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Hi David!

04 Feb 2017 19:08, from David Westphalen -> All:

Either everyone is on the air or everyone fell off the earth.

I am listening/reading ;)

de N4DLT

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CU, Ricsi

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Think we are all alive! :)

Anyone out there experimenting with DMR?

de Ted/KE6YJC

David Westphalen wrote to All <=-

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Ted G. Freitas wrote to David Westphalen <=-

Anyone out there experimenting with DMR?

Only when I'm travelling somewhere that has infrastructure. None out here. A couple of locals do have DMR, but we haven't been able to coordinate simplex operation.


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Where are you located by chance? You can setup a MMDVM repeater with two MOTO CDM1250's and your good to go!

Tony Langdon wrote to Ted G. Freitas <=-

Ted G. Freitas wrote to David Westphalen <=-

Anyone out there experimenting with DMR?

Only when I'm travelling somewhere that has infrastructure. None out here. A couple of locals do have DMR, but we haven't been able to coordinate simplex operation.

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Ted G. Freitas wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

Where are you located by chance? You can setup a MMDVM repeater with
two MOTO CDM1250's and your good to go!

Bendigo, central Victoria in SE Australia. Nearest known working DMR repeater is around 150km away on the far side of Melbourne (I have used it), a couple are closer, but I haven't been able to confirm them as working. None are on my side of the Great Dividing Range that cuts us off from Melbourne on VHF/UHF.

And your solution sounds rather expensive, anything with the big "M" on it isn't cheap, and the MMDVM is a nother couple hundred on top, though I am interested in that type of setup. Other things still have priority though.


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Think we are all alive! :)

Anyone out there experimenting with DMR?

I have a DMR radio, and a DV4Mini hotspot. I try to log into the tg3148 DMR net Tuesdays as often as I can. There's only three of us with DMR in this area
and no DMR repeater within a few hundred miles, so it's either simplex or DV4Mini.


I'm usually on D-STAR XRF005B, btw.





.....Bob, VE5XEF


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Bob Seaborn wrote to Ted G. Freitas <=-

I have a DMR radio, and a DV4Mini hotspot. I try to log into the
tg3148 DMR net Tuesdays as often as I can. There's only three of us
with DMR in this area and no DMR repeater within a few hundred miles,
so it's either simplex or DV4Mini.

I haven't got round to any of the hotspot technologies yet.

I'm usually on D-STAR XRF005B, btw.

That, I can do by various means. :)


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Bob Seaborn wrote to Ted G. Freitas <=-

I have a DMR radio, and a DV4Mini hotspot. I try to log into the
tg3148 DMR net Tuesdays as often as I can. There's only three of us
with DMR in this area and no DMR repeater within a few hundred miles,
so it's either simplex or DV4Mini.

I haven't got round to any of the hotspot technologies yet.

I have both a DV4Mini, and a DVMega, the first I use for DMR and C4FM, the latter for D-STAR.

I'm usually on D-STAR XRF005B, btw.

That, I can do by various means. :)

I have heard, and briefly chatted with, a ham from Bendigo on D-STAR, unfortunately I've forgotten his name and call. Sorry about that.





.....Bob


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Tony Langdon wrote to Bob Seaborn <=-

Bob Seaborn wrote to Ted G. Freitas <=-

I have a DMR radio, and a DV4Mini hotspot. I try to log into the
tg3148 DMR net Tuesdays as often as I can. There's only three of us
with DMR in this area and no DMR repeater within a few hundred miles,
so it's either simplex or DV4Mini.

I haven't got round to any of the hotspot technologies yet.

The DV4Mini's are okay, but the real fun power comes with the DVMega. The DV4Mini's seem to bee too cranky for me. I wrote a few python scripts for the DVMega's that allows you to connect a USB GPS unit to the Raspberry PI and then beacon your location out APRS network. This is something you can't do with the DV4Mini that I know of.

I'm usually on D-STAR XRF005B, btw.

That, I can do by various means. :)

In general it's been really interesting to see how much the digial mode has sparked interest in hams to start experimenting again which is a nice change. Then again there are some that don't want to embrase it either and just want to do their thing. To each their own I say. :)

My two cents...
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Bob Seaborn wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

I have both a DV4Mini, and a DVMega, the first I use for DMR and C4FM,
the latter for D-STAR.

