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What's up with the echolink node? I've heard a couple of calls, including one attempt at a Skywarn recognition day QSO, but nobody is hearing me even though I can hear myself in the test node.
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Vir posted:What's up with the echolink node? I've heard a couple of calls, including one attempt at a Skywarn recognition day QSO, but nobody is hearing me even though I can hear myself in the test node. Well, if it will let me connect I'll see if I can hear you... I've been having issues with EchoStink not letting me connect to random systems at random times.
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Dec 4, 2010 02:03
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I called you, but I didn't hear you. Did you hear me?
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Dec 4, 2010 02:06
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Vir posted:I called you, but I didn't hear you. Did you hear me? I'm not connected. It keeps timing me out. EDIT: Corrected spelling as to not sound like a retarded caveman BigHustle fucked around with this message at 02:26 on Dec 4, 2010 |
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Dec 4, 2010 02:20
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I see you dropping in and out of the conference; I also tried connecting directly to you, but it seems it doesn't work. I know echolink is supposed to work on my end - the test node works, and I talked on a repeater last week. Have you opened up the UDP ports on your firewall or router?
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Dec 4, 2010 02:24
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Vir posted:I see you dropping in and out of the conference; I also tried connecting directly to you, but it seems it doesn't work. Yeah. I have no problems connecting to some stations, but not others. I'm going to try deleting and re-entering my Windows Firewall exceptions.
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Dec 4, 2010 02:27
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We got it to work. Yay. 
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Dec 4, 2010 02:44
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BigHustle posted:Yeah. I have no problems connecting to some stations, but not others. I'm going to try deleting and re-entering my Windows Firewall exceptions. Well, problem solved. Apparently my POS router will only port forward to one specific internal IP address at a time and when the power went out the other day it changed my IP address. I'll need to go through and manually assign everyone a hard coded IP, I assume.
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Dec 4, 2010 02:44
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Most routers as standard let DHCP hosts have a range of IP addresses - typically above x.x.x.100, which leaves the lower range of for hard coded IPs. Maybe you only need to hardcode your echolink PC and leave the other machines alone?
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Dec 4, 2010 02:57
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I've connected and idled it a few times, I saw vinic on once, but no one has ever said anything. Threw my call out but I don't know if it is RF linked or not. Worked as WX2BUF tonight from 8 until 1 or so on VHF and for a while on 80 meters 3.820 but right next to an airport and a truckload of QRM. First time on HF and it was neat, total pileup.
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Dec 4, 2010 07:59
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Partycat posted:I've connected and idled it a few times, I saw vinic on once, but no one has ever said anything. Threw my call out but I don't know if it is RF linked or not. Vir and I had a nice QSO last night on the Goon Link. I don't believe it's RF connected at the moment, as there were none of the usual 'repeater tones' firing off. I need to get my 6m antenna up in the air and tuned tonight. The quarterly in-person club meeting is tonight and they're going to loan me one of the club's 6m radios to play with and I'd like to have it up and running by the net meeting tomorrow night. I also picked up an MFJ-557 Morse code practice oscillator and straight key combo so I can start learning CW. I know paddles are easier, but I've had a few non-douche old timers tell me that straight key is a good place to start because you can learn spacing easier I decided to start here.
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Dec 4, 2010 15:13
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Hanging on Echolink for now. Anyone else out there? Echo, echoo, echoooooo....
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Dec 5, 2010 01:22
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Catastrophe posted:Hanging on Echolink for now. Anyone else out there? Echo, echoo, echoooooo.... Yeah but it doesn't count when you don't reply ! I've tried to make several "echolink qsos" for the SRD today but only got a handful to produce anything.
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Dec 5, 2010 03:02
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I haven't fired up the 'ol EchoStink today. I've been working on getting the 6m antenna I built mounted to a ghetto mast I'm assembling from 45 feet of PVC pipe. I have an old Lafayette HA-460 6 meter rig on loan from the club and want to put it to use for the net meeting tomorrow night.
