Hi, the recent email from Marshall has reminded me of an issue I have encountered during my terrestrial VHF activities. It can be very challenging if not impossible to login to a typical web site fro
Hi Mark, If you have SMS on your cell phone, and good enough coverage to send a text message. I have a system that listens for Twitter tweets with a specific format, validates it's a ham, and then pu
Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 09:39:49 -0600
During contests, a lot of guys are sending SMS (text messages) from their cellphones to APRS. I forget if there is an app required, but the guy who started that whole thing is on this list - he'll pr
Just did Keith -- and no, you don't need the app, if you don't mind typing. Just a twitter account and a link to SMS. Very easy to set up. www.roverstatus.info for info. 73, Gerry Hull, W1VE Hancock,
So, reading between the lines here, it's no longer enough that people hearing the DX/rare grid/whatever post to a cluster, now it's up to that DX/rare grid/whatever station to personally notify The D
Were not talking about 20 meters here Chuck W5PR Sent from Mail for Windows 10 So, reading between the lines here, it's no longer enough that people hearing the DX/rare grid/whatever post to a cluste
Exactly. In the upcoming Microwave Sprint, I think my 902 and 1296 beams have beamwidths of around 30 degrees. My microwave dishes have beamwidths of maybe 10 degrees on 2304 going down to a couple d
A few comments: My track record making contacts from rare grids with no prior notice by calling CQ on 50.125 for example has been very poor. A system that allowed me to notify interested amateurs whe
Peter, I spend a boatload of money and time to play rover. I know my choice , but spare us the aditude. It's not hf is right....the new spotting rules make it more fun for most of us. Steve / K7SWS _
The attitude is one of amusement. It's now vitally important that we have internet connectivity, at least at SMS levels, in order to do any kind of DXpedition. In 10 years it will be "well, we were g
As to the original post, IRC (internet relay chat) is very low-bandwidth (text only, but with some keep-alive ping traffic) and has easy-to-use clients on almost any platform. If you really want a no