That's starting to get a bit expensive. :)

I have heard, and briefly chatted with, a ham from Bendigo on D-STAR, unfortunately I've forgotten his name and call. Sorry about that.

Wouldn't have been me, I haven't been on D-STAR for ages. However, there are a couple of others who are D-STAR capable around town, one runs a homebrew simplex gateway, which is one of my options for accessing D-STAR here.


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Ted G. Freitas wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

I haven't got round to any of the hotspot technologies yet.

The DV4Mini's are okay, but the real fun power comes with the DVMega.
The DV4Mini's seem to bee too cranky for me. I wrote a few python
scripts for the DVMega's that allows you to connect a USB GPS unit to
the Raspberry PI and then beacon your location out APRS network. This
is something you can't do with the DV4Mini that I know of.

Yeah, I've heard mixed reports about the DV4Mini. DVMega does sound interesting, though the MMDVM gives the most options, like running a full blown multimode gateway.

I'm usually on D-STAR XRF005B, btw.

That, I can do by various means. :)

In general it's been really interesting to see how much the digial mode has sparked interest in hams to start experimenting again which is a
nice change. Then again there are some that don't want to embrase it either and just want to do their thing. To each their own I say. :)

I like the digital evolution, only thing I find disappoint or frustrating is how it's been fragmented into many networks, both by protocol or history. I just care about connectivity, while respecting the various boundaries. That was the idea behind EchoIRLP many years ago, which I had a major input into the development of (much of the scripting, as well as the basic design, and liaison with the developer of thebridge).. The MMDVM and other access technologies manage this to a fair extent, except that some of the specific criteria (e.g. Motorola repeaters on DMR-MARC) simply can't be met with homebrew equipment.


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Bob Seaborn wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

I have both a DV4Mini, and a DVMega, the first I use for DMR and C4FM,
the latter for D-STAR.

That's starting to get a bit expensive. :)

I have heard, and briefly chatted with, a ham from Bendigo on D-STAR,
unfortunately I've forgotten his name and call. Sorry about that.

Wouldn't have been me, I haven't been on D-STAR for ages. However,
there are a
couple of others who are D-STAR capable around town, one runs a homebrewsimplex gateway, which is one of my options for accessing D-STAR here.

That sounds familiar. May I suggest that you fire up your D-STAR radio some day and give me a call. We're only about 19 hours behind you (GMT-6). :)






.....Bob


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Tony Langdon wrote to Ted G. Freitas <=-

Ted G. Freitas wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

I haven't got round to any of the hotspot technologies yet.

The DV4Mini's are okay, but the real fun power comes with the DVMega.
The DV4Mini's seem to bee too cranky for me. I wrote a few python
scripts for the DVMega's that allows you to connect a USB GPS unit to
the Raspberry PI and then beacon your location out APRS network. This
is something you can't do with the DV4Mini that I know of.

Yeah, I've heard mixed reports about the DV4Mini. DVMega does sound interesting, though the MMDVM gives the most options, like running a
full blown multimode gateway.

I'm usually on D-STAR XRF005B, btw.

That, I can do by various means. :)

In general it's been really interesting to see how much the digital mode has sparked interest in hams to start experimenting again which is a
nice change. Then again there are some that don't want to embrace it either and just want to do their thing. To each their own I say. :)

I like the digital evolution, only thing I find disappoint or
frustrating is how it's been fragmented into many networks, both by protocol or history. I just care about connectivity, while respecting
the various boundaries. That was the idea behind EchoIRLP many years
ago, which I had a major input into the development of (much of the scripting, as well as the basic design, and liaison with the developer
of thebridge).. The MMDVM and other access technologies manage this to
a fair extent, except that some of the specific criteria (e.g. Motorola repeaters on DMR-MARC) simply can't be met with homebrew equipment.

Well if people were not tying to make their own little kingdoms I don't
think we could call it ham radio! LOL I do agree that the whole
bickering about which network to be a part of is crazy. People just need
to learn how to get along and how to work together rather than try to
segregate the network. It's easier to just ignore them and let them do
their thing. We are seeing allot of them start to migrate away from
DMR-MARC and come over to the Brandmeister.network system. It really
just becomes an issue when there is not inter-connect between the two
systems.

