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Posted: 8/25/2018 10:37:37 AM EDT
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Running on 20M guard today. Unattended. Beacon interval 10 minutes.
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Posted: 8/25/2018 10:51:30 AM EDT
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Running on 20M guard today. Unattended. Beacon interval 10 minutes. 
ETA: RickLaut heard @ -14. Thunderstorms here now. |
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Posted: 8/25/2018 10:53:41 AM EDT
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Running on 20M guard today. Unattended. Beacon interval 10 minutes. |
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Posted: 8/25/2018 11:49:07 AM EDT
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I'm on, unattended @ 30w
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Posted: 8/26/2018 12:56:22 AM EDT
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I received my RPi today and got it running with FTCall + the 857D in my truck. I tested it on 20 meters just before the band closed to the east and I was getting out well. VNC on the iPhone or iPad works very well; I'm using the iPhone's hotspot for now but need to figure out making the RPi into a hotspot for remote use. I'll test it more tomorrow; looking for my /P call.
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Posted: 8/26/2018 2:13:47 AM EDT
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I received my RPi today and got it running with FTCall + the 857D in my truck. I tested it on 20 meters just before the band closed to the east and I was getting out well. VNC on the iPhone or iPad works very well; I'm using the iPhone's hotspot for now but need to figure out making the RPi into a hotspot for remote use. I'll test it more tomorrow; looking for my /P call. Interested in setting up a rpi to run it myself. I haven’t owned a desktop computer in years - but have several rpis sitting around. |
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Posted: 8/26/2018 7:58:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Did you compile from source or follow a guide or ? Interested in setting up a rpi to run it myself. I haven’t owned a desktop computer in years - but have several rpis sitting around. I'm definitely not a PI master; I have to follow a recipe as I don't know enough Linux to think my way through things. The challenge of the moment seems to be that the guide for creating the access point / hotspot doesn't seem to account for networking changes in Stretch, so it fails. |
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Posted: 8/26/2018 9:43:23 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/26/2018 9:59:09 AM EDT
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Yes, but it's FT8 and I'm running 250W
I'm seeing plenty of FT8 signals on the normal 20M FT8 sub-band. At any rate, up and beaconing every 10 minutes, unattended. I only saw Rick's signals yesterday. |
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Posted: 8/26/2018 10:07:54 AM EDT
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Seeing crappy prop today; solar storm: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ 20 and 40 are essentially dead. We are at the bottom of the solar cycle so prop sucks. The sun activity increases with a solar flare and prop sucks worse. I thought the solar cycle was all about how many solar flares there are. I don't understand. Maybe someone can explain it to me. |
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Posted: 8/26/2018 10:45:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I am still confused on how solar activity helps / kills prop. We are at the bottom of the solar cycle so prop sucks. The sun activity increases with a solar flare and prop sucks worse. I thought the solar cycle was all about how many solar flares there are. I don't understand. Maybe someone can explain it to me.  ), but I definitely see the effects of them! I find there to be enhance propagation in the ~day or so ahead of a solar storm that has scored me some great DX until prop drops off the cliff.
Bands are still dead as a doornail out west. |
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Posted: 8/26/2018 1:22:18 PM EDT
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And I'm down
 It seems I have an EMI problem on 20M that kills my Ethernet switch. No time to figure it out today 
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Posted: 8/26/2018 8:29:40 PM EDT
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I can't explain it (just a no code General ), but I definitely see the effects of them! I find there to be enhance propagation in the ~day or so ahead of a solar storm that has scored me some great DX until prop drops off the cliff.
Bands are still dead as a doornail out west. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: I am still confused on how solar activity helps / kills prop. We are at the bottom of the solar cycle so prop sucks. The sun activity increases with a solar flare and prop sucks worse. I thought the solar cycle was all about how many solar flares there are. I don't understand. Maybe someone can explain it to me. ), but I definitely see the effects of them! I find there to be enhance propagation in the ~day or so ahead of a solar storm that has scored me some great DX until prop drops off the cliff.
Bands are still dead as a doornail out west. |
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Posted: 8/26/2018 8:36:04 PM EDT
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OK, I think I've got something going now. I'm on the 40m guard freq now. I'm still trying to figure out the various options.
