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…
Posts Tagged app_rpt
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.