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    From Grant Weasner@1:138/397 to Ed Vance on Monday, January 19, 2026 22:00:43
    Re: digipi
    By: Ed Vance to Grant Weasner on Thu Apr 17 2025 20:45:05

    The only digi that I've done is VHF packet with Digicomm on the C=64 PC on 2 Meters.
    RTTY on 2 Meters & 20 Meters with a Netronics ASCII/Video board and a homebrew 555 afsk , and RTTY demodulator circuit I borrowed from the

    That is some setup you describe. I think it would be pretty amazing to somehow do AX25 using my C64, as well as have it part of that large AX25 network from CA into OR on 2M freq 145.050.

    I'm in upper WA, and in a 40 mile area where people arent into APRS or AX25 that much. There are a few stations servicing winlink but nothing were a full relay network is available.

    73
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  • From Grant Weasner@1:138/397 to Ed Vance on Monday, January 19, 2026 22:03:08
    Re: digipi
    By: Ed Vance to Mortar M. on Fri Apr 18 2025 16:07:26

    The coaxs running up in the attic were to a 80M Slinky Antenna, the other one went out the peak of the gable roof vent to a 20M Inverted Vee.

    The 80M antenna was made with four Slinkys.

    did you get a lot of noise?

    was the slinky totally uncoiled?

    Interesting design, I like the idea.
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  • From Ed Vance@1:2320/105 to Grant Weasner on Friday, January 23, 2026 22:40:51

    Re: digipi
    By: Ed Vance to Grant Weasner on Thu Apr 17 2025 20:45:05

    That is some setup you describe. I think it would be pretty amazing to somehow do AX25 using my C64, as well as have it part of that large AX25 network from CA into OR on 2M freq 145.050.

    I'm in upper WA, and in a 40 mile area where people arent into APRS or AX25 that much. There are a few stations servicing winlink but nothing were a full relay network is available.

    73
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    Grant,
    I no longer have a 2M rig . Still have the C=64 and DIGICOM floppy, but haven't been on packet for some time.

    DigiCom was used here in the 1970's.
    Don't know if rhe PRG is being updated anymore.
    73 Ed W9ODR k
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  • From Ed Vance@1:2320/105 to Grant Weasner on Friday, January 23, 2026 22:48:34

    Re: digipi
    By: Ed Vance to Mortar M. on Fri Apr 18 2025 16:07:26

    did you get a lot of noise?

    was the slinky totally uncoiled?

    Interesting design, I like the idea.
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    Grant, The Slinky antenna is stretched in my attic.
    Don't remember hearing static when on 75M phone, talking to local folks.
    Used theantenna onCW too.
    XYL did not like seeing the coax coming out of the doorway and up into the fold down attic stairs so I haven't been on 80/75M .
    73 de Ed W9ODR . .
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