I'm usually hanging out on Mountain West 31062 if you find yourself on
the DMR network.

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Bob Seaborn wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

That sounds familiar. May I suggest that you fire up your D-STAR radio some day and give me a call. We're only about 19 hours behind you (GMT-6). :)

We could organise a sked sometime. :)


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Ted G. Freitas wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

Well if people were not tying to make their own little kingdoms I don't think we could call it ham radio! LOL I do agree that the whole
bickering about which network to be a part of is crazy. People just
need to learn how to get along and how to work together rather than try to segregate the network. It's easier to just ignore them and let them

I agree totally.

do their thing. We are seeing allot of them start to migrate away from DMR-MARC and come over to the Brandmeister.network system. It really
just becomes an issue when there is not inter-connect between the two systems.

And therein lies the issue, lack of interconnectivity.

I'm usually hanging out on Mountain West 31062 if you find yourself on the DMR network.

_which_ DMR network? LOL


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Tony Langdon wrote to Ted G. Freitas <=-

Ted G. Freitas wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

Well if people were not tying to make their own little kingdoms I don't think we could call it ham radio! LOL I do agree that the whole
bickering about which network to be a part of is crazy. People just
need to learn how to get along and how to work together rather than try to segregate the network. It's easier to just ignore them and let them

I agree totally.

do their thing. We are seeing allot of them start to migrate away from DMR-MARC and come over to the Brandmeister.network system. It really
just becomes an issue when there is not inter-connect between the two systems.

And therein lies the issue, lack of interconnectivity.

I'm usually hanging out on Mountain West 31062 if you find yourself on the DMR network.

_which_ DMR network? LOL

The "open" one of course... You might now get that reference...

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Bob Seaborn wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

That sounds familiar. May I suggest that you fire up your D-STAR radio
some day and give me a call. We're only about 19 hours behind you
(GMT-6). :)

We could organise a sked sometime. :)

Sounds good!





.....Bob


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Ted G. Freitas wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

_which_ DMR network? LOL

The "open" one of course... You might now get that reference...

Hehe OK, I'll assume you mean Brandmeister. There's also DMR+ out there. :)


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Bob Seaborn wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

We could organise a sked sometime. :)

Sounds good!

Question being when, Mondays (my time) are usually best, which is Sunday evening in the US.


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Bob Seaborn wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

We could organise a sked sometime. :)

Sounds good!

Question being when, Mondays (my time) are usually best, which is Sundayevening in the US.

Close, but I'm in Canada. :-)



About the only thing I do Sunday evenings, is join the Ohio D-STAR Net held on XRF038A at 18:00 CST (0:00 UCT). btw, XRF038A is connected to XRF005B (where I
hang out) via XRF905B, So how about there at about a half hour earlier?


btw, I just heard VK3EME, Mark, check in from Bendigo on XRF005B about 15 minutes ago (23:30 UCT), know him?





.....Bob, VE5XEF


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Bob Seaborn wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

About the only thing I do Sunday evenings, is join the Ohio D-STAR Net held on XRF038A at 18:00 CST (0:00 UCT). btw, XRF038A is connected to XRF005B (where I hang out) via XRF905B, So how about there at about a
half hour earlier?

Hmm, will be a case of play it by ear, but it's a real possibility.

btw, I just heard VK3EME, Mark, check in from Bendigo on XRF005B about
15 minutes ago (23:30 UCT), know him?

Yes, I do, occasionally chat to him on one of the local FM repeaters.


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Bob Seaborn wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

About the only thing I do Sunday evenings, is join the Ohio D-STAR Net
held on XRF038A at 18:00 CST (0:00 UCT). btw, XRF038A is connected to
XRF005B (where I hang out) via XRF905B, So how about there at about a
half hour earlier?

Hmm, will be a case of play it by ear, but it's a real possibility.

Since I pretty much stay on XRF005B on Sundays, just call anytime other than when the net is active, although John, KD8AGO, the net controller would definitely appreciate another check-in from downunder. :)

btw, I just heard VK3EME, Mark, check in from Bendigo on XRF005B about
15 minutes ago (23:30 UCT), know him?

Yes, I do, occasionally chat to him on one of the local FM repeaters.

Next time you're talking to Mark, tell him "Hi" from Saskatoon.





