--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/local/bin/expect --
+# a dumb little 'expect' program to check the heard list on ppfma.ampr.org
+
+set timeout 15
+
+puts [timestamp -format %c] ;# time tag the output
+
+spawn telnet 44.32.4.2
+expect "login: " { send "wd0fhg\r" }
+
+expect "NET/ROM*" { send "j\r" } ;# for now we will just look at all
+
+expect { ;# no easy way to tell that the list is
+ ;# complete so we'll just time out
+ "NET/WRONG*" {} ;# looking for we can't find.
+ }
+
+expect "*" { send "\r\r" };# flush the expect buffer
+
+expect "*" { send "c ax4 w0lkd-1\r" } :# try to connect on .01
+
+expect "Connected" {send "\rb\r" } ;# just try the connection
+
+expect "*" { send "\rb\r" };# flush the expect buffer and signoff
+
+expect "closed*" ;# wait for the connection to close
+
+exec sleep 3
+
+expect eof
+