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Dec 5, 2010 05:06
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dv6speed posted:There is one goon who emailed me his call sign, but left out his SA username. Once I get that, I'll add you, and any other stragglers on the list and email the info. Yeah, that was me, NB9F. Sorry about the delay, I'm still interested, but between radios for the moment. Has the sunspot situation improved at all since the summer? Without any DX all I managed to establish is that central Illinois is not fun country.
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Dec 5, 2010 18:09
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Please welcome Zencyl to SAARS. Also... AG0ON is now official and all that jazz. It'll take a day or two for QRZ and Echolink's databases to update. For now, you can continue to connect to KB3VIB on Echolink until it disappears, or you see a post here stating otherwise. AtomicMonsters posted:Yeah, that was me, NB9F. Sorry about the delay, I'm still interested, but between radios for the moment. AbsentMindedWelder fucked around with this message at 12:46 on Dec 7, 2010 |
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Dec 7, 2010 12:36
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So how did you get a 0 callsign in Delaware? Does the vanity call just transcend traditional call boundaries? e: In my farting off at work today, I found that if I were to put up an antenna tower, I could put it up on a boundary between two grid squares. Bleh.
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Dec 8, 2010 01:25
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Skyssx posted:So how did you get a 0 callsign in Delaware? Does the vanity call just transcend traditional call boundaries?
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Dec 8, 2010 01:30
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Just FYI for anyone planning on getting around to upgrading to General sooner or later:quote:The Question Pool Committee (QPC) of the National Conference of
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Dec 8, 2010 13:39
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Heh. http://thereifixedit.failblog.org/2010/12/08/white-trash-repairs-hamtenna/
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Dec 9, 2010 03:44
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nmfree posted:Heh. That is awesome. I think I found the answer to my 6m antenna woes.
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Dec 9, 2010 04:13
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With plastic instead of metal, that might not be a bad idea actually.
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Dec 9, 2010 09:18
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Vir posted:With plastic instead of metal, that might not be a bad idea actually. Since I can't seem to get the ground plane off the ground, I'm just going to take the PVC pipe I bought for the project and use it as a channel for a vertical dipole until I can get something in place for the ground plane that's going to be 100% stable.
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Dec 9, 2010 15:20
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Okay everyone, the Echolink Node has changed to our Vanity Call: AG0ON-L (That's A G ZERO Oscar November) This should be the last change as far as the callsign of the node. It's still connected to TNLTRPB's node pretty much 24/7.
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Dec 9, 2010 15:48
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I'm getting a Droid X next week, and I'm no longer constrained to using the internet on a communal family machine I can't install software on. So I sent in my info for SAARS. Listen soon for my callsign, KF7JKA. Also, how much does the echolink app cost?
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AstroZamboni posted:I'm getting a Droid X next week, and I'm no longer constrained to using the internet on a communal family machine I can't install software on. So I sent in my info for SAARS. Listen soon for my callsign, KF7JKA. It's free.
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Dec 9, 2010 17:26
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Ugh. My batteries need to get back from the NiCd Lady. On AAs I'm putting out maybe 1watt. Even with a telescoping 1/4 wave, I get horrible readability reports. Could be that my SMA connector is fuckered, too. I've been looking at making a solar powered CWOP station, someone did a decent job of one at QRZ. Maybe a solar QRP repeater, too, for Pennsic. I don't know how many attendees are hams, but out of 15,000 highly eccentric campers, there have to be a few.
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Skyssx posted:I've been looking at making a solar powered CWOP station, someone did a decent job of one at QRZ. Maybe a solar QRP repeater, too, for Pennsic. I don't know how many attendees are hams, but out of 15,000 highly eccentric campers, there have to be a few. You might want to look at Ham Radio Fun and see if they have something to build from if you're going to be working from the ground up. They have the Peanut Whistle Two 40m QRP rig for $28 with no crystal, $38 with a 7.040 crystal, or $58 with a crystal and straight key mounted on a board. They have a special right now where any PW2 kit comes with a free crystal so you can get both 7.030 and 7.040 crystals for the price of the basic unit. If you want to go balls out, they carry an Emergency Station that runs $250 and comes with a Sangean 505 shortwave receiver, an amplified antenna for the receiver, the PW2 w/ 7.040 crystal, roll up dipole antenna for the PW2, and a straight key. They also have a poo poo ton of portable antennas for SWL and ham use on the site. I'm thinking of picking up a Peanut Whistle myself, since I'm learning CW and will want something to haul around with me to work code from places other than my house.
