Day Brown wrote:
But what's the best option to go from full duplex into the PC? will
the standard LAN multiplex at 180mhz? RS232?

Y'know, in the "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" trilogy by the late
Douglas Adams, there were three arks of humanity. The first was filled
with all the thinkers. The third was filled with all the folks who got
things done. The second ark, however, was filled with all the folks who
didn't really do much for a living. They were the vice presidents of
companies, the executive managers, the marketing people, the lawyers,
the car salesmen, and the career politicians.

The second ark crash landed on earth. The survivors decided that if
they were going to survive, they needed to build a committee to find
figure out this "fire" thing. And the first question they asked was how
were they going to market this sort of thing. Were they going to aim to
build a pocket fire? Would people buy portable fires? Did they want
them in different colors? How would they sell fire?

This is where you are. You know there is something out there that needs
doing. However, you have no clue how to go about it. So you ask
peripheral questions to see if anyone else is going to step forward and
do your homework for you.

Honestly, there is so much to know and so much to learn that I couldn't
possibly summarize it here. But to start you off, a router interface
with a serial WAN port will work. So will SLIP on an RS-232 link. But
I suspect you knew that already. Good luck building your radio. Be
sure to post the details on the web if you ever get it to work...

Jake Brodsky
Amateur Radio Station AB3A