Packet Network Information

Packet Frequency and BBS Information

What is Packet, An Introduction... (PDF - 554 KB) by Jim Clark, N6JRC

Packet Network Presentations:
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

Configuration and Set-up Instructions

Standard TNC Parameter Settings - 05/05/2010 (PDF - 456 KB)
Standard Outpost Configuration Instructions - 06/07/2010 (PDF - 538 KB)
JNOS Settings for Outpost - 02/24/2010 (PDF - 69 KB)
How to Request Tactical Calls - 07/25/2010 (PDF - 115 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 - 01/12/2010 (PDF-219 KB)
Weekly Packet Check-In Procedure - 06/20/2010 (PDF - 68 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.

Download the SCCo Packet installer (v13)  6/7/2010 (.EXE - 5.6 MB)

About Outpost and PacFORMS
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.  PacFORMS is written by Phil Henderson, KF6ZSQ.  For non-Santa Clara County users, the software and more information is freely available here.

Outpost Presentations - By Jim Oberhofer, KN6PE:
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/#Presentations

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.