I recently purchased a very inexpensive MMDVM on eBay from a Chinese reseller. It arrived promptly and I attached it to a Raspberry Pi 3 with a fresh Pi-Star image. 20 minutes after I started I had a working hotspot. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There are many reasons that a VPN will be necessary. One example is where Josh uses a satellite internet connection that does not allow for reliable port forwarding from the internet to his AllStarLink node. Installation of OpenVPN should allow […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I previously published a rant in which I described some needs for a logging recorder for radio communications. When I’ve purchased logging recorders of this type for public safety (use use them to record all phone, radio and operator positions) […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We (Josh, Dirk and I collectively) just killed most of an afternoon tripping over ourselves on a parallel port configuration for a node. GRRRR! So I’m putting a few notes here in the hopes that we won’t make these mistakes again. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Many have noticed the announcements playing on the STARnet nodes for the last few weeks. They’ve been successful in pointing people to the N7JCT web site to obtain information about the nodes. Several people have, as a result, emailed me […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sometimes it’s necessary to update your server. The operating system gets frequent updates. The ACID app_rpt also gets updates from time to time. It’s good to do these once in a while because not only do they fix some bugs, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The old dog learned a few new tricks this morning. Well, maybe I just applied some things I already knew. The serial port of the RLC-3 repeater controller is connected to the Dell 860 server known as STARski (home of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Information regarding my amateur radio activities has been in high demand lately. Not only have people asked for details about HF operations and my experimentation with Linux and Arduino, the most frequent requests have been for information about the Schweitzer […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I recently had a chat with a Harris shop about programming the MASTR III radios. There are two important software packages that must be used by anyone doing anything serious with this radio. One is the basic progrmming utility. The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…