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AstroZamboni posted:I'm getting a Droid X next week, and I'm no longer constrained to using the internet on a communal family machine I can't install software on. So I sent in my info for SAARS. Listen soon for my callsign, KF7JKA. I love my Droid X. I'd love it more with a keyboard for games, but when you get the hang of Swype even typing on it is a breeze. Get Echolink and AndChat(for IRC) and come hang with us on #hamradio!
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BigHustle posted:Useful info! Ok, now that i'm not typing on a phone... I meant a low power V/UHF repeater for temporary use at a large gathering of people. Pennsic is an annual two-week event of the SCA and doesn't have anything to do with amateur radio. However there are always an enormous number of people there and probably more than a few hams. Like, enough people that AT&T's 3G and EDGE networks are completely incapable of dealing with the traffic. You will have 5 bars on your cell phone and wait 30 minutes to populate The Weather Channel app. Really you're just mashing the refresh button in the hopes you are one of the few people that negotiate an actual connection. I'm still trying to work out how I can best use APRS at the event, but at the least, an automated weather station would definitely be of use. The site may be too large to go simplex from one end to the other. It's about 2 miles end to end and there is some terrain and foliage involved as well. I could use this micro controller plus two HTs with mediocre antennas situated somewhat near the center of the event. It just so happens that there is a 16' high temporary structure I could put this crap on top of. I'm still trying to find out or think up what I could do with APRS other than track myself, which I otherwise take pains to prevent.
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Skyssx posted:I meant a low power V/UHF repeater for temporary use at a large gathering of people.
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I'm looking at buiding a mobile repeater sort of thing myself just for the hell of it, couple of batteries in the trunk with a pair of radios and a low powered computer oughta do a repeater with features fairly easily. You could throw an aircard on it for data but you may have to backhaul from another location which you would probably do with amp and directional on some 802.11 gear. Simplex will go 2 miles ?
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Just got done catching up on about 8 months worth of posts in this thread. Got my license almost a year ago. Haven transmitted once since I got the license, got a little yaesu ft-60 to play around with during that time. The local repeaters are full of OF's that I would never talk to. Is HF more interesting? Thinking about getting the General license and a hf rig to play with. A year later and I feel a bit better about droping $350-$400 on a hf setup. Also thanks for the tips on the New Jersey repeater system(W2NJR) on echo link. Getting drunk and tuning into that on echolink is pretty hilarious at times. I wish the OF's in my locale were as interesting, but sadly they are not
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yummycheese posted:Is HF more interesting? Thinking about getting the General license and a hf rig to play with. A year later and I feel a bit better about droping $350-$400 on a hf setup. If the OFs in your area suck, then getting your General (or doubling up and getting the Extra at the same time) and getting on HF is the way for you to go. Alternately you could just pick up an HF rig and hang in the Tech areas of the HF bands if you're into CW/digital modes or just park in the 28.300 to 28.500 section of 10m. W2NJR is always a good listen. I still click on occasionally, just to see what's going on. I checked into the nightly traffic net while on the road in KS a few weeks back and several people commented. ------ Guys, check out these HIP HAM SHIRTS! Please note that sizes go up to 5x...
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Dec 17, 2010 00:22
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Hey, shut up, that Ohm's Law shirt is pretty rad. I'd wear that one, in 3X.
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Dec 17, 2010 04:49
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I would actually like that Ohm's law shirt.
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Those shirts actually aren't bad compared to some I've seen for sale at Hamvention. I'd actually wear some of them.
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Most of them are pretty bad though. Where's just a simple graphic or anything? Hell, I'd buy a tree connected to a house by a dipole and cord keeping the screen door open kind of thing, a cat head peeking out, no words required on it.
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Super Wizzbang R adio Operator it's just so bad
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TC the Giant and Nullsmack, don't you think it's funny that the one shirt you'd wear off that site really belongs in a collection of shirts for Electrical Engineering rather than radio operators? I saw the link on QRZ and had to laugh at those shirts being called 'hip'.
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