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Tech Stuff Ham
Packet Radio Personal |
Amateur Packet Radio 5/24/2010: Installed the new 5/8 wave 2-meter antenna tonight. Everything looks good so far. This antenna boasts a 6db gain and it's 11 feet up, so it should perform much better. It's still hooked to the 5-watt transmitter. Next upgrade will probably be the Yaesu FT-2900 later this summer. 5/15/2010: TCP/IP is up and running on the station. Its address is 172.30.0.1 (subnet 255.255.0.0) No gateway to the internet yet. I ordered some LMR-400 and will be working to set up a small base station antenna hooked to the Wouxun. That should give me better range while I save for a 75-watt Yaesu FT-2900R. 5/7/2010: VHF packet radio station finally set up! Running on VHF 147.620 mhz, 1200 baud AX.25 from north Bakersfield. Broadcasting only 5 watts at the moment. This setup is using my Wouxun UVD1P handheld linked to Mix-W using a sound card. The tricky part was building the push-to-talk (PTT) interface.. or rather using the right parts :) I'm hoping to get a decent antenna set up in the near future, then upgrade to a 50-75 watt mobile radio as the base. The existing setup sends out a beacon every 60 sec. If you're interested in working packet in the Bakersfield area, look for the beacon or contact me at corvettekenny@gmail.com. | |