Archive for May, 2010

SouthEastern D-STAR Weather Net, Sunday at 21:00 EDT

May 31

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Sunday evenings at 21:00 eastern on Reflector 002A (REF002A).
The Backup reflector is 004A (REF004A)

The KA4RES repeater (port-C) is always connected to this net, unless a local Directed Net is in progress (usually for a local or area-wide emergency).

Feel free to link to the reflector if you do not hear traffic during the Net time.
The link command is “REF002AL” in the URCALL field.
You should hear a response from the repeater signifying that “Link Established”
then switch your radio back to “CQCQCQ” in the URCALL field before transmitting again.

To UNLINK, use a command with only the character “U” in the 8th character of the URCALL field.

Information regarding the SE D-Star Weather Net can be found at:
SEWXNet.html

Daytona D-Star Repeater Installation Schedule

May 31

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Well, time has come and we’re excited to announce that we’re scheduling the Daytona Beach D-Star Repeater installation for 06-June (Sunday) afternoon, starting at about 13:00.

Frequency will be on 145.380 (-600khz) with a Call-Sign of KJ4RYH. This will only be a 2-meter stack, so your RPT configurations should be: RPT1=”KJ4RYH C” and RPT2=”KJ4RYH G” (single space after the call sign. We plan to also install the Gateway for this repeater, so it will be immediately linkable to other repeaters and reflectors (KA4RES or REF030B, as examples).

Listen on Sunday afternoon for the inauguration of this new D-Star repeater.

The repeater is graciously being hosted by the Daytona Beach ARA – a relationship which is growing on a number of levels to include not only repeaters, but training and joint exercises.

ARES Training – Emergency Mgmt Institute 2010 Catalog

May 31

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following is the FY2010 Catalog for the Emergency Management Institute (run by FEMA). Many online courses, but this catalog also lists ALL classroom courses taught by the EMI at the national training center in MD.

FY10 EMI Catalog for Web

Florida Hurricane Net – Monday Nights at 21:00 EDT

May 31

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A reminder to all – the Florida Hurricane Net meets on D-Star Reflector 004C (REF004C) each Monday night at 21:00 local. The KA4RES repeater, as well as over 7 other repeaters in Florida, along with numerous DV-Dongles and DVAP’s join on the Net each week.

The purpose of the Net is to promote readiness in case of approaching hurricanes anywhere in the state of Florida. Thus far, we have only had participation from the eastern part of Florida – but we hope to have repeaters from western Florida join in this week’s Net.

Please plan to join us, as we expect this Hurricane Season to be very active – we need all the resources and assets that we can muster in case of a major event.

For more details, see: www.floridahurricanenet.org

ARESNews Issue-07 in PDF

May 30

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East Coast District – ARES Newsletter 07 – Single Page

ARES PowerPole Training Presentation

May 29

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courtesy of the Shelby County (TN) ARES group

Power_Pole-N3XFD

North East Florida D-Star Blog

May 29

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This is the first day of operation for the NE-FL D-Star Blog. Since there are many developments regarding the D-Star project here in NE Florida, we’ve created this blog to enable any of you to keep current on developments within the system.

Palm Coast D-Star Repeater Operational

May 28

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It was 27-March when we installed the Palm Coast D-Star repeater (KA4RES) at the host site near US-1 and Palm Coast Parkway. The Gateway gave us some trouble at first, but we quickly resolved problems with Port Forwarding and were able to link with other repeaters and reflectors.

Continuing construction in the building by the contractors of the host company caused us some problems – many of you may remember numerous power outages, as the electricians were installing the whole-building UPS, as well as other interruptions due to the Generator installation – but those are behind us now..

As of 27-May, there have been no unscheduled outages of the repeater or gateway for over 5 weeks. There HAVE been some service interruptions, but those were due to maintenance done by the National Trust Server Team in Dallas, as they continue to improve the central coordination point for all D-Star operations world-wide. Due to that maintenance, we’ve had to restart our gateway a couple of times on short notice. This HAS caused some surprises to use (especially just before Net operations), but they have been relatively minor in nature. We appreciate y’all being patient during those times.

Picture on Left: Charlie (AA5QJ), Mike (WB6RTH) and Eddie (KJ4LRB) making minor changes to the Palm Coast D-Star repeater after initial installation.

Picture on Right: The Palm Coast D-Star Repeater (2m only) – Top to Bottom: Power Amplifier, D-Star Controller, D-Star 2m Module, Tx/Rx Duplexer and the gateway computer (on left).

St. Johns D-Star Repeater now OPERATIONAL

May 26

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26-May saw the Power-On of the St. Johns County D-Star system which is located at the St. Johns County EOC (I-95 and SR-16). This is a single-stack system operating in the 2-meter band. Frequency is 145.360 (-600khz) with a Call-Sign of KJ4RYF.

In order to use the system, please set your RPT1 to “KJ4RYF C” and RPT2 to “KJ4RYF G” (single space after the call sign, but before the “C” or “G”).

There currently is no gateway on the system – until we are able to have the public internet system at the EOC configured with the proper port-forwarding necessary for full bi-directional Gateway access.

Please report any problems to Mike (WB6RTH@ARRL.NET), Doug or Phil.

For our friends in St. Johns and Duval Counties – Enjoy..!!