[FADCA] Lost another one to Dia Tec!

Fri Apr 8 00:18:17 EDT 2005

On Apr 7, 2005 7:11 PM, Russell Oder <oderr at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 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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