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Amateur Radio in and around Mt. foo View along with related topics.

Frequencies

2 Meter / VHF

Table caption
Repeater MHz +/- PL Location Net
NA6MF 145.250 -600 123.0 Moffet Field+ Tuesday Noon
W6ASH 145.270 -600 100.0 El Camino Hospital Monday 20:00 SPECS
N6NFI 145.230 -600 100.0 Stanford Dish M-F 9amtalk.net
W6LAH 146.7450 -600 110.9 Los Altos Hills
W6TI 147.3600 +600 110.9 Palo Alto, Black Mountain
WW6BAY 145.3900 -600 100.0 Palo Alto, Black Mountain
KM6DLG 146.0850 +600 110.9 Portola Valley
WA2IBM 145.1900 -600 151.4 Santa Teresa Foothills

EchoLink

http://echolink.org/

https://github.com/sm0svx/svxlink

Raspbery Pi 4 Debian 12 (Bookworm)

  • raspi-config advanced change audio to Pulse Audio
  • set group to svxlink for /usr/bin/.config
  • set write permission g+w for group to ""
  • set Rx1 to NONE config to hw:4
  • set Tx1 to appropriate hardware device index hw:2
  • configure with password for connecting to servers
  • TODO:Create NAT for TCP 5200 as well as UDP 5198 and 5199 to the Pi.
  • test with su -u svxlink svxlink, stop systemctl as needed
  • sudo systemctl [stop|stop|restart] svxlink.service
  • TODO:PTT button at station
  • TODO:Kill switch at station

Lawn Tennis

Lawn-Tennis-Vertical-Sync.png

QSV

Continuing on in 2024, 1st Monday and 3rd Friday of the month. QTH Olympus Cafe, 12:34


Historical Announcement

     1    Announcing QSV Lunch this Friday March 18 at 12:34pm.
     2
     3    QSV?
     4        QSV are Hams who Hack -- The intersection of Amateur Radio and
     5        Hacker/Maker/STEM culture, in Mountain View, California.
     6
     7    Don't all hams hack?
     8        Yes, probably so!
     9        But this defines our culture and focuses our topics.
    10
    11    Where?
    12        at the outdoor picnic tables of
    13        Olympus Caffe & Bakery, Mountain View.
    14          -- https://cafeolympus.com/
    15          -- https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1306273777
    16        We sit towards the corner of the block (Castro at Evelyn).
    17
    18    Why There?
    19        * outdoor tables
    20        * you can come and go at will, be early, be late
    21        * easy to move around and chat with different people
    22        * order as much or as little as you like:
    23          -- free water
    24          -- coffee and tea
    25          -- turkish pastries and european/american desserts
    26          -- wide variety of breakfasts, lunches, and dinners
    27             https://cafeolympus.com/breakfast
    28             https://cafeolympus.com/lunch-%26-dinner
    29          -- including gyro/kebap/kofte/souvlaki
    30          -- German beers and Biergarten Speisen (Wurst, Schnitzel,usw)
    31             https://dasbierhauz.com/burger-%26-sausage
    32        * order and pay at the counter, take a number,
    33              and they bring it out to you.  So no waiting on the check.
    34        * right next to light rail and loud caltrains and VTA transit center
    35
    36    How Often?
    37        Our current schedule is
    38          -- First Mondays
    39                  and
    40          -- Third Fridays
    41                  always at 12:34pm.
    42
    43    Keep me informed?
    44        Subscribe at https://groups.io/g/qsv
    45        if you want to receive updates.
    46
    47    Questions?  Ask W6REK or K6EAU.

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point to point wireless backbone for regional mesh

Done right would be AI6KG & W6MRR concurring an excellent solution.

VHF/UHF/900-915MHz/2.4GHz/5.8GHz/10GHz/60GHz


Links

http://9amtalk.net/

https://labitat.dk/wiki/WSPR

https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/HAM


TBD

  • Balloons
  • Licensing
  • Events
  • SDR