Just stumbled on this tonight looking around for information on UUCP. So, my loony idea at the moment, is to see if I can funnel UUCP over AX.25 packet radio, with the idea that I can send email over that.

My principle gripe right now is that most UUCP implementations (I've dealt with SCO UUCP and Taylor UUCP) require you to list up-front, all the nodes you might want to talk to… but aside from that limitation, the technology choice seems sound on paper.

Here, a group has managed to make UUCP talk over ARDOP.
https://www.rhizomatica.org/hermes/

ARDOP has its own problems, but that project looks interesting in what they've achieved. They're using conventional Icom HF radios to provide both text, recorded voice and photo transmission between communities in the Amazon (the rainforest not the megacorp).

#AmateurRadio #ARDOP #UUCP #PacketRadio

Anyone out there know of a build of ardopcf for Mac? Or a decent way of building it for the Mac?

I am on the edge of doing something weird, maybe...

#Winlink #ARDOP #AmateurRadio #macos

I, just, #hate, #proprietary, #software!

I have been struggling with #Ardop and #pat for a month now. Tried numerous tricks to get it working and at best I got only handshake done and bunch of failed packets even when signal quality is 59. Now with all my hate I tried #vara and this thing simply nailed it! It has been 10 years since I started email over #hf fun and how come we ended up in a worst place? I would gladly pay for vara but no native gnu/linux support.😡
#qrp #hamradio #amateurradio