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Re: Results from today's distance test using N0QBH-10 at the HHS site.
A drive to my daughters presented a chance to try sending Winlink email from a bit further to the north and northwest of the HHS site.
The first stop was in Brooten for a burger. The email went from
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Re: Results from today's distance test using N0QBH-10 at the HHS site.
Skip ahead a few days - I tested sending email from my car via Winlink using VARA FM further east and northeast from the Willmar gateway site.
The first stop was next to the Starlite Drive In just
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Re: Comms trailer work day 8/10/2024
Sign me up!
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Re: Kandiyohi County Fair
Once we work out a schedule, I will cover any PM shifts on any or all of the four days.
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Re: Kandiyohi County Fair
This sounds like a great opportunity to promote our hobby/sport, and also to raise awareness for what we can do to support our community.
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Kandiyohi County Fair
We have an opportunity to assist Kandiyohi Emergency Management (KCEM) during the upcoming Kandiyohi County Fair, August 7-10, 2024.? KCEM needs assistance with manning their booth.? I will meet
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Re: Comms trailer work day 8/10/2024
Dan- I'll bring some tools but I'm usually not sure what all to bring until I get there and realize I didn't bring what I needed, which may then require a trip to Harbor Freight.
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I'm planning to be there.
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#APRSThursday Net
#APRSThursday
For anyone interested-
WHAT: #APRSTHURSDAY ( https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/aprsthursday/ ) net
WHEN: 25-JULY-2024 00:00 - 23:59 UTC
WHERE: APRS
HOW: Destination Station = ANSRVR
HOW: Message
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Re: Comms trailer work day 8/10/2024
Might be able to make it, will bring my testers. Anything else may need?
But there is a ham fest in Brewster that morning as well.....
[email protected]> wrote:
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Re: Results from today's distance test using N0QBH-10 at the HHS site.
On Friday I took a drive northeast to Paynesville to do VARA FM range testing.
I sent emails from the city airport (20.5 mi) then drove east on hwy #55 and went south on MN #4.
About 4 miles south of
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Comms trailer work day 8/10/2024
On Saturday, August 10th from 9 am to 11:30 am, I'd like to get a few people to help with testing antennas(SWR) and hooking up a few dual band radios. If you feel like lending a hand for a couple
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Re: Results from today's distance test using N0QBH-10 at the HHS site.
On Tuesday I traveled to Elrosa (30 mi north) and sent an Winlink VARA FM email to Ben & Tony via N0QBH-10 in Willmar from my car in the church parking lot.
Prior to that I sent one from the Crow
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Results from today's distance test using N0QBH-10 at the HHS site.
I took a drive west and north today to test the radio path between my car and the new VARA FM gateway at the 400' HHS site.
The red arrows are places I stopped and sent an email to Tony & Ben using
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Accessing Ben's gateway from a distance
Now that we have a tall Gateway/digipeater running at the HHS site on the north side of Willmar I will show you one way of using it.
Since in it's present configuration we have no Internet connection,
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Re: W0SW quarterly club meeting 7/23/2024
This coming Tuesday, July 23rd at 6:30pm.
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Re: W0SW quarterly club meeting 7/23/2024
July or August?? Mike's confused???? ;)
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W0SW quarterly club meeting 7/23/2024
Hello members, the next quarterly meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 23rd at 6:30 pm. The meeting location will be at the Kandiyohi Rescue Squad building 213 Lakeland Dr NE, Willmar, MN 56201
We
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Winlink on at HHS 145.070
Ben W0AYE, Tony WD0HXV and myself N0QBH swapped the Kantronics packet TNC out for a Winlink VARA FM gateway today at the HHS site.
As I mentioned before, we don't have Internet access at this site
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Re: Short notice POTA
It turned out to be a short activation due to the heat. 10m was pretty quiet, but a few stations could be heard in the noise. 20m proved to be a success with a total of 37 contacts mostly within an
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