[Linux-ham] packet radio -- resurrecting equipment

[Tadd Torborg]

Kevin and I had a nice conversation tonight on 442.15 repeater and 28.450 SSB.  The short of it to all the other readers is that Kevin and I could not talk on VHF between our houses but we could talk on 10m SSB with 50+ watts.  
I’m very sure that we can find a site in between us that both of us could reach. 

This is an interesting map.  Best if enlarged to 1080 pixels top to bottom.  It shows the hams that I think may be interested in making something happen with a first cut Amateur Radio packet network.  

http://tinyurl.com/taddmap2014

Tadd Torborg
tadd at mac.com



On Jan 16, 2014, at 10:19 PM, Kevin Otte <nivex at nivex.net> wrote:

> Annoying that QRZ still shows me in BG since I haven't lived there in 11
> years AND I have no way of changing that information. My grid square is
> FM06KB and you can probably find an old station report on aprs.fi. The
> 147.225 repeater (also an APRS object) is about 0.7mi from my QTH.
> 
> Plugged an HT into the outside antenna so I can test both 2m and 440.
> The base rig I have plugged into the TNC at the moment is 2m only.
> 
> Can hit 145.19. I can hear it about half scale but not too much noise.
> Couldn't hit 443.625.
> 
> The Chapel Hill repeaters are no problem at all.
> 
> I can kerchunk the Ashboro repeater with the HT but can't really hold
> it. Hearing it an S1.
> 
> 73 de Kevin N8VNR
> 
> On 01/14/2014 01:47 PM, Tadd Torborg wrote:
> 
>> Kevin,
>>   Your coordinates in QRZ are for Bowling Green so the map wouldn't
>> give me distance.  Hillsborough is pretty far for me. 
>>  In the interest of characterizing where you can communicate, can you
>> tell me what repeaters you can hit?  Also how strong these repeaters are
>> to you? 
>> 145.19-  156.7pl  -- if you can get this, then 443.625   88.5pl   (North
>> Raleigh)
>> 145.23-  107.2pl  -- if you can get this, then try 443.475   131.8pl 
>> (Chapel Hill)
>> 147.255+   82.5pl    (Ashboro)
>> 
> 
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