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Once you get your station up and running, you may wish to use a
Windows based terminal communication program (e.g., Pacterm’98,
for Windows 95, offered by Kantronics), in which case you will
need to be using an appropriate version of Windows.
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basic electronics needed if you are going to build or upgrade hardware
yourself, (e.g., making cables)
Basic Components of Your Station
As illustrated in the following diagram, a multi-mode digital communication ra
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dio station has three basic parts:
• a transceiver, with an antenna,
• a device such as the KAM’98 , called a TNC (i.e., Terminal Node
Controller), which is a combination modem and special-purpose
micro-computer, and
• a general purpose computer (or a terminal).
The three parts of a radio station work together as follows:
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The transceiver: (1) sends and receives radio signals to and from your
antenna and (2) passes audio signals back and forth between itself and
the TNC.
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