dna@dsd.UUCP (03/17/84)
In our ever continuing effort to show up the rest of the northern hemisphere, here is the current list of active users in the LA/SD area. Of the 36 Bulletin Board users below, 23 have logged in at least one in the past seven days. The area now has 2 CPM host systems, one gets most of the general stuff from this net and AMSAT TMAIL. Also one mailbox system, and one experimental digital duplex repeater with back to back 202 modems for bit regen. We also have a oscar-10 teleport. VE1SAT logged thru it to UUT yesterday and pulled 9k bytes thru in about 15 minutes. Enough TNCs are on the air to ensure multiple digipeat paths linking Santa Barbara to San Diego and most points in between. Some users are so far out in the boonies that they need a multi-digipeat hop to talk to anyone else. N6DPU must go WA4EJR->WA6OZJ->WB6UUT. There are other examples. Even a mountain top repeater wouldn't help this guy. I throw this in just to bug the "protocol experts" and "purists". Sure, multihopping looks ugly in the header, and sure, it boggles the mind when thinking about efficiency. But it enabled us on the west coast to get 50+ boards over 15,000 square miles linked into a common knowledge and interest pool without spending $ on a multi-port link box or waiting for a level three protocol. And that's what ham radio is all about. Using what you've got to get the job done. We'll move to level three PDQ when one is available, but until then we'll keep moving data. I guess this was all started by something I got in the mail about one of the newer packet board producers to hit the scene. The one that says something like "Our board is pure and good, and we didn't implelement any of the tack on warts, like multihopping." I had a neat line here, but it may have been considered libelous so I took it out, I'm basically a nice guy. Anyway, here is the user list. Not everyone in the area is a BB user, and if you don't check in for three weeks or so, Lynn throws your ID out. WB6UUT BB. Call, Name Location Mail Last Access KA6AIO, Dave Mission Viejo 10:39 PM 12 Mar 84 WA2AMB, Bill Hermosa Beach <1424> 1:06 AM 18 Feb 84 WD6AWP, Tim Seal Beach <1567> 8:08 PM 13 Mar 84 K6AWT, JACK SANTA ANA 2:37 PM 15 Mar 84 KB6BBL, JIM COSTA MESA 9:19 PM 8 Mar 84 WA6BJY, Gray Capistrano Beach <1441> 4:33 PM 23 Feb 84 WA5BNH, leon san diego 12:21 PM 3 Mar 84 WA6CFM, RICH POINT LOMA 6:53 AM 15 Mar 84 WA6CGR, Dave Diamond Bar <1533> 4:06 PM 28 Feb 84 N6CXB, bob glendale 1:59 AM 15 Mar 84 WB6CYT, brian San Diego 4:12 PM 3 Mar 84 N6DPU, Howard Mission Viejo 9:09 PM 27 Feb 84 NN6E, Bob Encinitas Ca. 3:23 PM 14 Mar 84 WA4EJR, JACK LAGUNA HILLS 11:18 PM 29 Feb 84 WB5EKU, Don Sepulveda 5:26 AM 15 Mar 84 WD6FPY, BILL SAN DIEGO (EAST) 2:12 PM 15 Mar 84 WB6HHV, Mike Mira Mesa 7:59 PM 14 Mar 84 KD6HR, Pete Woodland Hills 11:28 AM 9 Mar 84 WB6HRD, Roland Altadena 7:20 PM 6 Mar 84 NK6K, Harold North Redondo Beach 8:57 AM 15 Mar 84 W6KAG, Marion Rancho Palos Verdes 9:41 PM 11 Mar 84 W6LLE, hoppy point loma 6:51 PM 10 Mar 84 W6MNO, Chuck San Diego 3:23 PM 15 Mar 84 WA6OVY, Rich Long Beach 12:57 AM 15 Mar 84 WA6OZJ, JIM PALOS VERDES 9:09 PM 2 Mar 84 NG6P, Roger Glendale <1573> 5:22 PM 12 Mar 84 K6RYA, Howard LA MESA <1516> 8:26 PM 29 Feb 84 W6SE, JOHN ENCINITAS 12:40 PM 15 Mar 84 N6TD, /rpt Mt. Bill-Verdugos 3:21 AM 11 Mar 84 N6TE, Harry La Jolla 9:05 PM 13 Mar 84 WA2TMP, Al Santa Ana, CA 9:39 PM 13 Mar 84 WA6TUB, STEVEN HAWTHORNE 7:10 PM 28 Feb 84 WB6UUT, Lynn Laguna Beach <1576> 7:20 PM 14 Mar 84 WA6VRC, ROBERT EL TORO 1:26 PM 10 Mar 84 WB6YMH, Skip Palos Verdes 9:26 PM 13 Mar 84 WA6ZMR, JIM SAN DIEGO 6:40 PM 29 Feb 84