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Ham radio operators trying to help connect families after Helene in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

As fas as the mainstream media (M5M) are concerned, ham radio doesn’t exist. All I’ve heard about are heroic efforts to distribute Starlink terminals.

As past FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, KK4INZ, said in Ham Radio Now Emcomm Extra #8, when an incident occurs “they just want their email to work.”

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RRRA 2024 Hamfest and ARRL Dakota Division Convention (lemmy.radio)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Join Hams from the Red River Valley and the surrounding area for the RRRA 2024 Hamfest and ARRL Dakota Division Convention on Saturday, September 28, 2024 at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds in West Fargo, ND.

Get your Admission and Vendor Tickets NOW at tickets.rrra.org to reserve your spot and skip the ticket table line or reserve your flea market tables.

Visit our Hamfest page for more information.

#hamradio #hamfest

LoTW Back Online! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Now you'll have to find something else to complain about.

Meshtastic DIY - How To Build Your Own Meshtastic Node ESP32 & Lora Radio in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Some people may prefer to assemble their node from parts rather then buying a completed appliance.

Why are you against that?

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Interesting speculation about the ARRL outage (w2lj.blogspot.com)
 

This appeared on Facebook regarding the IT situation over at the ARRL:

This was reported by Chris NW6V

Mike Ritz, W7VO, ARRL 2nd Vice President, was at the WVDXC club meeting last night, having just attended an ARRL board meeting to discuss the outage. Mike reported those meetings are a weekly event until the matter is resolved.

Everything that was running on INTERNAL servers is down until further notice. That includes their VoIP phone system, their .org email addresses, and front ends for things like LOTW. Everything running on external servers - cloud servers etc. - including LOTW data, is believed unaffected. But, such data will not be available until the internal matters are resolved. Thus, "[email protected]" doesn't work - because that was on their internal mail server. But "[email protected]" does - because the relays didn't run internally. I checked, and [email protected].

Efforts to restore the internal systems is proceeding full-time. No time-line can be given. The nature of the problem cannot be discussed.

I believe Mike said - with air asterisks around his words - "We have been advised to say nothing." He responded similarly when asked if "the Feds" were investigating this.

READ MORE: https://w2lj.blogspot.com/2024/05/interesting-speculation.html

Regaining interest in amateur radio in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

if your club sucks, contribute and make it better!

That's an idiotic, and more than a little bit insulting, kneejerk response.

You have no idea what I do for my club.

Regaining interest in amateur radio in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Amateur Radio is a niche hobby full of niches; most of them require a radio. Here's one list of things you can do with/in Amateur Radio:

🔗 https://hamradiofornontechies.com/what-can-i-do-with-ham-radio/

Clubs are highly overrated. They are only beneficial if your interests in Amateur Radio coincide with a sizable segment of the club membership or with the club's purpose. In my case our club is `primarily a social outlet for disheveled old folks who are only interested in DXing and contests; not my cup of tea.

Brief poll: What kind of confirmation rates do you have in QRZ? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

None ... because I won't play in that cesspool.

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RRRA 2023 Hamfest and ARRL Dakota Division Convention (lemmy.radio)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Join Hams from the Red River Valley and the surrounding area for the RRRA 2023 Hamfest and ARRL Dakota Division Convention on Saturday, September 23, 2023 at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds in West Fargo, ND.

Get your Admission and Vendor Tickets NOW at tickets.rrra.org to skip the ticket table line or reserve your flea market tables.

Visit our Hamfest page or download our flyer for more information.

#hamradio #hamfest