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2023 Year-End ARISS Special SSTV Experiment!
2023 Year-End ARISS Special SSTV Experiment!
December 26, 2023 — Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) announces a special SSTV experiment to be held this week.? The
ARISS Voice
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Re: 2023 Year-End ARISS Special SSTV Experiment!
**IMPORTANT: Please, all hams should hold off from using the ARISS Voice
Repeater for voice contacts during the event times.
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W0AYE Ben Wussow
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#arrl VOTA and Badges On The Air
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Badges On The Air
The event a couple of weekends ago was so successful and well liked that
people asked for a repeat. So the final 24 hours of VOTA will be Badges
On The Air. This time the focus is
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W0AYE Ben Wussow
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Re: 2023 Year-End ARISS Special SSTV Experiment!
I've been hearing the ISS transmitting SSTV on my dual band omni, but too weak to reliably decode.
I bet a small 440 beam would do the trick by manually tracking them as they pass over - especially
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A possible solution - 3 element tape measure Yagi for 440 MHz.
I might add that the only thing critical is the dimensions.
There's no matching network, so TX is probably out unless you add one. (hair
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Re: #ForSale Almost new Yaesu FTM-6000 $180
#ForSale
I'll take this radio off your hands if it's still available.
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W0AYE Ben Wussow
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Re: #ForSale Almost new Yaesu FTM-6000 $180
#ForSale
Thanks again, Ben.
Despite my best efforts to thin the radio herd here, it was quid pro pro.
Somehow, an FT-60 followed me home...
73
Mike N0QBH
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Yaesu FTM-200 APRS Tip - Responding to voice calls
Because the Yaesu FTM-200 is a single receiver transceiver, when operating in it's pseudo dual receive mode, it cuts away from the main frequency to check for activity on the second frequency.
It's
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MN Packet Radio / VARA node map
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=176Oi1iKO544jjkQZ0cfCTsDpYc8&ll=44.85487690026932%2C-92.49293681855468&z=9
I got this map of some digital resources here in MN.
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NTS Letter for 1/3/24
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NTS 2.0 Update: A Radiogram Portal
Jonathan Taylor, K1RFD
The Working Group on Updated Access and Delivery Methods has been putting the finishing touches on a project called The Radiogram
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W0AYE Ben Wussow
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Re: MN Packet Radio / VARA node map
Mike, I had briefly talked to you about my Vara FM gateway project and just to let you know that my Windows 10 ISO install on the Rpi4 did not turn out well. The Rpi4 will boot but crashes soon after.
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W0AYE Ben Wussow
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Re: Yaesu FTM-200 APRS Tip - Responding to voice calls
I've found that a lot of the newer radios with similar features that have that issue. I have two radios that do the same thing on RX when monitoring for WX alerts on the NOAA frequencies.
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W0AYE Ben Wussow
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Re: MN Packet Radio / VARA node map
Hi Ben, will VARA FM work thru the 440 repeater?? My gut says it should, but...
That would be a great ad hoc way to have cake and eat it.
The map I posted shows a lot of VARA activity. Are you going
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N0QBH Mike Berg
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Re: MN Packet Radio / VARA node map
I have read that VaraFM has been done through 2m repeaters, but requires that there is no tone set on the repeater.
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W0AYE Ben Wussow
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Re: MN Packet Radio / VARA node map
RMS RELAY which is a requirement of the Winlink gateway also doubles as a digipeater to "hop"? VaraFM messages similar to the way 2m packet does.
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W0AYE Ben Wussow
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Re: MN Packet Radio / VARA node map
What does a RMS gateway look like and would it replace the TNC on the 2m side?
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Re: MN Packet Radio / VARA node map
A Windows computer or Raspberry pi running RMS RELAY and an external soundcard (signalink, digirig or RDA board) interfaced with the radio is the extent of equipment involved.
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Skywarn training
SKYWARN Training
Who: Kandiyohi County Emergency Management & National Weather Service
What: SKYWARN Storm Spotter Training
When: Tuesday, April 23, 2024.? Two identical sessions offered.
Session 1
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W0AYE Ben Wussow
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Attn fox hunters - a new critter in the area
As I alluded to Ben when he handed me this radio, I've built a fox transmit controller out of an old Byonics TinyTrak-3 (TT3).
It is hard coded to tx for 30 sec and quiet for 90. The tones are
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N0QBH Mike Berg
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Re: MN Packet Radio / VARA node map
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