[OZAPRS] Small mobile TNC

[Robert Bruninga]

Yes, I am familiar with the USB TNC and it is a grerat product.

Yes, it is a one-man outfit just like I was with the MIM module
that started it all.  But I quickly found out that I personally
was not suited for dealing with all the user problems and
headache of everyone's implementation issues, so I gave up and
admire anyone that keeps up with it.

We need enterpreneurs like him to save us all the time of
building our own...  But in many cases, these guys are only
offering the fruits of their labors to save others from
re-inventing the same wheel in every shack.  Often these guys
did not intended to take on a full support role...

So I don't know the details of the support issues on this TNC,
but I would hope that everyone is so appreciateive of an
individual taking on such a project and will give him the
benefit of the doubt.

I hope his product succeeeds since all hams like cheap parts and
kits and projects.  And I hope that a few problems do not become
such a headache that he drops out of the business like some of
the others...

Also, I hope this his AGWPE tracking software becomes viable,
since we need a new author in APRS to continue further
development and not just settle on another vehicle tracking
system aspect of APRS only, but who implements the full original
protocol as a communications system as it was intended.  Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au 
> [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On Behalf Of vk7arn
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 6:03 PM
> To: 'VK / ZL APRS Users'
> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Small mobile TNC
> 
> Bob
> Further to Ben's comments - the USB micro TNC, Digi and 
> Tracker has lots of
> potential, is a very neat little unit but the supply and 
> support arrangements
> are absolute crap (support via Yahoo group "musbtnt").  It 
> sounds as if you are
> not familiar with it?  Built and sold by AGWPE, AGWTracker etc
Ioannis
> Mourtsiadis / Elcom Research.  http://www.elcom.gr/
> 
> It's a great pity that there is so much dissatisfaction 
> around it.  I notice it
> can now be purchased from http://thedigitalham.com/store/ so 
> maybe this will
> overcome the supply ex. Greece problems.  
> 
> I guess the support issues are a result of the one man? 
> nature of the business.
> Seems odd that the apparently almost universally standard 
> AGWPE comes from the
> same stable.
> 
> Someone suggested trying to overcome the SS limitation via 
> terminal access, but
> if there is a way I can't find it.
> 
> Roger, vk7arn
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au 
> [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On Behalf
> Of Ben Lindner
> Sent: Thursday, 12 April 2007 07:10
> To: VK / ZL APRS Users
> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Small mobile TNC
> 
> 
> Hi Bob
> 
> We are talking about a USB TNC from Greece here and the
support and 
> getting the TNCs from there is some what slow if you receive 
> it at all. 
> Getting problems fixed is a nightmare.
> 
> thanks
> Ben, VK5JFK
> 
> Bob Bruninga wrote:
> >> Have you found a way to get SSSn-n in the uTNT?
> >> Only provides for SS.
> >>     
> >
> > If this is true, then it needs to be fixed.  The SSn-N 
> concept was never
> intended to be restrictive to only 2 bytes.  Many state 
> communications areas are
> broken up into smaller regions...  Such as MDC for Maryland 
> DC.  And EPA for
> Eastern PA, and SOCAL for southern california.
> >
> > I hope this is fixable... be sure it gets to the author.
> >
> > Thanks 
> > Bob, Wb4APR
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