IPv6 overlay mesh which is Layer 3. Reticulum is the other mesh technology we are playing with. Reticulum doesn't fit neatly into the OSI model; we run it both as a Layer 3 mesh via Yggdrasil and as a Layer 2 mesh via LoRA. text/html 2026-02-28T19:14:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/mwtchahrd?rev=1772306079&do=diff mwtchahrd mwtchahrd is an application that works with or without a wrapper script, to send spots to an instance of Spothole running on the FARPN yggdrasil mesh. Or you can send spots to a spothole instance hosted elsewhere. If you're on the FARPN mesh, you can find it here: text/html 2026-02-23T19:03:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/now-what?rev=1771873404&do=diff So you've followed the FARPN guides, and now you have your very own packet node up and running... So Now What? Getting up and running is great, but what do you do with it now that you have everything running? We (the FARPN crowd) have brought a few people in by walking them through the steps to get packet stations up and running. There are a lot of small steps that can be taken toward the overall goal of text/html 2026-01-01T23:46:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/other_packet_software_reference?rev=1767311183&do=diff List of references for _other_ packet UIs This is provided to avoid needing to list HELP over the air. Whatever this is. Image of help for ENTER COMMAND: B, J, K, L, R, S, or Help > packet prompt Another one? text/html 2026-03-27T14:18:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/packet-applications?rev=1774621090&do=diff Packet Applications Applications observed in the wild (alphabetical). Less-common ones indicate the providing node. * BBS * BYE * CHAT N6CTA-7 (IRC connection) * CONNECT * DOORBELL KQ4RST-7 * DXC * EASYMB * EASYTERM * INFO * IONO * IRC KQ4RST-7 * JNOS * K2K * LCF NS2B-7 * LISTEN * METER KQ4RST-7 text/html 2025-11-30T04:14:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/packet-networks?rev=1764476073&do=diff Packet Networks (alphabetical) * Delaware Packet Network (DEPN) * EastNet Packet * Federated Amateur Radio Packet Network (FARPN) * Maine Packet Network * Minnesota Statewide Packet Radio * Network105 (Net105) * UK Packet Radio Network text/html 2025-11-29T11:07:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/packet-radio-hardening?rev=1764414430&do=diff Packet Radio Hardening Running a packet radio node is absolutely a security vulnerability for your network. The software used for packet radio is developed by amateur radio operators, in a non-professional capacity. Likewise, extra steps are necessary for this software to survive hard power cycling. text/html 2026-02-02T17:07:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/packet-station-planning?rev=1770052034&do=diff Packet Station Planning This page is not intended to be a tutorial for setting up your FARPN station, but to cover some considerations as you select equipment for a FARPN node. An existing HF station with a soundcard interface to a computer is adequate for connecting to FARPN. text/html 2026-02-28T16:16:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/paracon?rev=1772295375&do=diff Intro Paracon is a command-line interface for packet radio operation. Development: <https://github.com/mfncooper/paracon> Connection to Local Network BPQ Node Paracon can be used as an interface to your BPQ node as a command-line replacement for GUI terminals like QtTermTCP. You can also connect directly to direwolf via AGW and skip BPQ, but note that you may need to recompile direwolf to allow more than 3 AGW connections at a time. text/html 2026-03-27T14:20:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/pcl?rev=1774621222&do=diff PCL Packet Net <https://groups.io/g/Packet-Radio-RF-Forwarding/topic/pcl_packet_chat_net_tonight/111230542> text/html 2025-10-10T22:11:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/pipewire?rev=1760134305&do=diff Using Pipewire for Audio Routing Pipewire can be used to handle (almost) all audio routing between radio software on Linux. This approach can be easier to configure and less brittle than using ALSA, which often requires establishing several virtual text/html 2025-11-29T06:00:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/projects?rev=1764396026&do=diff Projects ---------- Active * Multimodal Mesh - A decentralized network using Yggdrasil and Reticulum * FARPN IRC Network - A globally linked and RF ported IRC network * FARPN Software Git Repository Planned * FARPN IRC Bot Framework - A bot framework to create RF friendly IRC bots * FARPN PBBS - A new modular PBBS designed for FARPN text/html 2026-02-28T19:20:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/qttermtcp-node?rev=1772306429&do=diff Using QtTermTCP With Your Node - Quick Start The goal of this article is to give you just enough info to start using QtTermTCP to interact with your node (and others!). For a full guide of QtTermTCP, refer to the author's information. If you followed the FARPN getting started tutorials, you should be able to find a shortcut to QtTermTCP in the applications menu on your Raspberry Pi or whatever other device you installed your packet station software onto. text/html 2024-11-28T03:09:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/remote-rig-control-programs?rev=1732763341&do=diff Remote Transceiver Control Software Once you've configured hamlib / rigctld on your machine, you might want to be able to switch bands remotely. Assuming your antenna is resonant on multiple bands, or you have an automatic tuner that can be triggered by the radio, this makes it very easy to change the band your packet station is operating on. text/html 2024-11-28T17:22:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/security-best-practices-for-packet?rev=1732814531&do=diff DRAFT - Network Security Best Practices for Packet Radio TODO: write more This is our attempt to document best practices for securing your packet radio node. This is primarily concerned with network security in regards to connecting your packet node to the Internet or 44net, rather than over-the-air security. The software used for packet radio is developed by text/html 2026-02-17T02:28:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/setup-your-bbs?rev=1771295298&do=diff Working With Your BBS If you followed the FARPN guides to set up your packet station, you should already have the basics in place for a working BBS. A good place to start however, is to make sure you have the