The San Joaquin Valley Packet BBS System

Running LinBPQ

NODE: W6RAY-5 alias SJVNOD allows connections to (some) other packet systems via NET/ROM or other ports and frequencies. KI6QCY-3, for example or W6SLO-6 on BLACK Mountain in San Luis Obispo County on VHF, then to other packet stations along the Central Coast.

BBS: W6RAY-3 alias SJVBBS - Read and post packet bulletins or send private messages.

CHAT: W6RAY-11 alias SJVCHT - Keyboard to Keyboard chat

RMS: W6RAY-10 alias SJVRMS - Winlink RMS Gateway

Polling station of The Packet Radio Forwarding Network (TPRFN.net)

Running JNOS

BBS: KI6QCY-3 alias TCARES accessible via SJVNOD, W6RAY-5)

receiving bulletins via via AXIP from N6RME, N2NOV and others, then forwarded to W6RAY-3

Part of the AMateur Packet Radio Network (AMPRNet or 44net)

Winlink available on all frequencies through SJVRMS:W6RAY-10.

Frequencies: 

Packet - 

1200 bps (AFSK) on 145.090, 441.500 FM.

BBS (bulletins) forwarding backbone on 50.600 FM.

VARA HF - 500 and 2500 hz. Scanning (dial frequencies)

USB 7.0635, 7.0890, 7.0934, 7.0989, 7.1009, 21.0950

More bands (6m, 10m, 20m and 30m possible) added soon (sometime in May 2026)

A good program to access packet radio is Outpost Packet Message Manager ( https://www.outpostpm.org ), written and maintained by Jim Oberhofer KN6PE.

Winlink Express is the program most used for Winlink. From their website ( https://winlink.org ) you can download the program as well as VARA programs.