WB0QCD/N8EMR AMATEUR RADIO TELEPHONE PBBS LIST Revised Edition #2B - January 1992 SPEC-COM Communications & Publishing Group, Ltd., Dubuque, IA P.O. Box 1002, Dubuque, IA 52004 Compiled by Mike Stone WB0QCD and Gary Sanders N8EMR (C) 1992 - All Rights Reserved Permission to re-distribute or re-publish granted providing that "ALL" information is left intact and NONE is added. Updates available. " FOREWORD ... " Communicating and "keeping in touch" with other Hams via tele- phone Bulletin Boards all across the country during "off-air" opera- tions is at an all-time popular high. Presented below, is a list of KNOWN active HAM RADIO supported (or OF INTEREST) telephone BBS's listed in AREA CODE numerical order. This 1992 published list has been carefully scrutinized by several assisting individuals for the best possible accuracy. We do not guarantee this database to be 100% accu rate, however. We still need YOUR help in an effort to constantly update it. Please mail or leave a message as to any changes, additions or deletions. This information can be left on either the EC BBS (319) 582-3235 (c/o Mike Stone) in Dubuque, Iowa or the HBBS (614) 895- 2553 (c/o Gary Sanders) in Columbus, OH. SPEC-COM Communications & Publishing Group, Ltd., WB0QCD and N8EMR have together spent thousands of dollars researching this project which began with our 1st published list one year ago in January 1991 (SPEC-COM Journal and RADIOSCAN Magazine). Our investment and time spent will no doubt save "HAM hackers" valuable time and money as well as boost useage activity on listed systems. Our MASTER DATABASE (which is constantly being updated) resides on the ELECTRONIC COTTAGE BBS (319) 582-3235 and is available to the general public in the [B] section of the [H]am Radio Area MENU. Feel free to download (by capture method) this file at any time. The SPEC-COM COM Journal is a longtime HAM RADIO "specialty mode" publication (since 1967 as A5 ATV Magazine) published bi-monthly. It has 80 pages of good technical, activity, project and review articles per issue. Gary Sanders N8EMR authors a regular "ENTER PASSWORD PLEASE..." column that covers HAM Telephone Landline PBBS operations. You may want to subscribe to this magazine to keep in touch for new numbers, changes. deletions, etc. as well as get great information on ATV, SSTV, FAX, RTTY, AMTOR, PACKET, OSCAR, SHORTWAVE and other modes: Send $20.00 subscription (6-issues) c/o PO Box 1002, Dubuque, Iowa 52004. We'd like to acknowledge and specially thank: Tom Brown KA2UGQ, Jeff Wallach N5ITU, Bill Fay KA0FDI, Mike Donovan KA0JAW, Howard Sta- ten W3INK, Ken Fowler, Bob Farrell WB2COY, Bill Poissant WA8AJG, Gary Sanders N8EMR, The Computer Shopper & Nuts'N'Volts publications (and others) for a real "team effort" on gathering this informa tion over the years. This list is one of the most extensive ros ters of HAM BBS's ever published in the country! We will try to keep publishing "revisions" annually. Just because an Amateur Radio operator runs a landline PBBS or participates in the national FIDO network - that doesn't necessarily mean that he/she gets his/her system listed here on "our" database. In fact, many numbers that other's list, are NOT published here simply because we felt, after calling and using some of these BBS's, that they were of little value to Ham callers. We try to investigate as many systems as we can to check