[FADCA] Lost another one to Dia Tec!

Thu Apr 7 21:11:52 EDT 2005

Thinking again, Mike I am working on the combined voice and 9600 bps packet 
repeater.  I have a digital regenerator and am working with KF4MX in St. 
Augustine to set up my 2 meter and 440 repeaters to handle both data and 
voice.  As we get them on the air, I will keep you up to date.  It really is 
not an either/or situation.

Russ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russell Oder" <oderr at bellsouth.net>
To: "Florida Amateur Digital Communication Association" 
<fadca at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: [FADCA] Lost another one to Dia Tec!

> Mike, if you can set up a 2, 220 and 440 antenna, there is no reason that 
> the 440 and 220 could not be used for packet and leave the 2 meter portion 
> for the voice repeater.
>
> I have 3 voice repeaters on 1 triband antenna and the work great.
>
> That way the 2 meter repeater can use the location and packet can still be 
> supported for Winlink and other uses.
>
> We can work with you to get 9600 bps data and mitrek radio for UHF.  As 
> you know amateur equipment for 220 is very limited but there is another 
> possiblity.
>
> Chuck, what is the status of the Tait 220 data radios?
>
> Russ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Harper" <MikeHarper at mrhs.org>
> To: "bud thompson" <budt at cfl.rr.com>; <k4gbb at earthlink.net>; "Florida 
> Amateur Digital Communication Association" <fadca at mailman.qth.net>
> Cc: "CatherineK4ECM" <manywtrs at atlantic.net>
> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 1:42 AM
> Subject: RE: [FADCA] Lost another one to Dia Tec!
>
>
> Bud,
>
> I'm sorry about losing the packet site in Ocala.  After two hurricaines 
> that came through Ocala last year, the hospital site location had 
> previously expressed a desire to replace this setup with a HAM 2m voice 
> repeater.  This will be of much more practical use for the hospital in 
> disaster scenarios as communications was a major problem during the last 
> hurricaines.  Also, I think more hams in the area will benefit from having 
> the repeater available during non-disaster normal usage than what was 
> happening before.  I will be coordinating this changeover and am hoping to 
> get everything operational before hurricaine season starts.  The site and 
> the antenna will be used for the new repeater.
>
> I'm not an electronics guru, and am not sure what is wrong with the 
> current packet equipment but it appears to be totally dead.  We had an 
> electrical storm here last week and the whole hospital lost power, so I 
> suspect a power surge of some kind did the damage.  I am willing to donate 
> the three Tiny-2 TNC's in the stack and the radios if someone wants to 
> repair them, but another site will need to be found.
>
> Sorry, and I hope you understand.  The needs of our patients and community 
> needs to come first.
>
> 73's
> Mike
> KQ4PP
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bud thompson [mailto:budt at cfl.rr.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 6:08 PM
> To: k4gbb at earthlink.net; Florida Amateur Digital Communication
> Association
> Cc: CatherineK4ECM; Mike Harper; Edwin A. Crowell
> Subject: Re: [FADCA] Lost another one to Dia Tec!
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Charles S Schuman" <k4gbb at earthlink.net>
> To: "FADCA - News Reflecter" <fadca at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 12:17
> Subject: [FADCA] Lost another one to Dia Tec!
>
>
>> It looks like the ROSE stack @ MRMC in Ocala is
>> SK! Mike, kq4pp, says the equip took a direct hit and wiped out the whole
>> mess! He also reported that the hosp has other plans for that area and
>> wasn't open to having replacment gear installed.
>>
>> I haven't seen anything out of The Villages for over a month.
>>
>> Other than my linux test facilities, Telpac node and BBS there is no 
>> other
>> packet service in Citrus/Marion Counties.
>>
>> While I think of it... It appears that the linux mkiss don't like 
>> BPQkiss.
>> I am able to use the Tiny2 kiss w/o any pbms - other than the TNC has to
>> be restarted after each boot. If I hang a TNC w/ BPQkiss on the same 
>> cable
>> it talks to the puter, but has no TXD. I'm guessing that Chuck, kp4djt,
>> had simular pbms and as a result went to 6pac.
>>
>> <<Charlie>>
>>     k4gbb
>>
>>
>
> * * *
>>From bud N0IA
>
> Losing the site in Ocala is not the direction in which we want to go!  Dan
> KA0OXH is nearly ready to put Clermont /Lake County LAN on the air and the
> next step is to backbone north to Ocala!  N3PPC and I are working on 
> radios
> for Russ N4KOX that will go in sites North, NW and NE of Ocala and will be
> expecting Ocala to be on the air! Arrrgh!
>
> Mike- What can be done to mitigate this? This would be a major loss to our
> efforts to refurbish the network! (Can you attend the upcoming FADCA
> Technical Conference in Sanford on April 30?)  We have some 'hospital'
> connections in Seminole, Orange, and Lake Counties... is it possible those
> might help?
>
>> I haven't seen anything out of The Villages for over a month.
>
> Ed W5TWR has been the main mover/shaker there and I know he has been 
> in/out
> of town having new grandbabies and other family obligations.
>
> Ed- can you step in here and comment?
>
> We gave our E-mail Over Ham Radio in Support of EMCOMMs dog and pony show 
> in
> Tavares shortly after the hurricanes, in the Villages in January (?) and 
> in
> Eustis at the Lake County EOC in March. I had the impression the LAKE 
> COUNTY
> and SUMTER COUNTY ARES groups will be working on getting folks on packet
> (Paclink AGW and/or Airmail) and putting up Telpac nodes.  I'm hoping that
> some of the more interested folks from the LAKE COUNTY ARES will attend 
> the
> FADCA Technical Conference.  (It is less than 70 minutes drive.) Tom 
> KD4WOV
> indicated that would be likely once I published the full agenda.
>
>> Other than my linux test facilities, Telpac node and BBS there is no 
>> other
>> packet service in Citrus/Marion Counties.
>
> Hang in there, Charlie!  Catherine K4EMC in VERY REMOTE Inglis which is in
> Levy County only 0.2 mile out of Citrus County is anxious to get connected
> to the network.  Late last year N3PPC and I set her up with Airmail and
> Paclink AGW, but she is so far from any network node that it doesn't do 
> her
> any good on vhf packet. She doesn't have sufficient HF experience / 
> training
> to use the Airmail on HF effectively.  She has 'connections' there with 
> her
> ARES EC that might help generate some interest.  It might prove fruitful 
> for
> you and Catherine to get together and see if you can bring her in to your
> packet service and get involved.
>
> Catherine - any chance you can attend the FADCA Technical Conference in
> Sanford (12 miles north of Orlando) on April 30?  Perhaps you and Charlie
> K4GBB could carpool. (k4gbb at earthlink.net <k4gbb at earthlink.net>)
>
>> While I think of it... It appears that the Linux mkiss don't like 
>> BPQkiss.
>> I am able to use the Tiny2 kiss w/o any pbms - other than the TNC has to
>> be restarted after each boot.
>
> N3PPC and I are not that far along with LINUX FPAC for me to respond 
> (N3PPC-
> can you?)  However, I recall that Chuck KP4DJT was concerned about TNCs in
> their (native) kissmode not being able to stay there!  I have determined
> that the AEA/Timewave PK96 will stay there for a fact in DOS FPAC.  We use
> KISS 0$B mode for DOS FPAC and it works swell, and works every time.
>
> 73,
> bud N0IA
> 386 574 4124
>
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