Packet-Internet Gateways The following paragraphs are excerpts from the gateways that the ARRL has record of. If you run across others, please let me know. Best Regards, Michael Tracy, KC1SX, ARRL Laboratory Engineer ------------------------------------------------------------------------- American Radio Relay League, Inc. Tel: 860-594-0200 225 Main Street Fax: 860-594-0259 Newington, CT 06111 Email: mtracy@arrl.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================= N0ARY/BBS Internet Gateway Operating Instructions August 7, 1992 Messages can be sent by packet users to the internet users via the gateway. This applies to users at N0ARY as well as users at other bbs's. Begin by sending a message to IPGATE@N0ARY with the first line of the message being the letters "To:" followed by the internet address of the recipient. N6ZFJ de N0ARY > sp ipgate@n0ary Enter your subject: Meeting? Enter your message body: To: bob@hal.com Are you planning to attend the club meeting on Thursday? Give me a call. 73, Connie ^Z NOTE: That the recipient cannot respond to the message unless they are a ham and registered with the gateway. He/she becomes registered by sending a message from his internet host to gateway-request@arasmith.com. REGISTERING: ------------ Before a user, both local and remote, can send a message from internet into the bbs system he/she must register with the gateway. This is done by sending a message from the host that he/she intends to use to gateway-request@arasmith.com with the following information: CALL: FIRST NAME: CITY & ST: ZIP: If you have any questions about the internet gateway or the bbs in general please drop me a message. 73, bob n0ary@n0ary.#nocal.ca.usa.na bob@arasmith.com =============================================================== N6QMY/BBS Internet Gateway Operating Instructions April 11, 1993 Messages can be sent by packet users to the internet users via the gateway. This applies to users at N6QMY as well as users at other bbs's. Begin by sending a message to IPGATE@N6QMY with the first line of the message being the letters "To:" followed by the internet address of the recipient. KB6UCZ de N6QMY > sp ipgate@n6qmy Enter your subject: Meeting? Enter your message body: To: bob@hal.com Are you planning to attend the club meeting on Thursday? Give me a call. 73, Theresa ^Z NOTE: That the recipient cannot respond to the message unless they are a ham and registered with the gateway. He/she becomes registered by sending a message from his internet host to gateway-request@lbc.com. REGISTERING: ------------ Before a user, both local and remote, can send a message from internet into the bbs system he/she must register with the gateway. This is done by sending a message from the host that he/she intends to use to gateway-request@lbc.com with the following information: CALL SIGN: FIRST NAME: LAST NAME: CITY & ST: COUNTRY: ZIP: If you have any questions about the internet gateway or the bbs in general please drop me a message. 73, -pat n6qmy@n6qmy.#nocal.ca.usa.na pat@lbc.com =================================================================== WN7C PACKET - INTERNET GATEWAY Amateur radio packet BBS mail is very simular to internet mail. A gateway can transfer messages from one system to the other. One of the jobs of the gateway is to translate the address of one system to the other system. Internet and packet protocols and addressing schemes are different so this translating is neccessary. Another job of the gateway is to guarantee that the messages flowing from the internet to the amateur radio system are not in violation of the Federal Communications Commision part97 rules. Home highlights of these rules include: - No buisness communications. This means do not advertise, or try to do anything for profit using amateur radio. Messages should be of a personal nature. Businesses can be mentioned, just don't conduct business. - All transmitions must be initiated by a licenced control operator. Because of this ruling, messages from the internet to the amateur radio can not be automatically transfered. A control operator needs to be present, and proofread the messages before they are released into the packet radio system. How to send a message from the internet to a packet radio station: The internet message needs to be sent to pony@bright.net with the packet radio address as the title (subject). RE: at the beginning of a title (subject) will be ignored if present so the reply command will automatically send a packet message you receive on the internet back to the correct address. The body of the message will be sent intact however you type it unless there is something in violation of the FCC rules. The amateur operator will recieve your message as from WN7C@WN7C with your internet address in the title. There will be a header added to the beggining of your message stating that this message was originated on the internet and processed by the WN7C gateway. How to send a packet message to the internet: The packet radio station will send the message to WN7C@WN7C with the internet address in the title. RE: at the beginning of a title will be ignored if present so the reply command will automatically send a reply to an internet with the correct address in the title. If the internet address is longer than 37 characters and will not fit the title field of most bbs's then include the entire address as the first line of the message. The internet message will be sent by pony@bright.net and will have the packet radio address in the from field. The message body will have a header added to it stating that the message originated on the packet radio BBS system and was processed by the WN7C gateway. =================================================================== There is also the KA2QHD gateway in New Jersey. It is, I believe, uni-directional (packet->internet). Again, an internet user must be registered with the sysop. Contact John at: johnd@ka2qhd.ocpt.ccur.com (John Decatur). ==================================================================== The W2XO gateway in Pittsburgh, PA. It is bi-directional; however, an internet addressee must be "registered" with Jim. In other words the ax.25 sender cannot simply send to anyone on internet; only those users who have made prior arrangments. Mail coming in for ax.25 users must, of course, be screened for content before making the hop over to amateur packet radio. Jim can be reached at: durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us (Jim Durham). ==================================================================== *eof