.....Bob


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Bob Seaborn wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

Since I pretty much stay on XRF005B on Sundays, just call anytime other than when the net is active, although John, KD8AGO, the net controller would definitely appreciate another check-in from downunder. :)

Sure, sounds like a plan. :)

btw, I just heard VK3EME, Mark, check in from Bendigo on XRF005B about
15 minutes ago (23:30 UCT), know him?

Yes, I do, occasionally chat to him on one of the local FM repeaters.

Next time you're talking to Mark, tell him "Hi" from Saskatoon.

OK, will do. Hoping to chat to him on ATV sometime, when I get my system up 100%. :)


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Bob Seaborn wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

Since I pretty much stay on XRF005B on Sundays, just call anytime other
than when the net is active, although John, KD8AGO, the net controller
would definitely appreciate another check-in from downunder. :)

Sure, sounds like a plan. :)

K

btw, I just heard VK3EME, Mark, check in from Bendigo on XRF005B about
15 minutes ago (23:30 UCT), know him?

Yes, I do, occasionally chat to him on one of the local FM repeaters.

Next time you're talking to Mark, tell him "Hi" from Saskatoon.

OK, will do. Hoping to chat to him on ATV sometime, when I get my
system up
100%. :)

Thank you.





.....Bob


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Tony Langdon wrote to Bob Seaborn <=-

Bob Seaborn wrote to Ted G. Freitas <=-

I'm usually on D-STAR XRF005B, btw.

That, I can do by various means. :)

D-Star is not something I've gotten into yet...
Seems a bit expensive when I still don't have
my 'regular' stuff up to speed yet. :-)



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Ted G. Freitas wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

In general it's been really interesting to see how much the digial mode has sparked interest in hams to start experimenting again which is a
nice change. Then again there are some that don't want to embrase it either and just want to do their thing. To each their own I say. :)

There have been some locals that have started experimenting with digital.
I just got my ticket in July of 2016, so I'm still working with the old
stuff - LOL.

I do have interest in digital, though, since I work in IT and am interested
in emergency communication and such.


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Ted G. Freitas wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

People just
need to learn how to get along and how to work together rather than try to segregate the network.

Isn't that true of LIFE in general though? :-)


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JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-

D-Star is not something I've gotten into yet...
Seems a bit expensive when I still don't have
my 'regular' stuff up to speed yet. :-)

There are some good homebrew options, but you will need to spend on an AMBE vocoder, which route you choose (buying a D-STAR radio means the vocoder is built in).


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Tony Langdon wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-

D-Star is not something I've gotten into yet...
Seems a bit expensive when I still don't have
my 'regular' stuff up to speed yet. :-)

There are some good homebrew options, but you will need to spend on an AMBE vocoder, which route you choose (buying a D-STAR radio means the vocoder is built in).

Is that expensive?

And I have access to obsolete computer equipment. I wish there was
something I could put together from an old PC - use it to build
a radio, or use it to connect an HT or something. :-)


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JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-

There are some good homebrew options, but you will need to spend on an AMBE vocoder, which route you choose (buying a D-STAR radio means the vocoder is built in).

Is that expensive?

There's a few devices that have the vocoder in a useable form - the DV Dongle, the DV-RPTR board (AMBE was an option in earlier model, think built in later on), there's also another one or two devices that I can't recall the name of. Cost is typically between $100 and $200, depending which device you buy.

And I have access to obsolete computer equipment. I wish there was something I could put together from an old PC - use it to build
a radio, or use it to connect an HT or something. :-)

I prefer to use the Raspberry Pi these days. Old computers are too expensive to run. :)


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Tony Langdon wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-

There are some good homebrew options, but you will need to spend on an AMBE vocoder, which route you choose (buying a D-STAR radio means the vocoder is built in).

Is that expensive?

There's a few devices that have the vocoder in a useable form - the DV Dongle, the DV-RPTR board (AMBE was an option in earlier model, think built in later on), there's also another one or two devices that I
can't recall the name of. Cost is typically between $100 and $200, depending which device you buy.

