"blue box thief" "blue box wrote in message in...
hi all,

i have been out of amateur radio for a good number of years.
i have finally got the room (garden and house!) for a few rigs,
and i'd like to get back into packet.

I would like to have the capability to do packet on V/UHF and also via
satellite (if I can get an antenna up for it).

I am also very interested in aprs (looks very useful) so the TNC
would have to be usable with GPS/etc.

I run a Icom IC-207 V/UHF, a Kenwood TH78e handie, and a Yaesu FT707 for HF.

I mainly use Mac OS X, or at times Windows XP, so the TNC would have to be supported
by Mac TNC software.

any help greatly appreciate,

73s de
bernard
ei8fdb

A TNC can be operated from a dumb terminal through an RS232 port. You can use any terminal program with your computer--I've used
Windows HyperTerminal. You tend to need to keep the TNC command line book handy when using a terminal program. Software specific
to TNCs (e.g., HostMaster) make operating the TNC more user friendly.

Hope that helps.

73 de Glenn AA5PK