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It wouldn't take much to scratch together another radio and a Raspberry Pi for an APRS iGate and Digipeater and have a dedicated system that's separate from the 2m packet node. We would have to find
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Thanks for helping us think this thru, Ace.
I suppose it's possible to have a tone controlled output on the 440 repeater controller that could control the freq of the VHF packet radio, but that is
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N0QBH Mike Berg
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We aren’t obligated to keep it on, but talking to Eric (prior to the Winlink talk) he made it sound like it is still an emergency backup that they would like to have statewide. ? If someone has to
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KB0MNU Ace Bonnema
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I believe the Kenwood repeater can have up to 16 freqs in it, so just have
to program ch 2 to 144.390 and manually switch it.
But who is actually using the 145.670. When Eric Westgard NY9D came
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KC0CAP Dan Gelle
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Hello Ace.
The only stupid question is the one that doesn't get asked :)
The short answer is yes. To enable it on the 145.670 network someone would have to change the frequency at the site.
If we
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N0QBH Mike Berg
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Sorry for stupid questions, but if you do this, you’ll have to manually change the frequency back to 145.670 if you want to use? ?Won’t this leave a hole on the 145.670 coverage map again?
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Great idea. It would fill a gap out here. And short messages can be sent
via APRS as well.
Dan
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If it will be used and be useful, I agree with Mike, N0QBH and Ben, W0AYE.? We should change the HHS tower system to an APRS.? Since a VARA gateway is also imminent, I think it is a smart decision
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Even though I don't own a radio natively capable of doing APRS, I think this is a great idea.
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The Case for APRS
The case for APRS
For those who aren't acronym savvy, APRS is Automatic Packet Reporting System.
APRS was developed from the late 1980s forward by Bob Bruninga, call sign WB4APR(sk), a senior
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N0QBH Mike Berg
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I've been getting that on mobile, as soon as I reload the webpage goes through just fine.
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Happenings Dakota Division – January 28 – February 5, 2024
Saturday 2/3 is the Minnesota QSO Party. It is one of the more popular
QSO parties with the amount of activity that is generated. Every county
will be activated as you can tell by the activity
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W0AYE Ben Wussow
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I notice running Chrome browser that Winlink pages return an error 500 1st try.
Reload and they are fine.
???
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N0QBH Mike Berg
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W0AYE-10 local Winlink Gateway on line
Ben,W0AYE has a Winlink Gateway station running with access via VARA-FM on 145.690 MHz.
Winlink is a full featured email program for amateur radio and VARA is name of the software modem often used to
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N0QBH Mike Berg
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nope all clear
wrote:
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KC0CAP Dan Gelle
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No substitute for height or borrowed horsepower (digi), for sure. One other thought that occurred - did you have any sub audible tone enabled?
It should be off.
Ben & I have both done that. It still
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N0QBH Mike Berg
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Need elevation.......(digipeater)
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KC0CAP Dan Gelle
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[email protected]> wrote:
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KC0CAP Dan Gelle
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Here is from a ping to N0QBH now, nothing from W0AYE though
[image: n0qbh_pin1.png]
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KC0CAP Dan Gelle
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Thanks, ya I only have one radio and antenna to use when I am playing with
this so will not be on much.
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