out if electronic, radio, atv, short wave, scanner, satellite or other RF related messages, files and pro grams are actually stored on these BBS's. If you try one of these PBBS numbers and it is no longer on-line OR it offers very little in the way of Amateur Services, please let us know so we can drop it from the list. We are trying to seek out only those BBS's who really do make a serious effort and contribution toward serving the hobby. A word about the FREE use of most of these systems. Nothing is FREE in life. Someone pays for starting out and maintenance operating costs. We all fully recognize and understand the work and materials that goes into a Club or Individual Repeater system and most of us don't mind "kicking in" a few bucks per year to help out. Running a PUBLIC BBS is no different. No matter what PBBS you use, pick a few that you use regularly and support them with UPLOADS of useful materi- al, disks or other gear that they need or by annual cash donations or sign-up registered memberships. Downloading and "taking" lots of pro- grams or text files from your favorite BBS should NOT always be a ONE- WAY street. "Give" back something to the BBS as well. Many BBS's RE- WARD those who Uplink with "extra" access time. CODE REFERENCES USED (!) An Excellent Rated Electronic Information System! (*) Above Average System or Wide Range of Services (+) Verified, Online, Offering both Files and Messages (-) Verified, On-Line but offering minimum Ham service (?) Heard about, Non-Verified, Unknown System ($) Payment Required for access (or asked for) (M) System Primary function is Messages (B) Not verified, Line is continually busy, Assumed online. (S) Specialty BBS (function) UNITED STATES TELEPHONE HAM (or of interest) BBS Systems Area C/Phone BBS Name/Title Sysop QTH of PBBS Code(s) 201-387-8897 R.A.T.S. BBS NJ * 201-785-1830 The Meeting House N2CZF Unknown NJ ? 201-941-3302 B.F.W.K. KB2JXK CliffsidePk NJ ? 203-261-6434 Trumbull Mini BBS WA1QKS Trumbull CT M 203-665-0090 ARRL Field Service Newington CT + 203-438-9908 Orions Nebula N1CUI Ridgefield CT - 203-865-6960 Earth Station 101 KA9CRG New Haven CT ? 203-888-8375 Dave's Bar & Grill KA1TFB CT ? 205-895-0028 NASA Spacelink B.Ande Huntsville AL ! 206-237-3472 Bears BBS WM70 WA ? 206-355-1295 The Precedent N7NIP WA ? 206-672-8989 A.E.A., Inc. Andy Lynnwood WA M 213-541-2503 WB6YMH BBS WB6YMH PalosVerdes CA B 213-374-7929 PC Heaven BBS N6XQU RedondoBch CA ? 213-761-8284 Kenwood Radio Inc. Long Beach CA + 214-394-7438 Datalink FAX-AMSAT N5ITU Dallas TX ! 215-568-2137 LBARA BBS (Pass-hams) PA ? 215-948-0593 K3DSM BBS #2 K3DSM Malvern PA ? 216-237-8208 B.A.R.F. BBS OH + 216-526-9480 AMCOMM (1) of 6 BPois Cleveland OH + 216-526-9481 AMCOMM (2) of 6 BPois Cleveland OH + 216-526-9482 AMCOMM (3) of 6 BPois Cleveland OH + 216-526-9485 AMCOMM (4) of 6 BPois Cleveland OH + 216-526-9489 AMCOMM (5) of 6 BPois Cleveland OH + 216-526-9490 AMCOMM (6) of 6 BPois Cleveland OH + 216-688-5003 Cleveland BBS Cleveland OH + 216-867-6984 Buckeye Ham Shack OH ? 216-942-6382 Hamnet DSpeltz Cleveland OH + 216-942-6382 Cleveland HamNet #1 Cleveland OH + 216-942-7516 Cleveland HamNet #2 Cleveland OH + 301-335-0858 WB3FFV Ham BBS WB3FFV Chase MD ! 301-335-1955 WB3FFV Ham BBS #2 WB3FFV Chase MD ! 301-335-9487 WB3FFV Ham BBS #3 WB3FFV Chase MD ! 301-551-6517 KA3DXX Hamshack BBS KA3DXX MD ? 