Thanks. I watched the first hour and am intrigued. Eric and Terry have talked to me about flrig and I think, digirig. I started playing before I tore up the inside of my house and where I stopped I had determined that I'll need something akin to a USB-CAT cable to the FT857D. There was also talk of buying a device that "acts like a sound card". I'm going to bookmark this video until I get my antenna projects more stable. I'm interested in digital for low power and as Eric alludes to, that I can make and record contact w/o talking to people.
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I have been testing Supercell-WX on Linux Mint.? It seems to work pretty well.
Take a look at his 73Linux videos and?let me know what you think.
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On Sat, Apr 19, 2025, 6:27?AM Steve Schwandt KE0MYO via <ke0myo= [email protected]> wrote: Indeed, an excellent video. While watching, YT showed another one of his videos that appealed to a Linux guy. I'll be testing his suggestion of Supercell-WX as a Linux tool for GRLEvel3. Actually, this program works on Linux and Windows, but I don't know enough about it yet to advise whether it is a worthy replacement for whatever you are using on Windows. If nothing else, switching to a supported, open source, and free application is often appealing to many people.
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Indeed, an excellent video. While watching, YT showed another one of his videos that appealed to a Linux guy. I'll be testing his suggestion of Supercell-WX as a Linux tool for GRLEvel3. Actually, this program works on Linux and Windows, but I don't know enough about it yet to advise whether it is a worthy replacement for whatever you are using on Windows. If nothing else, switching to a supported, open source, and free application is often appealing to many people.
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Spring Parks on the Air Weekend
Tomorrow and Sunday is the Support your Parks on the Air weekend around the world. The weather may not work out for us locally but if you get a chance to fire up the radio, I'm sure there will be lots of activators out there that will appreciate you hunting!!
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The Best Way to Practice Emergency Communications
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ARES Weekly Net Tonight at 20:00CDT and Rolling Net Schedule.
Mike will be net control.
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ARES Weekly Net tonight at 20:00 CDT on repeater frequencies:
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- 145.250 -0.6MHz offset and CTCSS 110.9
- 146.940 -0.6MHz offset and CTCSS 110.9
- 444.425 +5MHz offset and CTCSS 110.9
- EchoLink W0HCA-R
- AllStar Node 61749.
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The rolling schedule for net control follows and will be updated each week. Anyone wanting to be added to the schedule, please reply to this post and I'll get you into the rotation.
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- 17 Apr Mike
- 24 Apr Eric
- 1? May Craig
- 8? May Steve
- 15 May Mike
- 22 May Eric
- 29 May Craig
- 5?? Jun Steve
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Simplex 15 Apr 2025 20:00CDT PLEASE IGNORE PREVIOUS POST
Steve will be net control.
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Third Tuesday at 20:00 hours is the reserved time for the club to try simplex nets.
Last month See notes we discussed whether to keep the monthly simplex. A final decision either way was not reached because we were absorbed testing 2M SSB. Since no one was vehemently opposed to a monthly simplex, I'll monitor the following frequencies and we will go from there. I still want to get going on JJ's idea about the club hosting an HF net. ?
144.15? LSB? This is in the band plan without stepping on the National Calling Frequency.
145.250 FM -0.6Mhz offset and CTCSS 110.9, our local repeater, will be the backup frequency.
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Technician Class Registration
Are you ready to get started in Amateur Radio? The first step is to get your technician license! We¡¯re offering a free class starting April 26th and continuing every Saturday until May 17th. The classes will be from 9 am to 12 pm each week at Lybyer Enhanced Technology Center on the MSU-WP campus. At the end of the class on May 17th, you¡¯ll have the chance to take the test for your license. The best part? The class and the test are both free! Just click the link below to sign up. It¡¯ll ask you to ¡°checkout¡±, but the cost is zero, and that¡¯s how we¡¯ll be keeping track of registrations. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us, and share this anyone that would be interested in joining us!
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Galen Oellig Obituary and Service
I apologize for getting this posted so late but here is Galen Oellig¡¯s obituary and a Zoom link for his service, which is today at 2pm. ? Cathy Boys
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Zoom link for service - https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84819465560?pwd=LrMEB6I9naja6unQCb51fojNL8awwI.1&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR4QDU7q8A2b3VeleP9zobSMjeGzjD6JqzEZqCD-dAfxA3d2n97x2PuhWhNtEg_aem_fJvYpl7WEXz0tpYFD6EgGw
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Club Meeting Minutes 8 April 2025
Please let me know if I missed or misrepresented something.
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ARES Weekly Net Tonight at 20:00CDT and Rolling Net Schedule.
Steve will be net control.
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ARES Weekly Net tonight at 20:00 CDT on repeater frequencies:
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- 145.250 -0.6MHz offset and CTCSS 110.9
- 146.940 -0.6MHz offset and CTCSS 110.9
- 444.425 +5MHz offset and CTCSS 110.9
- EchoLink W0HCA-R
- AllStar Node 61749.
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The rolling schedule for net control follows and will be updated each week. Anyone wanting to be added to the schedule, please reply to this post and I'll get you into the rotation.
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- 10? Apr Steve
- 17 Apr Mike
- 24 Apr Eric
- 1? May Craig
- 8? May Steve
- 15 May Mike
- 22 May Eric
- 29 May Craig
- 5?? Jun Steve
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Re: Location Change for Monthly Meeting
In the lot by Lybyer.
On Tue, Apr 8, 2025, 5:54?PM Eric Presser - KD?CEN via <eric.presser= [email protected]> wrote:
South lot right in front of Lybyer. It says you need a pass but you don¡¯t. They won¡¯t be checking this evening.?
