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--- getting-connected [2024/11/02 21:51] – kc2ihx
+++ getting-connected [2024/12/07 15:14] (current) – [Getting Connected] kc2ihx
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 ====== Getting Connected ======
+This page serves as a high level introduction to packet radio, with other pages discussing [[tutorial-packet-on-pi|initial configuration required]], [[tutorial-direwolf-qttermtcp|setting up Direwolf and QtTermTCP as a client]] and then [[tutorial-linbpq|setting up a BBS with LinBPQ (or WinBPQ)]].
+===== What do I need to get connected over the air? =====
-===== What do do I have to get connected over the air? =====
 We've primarily been focused on HF, but local packet networks are still on the air, and can be done with a VHF FM transceiver and a sound card interface, following the same process outlined here.
-The next few pages discuss setting up Direwolf and QtTermTCP as a client and then setting up a BBS with LinBPQ (or WinBPQ).
 To get connected on HF:
   - a HF transceiver
-  - USB audio to transceiver interface
+  - USB audio to transceiver interface such as:
-     - built into current HF models (such as the IC-7300 or Yaesu FTDX10
+     - These are built into many recent HF transceiver models (examples: the Icom IC-7300, Yaesu FTDX10, and others), but if you have a radio without one, they are commonly available as accessories such as the:
-     - digirig
+        - digirig
-     - Yaesu SCU-17
+        - Yaesu SCU-17
-     -  Signalink
+        - Signalink
-     - Rigblaster Plug-and-Play
+        - Rigblaster Plug-and-Play
   - Computer
   - Software Modem (Hardware modems or TNCs work as well, but we recommend software)