In the August meeting we were treated to a talk on Meshtastic. Our VP Dave, KC7MAD introduced Matt Fiscus, KK7MNZ who explained what Meshtastic offers for a mesh network. Matt passed around several mesh nodes and other related items so the membership could get a good idea of what’s involved. These represent a low-cost and […]
Hello fellow club members. I hope everyone is staying cool. Man, did it get hot overnight or what? A few of us club members cooled off by heading North to Lost Eden for Field Day 2024. We had lower attendance this year than we have had in the past. I’m not sure why, but those
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We were treated to one of our best presentations at the May meeting. Chris Heavens, W7AMD told the story of his career working for Cable and Wireless, Ltd., a part of British Telecom. We learned a great deal about telegraph cables under the oceans which allowed worldwide telegraph messages, a system sometimes referred to as
Hello fellow club members, I hope all is well. I want to start off this article by thanking all of the Tech crew. They have been spending a lot of time on the repeaters and the tower projects at both the Stone Castle site and up at Lost Eden. As most of you know, we
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The April meeting will be our annual Junque Auction. This is one of our more popular events. It has traditionally been held in January, but I think the April date will work better since it doesn’t come up so soon after our hamfest. Take advantage of the opportunity to clean up the shack a bit
The March meeting program was all about AllStarLink. Dave, KC7MAD started things off by teaching us about classical phone system PBXs and how modern IP-based systems replace them. Telephone switching for a business that used to require a room full of equipment and wires can now be handled by a small computer on the network.
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