Right now I'm more concerned about getting something inside for inclement weather - that sounds like a rag chew project for down the road. :-)

And I have access to obsolete computer equipment. I wish there was something I could put together from an old PC - use it to build
a radio, or use it to connect an HT or something. :-)

I prefer to use the Raspberry Pi these days. Old computers are too expensive to run. :)

I agree they cost more to run, but they cost NOTHING for me to aquire. :-)
I actually have several sitting not being used... I was loading Cloud Ready
on them to make 'chrome boxes' at work, but I ran out of places to use them
for people that wanted them. :-)


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JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-

Right now I'm more concerned about getting something inside for
inclement weather - that sounds like a rag chew project for down the
road. :-)

Could be. :)

I agree they cost more to run, but they cost NOTHING for me to aquire.
:-) I actually have several sitting not being used... I was loading
Cloud Ready on them to make 'chrome boxes' at work, but I ran out of places to use them for people that wanted them. :-)

Yeah, would be overall more costly for me within a few months than shelling out for a Pi. :(


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Tony Langdon wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-

Right now I'm more concerned about getting something inside for
inclement weather - that sounds like a rag chew project for down the
road. :-)

Could be. :)

I agree they cost more to run, but they cost NOTHING for me to aquire.
:-) I actually have several sitting not being used... I was loading
Cloud Ready on them to make 'chrome boxes' at work, but I ran out of places to use them for people that wanted them. :-)

Yeah, would be overall more costly for me within a few months than shelling out for a Pi. :(

I understand. :-) So much is being done with Pi nowadays - I almost bought
one to build a retro gaming machine for my son for Christmas - a friend
of his wife's got them one. :-)

One of these days I may delve into one. I saw lots of stuff for them at
the Huntsville Hamfest, but I didn't have anything more than an HT at
the time, so I didn't know what I was looking at or have any ideas for
future projects. :-)


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JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-

Yeah, would be overall more costly for me within a few months than shelling out for a Pi. :(

I understand. :-) So much is being done with Pi nowadays - I almost
bought one to build a retro gaming machine for my son for Christmas - a friend of his wife's got them one. :-)

Yeah, 20 years ago, recycled PCs were the way to go, when older PCs used less and were still adequate for many tasks, but today, technology has got smaller and more efficient, and cheaper too.

One of these days I may delve into one. I saw lots of stuff for them at the Huntsville Hamfest, but I didn't have anything more than an HT at
the time, so I didn't know what I was looking at or have any ideas for future projects. :-)

The Pi lends itself to all sorts of things, running BBSs included. :)

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Haha true! :D


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Tony Langdon wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-

One of these days I may delve into one. I saw lots of stuff for them at the Huntsville Hamfest, but I didn't have anything more than an HT at
the time, so I didn't know what I was looking at or have any ideas for future projects. :-)

The Pi lends itself to all sorts of things, running BBSs included. :)

Yeah, I've heard others say that too! Very cool use for one!

Me? I'm not even a sysop. :-) Just an old time user that has
come BACK to the hobby. :-)

... To get back on your feet, just miss two car payments.

Haha true! :D

Yeah - that's a more recent one I've picked up... Let me see
if I can locat an original one for you...

... Bar code - electronic device to help locate bars.

That's cute. :-)




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JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-

The Pi lends itself to all sorts of things, running BBSs included. :)

Yeah, I've heard others say that too! Very cool use for one!

Yeah, the Pi makes a great BBS machine. :)

Me? I'm not even a sysop. :-) Just an old time user that has
come BACK to the hobby. :-)

Welcome back. :)

... To get back on your feet, just miss two car payments.

Haha true! :D

Yeah - that's a more recent one I've picked up... Let me see
if I can locat an original one for you...

... Bar code - electronic device to help locate bars.

That's cute. :-)

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That dates back to the old days. :)


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Tony Langdon wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-

Me? I'm not even a sysop. :-) Just an old time user that has
come BACK to the hobby. :-)

Welcome back. :)

Thanks. :-) Was VERY active in the 90's, back before the Internet
when BBS's were 'the thing.' Checked back in a few years ago to
play Global War. Got out again and then several months ago
started connecting.

Then I found this BBS in Memphis that's about 80 or 90 miles
from me, so it's my 'home' BBS now and I don't dial into the
others.

Whoops - deleted the tagling... That's one I actually made up
myself back in the day. Hopefully you saw it at some point
back then. :-)

I also made up Elvis has left the echo and "More Sugar!"

