Not a lot accomplished this weekend. I guess I needed the time to rest up with so much going on at work, parenting, changes in the weather and any number of other things. I did try working on the Oldtown […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Helped Darin with his node 27074 today. While we were talking I could hear a burst of squelch on the end of most every one of his transmissions. He would run the squelch adjustment and the first time afterward it […] ↓ 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…
I’m thinking this might be worthy of exploration this winter when it’s cold outside and I need to be inside by a warm fire. http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/drm/index.php?title=Main_Page http://www.drm.org/
I’ve updated the N7JCT web site. Please check it for updates. Among the information that has recently been added: A list of local nodes with quick links to statistics and status of each. A list of control commands.
The following steps are taken if you want to run the simpleusb radio driver rather than usbradio. Why would you want to do this? The simpleusb driver is less CPU intensive and requires less resources. So if you have an […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Create the utility “aux” by undertaking the following steps: cd /usr/local/sbin wget http://www.qsl.net/k0kn/aux Make the file executable: chmod +x /usr/local/sbin/aux Create the utility “txfan” by undertaking the following steps: cd /usr/local/sbin wget http://www.qsl.net/k0kn/txfan vi /usr/local/sbin/txfan (or use your favorite […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been playing with the Asterisk telecommunication software. For those who don’t know, it is used to do cool things with telephones and radios and all sorts of other stuff. There will be some things here for those who enjoy getting that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Notes regarding Asterisk and app_rpt I started by thinking I would use Ubuntu, because I am so familiar with it, and load packages from apt-get. There were indications online that the Ubuntu packages would not result in a working phone […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…