Well, rain thwarted my continuing the tower install..
Instead i worked on what will be a mobile install- hotspot.. etc..
I mentioned ha tI picked up a 4G LTE hotspot? and decided to set it up for use in my new FORD as I'm not sure what eventually will be my mobile set up..
Here's the latest... i picked up a Fanklin T9 4G LTE hotspot on Ebay... they are labeled as T-mobile and are new in the box, and unlocked.You buy them outright for just under $20...Here is the link from the vendor
There are other vendors selling the units.. Make sure they ar eunlocked or the vendor tells you the unlock proceedure. They are GSM-- so they will work on T-mobile or AT&T type networks..
Boost, Mint, Tello, Cricket as some of the cell companies that use GSM and therefore AT&T or T-mobile towers.
You have to get a SIM card from a carrier, plug it in activate it and then pair it to a amateur radio hotsopt..
I used Tello.. the have a DATA only plan 5Gbps a month for $10.. now they don; cut you off, they only throttle you during high uses periods --unless you buy more data...
i have been told 5Gbps is plenty for? ham radio use.. It's about the same as listening to podcasts, and 5Gbps gets you 135 hours of pod casts according to one advertiser..
Tello web site I used to sign up and order the SIM is:
I signed up for 5Gb DATA - NO minutes (talk and text)? for $10 per month..
Now when they arrived and I set i tup an activated it .. only 15 minutes on the computer..? I needed to pair it with a ham radio type hot spot.
it can be MMDMV or OPENSpOT - for digital work... or ALLSTAR for Analog HT's and such..
An analog hot spot that does Allstar and Echolink is the? Shari, but there are others..
it can be pretty inexpensive Raspberry PI 3A+ and a sound card dongle that can be made for under $50..
You could also use a smart phone and cellphone app like DV switch..
My openspot 2 allows me to transcode Fusion to DMR and back again... The open spot 2 is n longer made, but still supported..
The MMDMV's can be found on ebay, amazon, Temu and banggood.. I have one as a kit but I have not played with it.
I like Hamkit products.. SHARI's and Dinah..products..
Now regarding the club..? The VHF repeater is on ALLSTAR Blind hams..
Te UHF wa son K-LINK and K-LINK is now defunct.. Howerver there is another KANSAS STATE type network that seems no tto have the politics of the former K-link
It's Called Sunflower Net.... ? ? The possibility that the club ma want to place o the UHF repeater as a suggestion...Here is the "poop" sheet on Sunflower Net...?
I have been told, the Quarter Century Wireless has it's nets there. So does skywarn..
Finally as on November 6th..? I will have been licensed going on into my 59th years. November 6th 1966..
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Larry Macionski