Re: Is Simplicity Possible?
Ben -- And anyone else actually familiar with meshtastic aside from watching youtube vids (like me) --- -- I see we have the choice of 800 or 900 mhz OR also listed is 433 mhz. I'm thinking 433 might
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David Clark <cw.w4trj@...>
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#42824
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Re: Why is NOAM in the route @EU?
I agree with Charles We don¡¯t want the post office delivery running all over in this busy cold time of year. Hello George Kirn had contact with this data. [email protected]> wrote:
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N9PNO
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#42823
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Re: Is Simplicity Possible?
Hi David, I know Meshtastic has been mentioned before, but I think this could work and is probably the best solution given requirement that users are unlicensed. I do realize that ISM bands do have
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Ben Kuhn
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#42822
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Re: Why is NOAM in the route @EU?
My system routes all @EU bulletins to my European forwarding partners only. -- Charles J. Hargrove - N2NOV NYC-ARECS/RACES Citywide Radio Officer/Skywarn Coord. NYC-ARECS/RACES Nets 441.100/136.5 PL
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Charles Hargrove
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#42821
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Re: Is Simplicity Possible?
? ? ? ?Good morning-- Perhaps I should clarify what I mean by "simpicity:" For this purpose, the overarching goal is to create a method to communicate to a relatively small group of people in
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David Clark <cw.w4trj@...>
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#42820
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Re: Why is NOAM in the route @EU?
I agree. Hello George Kirn had contact with this data.
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N9PNO
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#42819
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Re: Why is NOAM in the route @EU?
All: Until I hear that the above is not true, I am placing GB7RJJ in my BADWORDS.SYS file. 73, Chuck
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Chuck Gelm
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#42818
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Re: Why is NOAM in the route @EU?
Mystery solved.?? Because that is exactly what the forwarding station intends.? His opinion is all stations get all bulletins regardless how they are addressed. -- 73, Mark, N5MDT Montgomery, Texas
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Mark Taylor
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#42817
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Re: Is Simplicity Possible?
A "simple BBS" does not necessarily make a simple system. Creating messages, sending them, receiving messages, and reading them all contribute to the complexity. Some of those contribute more
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Jim Wagner
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#42816
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Re: Is Simplicity Possible?
500' real good. The 2m I got going is at 350' amd we do pretty good. No idea how well I can do with just regular people. I have a nasty habit of thinking positive when it sometimes is not warranted,
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David Clark <cw.w4trj@...>
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#42815
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Re: Is Simplicity Possible?
It¡¯s not my repeater. We were provided some services from an antenna at 500 feet that is managed with a circulator so a whole slew of things can be on it. I have a VARA digiPeter at the same height
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Gordon Gibby KX4Z
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#42814
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Re: Is Simplicity Possible?
Gordon I have some uncommon folks here. And common folks can do some amazing stuff when trying to save their own family's butt Well acquainted with Lora and huge potential but i cannot imagine it
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David Clark <cw.w4trj@...>
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#42813
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Re: Is Simplicity Possible?
No, but we had a guy do a demonstration. It might do what you want and I think you don¡¯t have to have a license. It¡¯s really slow. I don¡¯t know if you could make a bulletin board out of it, but
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Gordon Gibby KX4Z
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#42812
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Re: Is Simplicity Possible?
Gordon have you actually tried lora DC
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David Clark <cw.w4trj@...>
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#42811
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Re: Is Simplicity Possible?
I think you should look into LoRa Trying to get even a reasonable percentage of the population onto digital Anything is a pretty high ask. Voice is about all most people can handle. Legally, GRMS
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Gordon Gibby KX4Z
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#42810
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Re: Is Simplicity Possible?
I've run a FRS/GMRS radio during storms as part of a Neighborhood HamWatch program using software that folks normally use for monitoring scanners. It records the message and adds a time stamp. 73,
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Steve Hansen
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#42809
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Re: Is Simplicity Possible?
Yep, I experienced Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, and that was a major wake-up call to the ham community there.? Now they have an island-wide packet network as a result, and a lot of GMRS repeaters
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Jeff KP3FT
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#42808
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Re: Is Simplicity Possible?
Jeff Thanks so much for a clear answer. I'm sorry i'm such a dunce on this. I've been a CW man all my ham career and this stuff is not as well documented as I'd like even tho it's been around for a
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David Clark <cw.w4trj@...>
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#42807
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Re: Is Simplicity Possible?
Easyterm's BBS will do what you want, as far as a single BBS server.?? Everyone connecting to your BBS would be using Easyterm and Soundmodem on their end along with their own radio, antenna, etc. .
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Jeff KP3FT
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#42806
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Re: Is Simplicity Possible?
I loaded Easyterm and within moments had what appears to be a bbs screen. I loaded bpq based on some recommendations from others but as my original (probably too long) message said -- after an hour of
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David Clark <cw.w4trj@...>
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#42805
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