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Unable to connect 10060

 

Good evening all,

I have been trying to connect to the D-Rats server but I keep getting the 10060 error.

I have also gone as far as turning off my firewall...

Any thoughts?

Todd
KC7ZIE
 

Which ratflector?? The error could mean that the computer is off line after taking in an OS update and just needs to be restarted.
 

This has been ongoing....

I tried a few
is the main one i keep trying


On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 9:06 PM Glen Strecker <gstrecker55@...> wrote:
Which ratflector?? The error could mean that the computer is off line after taking in an OS update and just needs to be restarted.

 

Okay, that explains it.??That was the original ratflector and is the one that was hard coded into the software.??The operator that ran that reflector took it off line over a year ago.??It was more or less replaced by kb8pmy.net.??Try putting that one in its place and you should be good to go.??There is also a list of other active ratflectors that you can get to either on dstarinfo.com or on the drats groups.io site.??There are several in Georgia including sewx.ratflector.com.??I run StTammany.ratflector.com in Louisiana and there are a number of others.

Cordially,?

Glen Strecker - KG5CEN
On Jan 18, 2022, 4:26 PM -0600, Todd <kc7zie@...>, wrote:

This has been ongoing....

I tried a few
is the main one i keep trying


On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 9:06 PM Glen Strecker <gstrecker55@...> wrote:
Which ratflector?? The error could mean that the computer is off line after taking in an OS update and just needs to be restarted.

 

Glen,
Thank you for the info. I was beginning to think that I was having a personal problem here. But given what you have said about KB8PMY I am now wondering why this server is not listed on the dstarinfo.com page. And why doesn't the server follow the new standard for naming (that is, name.reflector.com)? And while we are at it, if?ref.d-rats.com has been down for more than a year why is it still listed on the dstarinfo.com page?
If I was new to D-Star and would encounter this cluster muck right out of the gate I might just throw my hands up and say nuts to this.

73,
Charlie
KB3CO
 

Because he kept the domain name and is no intentions of letting the domain go. I talked to him about it when he was getting out of it. I was trying to take it over and keep it running.

Thanks,

Ryan (KB8PMY)
N8MFN Hamilton Wireless Radio Club



On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 10:50 AM kb3co <kb3co@...> wrote:
Glen,
Thank you for the info. I was beginning to think that I was having a personal problem here. But given what you have said about KB8PMY I am now wondering why this server is not listed on the page. And why doesn't the server follow the new standard for naming (that is, )? And while we are at it, if? has been down for more than a year why is it still listed on the page?
If I was new to D-Star and would encounter this cluster muck right out of the gate I might just throw my hands up and say nuts to this.

73,
Charlie
KB3CO

 

DStarinfo has not maintained their lists of much anything for several years. The "repeater list" is loaded with repeaters that have been off the air for years, are only hotspots with VERY limited range, old reflector info, etc. Even when provided updated info it does not make it to their lists (we have a new, genuine Icom, high profile emcomm DStar repeater here and it remains unlisted despite at least two notices to DStarinfo. I don't think they are putting much effort into it any longer. Not that I really blame them... a lot of work. However, everyone seems to use that as a definitive source of info. Even Icom appears to load new radios with lists from that site.?
 

Michael,
I agree that the list is messed up.??A better place to check for D-Star repeaters would probably be the Repeater Book site, although some of their stuff will inevitably be wrong also.??Repeaters and some reflectors go down and come back up again all the time.??Several of our local repeaters were knocked off line due to last year’s hurricanes.??They are only now coming back and we are still trying to get an Internet feed to the tower site to get our three digital voice modes back.??People don’t seem to realize just how expensive it is to keep these services going all the time.??Our antennas atop a 600’ tower were bent and damaged.??It cost our club over $8,000.00 just to get an approved tower crew to climb the tower to effect repairs.??That is not including several hundred additional to purchase a new tower grade 2-meter antenna and then having to upgrade the liability insurance for them to do the work.??Luckily one of our guys is an electronics engineer who retired from working for NASA.??He has assisted in keeping the repeaters going and getting the repair work accomplished.

The finances to keep our stuff on the air included dues to the club, a number of dedicated members working to put on good hamfests to help raise money and several large donations from?anonymous donors in order to be able to get the repairs done.??Oh, and don’t forget we have to pay tower rent and utilities also.??It is no wonder why these lists are so dynamic.??We have one repeater site that was apportioned and ready to be installed when the parish government lost a tax millage election and the funds to build a new EOC and tower facility had to be cancelled so they could keep other government services going.

