Tennessee
Joined January 2008
Heading to Huntsville Hamfest? Come hang out with us on Friday at the Monte Sano John Scoble Pavilion for a donate what you can lunch. Burgers and hot dogs served at 11:30. Proceeds go to the @arrl teachers institute. First round of groceries purchased with more to come!
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If you're into Meshtastic, LoRa, APRS, or anything RF that depends on line of sight, check out heywhatsthat.com. It’s a super useful (and free) tool that shows you what your antenna can see — and what can see you. Click New Panorama, enter your location (or lat/lon), give the point a quick name (it requires a title), and adjust the elevation if you're on a mast, roof, or second floor. Then hit Submit. The red fog shows your actual LOS coverage — everything your antenna can see and be seen by. One of the coolest features: you can save multiple panoramas and then plot the line of sight between them. It’s perfect for checking potential links between nodes, finding relay spots, or verifying if two locations can talk to each other before you even set up gear. It's kind of addictive once you start comparing sites. If you’re building out a mesh or trying to plan for real range, this tool is gold. If you’ve got other tools like this in your kit, I’d love to hear about them. #hamradio #meshtastic #lora #los
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I am deeply saddened to hear the news Roger Smallwood (K8EKG), President of Operations at R&L Electronics, became a silent key this past Saturday. Roger was a great guy and will truly be missed. I send my condolences to Roger’s family and everyone at R&L Electronics. #hamradio
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You never know if an APRS station is manned or just running as a digipeater or iGate, so it was very cool to get a direct message reply from @km4ack via 40m VARA APRS!
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Hey @km4ack - good copy from your RV via 7.0835 MHz VARA APRS in FM-17!
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Who's participating in FD this weekend? What will you be experimenting with? I plan on giving APRS over HF with VARA a trial run on Saturday. If successful, you might see my -15 station
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Replying to @KiloMike9Golf
@KiloMike9Golf and @km4ack are the straight up Linux tag team. youtube.com/watch?v=SY6dpqLj…
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🚨 Something New is Coming… 👀 Been working on a little project with my mate Hayden (VK7HH) — and it’s finally ready. It’s small, powerful, and unlocks a whole world of digital ham radio fun. 💻📡 Think FT8, Winlink, APRS, Vara, AllStar… all made stupidly easy. 👇
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Catlover? Really? What a terrible scam artist. Get a real job because you suck at this one.
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Things are going to be spicy this evening
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What's on your bench today?
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That's like finding money!
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More play time with APRS today (March 2). Feel free to send an APRS message
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A bit of testing today (March 1) with Android and APRSDroid. Send me an APRS message and you will likely get a reply.
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Interesting idea from @km4ack for more 2 meter mobile simplex contacts. youtu.be/GoXOoIq8tME?si=ZUYs…
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Anyone care to guess where @k8mrd will be on Friday at 9:15?
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Brilliant idea for field fixes! 💫 Saw on @km4ack vid: youtu.be/fGgBmb5LIzQ?si=T_pw… – at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
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Completing the @KM4ACK WFD Challenge can be a little tough as all the nodes seem to be in use. It can take auto connect a while to find a free one you can reach. I got it done though. There should be a P2P challenge next time.
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If you want to make a Winlink contact this week for WFD. @KM4ACK has provided a challenge that meets the objective. Check out his video on the #WFDChallenge youtu.be/aeBtuoxINLA?si=MsZP…
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