I, along with Ed (K3HTK) are now listed as elmers covering Indiana for the Broadband Hamnet project. We’ve had some time to play around with the project and are hoping to generate some interest in it and get more people involved to perhaps get a mesh network setup here in Indy.
The issues that I was working with Westmountain Radio on with the RigBlaster Blue were unable to be resolved. I returned the unit for a refund and will be sticking with SignaLink for my digital mode.
Received the following from the NH Ham with the visually impaired aunt who the N9AG VE Team assisted in her grandfathered upgrade to General:
“Bill, I just wanted to drop you a note and give you a big “thank you!” from me. The VEs never get enough thanks from the HAM community. Without new HAMs, the hobby would die out. You guys make it happen, and you do it on your own time. You guys honestly make me feel a little guilty. I should follow your lead and get out there and do a little more work as a mentor, or perhaps a VE. Anyway, thanks for helping Carmela. You were kind and helpful way beyond the call of duty!”
I attended the Dayton Hamvention for the very first time, along with K3HTK and K9ZX and of course the XYL. I had a blast. We spent our two days outside in the flea market, and still did not get through all of it. The weather, as those of you who were there know, was less than cooperative. No major purchased there, but I may have a nice Service Monitor coming soon from a contact I made while there. Looking forward to next year.
I upgraded my mobile setup to include an IC-7100, which replaced two radios (IC-706MKII and IC-2820). I’m really liking the IC-7100. I’ll put some more details together when I have some time and post them on my website (www.nf9k.net).
Beyond that, I was able to get IRLPVCon running on the Raspberry Pi platform. That particular Pi runs IRLP/EchoLink for my two repeaters. Thanks to Dave Cameron for putting in the work to convert the package over.
Thats all I have for this report. 73 until next month.
