Repeater Update

Tonight (2012/01/13) all local repeaters were connected to xrf005b for the 9pm Friday night net.  49 hams participated from around the world.  This net is every Friday at 9pm and has been going on for two years.  I manually connected all the machines, but expect to have a solution, that will automatically do the linking.  The net was allot of fun, and it was nice to hear almost 50  folks giving the machines a little action.  If in the future the machines don't seem linked feel free to hook em up.

Additionally I have set up N1HIT B to be linked to REF10C.  This will allow seacoast users to either connect to XRF019B on the 2M node, or REF10C on the 440 node.

Also feel free to link the machines to any DPLUS or Dextra reflectors,  remember they will automatically switch back to their predetermined reflectors if there has been no activity for 60 minutes.

Fred and Paul have been doing some callsign routing experiments between repeaters, and tonight  I was involved in a three way QSO with each participant on a different machine.

We had a fine turnout at the Tuesday club meeting and many topics were discussed.  If anyone has questions regarding the meeting, you should ask who attended, we clearly need better communication between everyone.

Please remember the Sunday night Skype meeting, If you feel that you are not on the list send me an email at amsat.org and ill add you to the fun.

Deuce is planning a Sunday night soon, so stay tuned.

We hope to have a new machine up and running soon.  Gene is waiting for a few more bits to get things going.

Remember, the G4klx software is quite simple and you need no more than a computer with a sound card and internet access to set up a repeater or hotspot.

Usage of the network is still quite small, so lets get active

Dave
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