Packet Operations - Type II

• Valid Technician Class or higher Amateur Radio license
• Santa Clara County ARES/RACES training courses:
  • Packet Operations - Type III, Part A
  • Packet Operations - Type III, Part B

Note: The above prerequisites are not strictly enforced. But in order to get the most out of this course, you should have previously attended the above courses. If you have not yet attended one or more of the prerequisites, you should carefully review the course materials for the missed prerequisites prior to attending this course. Then, be sure to attend any missed prerequisites at your earliest opportunity.

• Copy of all course materials (see below)
• Pen/pencil and pad of paper

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Understand the setup and operation of the county EOC radio room packet station
• Set up and use a terminal program to access a BBS
• Without Outpost:
  • Understand how to connect to a JNOS BBS
  • Send and receive plan text messages via BBS commands
  • Send and receive PackItForm messages via BBS commands

The course agenda includes:

• Review results from Packet Operations Type III-B homework exercise
• County EOC packet station setup and operations
• Operating procedures without Outpost
• Homework exercise

Classroom presentation (Revised 09-Oct-2023):

• 1 slides per page  (Portrait PDF - 5.4 MB)
• 1 slides per page  (Landscape PDF - 5.8 MB)
• 2 slides per page  (PDF - 4.7 MB)
• 3 slides per page  (PDF - 4.2 MB)
• 4 slides per page  (PDF - 4.4 MB)

Also, download and bring a soft copy of the following on your packet computer (for easier cut-and-paste of TNC parameters):

• SCCo Standard TNC Parameter Settings

Also: read, print out and bring the following to class:

• XSCPERM Packet Notice: SCCo Packet Subject Line
• XSCPERM Packet Notice: SCCo Packet Check-In/Out