[OZAPRS] VK2WI packet closure

[Gerard Hill]

Thanks Ray, Dave.

Quite interesting to read that AR article. It helped to fill in details 
of the timeline of the system.

VK2AWI BBS started on 1/6/87 located at the AEM offices in Wahroonga. 
Prior to that it operated under the VK2AAK call, initially at Seven 
Hills. On 1/12/87 the BBS was shifted to Dural and also changed from 
147.600 to 144.850. At some point the callsign was changed to VK2WI and 
a couple of years ago it was shifted to 145.100 to avoid QRM. There have 
been several changes to the BBS software and O/S too, not to mention the 
hardware. There were additional ports - 80m in the early days, and later 
on a 70cm port for linking. A 40m port was added in the last few years. 
Finally, the BBS closed on 7/12/10.

There is a note in AR suggesting that the article may have appeared in 
AEM as well. Some may remember AEM - Australian Electronics Monthly 
magazine which was edited by Roger Harrison.

Cheers ... Gerard, VK2IO

On 21/12/2010 3:48 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Dec 2010, Ray Wells wrote:
>
>> There is an article in December 1987 AR titled The VK2AWI Packet Radio
>> Bulletin Board by Andrew Keir VK2AAK
>
> Yep, that'd be the one; I still have this memory of contributing a
> follow-up somewhere, though.  Could've been one of Harrison's defunct
> magazines.
>
> -- Dave