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Posted: 8/26/2018 9:22:37 PM EDT
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OK, I think I've got something going now. I'm on the 40m guard freq now. I'm still trying to figure out the various options. |
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Posted: 8/26/2018 10:07:54 PM EDT
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I think I got an ARFham! I hit the button so hopefully it responded appropriately. The window says the responder is 2101 miles away, -7dB signal.
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Posted: 8/26/2018 10:09:26 PM EDT
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I think I got an ARFham! I hit the button so hopefully it responded appropriately. The window says the responder is 2101 miles away, -7dB signal. |
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Posted: 8/26/2018 10:17:00 PM EDT
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Excellent :) . That was me, but prop seems to have taken a dip, so I didn't get the "ack" message. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I think I got an ARFham! I hit the button so hopefully it responded appropriately. The window says the responder is 2101 miles away, -7dB signal. ETA: Will try again tomorrow evening. |
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Posted: 8/26/2018 10:44:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It showed up on pskreporter as well. Yeah! Finally figure out enough to at least do the basics. Now I need to learn all the funky stuff like special words, etc. ETA: Will try again tomorrow evening. |
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Posted: 8/27/2018 7:19:38 AM EDT
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I was on guard all day Friday, and didn't hear a soul? weird-a few days ago there was a bunch heard? Back on Guard tomorrow
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Posted: 8/27/2018 7:26:14 AM EDT
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I was on guard all day Friday, and didn't hear a soul? weird-a few days ago there was a bunch heard? Back on Guard tomorrow |
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Posted: 8/27/2018 11:08:22 AM EDT
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Got a message while driving /P; that was pretty cool! I couldn’t answer until I was stopped and then had to hurry into the building at work.
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Posted: 8/27/2018 11:33:53 AM EDT
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Got a message while driving /P; that was pretty cool! I couldn’t answer until I was stopped and then had to hurry into the building at work. 
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Posted: 8/27/2018 12:40:42 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/27/2018 1:28:26 PM EDT
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Awesome - I thought that was you but don’t have all the ARFHam call signs in my head yet. Did my reply when I got to work go through? I am on way too much business travel this week to continue playing, however I'm home all holiday weekend and next week. I'd like to try an experimental ARFCOM digi net using this mode. If everyone transmitted to ALLCALL during check-in they could all stay on separate freq's and all check in at the same time. After that everyone would get a turn just so that people didn't double and everyone could receive each other. |
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Posted: 8/27/2018 2:27:45 PM EDT
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I'd like to try an experimental ARFCOM digi net using this mode. If everyone transmitted to ALLCALL during check-in they could all stay on separate freq's and all check in at the same time. After that everyone would get a turn just so that people didn't double and everyone could receive each other. |
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Posted: 8/27/2018 4:26:21 PM EDT
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It did, 100% perfect copy. I am on way too much business travel this week to continue playing, however I'm home all holiday weekend and next week. I'd like to try an experimental ARFCOM digi net using this mode. If everyone transmitted to ALLCALL during check-in they could all stay on separate freq's and all check in at the same time. After that everyone would get a turn just so that people didn't double and everyone could receive each other. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Awesome - I thought that was you but don’t have all the ARFHam call signs in my head yet. Did my reply when I got to work go through? I am on way too much business travel this week to continue playing, however I'm home all holiday weekend and next week. I'd like to try an experimental ARFCOM digi net using this mode. If everyone transmitted to ALLCALL during check-in they could all stay on separate freq's and all check in at the same time. After that everyone would get a turn just so that people didn't double and everyone could receive each other. |
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Posted: 8/27/2018 8:29:25 PM EDT
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Left it on 20m guard freq today. Sent a few things out this evening and saw I had replied back throughout the day to a few "ALLCALL"s.
