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This article originally appeared on 2016-02-12 but has been revamped to better include amateur radio technologies that are present in 2020. |
Digital wireless networks have been around for decades, now. In the last few years, amateur radio operators have been taking advantage of cheaper microwave gear that has allowed …
When: 2020 from 1442Z to 1600Z
Where: Apple Orchard Mountain - W4V/RA-001
Who: Just me
Ascent: Hike Up
Equipment: Kenwood D-700, Opek HVU-500 antenna
APRS Coverage: Excellent
Contacts Made: 7
Mistakes were made; success was had.
As in years past, the goal of the Golden Packet Event is …
I recently had the opportunity to help a friend update the APRS digipeater in Buxton, NC. The digipeater has been in service for around fifteen years and during those years a few things have changed.
The digipeater used to transmit weather data from an Ultimeter weather station. That weather station …
I must be a glutton for punishment.
This is my third time visiting Apple Orchard Mountain (AO) and its steep climb to the top with way too much stuff.
But I’m always rewarded in the end with awesome views, excellent VHF and UHF range, and interesting phenomena.
This trip …
I’ve been going through some papers around the house and scanning them onto my computer for longevity sake. Recently, I ran across an article I published in Project OSCAR’s The Satellite Beacon journal back in 2005. I reprint it here for those that might be interested in what …
I’ve been running WG3K-NJ, an APRS Firenet server, for a few years now, which is configured to connect to a core APRS-IS server to provide upstream connectivity to the rest of the network. Tonight I got thinking about network efficiencies and wondered if this connection could be made any …
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Portable HF
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I arrived at …
Years ago, Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, talked about a "good" antenna for APRS SATCOM applications. It was a 19-inch vertical antenna that would function on both the 2m and 70cm bands, and had lobes that were up around the 30-degree mark. Looking for information on that antenna last night I found …
read moreSuccess! That’s the word I’m using to describe my latest battle up a summit. It wasn’t easy and it wasn’t without some failure, but I’m willing to give this trip a grade of B. Luckily I had some help…
When: 2017-07-15 from 14:00Z …
Since 2016 a few friends and I have been participating in the APRS Golden Packet Event which is held every year on the third Saturday in July. The main objective of the event is to build an ad-hoc APRS network along the Appalachian Trail and pass the "golden packet" from …
read moreLike last year, I'll be heading over to Apple Orchard Mountain to support the annual APRS Golden Packet Event. My friends Dave KB3RAN and Steve N3IPN are once again part of the team with the addition of Ed KC3EN joining us for the long slog up the mountain.
In addition …
read moreOn Saturday, 16 July 2016, Dave KB3RAN, Steve N3IPN, and I hiked up Apple Orchard Mountain (SOTA W4V/RA-001) to activate it for the Appalachian Trail Golden Packet event. While we were there we took advantage of the altitude and activated the summit for Summits on the Air (SOTA), National …
read moreDuring the weekend of July 16th I plan on being atop Apple Orchard Mountain, in Virginia, operating in the AT Golden Packet event as well as doing some VHF+ work while I'm there. I'll be accompanied by Dave, KB3RAN, and Steve, N3IPN, who are planning to operate QRP HF voice …
read moreThe other day a fellow amateur radio operator, WJ3K, caught me on the Annapolis repeater and asked me whether I was seeing odd things happening on the APRS network. Specifically, whether or not I was seeing station tracks getting bounced around as if an old packet had been injected into …
read moreHSMM, or High Speed Multimedia, networks provide IP-based wireless network communications over amateur radio microwave frequencies for the amateur radio community. Many different services can be offered across this network providing a wide range of communication operations to the users.
Because this network is IP-based, the network will …
