An Amateur Radio Internet Gateway is intended
primarily for Amateur Radio Operators but we have opened many of its
services for everyone to use. One interesting feature of an Internet
Gateway is that
it allows Amateur Radio Operators that do not have any packet equipment
to be able to enjoy what packet radio has to offer. It also offers
amateurs in other regions of the world to access the air waves of NE Indiana.
Once connected to FWARig from the Internet, you can then access the air waves
via the RF ports we have provided for you.
If you are not a Amateur Radio Operator, you can still experience what
a typical Amateur Radio Packet Radio BBS is like.
You see, hams typically connect to their local BBS and read their personal messages,
send ones to other hams, and send "bulletins" that are intended for
all other hams to read. With the introduction of the Internet,
hams have linked their BBS's with the Internet. FWARig is just such a
system. One of the nice benefits to hams that use an Internet Gateway is
that they can send and receive Internet email. No longer do they need to
sign up with an Internet Service Provider to get an email address. All
they need is their radio, modem (TNC), and their computer to connect to
this local Internet Gateway. This system provides 6 radios on various
frequencies to help facilitate just that.
The FCC of the United States
only allows licensed Amateur Radio operators to cause a transmission to
occur on the frequencies assigned to the Amateur Radio Service. This
requirement forces FWARig's SYSOPs
to only allow privileges that do not directly cause one or more of the
radios to relay the information unless it can be assured that a licensed
Amateur Radio Operator caused it to happen. Thus we provide a
form
for licensed Amateur Radio Operators to fill out to request these
enhanced privileges. Please understand, we can only give
enhanced privileges to licensed Amateur Radio Operators.
FWARig is a project I've been
working on since January 1996. It is a gateway between Amateur Packet
Radio and the Internet. I use the domain names
"day-lite.com" and "bbs.fwarig.org"
provided by Day-Lite Consulting in Fort Wayne, Indiana to serve your needs
24hrs/day. "bbs.fwarig.org" is known as "leogate.kf9ug.ampr.org" in the AMPRnet world.
I also employ the use of the "gw.kf9ug.ampr.org" system (the original FWARig system) to provide HF personal message forwarding and as a means to access the 223.66Mhz packet radio backbone in NE Indiana.
I would like to thank AA8RW, DL5KAI, K4KOA, KA9QWC, KB9IBW, KB9LGJ, KC7UMC, KF9LZ, KR9U, WB9NOO, and KF6JLX for their generous donations to FWARig. I would also like to thank the Allen County Amateur Radio Society for their monthly support.
To see how you can connect to FWARig via the RF ports, .
Station location: 41.133N 85.083W