RandyLittrell 3,877 #1 Posted November 26, 2019 OK, who is a ham on here? I just got my tech license and am K0VWL. Looking forward to doing some SOTA and POTA next summer. Only have dual band equipment right now, the HF stuff is pretty pricey so I gotta get rid of some other toys first. 73, K0VWL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,129 #2 Posted November 26, 2019 https://offgridsurvival.com/california-officials-declare-ham-radio-no-longer-a-benefit/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,305 #3 Posted November 26, 2019 I think we have a few members here who use their call sign as their Red Square "screen" name. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Tuul Crib 7,336 #4 Posted November 26, 2019 (edited) Didnt l hear califonia was about to drop in the ocean ?!!! buh. Bye! Edited November 26, 2019 by The Tool Crib 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bc.gold 3,403 #5 Posted November 26, 2019 4 hours ago, RandyLittrell said: OK, who is a ham on here? I just got my tech license and am K0VWL. Looking forward to doing some SOTA and POTA next summer. Only have dual band equipment right now, the HF stuff is pretty pricey so I gotta get rid of some other toys first. 73, K0VWL VA7ELM 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ClassicTractorProfessor 5,314 #6 Posted November 26, 2019 KE5TJA here...licensed since 2008 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RandyLittrell 3,877 #7 Posted November 26, 2019 3 hours ago, AMC RULES said: https://offgridsurvival.com/california-officials-declare-ham-radio-no-longer-a-benefit/ That was really not the case and spread by the those that didn't wait to get all the facts. It was basically just a matter of transferring which group was in charge of the repeaters. I don't believe any were taken down. Randy 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RandyLittrell 3,877 #8 Posted November 26, 2019 Hopefully I will have some better equipment in the near future and maybe get to talk to some of you on the air. Randy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bc.gold 3,403 #9 Posted November 26, 2019 (edited) When I wrote the ham radio licensing test I received a certificate with honors, a score higher than 80 percent from the 100 question multiple choice test. At the time of acquiring my license had plans of using packet radio to access the internet while being mobile, older technology required the use of a hardware modem interfaced with the radio. Fast forward to 2019 that hardware modem has become a software modem handled with open source software installed onto a computer. Linux packet stations can be used for mail, chat, and even sending messages long distances via the International Space Station. Follow this link to learn more about packet radio, https://opensource.com/article/17/9/packet-radio VA7ELM is not on the air. Edited November 26, 2019 by bcgold 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wallfish 16,985 #10 Posted November 27, 2019 7 hours ago, AMC RULES said: https://offgridsurvival.com/california-officials-declare-ham-radio-no-longer-a-benefit/ The first line of that story is awesome So I didn't read past that "The People’s Republic of California is at it again;" 3 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZXT 2,401 #11 Posted November 27, 2019 3 hours ago, wallfish said: The first line of that story is awesome So I didn't read past that "The People’s Republic of California is at it again;" I don't think it could be described any better! I love old technology, and have known of Ham radios for a long time, but never really researched them. I might've just found something to do over the next few rainy days! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
troutbum70 857 #12 Posted November 27, 2019 n3fvp here ham since 1987 …-.- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JERSEYHAWG / Glenn 4,497 #13 Posted November 27, 2019 13 hours ago, AMC RULES said: https://offgridsurvival.com/california-officials-declare-ham-radio-no-longer-a-benefit/ Thats California. The capital of backasswards for you. Glenn 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SALTYWRIGHT 859 #14 Posted November 27, 2019 W1RGW FOR MANY YEARS. N1TWT BEFORE THAT. THEY WILL NEVER DO AWAY WITH HAM RADIO. RUSS 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tractorhead 9,064 #15 Posted November 27, 2019 DC5MPC, but in the moment inactive on HF, before 2m, 70cm, 1,2 GHz and a bit 10 GHz, shortwave and APRS station. