Rick,
Actually, I've been accumulating all the stuff I need to set up exactly what you describe.
I'm located in Ann Arbor, MI and am planning to put up a packet/Vara FM node on 2 meters here.
I have the Win11 brick, display/keyboard/mouse, Yeasu radio, DRA-50 and cables, coax and antenna and fiber-to-the-home 300 mbps up/down Internet.
I've been active on Winlink with telnet and Vara HF on my main station using K4D/KPA500, and also from portable locations using my KX2/KXPA100 combo.
I can get the antenna near the top of my two-story roof, in this close-to-the-highest location in the county, here.
I also have an AREDN node that only lacks getting a good antenna up outside.? The local area has several nodes running, and we are looking to mesh them.
I'm having to do this in my copious spare time, while I'm still working fulltime from home until I retire next Spring.
73,
-- Dave, N8SBE
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On 2023-10-04 12:13, Rick Muething wrote:
?For an alternative (I realize it may be heresy to even say "Windows" to a Mac group!!!) you can read about a low-cost alternative that several are using on VARA and VARA FM.? The available $100-200? Windows "brick" CPUs (with Win 10 or 11 included) do a very nice job with VARA and the Winlink software.? Here are some details on two such setups I recently did, tested, and am using on our local VARA FM RMS Packet network in Florida.
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Be glad to answer any questions on this for you.
73,
Rick Muething, KN6KB? Winlink Development Team