301-621-9669 Around & About WA3TKW MD B 301-670-9621 Three Winks W3INK GaithersburgMD * $ 301-593-9067 PC-Ham BBS G3ZCZ MD ? 301-725-1072 F.C.C. PAL Hotline FCC Washington DC S FCC files 303-497-5000 NOAA 3 line rotary Govt. Boulder CO S propagation 303-534-4646 The Comm-Post BBartee Denver CO ? 303-972-9600 The Micro Link CO ? 305-382-6687 Right Connections N4LDG Miami FL + 312-776-5561 N9CSA Ham & Hobby JaySera Chicago IL $ 312-790-0187 Cope of Chicago KB9X Chicago IL ? 314-837-5422 Cindex Tech Support KB0FMQ Florissant MO ? 314-893-7478 QRZ BBS! K.Diehl CRD Jeff City MO ! 315-697-7365 N2JEU BBS N2JEU Canastota NY ? 318-443-0271 Am. Silver Dollar WB5ASD LA ? 319-582-3235 Electronic Cottage KA0FDI Dubuque IA ! 319-582-3235 SPEC-COM/USATVS WB0QCD Dubuque IA ! 401-331-0334 Chowder Net #1 ? 401-331-0907 Chowder Net #2 ? 404-363-1640 Hams Bulletin Brd WA4CBT Forest Park GA B 404-393-3083 Atlanta ARC AARC Atlanta GA + 404-949-0687 Lockheed AmateurBBS GA ? 407-879-4823 PC Logic W4NVC FL M 408-667-2256 Frequency Scan BBS TimAmes Big Sur CA ? 408-674-5048 Elmer II WA6LMM Greenfield CA ? 412-226-7357 KA3NVP BBS KA3NVP Lower BurrelPA ? 412-342-1097 Sharon Ham BBS WB3FZV PA ? 415-481-0252 N6MON Ham BBS N6MON CA B 504-273-3116 HelpNet W5KGG Baton Rouge LA + 505-646-5194 Teacher's Pet FIDO K5XY NM + 508-385-3427 KQ1K Salt Air BBS B Baker Dennis MA B 508-949-3590 The Ham Shack DEklund Webster MA B 508-960-2226 W1FW-WWIV BBS W1FW N. Andover MA ? 512-359-1748 The Electronic Ave KA5THB TX B 512-444-1052 Antenna Farm BBS BenThor Austin TX B 512-444-9908 Health Link BBasket Austin TX M 512-837-0953 Jimnet BBS WA5VLZ Austin TX ? 513-253-2017 Ham Shack D.Shard Kettering OH ? 513-547-3313 Light in the Darke WA8RUO OH ? 513-762-1115 KIC BBS KA8AWY OH ? 513-777-1234 PME-FIDO BBS WB8BFW OH ? 516-293-2283 Radio Electronics R.E.M. Farmingdale NY ! 516-399-1375 Ham-It-Up BBS (eve) KE2NK Mastic NY ? 516-561-6590 LICA LIMBS WA2EXP Long Island NY ? 516-581-1896 HamRadio Sell.Post LBuonai Long Island NY S ham swap shop 601-896-3970 On-Line Systems KF5MQ Gulfport MS ? 602-495-1797 Neighborhood Net KB7DJE AZ ? 603-525-4438 73 Magazine (Main) KW1O PeterboroughNH + 603-883-4466 The Legal Beagal K1TCD Nashua NH M 609-693-8849 Jersey Shore BBS W2FJC NJ ? 609-859-1910 Pinelands FIDO BBS W2XQ Vincentown NJ + 609-893-2152 Jers. Devil Citadel K2NE NJ ? 612-426-0000 Digital Newsletter K0TG St. Paul MN + 614-895-2553 Ham BBS (HBBS) N8EMR Columbus OH ! 614-571-6280 The Computer Lab N0JVD MN ? 617-326-0259 Binex II KB1S Westwood MA $ 617-487-3800 Mass Ham BBS K1OJH MA ? 619-256-7250 The G3KFN Board G3KFN CA ? 619-279-3921 Radiosport WB6BDY San Diego CA ? 619-390-7328 Lakeside Wildcat! N6CQW CA B 619-549-3927 K3FWT Ham BBS K3FWT San Diego CA ? 703-366-4299 Sparkie's Machine KC4LWI Roanoke VA B 703-528-7753 Longwave Database Arlington VA S Longwave 703-680-5970 Virginia Packet K4NGC VA ! 703-734-1387 AMRAD BBS K8MMO McLean VA + 708-394-0071 Samson BBS KB9DIP Arlington IL ? 708-623-9783 R.D.D.S./HamHeaven HamHeav IL * 708-983-5147 Ken Strizel BBS Ken IL * 713-242-6041 The KC5UP BBS KC5UP Houston TX ? 713-280-8711 NASA Activities NASA Houston TX S Nasa info 713-483-6500 NASA 1200bps only NASA code:62511 TX S NASA info 713-498-7996 Launch Pad Houston TX ? 714-738-4331 OCA AMSAT BBS Fullerton CA +S AMSAT/ASTRONMY 716-544-1863 RFCARC WA2ZKD Rochester NY ? 716-672-8843 Computer Access Ctr KA2NRC Buffalo NY ? 716-761-6460 Highland BBS N2JYG NY ? 