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RandyLittrell 3,877 #16 Posted November 28, 2019 On 11/26/2019 at 3:33 PM, bcgold said: When I wrote the ham radio licensing test I received a certificate with honors, a score higher than 80 percent from the 100 question multiple choice test. At the time of acquiring my license had plans of using packet radio to access the internet while being mobile, older technology required the use of a hardware modem interfaced with the radio. Fast forward to 2019 that hardware modem has become a software modem handled with open source software installed onto a computer. Linux packet stations can be used for mail, chat, and even sending messages long distances via the International Space Station. Follow this link to learn more about packet radio, https://opensource.com/article/17/9/packet-radio VA7ELM is not on the air. APRS is something I am interested in as well as satellite and ISS Randy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tractorhead 9,064 #17 Posted November 28, 2019 I did APRS with a selfmade modem in the Past, but i didn‘t know where it is now. That was a simple build system with a Atmel 8515, a serial GPS Mouse interfaced to an Icom Mobile transceiver. parts cost are about 12€ as i remember right. It worked very nice for about 4 years until i stopped my activities. If you like, i will look, if i found the Schematics and hex files in one of my Backups. but small modems are cheap today and few Transceivers has it built in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bc.gold 3,403 #18 Posted November 28, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, RandyLittrell said: APRS is something I am interested in as well as satellite and ISS Randy Enjoy, https://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Software/Linux/ APRS related apps, https://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Software/APRS/ X-APRS - APRS for Linux is a multifaceted system for use with packet radio by Hams, it allows the monitoring of real time geographical information such as the position of vehicles, the status of weather, radio direction finding and much much more. It envolves mapping, GPS tracking, packet radio, etc XASTIR updated - Xastir is program for receiving and plotting APRS position packets. Development is a collaborative effort of programmers and amateur radio enthusiasts from around the world. Xastir supports many map formats and is highly customizable. Xastir runs on Windows/MacOSX/Linux/FreeBSD/Solaris/Lindows. It supports 125 map formats, several types of TNC's and weather stations, Festival speech synthesizer, AX.25 networking (Soundmodem/Baycom/SCC!) and seven languages!. Dire Wolf - Dire Wolf is a software soundcard modem and APRS encoder/decoder. It can be used stand-alone to receive APRS messages, as a digipeater, APRStt gateway, or Internet Gateway (IGate). It can also be used as a virtual TNC for other applications such as APRSIS32, UI-View32, Xastir, APRS-TW, YAAC, UISS, Linux AX25, and many others. Edited November 28, 2019 by bcgold 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
troutbum70 857 #19 Posted November 29, 2019 My last exam was a 50 word written test and the 20 word per minute morse code test which earned me my extra. My night mare at present time is trying to get a dmr radio and hot spot up and running which is not going well, my old brain is struggling with it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RandyLittrell 3,877 #20 Posted November 29, 2019 19 hours ago, bcgold said: Enjoy, https://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Software/Linux/ APRS related apps, https://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Software/APRS/ X-APRS - APRS for Linux is a multifaceted system for use with packet radio by Hams, it allows the monitoring of real time geographical information such as the position of vehicles, the status of weather, radio direction finding and much much more. It envolves mapping, GPS tracking, packet radio, etc XASTIR updated - Xastir is program for receiving and plotting APRS position packets. Development is a collaborative effort of programmers and amateur radio enthusiasts from around the world. Xastir supports many map formats and is highly customizable. Xastir runs on Windows/MacOSX/Linux/FreeBSD/Solaris/Lindows. It supports 125 map formats, several types of TNC's and weather stations, Festival speech synthesizer, AX.25 networking (Soundmodem/Baycom/SCC!) and seven languages!. Dire Wolf - Dire Wolf is a software soundcard modem and APRS encoder/decoder. It can be used stand-alone to receive APRS messages, as a digipeater, APRStt gateway, or Internet Gateway (IGate). It can also be used as a virtual TNC for other applications such as APRSIS32, UI-View32, Xastir, APRS-TW, YAAC, UISS, Linux AX25, and many others. Glad to see you use linux, I may need some help from time to time. I just wiped a laptop and installed mint 19.2 Mate. Was able to get chirp downloaded and configured properly to program my handheld radio. I have messed around with linux from time to time in the past, but decided to drop windows and go linux instead of upgrading to windows 10. Randy 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
