Miss the days of switching HF/SWL bands to find WWV broadcasts so you could synchronize you clocks with Coordinated Universal Time?
"At the tone XX hours and YY minutes Coordinated Universal Time...BEEP!"
Take 60 seconds and call 303-499-7111 for a blast from the past. Still operating in Fort Collins, Colorado. They still get 1,000 calls a day.
73 Mike
Excited to introduce a live public dashboard for everyone's favorite repeater! This dashboard shows both the live status & plays live audio of the 145.1100 repeater's AllStar node (447601) and its linked P25 talkgroup 7A OPS (47100).
The dashboard is optimized for both mobile & desktop users, showing live transmit, receive, and connection status of the resources which are patched together. It's made possible by the software we're using to patch the resources together, PatchLINC.
Encompassing DMR & YSF in this patch is a planned addition in the future. Please report any issues to me, and enjoy!
Update: I've transitioned the backend of this solution to a VPS. This means the reliability and stability should be pretty fantastic. The VPS has 2gb internet speed and 1ms latency. When it was hosted at my house previously, latency was higher and speed much lower. This should fix most of the "drop outs". Please continue to report any issues to me.
For those that built the tape measure Yagi from July 8, 2026 club meeting... I managed a very good SWR across 2m band.
Rigexpert Match RFE - Antscope v2.1.13 (customized)
Cheers
K4HEZ
Based on experiences working VA, WV, MD & NC QSO parties as a mobile, I started working on a concept in 2017 to create something more local that new technicians could participate in, and that would recreate the cooperative spirit that these particular contests promote. I wonder if this might be a good HVARC project? Some basic tenets: 1 - Brief and local. 4 hours at most, over a limited geographic area. Creating 'localities' out of extended Maidenhead squares. Would conclude with a picnic for the participants. Maybe even a tailgate sale? 2 - Educational purposes would be to familiarize new hams with the grid squares, contest procedures, on-air courtesy, and maybe even Cabrillo. 3 - A practical purpose would be to identify prime accessible vantage points where simple radios could be placed to create a reliable communications network. 4 - Opportunities for listen-only participants, including possible fox hunting, scavenger hunting, or even a receive-only…
Anyone remember TIGER11?