In my newest slightly chaotic video, I briefly show how to use FlexPacket with TFKISS and Bluetooth.

https://youtu.be/VDzUPQ77V4c

#packetradio #hamradio #amateurradio #linux #opensource #ax25

I've added Bluetooth support to the decades old tfkiss software. 🥳

https://github.com/andreaspeters/tfkiss

#hamradio #amateurradio #opensource #linux #ax25 #packetradio

Today a Video about my PacketRadio Software called "FlexPacket".

Sorry @scott, still no PR sound. 😅 It's a 9k6 connection. But in the next PR Video, I will show my APRS Software and then you will also get the great sound of 1k2 PacketRadio. 😃

https://youtu.be/0q2f3kBCAXU

#hamradio #packetradio #linux #ax25 #amateurradio

Well… today was quite a wet and rainy day. Not a lot of activity here other than blowing the dust off an AX.25 stack I've been working on for a little while. This is written in pure Python and implements both AX.25 and APRS standards, including connected mode. It's shipped as a library to include in your Python (asyncio) applications.

https://codeberg.org/sjlongland/aioax25/
https://github.com/sjlongland/aioax25/

I'll probably do a release soon, as I've spent the day refining the API a bit and cleaning up the unit tests. I've finally now got 100% code coverage on this and it's being tested on Python 3.9-3.14.

One thing I'm considering is some sort of stream socket protocol (TCP, AF_UNIX and maybe websocket) that can be used to expose the functions of the stack to a separate program. Something like the AGWPE protocol in concept — but different as I don't want any legal trouble. I also think the AGWPE protocol is a bit limiting.

#AmateurRadio #PacketRadio #AX25 #APRS #Python

OK, so last post I talked about #hamradio and #ax25. I said more on NET/ROM. Well, I thought NET/ROM would let me connect to a distant station that my station couldn't hear through some routing protocol.

It looks like it doesn't work that way?

Does anyone actually use this? It appears I have to connect to a node, and try to find a path manually to where I want to connect, if that's even possible at all. No concept of default routes, etc...

#amateurradio #packetradio

So I've made significant progress on my #hamradio #ax25 packet station. Last post I mentioned that I was using my Yaesu FT991a. My goal was to have a dedicated VHF radio and antenna, and finally I have that.

I'm running a Compactenna 2m/440+ antenna on my RV roof, an ICOM IC-V8000 radio, a Digirig, and Direwolf. I'm using the Linux AX.25 kernel networking code!

My latest endeavor is learning about Net/ROM. More on that later...