This section provides you with four resources. One is a grand packet map of the Pacific Northwest United States in 1997. At this time, the packet network had its greatest extent and greatest connectivity. One could, on RF alone, connect from the west coast (Seattle or Portland, for example) well into Utah, Wyoming, and Montana. Alas, this is no more. Some has been supplanted by the internet while other loss has happened simply because many hams no longer see packet as having the utility once attributed to it. In all fairness, some of this has been replaced by Amtor, PSK31, and other digital modes.
This map is BIG! It is 250K. It extends from Southern British Columbia and Alberta to San Francisco and east to Wyoming and Western Colorado. It is available divided into smaller pieces; if you want it in that form, please let me know! To view the map, click PNWMapThe second resource is tutorial on Making Network Maps. It is targeted at NET/ROM networks as that is what I know. Its likely that some of the points may be useful for users of other kinds of networks.
The third is a listing of important node characteristics from the point of view of the user and, especially, the mapper. A large variety of nodes that work in NET/Rom networks are described here.
September, 2007. The fouth resource is a more up-to-date network maps. The areas including Salem and Eugene, Oregon, are now ready.
Updated Sept 25, 2007