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Re: Location Change for Monthly Meeting
South lot right in front of Lybyer. It says you need a pass but you don¡¯t. They won¡¯t be checking this evening.?
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Re: Location Change for Monthly Meeting
On Mon, Apr 7, 2025, 2:23?PM Eric Presser - KD?CEN via <eric.presser= [email protected]> wrote:
LOCATION CHANGE!!! We will conduct our monthly meeting Tuesday evening at the Lybyer Enhanced Technology Center Room 214, 605 West Main St., West Plains on the Missouri State Campus. With the recent weather, the EOC has been in full operation and SEMA is currently using part of it. Mike¡¯s schedule also had a conflict, so this month we¡¯ll be at Lybyer. Spread the word. We¡¯ll have signs and someone to point you toward room 214 when you get there. It¡¯s been a busy month and we have lots to discuss, so I hope everyone can join us.
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Location Change for Monthly Meeting
LOCATION CHANGE!!! We will conduct our monthly meeting Tuesday evening at the Lybyer Enhanced Technology Center Room 214, 605 West Main St., West Plains on the Missouri State Campus. With the recent weather, the EOC has been in full operation and SEMA is currently using part of it. Mike¡¯s schedule also had a conflict, so this month we¡¯ll be at Lybyer. Spread the word. We¡¯ll have signs and someone to point you toward room 214 when you get there. It¡¯s been a busy month and we have lots to discuss, so I hope everyone can join us.
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Hope everyone is staying safe from the weather. It has certainly kept me hopping! I have some work to get done this morning, but hope to get some contacts for the Missouri QSO party at some point today and/or tomorrow! If hope you can as well. Here¡¯s a link with details if you can and are interested. Stay safe.?
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ARES Weekly Net Tonight at 20:00CDT and Rolling Net Schedule.
Craig will be net control.
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ARES Weekly Net tonight at 20:00 CDT on repeater frequencies:
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- 145.250 -0.6MHz offset and CTCSS 110.9
- 146.940 -0.6MHz offset and CTCSS 110.9
- 444.425 +5MHz offset and CTCSS 110.9
- EchoLink W0HCA-R
- AllStar Node 61749.
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The rolling schedule for net control follows and will be updated each week. Anyone wanting to be added to the schedule, please reply to this post and I'll get you into the rotation.
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- 3 ? Apr Craig
- 10? Apr Steve
- 17 Apr Mike
- 24 Apr Eric
- 1? May Craig
- 8? May Steve
- 15 May Mike
- 22 May Eric
- 29 May Craig
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Re: FCC Planning to ban Direct Conversion Receivers?
It's beyond time to ditch this old tech that is holding humanity back from the next great leap in evolution. This is what deregulation of the FCC has paved the way to. I've heard that foil will be banned next due to the unpredictable sporadic F-layer oscillations created when foil is wrapped around "rabbit ear" antennas. This creates more spurious interference to Starlink's low-earth constellations and quite literally "foils" the reach of the satellites' usable range. Furthermore, Reynolds Caps are proving an impediment to Starlink's plans of beaming Internet service directly into people's heads thus bypassing the need for expensive phased array antennas, modems or even computers. But just you watch, direct conversion receivers and aluminum foil are just the tip of the iceberg.
On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 9:54?AM Chris Miller via <Linuxgeek98= [email protected]> wrote: ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Rick Donaldson from Ham Radio for Preppers <preppercomm@...>Date: Tue, Apr 1, 2025, 9:36?AM Subject: FCC Planning to ban Direct Conversion Receivers? To: < linuxgeek98@...>  From the FCC News Line: ? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ? | | | | Forwarded this email? for more |
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From the FCC News Line: The Federal Communications Commission announced today that it will soon ban a wide range of communications equipment due to interference that this equipment is causing to Starlink communications satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The banned equipment includes a range of legacy analog-type circuitry that, according to the Commission, has "lost relevance" and constitutes "an archaic electromagnetic nuisance." Under the proposed Commission action, banned equipment will include all regenerative, super-regenerative, and direct conversion receivers. Thanks for reading Ham Radio for Preppers! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. The interference potential of regenerative receivers has been known since the 1920s. Direct Conversion receivers were thought to be less prone to Problematic Spurious Emission (PSE), but in recent months LEO satellites have experienced serious interference from terrestrial sources. The rest of this article can be found at , please see the link for more information. Happy April First :) Thanks for reading Ham Radio for Preppers! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. ? 2025 Rick Donaldson
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Re: FCC Planning to ban Direct Conversion Receivers?
Yeah but my new Tesla has a built in 10KW HF amplifier at no extra charge. Got to order today though.
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Rick Donaldson from Ham Radio for Preppers <preppercomm@...>Date: Tue, Apr 1, 2025, 9:36?AM Subject: FCC Planning to ban Direct Conversion Receivers? To: < linuxgeek98@...> From the FCC News Line: ? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ? | | | | Forwarded this email? for more |
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From the FCC News Line: The Federal Communications Commission announced today that it will soon ban a wide range of communications equipment due to interference that this equipment is causing to Starlink communications satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The banned equipment includes a range of legacy analog-type circuitry that, according to the Commission, has "lost relevance" and constitutes "an archaic electromagnetic nuisance." Under the proposed Commission action, banned equipment will include all regenerative, super-regenerative, and direct conversion receivers. Thanks for reading Ham Radio for Preppers! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. The interference potential of regenerative receivers has been known since the 1920s. Direct Conversion receivers were thought to be less prone to Problematic Spurious Emission (PSE), but in recent months LEO satellites have experienced serious interference from terrestrial sources. The rest of this article can be found at , please see the link for more information. Happy April First :) Thanks for reading Ham Radio for Preppers! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. ? 2025 Rick Donaldson
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JJ - KB?PHX