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Gregg E. McArthur
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#1892
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Re: Meshtastic Channel
Sounds good. once you are setup let me know and we can play around.
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Aaron Eaton
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#1891
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Re: Meshtastic Channel
I just got my Lillygo T-Deck pro in the mail today. I wouldn’t mind getting in on the action. I think I need to flash the unit with the latest update and then I’ll be online. Also, if anybody owns
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Shaun Cassady
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#1890
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Meshtastic Channel
Hey guys
Been messing with meshtastic this week after Kris’ talk last week. ?it is quite fun. ?been working on setting up some family members for the use case of poor cell phone signal.
Anyway
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Aaron Eaton
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#1889
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Re: RACES net frequency
If you are in Salt Lake you can use one of the Following Frequencies
147.12+ (Farnsworth Peak) (K7JL)
147.18+ (Snowbird/Hidden Peak) (K7JL)
449.4- (Ensign Peak) (K7JL) (North Eastern Remote)
447.475
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KK7GKG
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RACES net frequency
Does anybody know what frequency they operate the RACES net on?
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Shaun Cassady
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#1887
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Emergency Preparedness - Earthquake Drill
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From: Riverton City <communications@...>
Date: Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 3:12?PM
Subject: Emergency Preparedness - Earthquake Drill
To:
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Gregg E. McArthur
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#1886
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Re: Upcoming lesson suggestions
All sounds good to me.
[email protected]> wrote:
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Amy Snyder
(801) 884-8514
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Amy Snyder
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Re: Upcoming lesson suggestions
I’d be happy to hear about AREDN or Winlink in any order that would work for anybody else. Both sound super cool. Granted, I’m not very savvy with ham radio yet. Certainly not to the level that
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Shaun Cassady
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Re: Contests for the weekend of April 19th
Yes, Kris. The Israel QSO Party is always fun. It is always a test of my
equipment but it is great to get a bunch of 4x and 4z call sign contacts.
But all of the QSO Parties are fun. People are
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Gregg E. McArthur
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#1883
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Re: Upcoming lesson suggestions
Sounds like Shaun is Winlink first, then AREDN. Does anyone else have a preference? I would love to do both topics this year, but I have more AREDN experience.
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Kris
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Kris Gainsforth - KB0STG
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Contests for the weekend of April 19th
It's Easter time, but in contest world, the show goes on.
There's four contests that I'm going to try to work on Saturday/Sunday.
1. Nebraska QSO Party -
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Kris Gainsforth - KB0STG
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#1881
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Upcoming lesson suggestions
Hi there. I really enjoyed the Meshtastic information. I'd love to learn more. I'd also be interested in learning about AREDN and Winlink. I just bought a VR-N76 that is Winlink capable so I'd like to
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Shaun Cassady
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Event: N7MVC Net - Sunday, April 13, 2025
#cal-reminder
*Reminder: N7MVC Net*
*When:*
Sunday, April 13, 2025
9:00pm to 9:30pm
(UTC-06:00) America/Denver
*Where:*
Herriman City Hall
*Organizer:*
N7MVC
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Group Notification <noreply@...>
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Re: Win link and VR-N76 radio
Always happy to share my two cents. ?And if you decide to go with RadioMail and want some help, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
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Floyd Teter
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Re: Win link and VR-N76 radio
Thanks Floyd. Those last two are really great reasons for me. I haven't studied enough about Sinking but those are very compelling reasons given the minimal cost. Thanks for your help.
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Shaun Cassady
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Re: Win link and VR-N76 radio
Shaun, that’s a fair question. ?I’d suggest you figure out your use case before spending your money. ?For me, I had three purposes that justified the investment:
* Meeting the technical
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Floyd Teter
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#1876
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Re: Win link and VR-N76 radio
My next question is do you think Winlink is something worth spending the $15 for? Is it something that could be used enough to justify it or is it more of a novelty?
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Shaun Cassady
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Re: Win link and VR-N76 radio
I use the Radio Mail app on iOS. ?Check out the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHeYQ9krf9E&t=192s. ?The video includes also includes guidance on using a Baofeng and a KSS modem - things
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Floyd Teter
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Winlink and APRS with My Baofeng
At our April club meeting, some of you asked how I was able to got WinLink going without using Windows. ?As a Mac users, I tried setting up a Windows Virtual Machine as well as a trial with
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Floyd Teter
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