That dates back to the old days. :)

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JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-

Thanks. :-) Was VERY active in the 90's, back before the Internet
when BBS's were 'the thing.' Checked back in a few years ago to
play Global War. Got out again and then several months ago
started connecting.

I was very active on BBSs in the 90s too, only took me a year to get the bug to be a sysop, and I started my own board. Was involved until the late 90s, when the BBS closed, though my own point system lasted until 2001, as it was an Internet gateway, and got more of its content via email and Usenet as time went by.

Then I found this BBS in Memphis that's about 80 or 90 miles
from me, so it's my 'home' BBS now and I don't dial into the
others.

Cool. :)

Whoops - deleted the tagling... That's one I actually made up
myself back in the day. Hopefully you saw it at some point
back then. :-)

Oops, and it's quite possible. :)

I also made up Elvis has left the echo and "More Sugar!"

I have seen the Elvis one. :)


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Tony Langdon wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

I was very active on BBSs in the 90s too, only took me a year to get
the bug to be a sysop, and I started my own board. Was involved until
the late 90s, when the BBS closed, though my own point system lasted
until 2001, as it was an Internet gateway, and got more of its content
via email and Usenet as time went by.

Cool. :-) I never got the bug to be a sysop - I was still fairly
new to computers. Yes, I had owned a CoCo 2 earlier and knew
BASIC, but not networking, etc.

I did get VERY active immediately in INTELEC echo when The Fridge
was a new BBS in town and became a moderator not too far down
the road. I met the sysops in person and 'helped' a little on
things, but never got the bug. :-)





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JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-

Cool. :-) I never got the bug to be a sysop - I was still fairly
new to computers. Yes, I had owned a CoCo 2 earlier and knew
BASIC, but not networking, etc.

I had been using computers for years, mostly at university, but had also built my first XT clone not long before. It was BBSing and networking that got my interest back in computers after it had waned. I long had an interest in communication (long story!), initially, the easier side - technology, but broadening as I get older into how people actually communicate.

I did get VERY active immediately in INTELEC echo when The Fridge
was a new BBS in town and became a moderator not too far down
the road. I met the sysops in person and 'helped' a little on
things, but never got the bug. :-)

Cool. :)
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Hi Ted!

10 Apr 2017 06:52, from Ted G. Freitas -> David Westphalen:

Anyone out there experimenting with DMR?

Me (OE1RIC)

CU, Ricsi

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Hi Bob!

11 Apr 2017 09:07, from Bob Seaborn -> Tony Langdon:

I have both a DV4Mini, and a DVMega, the first I use for DMR and C4FM,
the latter for D-STAR.

I know little about the DV4Mini, and nothing about the DVMega.
Can you maybe give a brief overview?

CU, Ricsi

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Hi Ted!

10 Apr 2017 06:52, from Ted G. Freitas -> David Westphalen:

Anyone out there experimenting with DMR?

I don't know about "experimenting", but I do have a DMR portable that I use with my DV4Mini primarily on the Brandmeister network.

Me (OE1RIC)

VE5XEF


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Hi Bob!

11 Apr 2017 09:07, from Bob Seaborn -> Tony Langdon:

I have both a DV4Mini, and a DVMega, the first I use for DMR and C4FM,
the latter for D-STAR.

I know little about the DV4Mini, and nothing about the DVMega.
Can you maybe give a brief overview?

I'll try. Basically, it's a small board that plugs onto a Raspberry Pi (mine is a model B-2), that converts the Pi into a hotspot for D-STAR when the proper software is installed and operational. It's available in a UHF only version and a VHF/UHF version. Personally, I use DSTAR Commander, which has proven to be highly stable. Feel free to google for "dvmega" and "dstar commander".





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I did get VERY active immediately in INTELEC echo when The Fridge
was a new BBS in town and became a moderator not too far down
the road. I met the sysops in person and 'helped' a little on
things, but never got the bug. :-)

I used to have a node on that network. :) It was not a bad network.

Mike

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Mike Powell wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

I did get VERY active immediately in INTELEC echo when The Fridge
was a new BBS in town and became a moderator not too far down
the road. I met the sysops in person and 'helped' a little on
things, but never got the bug. :-)

I used to have a node on that network. :) It was not a bad network.

We didn't have FIDO at the time - once I heard about it I looked
and there was a BBS that carried it, but was a long distance
call, so I didn't get into it.

