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Mark Ehr | K0EHR
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#224
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Reminder- TechConnect Radio Club Meeting. Aug 3 at 10 AM
Hi Everyone.
The next 285 TechConnect Radio Club meeting will be held on Saturday, August 3, 10AM, at the Bridge Church at Bear Creek, North of Hwy 285 & Kipling. We have coffee & doughnuts at 9:30
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Anthony Montoya | K0MCW
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#223
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Re: Neat news article on amateur radio
Excellent article! I wonder how many of the 19,629 licensed hams in Colorado are actually active in the hobby. If I had to guess, probably 10%. We definitely need to focus on getting inactive hams
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Mark Ehr | K0EHR
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#222
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Neat news article on amateur radio
Colorado¡¯s ham radio operators are ready for an emergency ¡ª just don¡¯t call them amateurs
coloradosun.com
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Anthony Montoya | K0MCW
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#221
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Re: Can't hit Brandmeister TGs with new hotspot
Wow! On your motorcycle? That's cool and a little bit frightening. :-)
Ride safe and 73,
Mark
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Mark Ehr | K0EHR
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Mark Ehr | K0EHR
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#220
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Re: Can't hit Brandmeister TGs with new hotspot
Thanks for checking with me, Mark. It was pretty frustrating for a couple of days until SharkRF support told me how to fix it with one click on the programming website. Everything is working great
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Bill Karsell | K1BP
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#219
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Re: Can't hit Brandmeister TGs with new hotspot
Hey Bill,
I just noticed that you didn't get any responses to this. Are you still having issues? I was traveling a good chunk of June and got behind on checking groups
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Mark Ehr | K0EHR
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#217
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Your input is requested for August NA0TC Club Meeting
Hello. Reminder - There is no 285 TechConnect Radio Club Meeting for July.
For the August 3, 2024 meeting we are planning a Make and Take, hands on
project build and need your input. Please
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Anthony Montoya | K0MCW
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#215
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Can't hit Brandmeister TGs with new hotspot
New openSPOT4 Pro delivered today. Connected to my home network. SharkRF website says it¡¯s connected to 3103.adn.systems (Brandmeister server for central US). My HT connection to the hotspot is
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Bill Karsell | K1BP
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#214
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Re: DMR Etiquette
Sounds good!
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Mark Ehr | K0EHR
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#213
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Re: Field Day plans?
Mark Ehr | K0EHR wrote:
We've usually done an informal partnership with the Colorado QRP Club,
since they operate out at Jim's place, and we have some overlapping
memberships.
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Jed Baer | KD0YMG <KD0YMG@...>
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#212
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Field Day plans?
Hi all,
Field day is rapidly approaching (June 22-23). Anyone have any fun plans? Unfortunately I'll be in Seattle on a business / pleasure trip, visiting my daughter and going to a cloud security
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Mark Ehr | K0EHR
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#211
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Reminder- TechConnect Radio Club Meeting. June 1 at 10 AM
Hi Everyone. Happy Memorial Day
The next 285 TechConnect Radio Club meeting will be held on Saturday, June 1, 10AM, at the Bridge Church at Bear Creek, North of Hwy 285 & Kipling. We have coffee &
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Anthony Montoya | K0MCW
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#210
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Re: DMR Etiquette
Thanks, Mark. I¡¯ll probably call you for some guidance.
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Bill Karsell | K1BP
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#209
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Re: Local mobile installer?
Thanks for the tip on the Lido mounts, Jed! The seat bolt mount is an outstanding idea. I really don¡¯t want to booger up my dashboard.
I¡¯m thinking about the Yaesu FTM-500. The cables to the
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Bill Karsell | K1BP
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#208
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Re: Local mobile installer?
Bill Karsell | K1BP wrote:
It's probably worth giving a call to Ham Radio Outlet. They used to have a
board where people could post business cards.
What mobile rig do you plan on using?
The biggest
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Jed Baer | KD0YMG <KD0YMG@...>
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#207
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Re: DMR Etiquette
Hotspots are great. You don¡¯t have to worry about who is using it, what
talk group it¡¯s on, etc. I have 3 of them, all generic Pi-Star hotspots
running ok Raspberry Pi hardware with MMDVM
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Mark Ehr | K0EHR
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#206
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Re: DMR Etiquette
Thanks again, Mark. I¡¯ve experienced getting trapped in a talk group. Thinking hard about a hotspot. -Bill
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Bill Karsell | K1BP
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#205
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Re: Local mobile installer?
Thanks so much for your reply, Mark!
I¡¯m pretty sure I won¡¯t install the radio myself. I¡¯m buying a brand new Subaru Outback and I don¡¯t want to take a chance on messing something up. The
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Bill Karsell | K1BP
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#204
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Re: Local mobile installer?
Hi Bill,
I don't know of anyone that installs mobile ham radios per se, but I have to think that the install isn't much different than a typical car audio system. I wonder if the folks over at Car
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Mark Ehr | K0EHR
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#203
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