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…
Archive for 2014
I have several Zetron DTMF microphones. These are great little mics, used the heck out of them in the 1990’s. But today I can’t find any information on them. I really need a pinout for them so I can figure […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve setup a couple of Vertex VXR-7000 radios for use on AllStar app_rpt. What follows are my detailed notes of that configuration in the hope it will help anyone else. These are excellent radios but the connection to them is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
While working on interfacing the UHF VXR-7000 radio to the URI, I realized that I needed to reprogram the transmitter. It had previously been programmed to transmit a CTCSS of 100.0 Hz. That’s fine but I want app_rpt to handle […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve removed all of the amateur radio equipment from Schweitzer Mountain for maintenance. My hope is that I’ll only have it offline for a week. Unfortunately the 145.230 transmitter has died. I measured no power out although I could hear […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Listening to the UK hub this morning (Node 27066), a couple of OM’s were in QSO about clubs. They had some good thoughts about what was wrong with their local clubs and made comparison to some of our US clubs. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It seems that the 5.230 repeater has some sort of output power problem or maybe a bad antenna. The 444.075 repeater still functions normally. I plan a trip to the site for this week for work. At that time I’ll […] ↓ 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…
Notice: This post will contain a bit of a rant. It’s gotta be done. But it’s relevant, so please endure it and you’ll see the point. It will explain a future post where I put together something technical (hint: recorder). […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…