Pretty neat. |
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Posted: 8/27/2018 10:07:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: we could assign perm freq on arfcom, there is enough individual bandwdth for 60 people |
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Posted: 8/27/2018 10:09:10 PM EDT
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Left it on 20m guard freq today. Sent a few things out this evening and saw I had replied back throughout the day to a few "ALLCALL"s. Pretty neat. The RPi is working just as I had hoped. It wasn't tough to set up (even for a Linux n00b like me) and it is MUCH better than being physically tied to a tablet with USB cable(s) and maneuvering with that in the truck. I love that with VNC running, I've got a wireless connection to my iPad. The only thing I haven't configured yet is the hotspot (autonomous, so it's not tied to the phone hotspot); changes in the OS made one of the tutorials I was following obsolete While I'm in suburbia, making the connection via my phone's hotspot is fine. I haven't run WSJT-X / FT8 with it yet; it will be interesting to see if it has enough horsepower to decode in time when the band is busy. Moving off the Guard frequencies soon; I'll set back up there in the AM. |
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Posted: 8/27/2018 10:47:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: As soon as you start responding to other people it shifts your TX freq to match the incoming freq. No option to hold TX like in WSJT-X. |
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Posted: 8/28/2018 7:52:31 AM EDT
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As soon as you start responding to other people it shifts your TX freq to match the incoming freq. No option to hold TX like in WSJT-X. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: we could assign perm freq on arfcom, there is enough individual bandwdth for 60 people Hopefully they will add that as an option in the next release. |
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Posted: 8/28/2018 8:06:46 AM EDT
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DirtNasty: Strong signal here in Vegas tonight! I left what should show up as a pop-up message, along with other text in your buffer. |
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Posted: 8/28/2018 8:47:46 AM EDT
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I've been on since last night, nothing showing except all of my unheard beacons, checked my clock today-it was off but now synced hope to hear and be heard today (25w)
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Posted: 8/28/2018 9:31:56 AM EDT
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I've been on since last night, nothing showing except all of my unheard beacons, checked my clock today-it was off but now synced hope to hear and be heard today (25w) |
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Posted: 8/28/2018 10:26:21 AM EDT
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OK - turned mine on to the guard freq as well. I'm not at the station but feel free to experiment through it.
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Posted: 8/28/2018 10:57:07 AM EDT
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hearing 2, left on unattended
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Posted: 8/28/2018 4:53:23 PM EDT
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Well... I'm hearing other stations on and off. But it's weird as ALLCALL isn't returning results. And directed$ calls aren't returning results.
When I first turned it on I was hearing whoever is in NC like you were around the block. And a couple other stations. Now, nothing. |
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Posted: 8/28/2018 5:40:42 PM EDT
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Well... I'm hearing other stations on and off. But it's weird as ALLCALL isn't returning results. And directed$ calls aren't returning results. When I first turned it on I was hearing whoever is in NC like you were around the block. And a couple other stations. Now, nothing.
Normally my propagation goes out to the west coast on 20m mid afternoon. |
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Posted: 8/28/2018 8:17:53 PM EDT
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Has everybody switched over to 40m for the night?
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Posted: 8/28/2018 9:53:45 PM EDT
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Has everybody switched over to 40m for the night? 6 ARFHam stations on frequency through the day that I received (7 if you count my /P station  ). Between working and trying to buy a house, I haven't had much time to play though.
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Posted: 8/28/2018 10:21:31 PM EDT
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I'm going to leave mine on pretty much constantly unless actively at my radio.
Again - feel free to use it. K****V |
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Posted: 8/29/2018 9:03:02 AM EDT
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This is a good video showing the utility of FT8Call. The demo shows a field portable QRP station in QSO with a QRP /MM station, along with a good explanation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfH5YDEQ_18&feature=youtu.be |
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Posted: 8/29/2018 10:39:42 AM EDT
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Julian is a Good Dude!
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Posted: 9/1/2018 10:33:22 AM EDT
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Up on 20M guard today. Beacon interval 10 minutes. 250W into a 60ft high dipole. I'm seeing and able to ping a KI5 station but I don't have you in my arfcom callsign database.
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Posted: 9/1/2018 11:39:37 AM EDT
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Also was able to ping ricklaut this morning.
eta and SCWolverine. |
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Posted: 9/1/2018 12:10:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: eta and SCWolverine. |
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Posted: 9/1/2018 1:17:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Loudly! |
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Posted: 9/1/2018 2:13:06 PM EDT
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I finally got around to fixing antenna #2 today.
Just beaconed with it. We will see if it does any better. I don't expect it to, but you never know. If anyone is getting annoyed at my frequent requests for a signal report: I am doing an A:B comparison between the two antennas. Obviously this software is a great tool for this. Request a signal report, switch antennas and do it again. |
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Posted: 9/1/2018 2:57:06 PM EDT
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I finally got around to fixing antenna #2 today. Just beaconed with it. We will see if it does any better. I don't expect it to, but you never know. If anyone is getting annoyed at my frequent requests for a signal report: I am doing an A:B comparison between the two antennas. Obviously this software is a great tool for this. Request a signal report, switch antennas and do it again. |
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