Frequencies and Network Info
Packet Frequency and BBS Listings
Packet Site Registration Form
(126 KB)
(54 KB) - Record site details for RF coverage analysis
Presentations
2011 Year End Summary (PDF - 1.7MB) End of Year Summary of Changes and Key Concepts, 12/08/11, by Michael Fox, N6MEF
Amateur Packet Radio (PDF - 2.4MB) Presentation to Amateur Radio Club of Alameda, 03/25/11, by Michael Fox, N6MEF
What's Packet? (PDF - 2.5 MB) Presentation to Cal-Fire, 02/19/11, by Logan Zintsmaster, KZ6O
Packet Update - What's New - SCCo21 (PDF - 708 KB) Presentation on Training Net, 02/08/11, by Jim Oberhofer, KN6PE
Packet Network Update - New Features (PDF - 587 KB) Presentation to EC Council, 10/14/2010, by Michael Fox, N6MEF
Packet Updates in Santa Clara County (PDF - 8MB) Presentation at SPECS, 1/30/2010, by Jim Oberhofer, KN6PE
Packet Network Update (PDF - 564 KB) Presentation at EC Council, 01/14/2010, by Michael Fox, N6MEF
Packet Updates in Santa Clara Co. (PDF 808kB) Presentation at SVECS Breakfast, 10/24/2009, by Jim Oberhofer, KN6PE
What is Packet, An Introduction... (PDF - 554 KB) by Jim Clark, N6JRC
Configuration and Set-up Instructions
Standard Outpost Configuration Instructions - 10/04/2011 (PDF - 450 KB)
Standard TNC Parameter Settings - 05/05/2010 (PDF - 456 KB)
JNOS Settings for Outpost - 02/24/2010 (PDF - 69 KB)
How to Request Tactical Calls - 09/13/2010 (PDF - 115 KB)
How to Configure Outpost for Inbound Message Numbering - 09/11/2010 (PDF - 93 KB)
How to Configure Outpost for Automated ICS-309 Printing - 09/11/2010 (PDF - 97 KB)
Operating and Usage Instructions
How to Send a Packet Message with Outpost - 01/20/2010 (PDF - 76 K)
Standard Format for Packet Message Subject Line - 09/08/2010 (PDF - 85 KB)
Client Software
Outpost and PacFORMS are the standard client software used in Santa Clara County ARES/RACES. Outpost provides an easy to use, e-mail-like user interface for sending, receiving and managing packet messages. PacFORMS provides an HTML representation of many standard county forms and optimizes the sending and receiving of forms-based information over a packet network.
This program installs both Outpost and PacFORMs and includes optimized configuration files for the county BBSs and several popular TNCs. All Santa Clara County packet network users should use this version of Outpost and PacFORMS.
Instructions: Download the installer to your hard drive. Double click to run the installer. (ECs: Access the password-protected part of the website to download the installer with all private PacFORMS.)
- Windows XP and earlier: Install in the default directory.
- 64-bit Windows Vista and Windows 7: Install in the default directory.
- 32-bit Windows Vista and Windows 7: Some users of netbooks which have 32-bit hardware and run 32-bit Windows 7 have reported an error message when trying to start Outpost after installing to the default directory. To avoid this problem, install to the "C:\SCCo Packet" directory.
Download the SCCo Packet Installer (v31) 10-May-2011 (.EXE - 5.4 MB)
Logistic-Request.html PacFORM Update
About Outpost
Outpost Packet Message Manager software is written by Jim Oberhofer, KN6PE, and is available at http://www.outpostpm.org. The generic version of Outpost can be installed on the same machine as the above combined installer.Getting Started with Outpost (01/07/09), 652kb Acrobat
An Introduction to Outpost Packet Message Manager (03/14/09), 747kb Acrobat
Additional Presentations can be found at: http://www.outpostpm.org/#PresentationsAbout PacFORMS
PacFORMS is written by Phil Henderson, KF6ZSQ. For non-Santa Clara County users, the software and more information is freely available here.
Weekly Nets
Join us for the Weekly Packet Check-in on Mondays and Tuesday evenings. Everyone is welcome to check-in. Procedures can be found here.
User Group and Technical Support
Santa Clara County ARES/RACES Packet Users Group - scc-packet
This Yahoo group is available for discussing and getting help on packet radio for Santa Clara County ARES/RACES. Click above to join.