items in place from the linmail section of our text/html 2026-02-21T20:23:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/simple-bpq-telnet-application?rev=1771705436&do=diff Creating a simple BPQ Application This tutorial shows you how to set up a simple python script connected to linbpq as a telnet application. In order to do this we'll do the following: * Create a location for the script, data, and a python venv * Write the script * Add the application to text/html 2026-02-06T02:13:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/software-configuration-tutorials?rev=1770343996&do=diff Software Configuration Tutorials Getting Started * Raspberry Pi Packet Radio Tutorial - compiling required software to run a packet node on a Raspberry Pi (or other Linux systems) as well as basic hardware configurations * Direwolf and QtTermTCP Tutorial - configuring Direwolf + QtTermTCP BPQ Linux * LinBPQ Tutorial - BBS on Linux text/html 2026-02-06T02:11:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/systemd-bpq-telnet-application?rev=1770343874&do=diff In Creating a simple telnet application for BPQ , we describe how to write a simple telnet application that is started by systemd as a service, accepts telnet connections to a port, and reads/writes data to that port. The tutorial also covers how to add this application to BPQ as a command, and have BPQ initiate the telnet connection to the service. text/html 2026-01-01T23:47:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/todo?rev=1767311227&do=diff To Do Items Dump spot for things mentioned in other places that “should go in the wiki.” Items can be removed as they are addressed (or linked from here to the new page, I guess; I'm not the boss of you). #1 * in progress pages at drafts everything else text/html 2024-08-09T15:41:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/transferring-files?rev=1723218117&do=diff Setup BPQ32 (Windows) * Create “Files” directory at `C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\BPQ32\BPQMailChat\Files` * Any file placed here will be accessible to BBS users LinBPQ (Linux) * TODO Downloading * In BBS, send `files` to list files text/html 2026-02-28T16:21:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/transmitting?rev=1772295694&do=diff Transmit Packets There are are several different ways to start twiddling the ether with packet radio, depending on how you are set up and operating. For our purposes here, we'll assume you have a node set up, that you built using the FARPN tutorial. If you haven't done that, you can still transmit some packets by getting your radio set up to work with text/html 2024-11-18T04:07:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/troubleshooting-audio?rev=1731902868&do=diff Troubleshooting Audio This is a checklist of things to check when you're not receiving any packets. * Is your antenna connected? * Is your computer able to “hear” the radio? * Passband on radio * Filters * AGC? * ??? text/html 2026-02-23T02:51:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/tutorial-bpq-forwarding?rev=1771815088&do=diff Until we get to write our own guide, an excellent reference for packet message forwarding can be found here: YouTube: Packet Message Forwarding with BPQ by Chris_N3MLB Fuller Forwarding Info from the author of BPQ is located here: <https://www.cantab.net/users/john.wiseman/Documents/Forwarding.html> text/html 2024-11-17T04:08:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/tutorial-direwolf-qttermtcp?rev=1731816538&do=diff copy from N6CTA's post text/html 2026-02-17T02:23:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/tutorial-linbpq?rev=1771295008&do=diff Setting up LinBPQ Why linBPQ: We’ve choosen linBPQ as it is cross-platform, source is made readily available via GitHub, and has a large and active community. One other important reason we chose linBPQ is the ease of which an operator can expand PBBS functionality through telnet. text/html 2026-02-06T02:23:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/tutorial-location-beacon?rev=1770344617&do=diff Adding APRS locations to beacons Adding an appropriately encoded APRS string to your node's routine beacon text can be a great way to help advertise your node's availability via the APRS network - BPQ nodes configured for APRS, Direwolf, or even other APRS applications like Xastir connected to direwolf, that are listening on your packet node's transmit frequency can decode the beacon text as if it were a normal APRS packet, and iGate them to the APRS-IS network, where they are accessible to the… text/html 2026-01-01T07:07:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/tutorial-packet-on-pi?rev=1767251258&do=diff FARPN PBBS on a Raspberry Pi Preface This is largely derived from the first post N6CTA wrote in a series detailing how to get on HF with packet radio using John Wiseman, G8BPQ’s suite of PBBS software, and John Langner, WB2OSZ’s software TNC, Direwolf using the Linux operating system. Much of the series was geared towards meeting the goal of setting up a well functioning, always-on, reboot safe, packet bulletin board system. When possible, we've have tried to denote what is optional and what … text/html 2024-11-18T16:23:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/woad?rev=1731947018&do=diff WoAD ---------- WoAD is developed by VA7YAA, see details at <https://woad.sumusltd.com/>. WoAD is billed as “bringing the functionality of Winlink to your Android device,” but since version 1.4.89 has included a packet terminal that can be used to interact with packet nodes using an Android device, TNC, and transceiver. text/html 2026-02-23T21:05:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/yaesu-ftdx3000?rev=1771880728&do=diff FTDX3000 Settings The Yeasu FTDX3000 is a peculiar beast on HF digital, breaking some of the “norms” that you would follow with most other radios - specifically some shift settings. When selecting your data mode, be sure you are on the correct sideband. When you see [data] displayed on the screen, a long press of the mode button will switch between LSB and USB. For packet you'll often want to be on LSB. text/html 2026-02-02T18:47:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.farpn.net/yeasu-ft857d?rev=1770058034&do=diff 857d Radio and Interface Settings Radio Settings for HF Packet * Menu 001: EXT MENU set to ON * Menu 037: DIG GAIN set to 15 (Exact value can be fine tuned here, Signalink TX knob, or PC audio device settings) * Menu 038: DIG MODE set to PSK31-L