Statewide APRS Net December 12th at 1 PM -- Looking for a few good volunteers to help out!

Quick reminder that the statewide APRS net is coming up this Saturday, December 12th at 1 PM.  Net control will be KD5NJR.

We will be conducting the net from the TDRC presentation on APRS and UZ7HO soundcard modem at the Broken Arrow Central Library at 300 W. Broadway in Broken Arrow.  If you have never used APRS, this is an excellent opportunity to see someone in person running a portable APRS station and soundcard modem combination.  Scott will be more than happy to answer any questions you may have.

To assist the net in having maximum coverage, we are asking for "associate net control" stations in the following locations:

OKC Metro, within 30 miles of W5LHG IGATE.

Guymon, within 50 miles of KB5IIM-15 IGATE.

Enid, within 30 miles of  K0WHN IGATE.

Bartlesville, within 30 miles of KE9XB IGATE.

McAlester, within 30 miles of W5CUQ-10 IGATE (believe it is still an IGATE).

Buffalo, within 50 miles of WL7II IGATE.

Altus, within 50 miles of N5VX-10 IGATE.

You main job will be sending out an APRS bulletin announcing the net and directing check-ins to the KD5NJR net control station.  Not every location is served by bi-directional I-gates, so this will be a way to serve the outlying areas and insure the net control message is making it to those areas.  If you are interested in being an associate net control for one of these locations, please email me at ae5me at yahoo dot com and I will provide you more details.

--Jeff AE5ME

Oklahoma ARRL VOIP Net

Good net night.  Lots of participants both on the D-star side as well as Echolink.  Many thanks to Larry W5LHG for being net control.

Net will continue every Monday night at 9:15 PM.  There are some corrections in the original posting in the blog, so be sure to reference it for the updated information.

scratch

Do you have school aged kids or grandkids ?

Scratch.mit.edu

You might take a look at the scratch programming language .
Very easy and visual .
Something you and the kids can do together .

Ive got some sample code.
Will post links to my sample code...

suggestions for post topics

Any web gurus , recreational computer programmers, R/c fans, drone pilots , model rocketeers, etc. In our ranks ?

How do you mix ham radio into your hobby ?

Suggestions for topics for future posts ?

Have a post ?

Writers wanted .

Let us know .

73
Scott
Kd5njr

mobra net tonight

Just a reminder , N0KFQ's weekly "PCL" net is tonight on the MOBRA node.

Connect to the PCL Packet Net in Branson, Missouri...

   For HF Radio Users:

      Using standard 300 baud packet 14.105 LSB.

      Connect to MOBRA or KB0WSA-6.

      When connected, enter "PCL"

   For VHF Radio Users:

      Using 145.01, connect to PACNET.

      Using 145.09, connect to PACNET.

   For AXIP Network Users:

      At any AXIP or BPQ32 Packet node, look for and connect

      to PACNET.

   For Outpost, Winpack and HyperTerminal Users:

      (Contact N0KFQ for Username and Password.)

      Using TelNet, connect to n0kfq.dyndns.org Port 8010.

      When connected, enter "I" then select "PCL"

   For Internet users:

      (Contact N0KFQ for Username and Password.)

      Using your Internet Browser, connect to: 

      http://n0kfq.dyndns.org:8015/Node/Terminal.html?pcl

73
De
Scott
Kd5njr

Oklahoma ARRL Section Voice-over-IP Net, December 7th at 9:15 PM!

The inaugural Oklahoma ARRL Section Voice-over-IP net will be held on December 7th beginning at 9:15 PM.  The net will continue on a weekly basis every Monday night at 9:15 PM.

Many thanks to Larry W5LHG, who will be net control.  Thanks also to the Tulsa Digital Radio Club for use of the temporary VOIP bridge that connects the Echolink and IRLP conferences to D-star reflector.  Other VOIP systems will be supported upon request.

Local repeaters are encouraged to link into the net.  If you are a D-star repeater, link to Reflector 052B (Oklahoma Reflector).  If you are an Echolink repeater, connect to conference 7203 (*WX_TALK*).  If you are an IRLP repeater, connect to IRLP 9219.

Individual users may also connect using D-star dongles and hotspots connected to Reflector 052B.  Echolink applications are available for the IPhone, Android OS, and Windows OS that also allow individual participation via internet.

--Jeff AE5ME

vhf digital go-box

I picked up a windows 8 refurbished tablet from microcenter over the holiday weekend.

Some differences from the other kindle fires I have at home and the iPad in using at work.

Anyway , looks like uz7ho and fldigi loaded and I'm testing with the internal mic.

This tablet will commute with me along with a ht from BA to downtown Tulsa on weekdays. 

Suggestions for the radio and a pouch ?

73
Kd5njr