Just remember, it is easy to gripe about stuff when you are not the one having to pay to maintain the whole thing.??Icom just knows who bought their equipment and were it was supposed to be going.??We had another D-star stack go down in the New Orleans area when the hospital their antennas were mounted on decided to expand by adding floors to the top of their facility.??The antennas were taken down and the system went dark for over a year due to ongoing construction.??One of their repeaters just came back on line a couple of weeks ago.

Each reflector is a large computer system that come with their own set of problems.??Lightning damage, failed hard drives, Internet connectivity being lost, etc.??Louisiana has one reflector stack located in the cloud for ARES use that is not publicized all that much in case we need it for an emergency.??Some may go down simply because the computer sucked up an OS update that requires someone to go in and reboot the machine before the computer will allow connections again.??It is never-ending.??These types of problems are so constant that those maintaining these lists probably are waiting for the repeater or reflector owners to contact them to say that the system won’t be coming back before they would remove them from the list.

We actually got locked out of one city repeater site because a workman accidentally swapped the locks around on a gate the wrong way and turned something off in the site that was supposed to be kept running.??It took weeks before the city sent someone back out to the site to allow our repeater people to regain entry so they could fix the problem.??If we would have notified someone to take the repeater off the list, we would be calling back telling them to add it again a few days or months later.??Double work for the list maintainer.??We just need to hope that the trustees for the repeater or reflector that dropped off line will remember to notify people if they are taking the system offline permanently.

Cordially,
Glen - KG5CEN
 

Thanks for the info.


On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 5:36 AM Michael Mandell <mikemandell@...> wrote:
DStarinfo has not maintained their lists of much anything for several years. The "repeater list" is loaded with repeaters that have been off the air for years, are only hotspots with VERY limited range, old reflector info, etc. Even when provided updated info it does not make it to their lists (we have a new, genuine Icom, high profile emcomm DStar repeater here and it remains unlisted despite at least two notices to DStarinfo. I don't think they are putting much effort into it any longer. Not that I really blame them... a lot of work. However, everyone seems to use that as a definitive source of info. Even Icom appears to load new radios with lists from that site.?

 

Glen,?

? Years ago, I had a terrible time getting net info for my nets updated at dstarinfo.com -- and the entire net list back then (and still is) woefully out of date. So, what was originally a list of Echolink Nets started over 15 years ago, I expanded it to add D-Star and D-Rats Nets. I started it in PDF format, but that became too much work to update. Thanks to Gary, VA3GDZ (I think that's his callsign), he provided a template, and I converted it to Excel Net Spreadsheets of Selected D-Star, D-Rats, and Echolink Nets, available in the 4 main US time zones (Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific). These are available off of the hyperlink on my bio on QRZ (a second hyperlink there allows folks to email me). It is so much easier to sort and display the updates with the spreadsheets.

? As far as I can tell, that net list is CURRENT....but folks need to advise me of any changes, additions, corrections, or deletions...because I can't know if they don't tell me. Unfortunately, I understand that some hams have "leeched/pilfered" the info...basically taking it, and calling it "their own", without giving me proper credit for it. As long as I'm given credit for the file (plus credit to Gary, VA3GDZ, for the spreadsheet form), they are free to share that info. Otherwise, they are guilty of plagiarism and theft.

? There are at least 200 monthly nets...and some nights, there can be at least a half dozen nets meeting at the same time. In short, "there are too many nets, and too little time to checkin to them". It has gotten to be such a mad rush that I'm now on the air ONLY for nets that I run. Sometimes, I'll check into the Illinois D-Star Net on Wednesday, as it's a laid back, slow paced net. But, things in my life outside of ham radio, as well as net burnout, are starting to have an effect on how much time I spend with ham radio, let alone my other hobbies.

? I've also attached a screenshot of ratflectors that I knew of were working recently, taken from my D-Rats setup. Recently, due to potential burnout, I've reduced my D-Rats involvement to just the St. Tammany Ratflector that you run...although I can switch to another one if needed. I also use that ratflector for checkins for the Arklatex D-Star Net on Tuesday evening on REF 48 B at 7:30pm Central Time.

Daryl, WX4QZ

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