Sparks's Journal - Outer Banks

New website for Fessenden Amateur Radio Society (K4OBX)

Years ago I built a website listing all the repeaters in Northeastern North Carolina. It was more for me than anyone else as I was trying to document all of the local repeaters and clubs in the area. The page was horrid, from a graphics stand point, but some folks liked it and used it. And then, as all great things do, it got lost in time when I left Earthlink (or they stopped providing space, I forget).

Now, I "own" a virtual machine with Linode and provide space for groups I support to have a web presence of their own. I currently host a few sites and I offered to create a site for the Fessenden Amateur Radio Society (K4OBX) down on Hatteras Island.

To me, the site turned out better than I had hoped. Very minimal, no clutter or little kittens running across the screen. Just a listing of the information that many people probably want when heading down to the Outer Banks. There is still a bit of information I need to add, such as maps showing where the repeaters are, but it’s mostly done and ready to go live.

I don’t know why but I really like looking back on that first webpage of mine and remembering what I was doing and how it all came together so well.

Upgrading APRS on the Outer Banks

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 …

Dare County Repeaters

Changes to the way the multitude of repeaters in Dare County operate recently came to my attention. The introduction of links and DMR has added many ways for residents, as well as visitors, to communicate in interesting ways.

Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands Linking System

Repeaters on Hatteras Island that are linked together.

Figure 1. Linked repeaters on Hatteras …

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