717-323-1645 Vaccumn Valley BBS N3DQC PA ? 717-561-8145 Tec Board BBS KA3ADU PA ? 719-390-5318 Colorado Spr. Ham WB0BLV Co. Springs CO * 801-634-3655 The Mav + Fido BBS KB4YHB Unknown UT + 803-871-3076 The Byte Bucket BBS N4PGN Summerville SC ? 813-796-5627 DATACOM BBS N4WAK Clearwater FL * 813-874-3078 Pac-Comm, Inc. BBS KC2FF Tampa FL ? 813-920-8820 Prof Data Exchange K8WVH Tampa FL B 816-833-3427 Ham BBS IndependenceMO ? 903-753-0485 Marty's Place Fido N5KBP TX ? 904-651-8684 Hot Muddy Duck N4HMD Pensacola FL ? 908-245-6614 The Micro Room WA2BFW NJ B 908-494-3417 Planet Shadowstar N2HGY Edison NJ ? 908-494-3649 Micro-Fone TBBS K2SHY Metuchen NJ B 908-775-6075 The Other BBS KB2FZH Neptune NJ ? 908-918-0683 KA2QHD Packet BBS (login:guest)WaysideNJ + 913-273-1550 Nat'l Assn Modem U. WV0S Topeka KS ? 913-345-1978 ANARC ANARC ShawneeMiss KS ? 914-485-3393 Farrell COY HamNET WB2COY PoughkeepsieNY ! 914-694-2060 Onesty & Assoc. KB2KCN Middletown NY ? 915-944-1436 Teleport Fido Net N5OZX San Angelo TX + 916-678-1535 The Amateur Place WA6RDH CA ! 916-920-1288 QST BBS WA6AXZ Sacramento CA * 916-985-4041 Starfleet Academy KC6IRK CA ? 918-272-4327 Ham Radio Emporium WA4BFE Tulsa OK ? CANADIAN TELEPHONE HAM BBS Systems 203-785-8518 Bills BBS Unknown 403-254-0155 S. Alberta Rptr Assoc Unknown 403-295-7088 The Cameo Fido BBS Alberta 403-464-5069 Alta Packet Info Alberta 416-827-0704 Amateur Radio VE3RD Phil Thompson 416-882-5525 Dits & Bits VE3OY 519-578-9314 Amateur Radio BBS Fred Hicks 519-660-1442 VE3GYQ BBS London ON 613-542-9901 Dits & Bits Unknown 902-868-2475 VE1EI BBS Doug Oldridge (Un-verified) FOREIGN TELEPHONE HAM (or Interest) BBS SYSTEMS Country/Phone BBS Name/Title Sysop(s) Country 001-478-6703 B.E.S.T. Mohamed Saudi Arabia 011-353-1-88-56-34 Dublin Users BBS Unknown Ireland 011-31-35-45395 Radio Netherlands FIDO J Engles Holland 011-44-707-52242 RSGB Databox Unknown United Kingdom 011-46-8-7564197 Ham Systems Base Unknown Sweden 011-47-2-267414 The Ham Chat Unknwon Norway 011-03-512-5396 Radio Amateurs Club Shlomo Musaali Israel 011-04-381-299 The Miler House 4Z4RN Israel 011-47-34-59530 Dasan BBS Unknown Norway 011-54-1-51-9973 Gateway LU7ABF Argentina 011-54-1-764-4189 Telecom Net Unknown Argentina 011-852-0-459 Hamnet Hub Unknown Hong Kong 011-852-0-581828 HAMNET Unknown Hong Kong DELETED SYSTEMS Keeping track of HAM PBBS systems that "use" to be on-line or ones that continue to be listed on "other" lists that have NOT been verified before distribution - is just as important to list as the good numbers. Listed below are such numbers that we have investigated for verification and for one reason or another, we rejected it as a non-worthwhile or not on-line system. Cross check these numbers against other lists and VOID them out! It is possible that we made a mistake or a system was not on-line when we tried to verify it. If so, please let us know so that we may restore it. Updated MASTER LISTS with all the latest changes, additions and deletions reside on both the EC BBS and HBBS sytems. DEAD LINES.... F=fax line I=info on file V=voice U=modem answer, no bbs B=busy N=no answer D=disconnected 201-271-4517 WB2TIX Radio BBS WB2TIX Bound Brook NJ ? 