Greetings from TAPR! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ General Information: * Ever heard of a TNC ? * Interested in general packet radio information? * Interested in high-speed packet operations? * Interested in other types of digital communications? * Interested in experimenting or building kits? * Interested in keeping up-to-date on national digital and packet issues? * Interested in Spread Spectrum Communications ? Then you might be interested in TAPR! Goals: % Support Research and Development efforts in the area of amateur digital communications % Disseminate information on packet and digital communications % Provide affordable and useful kits for experimenters and hobbyists % Pursue and help advance the amateur art of communications through publications, meetings, and standards History: If you have used a packet radio TNC, then you are already a part of TAPR history. The TNC (Terminal Node Controller) project grew from a discussion in October of 1981 at a meeting of the Tucson Chapter of the IEEE Computer Society. A week later, six of the attendees gathered and discussed the feasibility of developing a Terminal Node Controller that would be complete and available to amateurs at a modest cost. This was the genesis of TAPR. On June 26th 1982, Lyle Johnson, WA7GXD, and Den Connors, KD2S, initiated a packet contact with the first TAPR unit. The project progressed from these first prototype units to the TNC-1 and then finally to the TNC-2 which is now the basis for most amateur packet operations worldwide. TAPR was founded in 1982 as a national organization with interests in the areas of packet and digital communications. Today, TAPR continues as a membership supported non-profit amateur research and development organization. TAPR currently has more than 2000 members, worldwide. TAPR continues to develop kits for the amateur community and is working actively on publications and communications standards. Membership: Membership in TAPR includes a subscription to the quarterly published Packet Status Register newsletter. PSR has been published since 1982 and is recognized as an authoritative source for up-to-date user and technical information on packet radio. Much of the material in PSR is timeless. Back issues may be obtained from the TAPR office. Membership in TAPR is $20 for one year. In Canada and Mexico membership is $20 and outside North America they are $25. Join the amateur digital-revolution -- Join TAPR! ----- Special Interest Groups TAPR maintains several SIGs in various areas. To get the latest list of SIG groups, send an e-mail message to listserv@tapr.org with the subject line "Request" and the following text in the body of the message: list (for list of mail groups on TAPR.ORG) To request the information on any mail group, send an e-mail message to listserv@tapr.org and in the message text include: information listname (where listname is the name of the mail group) When you are ready to subscribe, send e-mail to listserv@tapr.org with the following command in the message text: subscribe List should be the name of the mail list you want to join and Your Name should be both your First and Last Name. Current SIGs include: NETSIG Regional Networking SIG BBSSIG BBS SIG HFSIG SIG on HF Digital Topics DSP DSP Software Development Forum DSP-93 SIG for those that are building TAPR/AMSAT DSP-93 kits APRSSIG SIG on APRS ----- FTP users The TAPR Software Library is now available via anonymous FTP. You can access the library by ftp access to 'ftp.tapr.org' in the directory. Login in as 'anonymous', with a password of 'your_account@internet_address'. ----- Packet Raido and TAPR is on the World-Wide-Web! http://www.tapr.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tucson Amateur Packet Radio 8987-309 E. Tanque Verde Road #337 Tucson, AZ 85749-9399 817-383-0000 (Tuesday - Friday 9:00-11:00am, 3:00-5:00pm CT) (15:00-17:00, 21:00-23:00 UTC) 817-566-2544 FAX Internet: TAPR@TAPR.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------------