W?VFW repeater on 145.27 pl 103.5 is operational and seeing more traffic these past 2 weeks than the past year. We are connected to the BLIND HAMS TALK GROUP.. KD4DYI in NYC has an ALLSTAR to D-STAR- to DMR server. He also has Echolink.. BUT- they have found echolink only works well when there is a 1 to 1 connection. If a second guy connects via echolink both audio's get "fuzzy".
ALLSTAR is proving to be best option for hamming on the internet. DMR-P25-D-Star- Fusion, and others (yes there are other modes)? can find their way to ALLSTAR.. We will be talking more about it at the February 29th Event. You can access ALLSTAR via the Repeater, a hot spot, just a computer or android phone and there is even an 800 number you can dial on a land line to get in. CD quality audio and "full duplex" meaning you can talk and listen at the same time.
What a great time to be in Ham Radio.. All kinds of new adventures WSJT-X, JS8CALL, MMDMV, SHARI, DINAH, IC705, NanoVNA. and RPI4B.? 3 dates to mark your calendar:
February 25th, 2020? -W?VFW Monthly meeting - VERY Important you attend. 7PM start . eyeballs before and after.
February 29th, 2020? 2nd Dead of Winter Extravaganza. VFW post 3115 NOON to 5pm. Raffle-Prizes Demo's See flyer in Files section
April 10th & 11th, 2020 Green County Hamfest - Claremore, OKLAHOMA.. The BEST Hamfest for 500 miles!!!? I've been going 14 years.?
OVER 250 Tables... Here is the website:
$1000's in Prizes, 20+ Commercial Vendors... and today 80% of the tables are sold...?
I bought 3 tables, If someone wants to share, I can get by with 2.? ??????????????????????
Larry Macionski