201-332-6098 Edgelight On-Line KB2BLE Jersey City NJ D 202-280-5490 Capital Connection KB4ZSS Washington DC V 202-636-7499 The Micro Forum KC2WZ NJ N 203-753-8351 CoCo Byte D.Yale Waterbury CT N 205-598-6079 Elmer BBS WA6LMM Fort Rucker AL D 205-649-2894 Mobile AL BBS NN4Y Mobile AL N 205-758-5017 The Bulletin Board W4WYP AL * MWFSSPM 206-763-8879 Sea-Comm 80 BBS W7TWU Seattle WA N 206-767-3223 Amateur Radio Sup. WB7EWO Seattle WA N 212-380-3864 Atari BBS K2BSM NY F 212-781-4723 Friends WB2RSI New York NY D 213-376-6221 Beach City KB6MND Beach City CA V 213-377-0450 Amateur World N6OQU PalosVerdes CA F 214-517-4958 Ham Shack MStone Plano TX D 214-960-2730 NN5I BBS NN5I TX N 215-233-4637 Ham Net BBS N3FAD PhiladelphiaPA ? disc 215-482-0262 PARA Time Warp W3IX PhiladelphiaPA D 215-572-5890 WA3DSP BBS WA3DSP Glenside PA V 215-628-9265 K4KWW BBS K4KWW PA N 215-827-7689 K3DSM BBS K3DSM Malvern PA N 217-529-6452 Capitol City BBS K9UAB Springfield IL D 301-540-1378 WB6RQN Usenet gtwy WB6RQN Germantown MD ? 301-621-9669 Around & About WA3TKW MD B 301-831-9012 Thun Bay Trad Post WA3ZLB MD N 305-859-9443 Orlando Communicatr WA4GIF Orlando FL D 309-688-0604 ANARC BBS Peoria IL D 313-291-2520 Genesis II WB8ZPN MI D 313-629-2854 Flint Area BBS KA8OCN Flint MI D 313-759-6569 Royal Oak W8SDZ Royal Oak MI N 314-436-0730 Boatmen's Bancshare KE0KO MO N 314-447-3003 AMSAT-NA PBBS MD V 315-697-3996 Random Access BBS KB2ECI Canastota NY V 316-943-6030 Wichita BBS KE0TV Wichita KS N 404-289-2050 No Frills BBS WB4LBM Decatur GA V 404-834-9097 Commodore Msg Ctr. KB4EUX Carrollton GA N 414-543-0988 Milwaukee City ARES WB9YSG Mil-City WI N 414-548-9866 Milwaukee HeathUser KA9TGN Milwaukee WI N 415-961-7250 BBS-JC K6LLK CA N 504-395-5655 Bit-by-Bit RBBS WB3ABN Patterson LA D 505-646-5194 Teacher's Pet FIDO K5XY NM D 508-429-1784 CUL-DE-SAC BBS WA1YDL MA Non-Ham 509-697-7298 Cen Washington BBS K7NTV Selah WA D 512-258-5528 Boardwalk Ham'n'Jam Unknown TX D 512-734-3521 Radio Flyer KA5SWI San Antonio TX N 516-472-0691 The Idea X-Change N2AYB Bayport NY V 516-661-3643 South Shore ARC WB2VOZ Long Island NY Non-Ham 518-374-5298 Radio Freq's Latham NY V 603-924-9809 73 Magazine KW1O PeterboroughNH ? 609-652-2921 ACADEMIA WB2DRD Pomono NJ D 609-894-4366 N2EHM BBS N2EHM Pemberton NJ U 612-431-1149 HR Commodore Clique WA0CQG AppleValley MN ? 617-729-3025 ECAT ATV Club BBS ECAT Boston MA Problems 617-237-1511 Wellesley BBS Heath Wellesley MA N 617-471-0542 Tom's BBS KA1TOX Wollaston MA D 617-565-9136 WB3ABN BBS WB3ABN Boston MA U 701-746-4814 Shortwave Network ND N 703-689-7156 KC3OL BBS KC3OL VA F 708-234-8011 Callbook BBS Lake Bluff IL D 713-937-9097 Broadcast Computer DArmst Houston TX D 714-275-9094 N6KZB BBS N6KZB CA N 716-663-8478 NF2G Online DStark Rochester NY V 718-268-3173 WB2SQM BBS WB2SQM NY V 804-471-3360 Tidewater AR/CF JRhodes VirginiaBeacVA N 806-352-2482 The Radio Board #1 RChase Amarillo TX V 806-352-9365 The Radio Board #2 RChase Amarillo TX S 816-241-1012 N0AJI BBS N0AJI St. Louis MO V 816-331-7023 Online II Ham Radio Belton MO N 817-531-4761 Dept of Electronic KC5WE Ft. Worth TX N 818-998-0319 CSC Ham BBS K6IYK Pasadena CA V 915-653-9077 HAMNET BBS N5JZZ TX D 916-366-5531 Am Radio Opus HEvans RanchoCordo CA offline 918-747-0250 Ham & Egg Center Unknown Tulsa OK V (C) 1992 by SPEC-COM COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLISHING GROUP LTD Permission granted for individuals, Sysops, Clubs, etc. to relay this database around the country. Wide distribution requested. DO NOT ADD TO OR REMOVE ANY INFORMATION WHATSOEVER. WB0QCD/N8EMR