LOVED Intelec though! Very thoughtful people, for the most part.
Oh - and very ACTIVE!

Cliff something was the main guy - a lady in Canada named
Cindy something was a regular person I chatted with. Can't
remember any of the other names...



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LOVED Intelec though! Very thoughtful people, for the most part.
Oh - and very ACTIVE!

Part of the reason I liked it was that there was not another Intelec node in
my area, and most of the boards I was on networks with did not carry it, either. It gave my users and me a different group of people to talk to. :)

Mike

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Mike Powell wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

LOVED Intelec though! Very thoughtful people, for the most part.
Oh - and very ACTIVE!

Part of the reason I liked it was that there was not another Intelec
node in my area, and most of the boards I was on networks with did not carry it, either. It gave my users and me a different group of people
to talk to. :)

Yep! Virtual Dimension was 'the' BBS in town and the masters! No, they
didn't have Fido - but they did have local threads and they had a
satillite DOWNLOAD ONLY of SOME usenet stuff - but you know that's
not really for communication. :-)

Then The Fridge started and they brought in Intelec and they helped
start a regional list called VOL_NET (Tennessee being the Volunteer
state). There were BBS's in other towns that would have been LD
for me in Tennessee but also in northern Alabama and Mississippi
and I was suddenly communicating with them too! A whole new
world opened up to me and my wife and I took our kids to
Lexington (only about an hour away, but you know back then
the roads weren't all four lane like today - you didn't have
a GPS - etc.) and met a very nice couple from a BBS there.

We met at McDonald's where the kids could play and so the
wife could loan me Insomnia - the Stephen King book. Turns
out he was the sysop there, but of course back then you held
your cards a little close to the vest - kinda like now when
you sell or buy something on FB and you meet the person in
a public place. :-)



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We met at McDonald's where the kids could play and so the
wife could loan me Insomnia - the Stephen King book. Turns
out he was the sysop there, but of course back then you held
your cards a little close to the vest - kinda like now when
you sell or buy something on FB and you meet the person in
a public place. :-)

Yeah, I know what you mean. :)

Mike

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Hi Jimmy!

14 Apr 2017 22:38, from JIMMY ANDERSON -> TONY LANGDON:

And I have access to obsolete computer equipment. I wish there was something I could put together from an old PC - use it to build
a radio, or use it to connect an HT or something. :-)

But you can!
It is called Software Defined Radio (SDR).
And the transmit power is very low, so you need an additional PA for it.

Take a look the USRP B200 or the LimeSDR.

CU, Ricsi

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Hi Bob!

19 Apr 2017 08:58, from Bob Seaborn -> Richard Menedetter:

I know little about the DV4Mini, and nothing about the DVMega.
Can you maybe give a brief overview?

I'll try. Basically, it's a small board that plugs onto a
Raspberry Pi (mine is a model B-2), that converts the Pi into a
hotspot for D-STAR when the proper software is installed and
operational. It's available in a UHF only version and a VHF/UHF
version. Personally, I use DSTAR Commander, which has proven to be
highly stable. Feel free to google for "dvmega" and "dstar
commander".

Thanx!
Will do so.

CU, Ricsi

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Richard Menedetter wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

Hi Jimmy!

14 Apr 2017 22:38, from JIMMY ANDERSON -> TONY LANGDON:

And I have access to obsolete computer equipment. I wish there was something I could put together from an old PC - use it to build
a radio, or use it to connect an HT or something. :-)

But you can!
It is called Software Defined Radio (SDR).
And the transmit power is very low, so you need an additional PA for
it.

Take a look the USRP B200 or the LimeSDR.

Ouch! Googled the former - $745

Latter is $289

Might be cool to have/use but not for the budget conscious. :-)



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Hi Jimmy!

26 Apr 2017 10:48, from JIMMY ANDERSON -> RICHARD MENEDETTER:

Ouch! Googled the former - $745
Latter is $289
Might be cool to have/use but not for the budget conscious. :-)

Definitely true ;))

CU, Ricsi

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Richard Menedetter wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

Ouch! Googled the former - $745
Latter is $289
Might be cool to have/use but not for the budget conscious. :-)

Definitely true ;))

Which means I won't be doing it anytime soon... :-)



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