June 2016 - FSG-public - lists.keekles.org

Board vote needed
by Bryan Fields 29 Jun '16

29 Jun '16

I put forth a proposal to get the IP data radios for ~1750 from Flytec computers in Miami earlier this month. I know we're spoke about this informally and we had a consensus. We need to have a formal vote on this from the board to keep us legal. I vote we should proceed with this. Can I have a second in supporting this and I'll move forward with the order? Thanks, -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

5 5

Field Day 2016 is this weekend
by Bryan Fields 23 Jun '16

23 Jun '16

ARRL Field Day runs from 1pm Saturday to 4 PM Sunday this weekend. http://www.arrl.org/field-day ARRL Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event held annually in the US and Canada. On the fourth weekend of June of each year, more than 35,000 radio amateurs gather with their clubs, groups or simply with friends to operate from remote locations. Field Day is a picnic, a campout, practice for emergencies, an informal contest and, most of all, FUN! It is a time where many aspects of Amateur Radio come together to highlight our many roles. While some will treat it as a contest, other groups use the opportunity to practice their emergency response capabilities. It is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate Amateur Radio to the organizations that Amateur Radio might serve in an emergency, as well as the general public. The contest part is simply to contact as many other stations as possible and to learn to operate our radio gear in abnormal situations and less than optimal conditions. We use these same skills when we help with events such as marathons and bike-a-thons; fund-raisers such as walk-a-thons; celebrations such as parades; and exhibits at fairs, malls and museums — these are all large, preplanned, non-emergency activities. As a group we're not planing to do much for this as we're focused mostly on repeaters, but a number of other groups in the area are doing it. TARC/CARS/SPARC/BARC/wormhole and a few other local clubs are doing stuff if you're interested in going by and checking it out. I'm probably going to visit a few clubs over the course of Saturday night, if anyone wants to come with you're more than welcome. 73's -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

1 0

Audio issue on the HT1250 radio
by Bryan Fields 18 Jun '16

18 Jun '16

Some may have an issue with the audio on the HT1250 radios when turned up past half. This produces a tinny audio response as you move past half. It is very noticeable on the unsquelched audio and on repeater use. Good news is it's a programing issue and can be fixed in CPS. I made a video of it, and it's up here showing what would need to change in CPS. https://youtu.be/hBiPNovtJ7U -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

1 0

900 MHz radios for sale to the group.
by Bryan Fields 10 Jun '16

10 Jun '16

I got a couple 900 MHz MCS2000 radios up for sale. These are windows XP programmable, and will do 30W on our 927.050 repeater. We've found the coverage to be almost as good at the 440 These have everything you need, other than a speaker to install them. $135 per radio and I'll have them programmed and aligned for you. I think I have a mobile antenna/cable/connector and a NMO mount as well if you need help installing it. If you want to get an extension kit you can split these radios out for remote mount. It's how I have it fit in my small car. http://gallery.keekles.org/d/29705-2/0411152007.jpg http://gallery.keekles.org/d/29708-2/0411152008.jpg http://pdf.textfiles.com/manuals/SCANNERS-F-R/Motorola_MCS2000-Model%202and… I'll be out of town this upcoming week, but should be around next weekend. 73's -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

1 0

Web transceiver working
by Bryan Fields 05 Jun '16

05 Jun '16

I've got the web transceiver working. This is accessed via http://allstarlink.org and you can login and then click on web transceiver, then any of our nodes. Allow Java to run and give it a second. It should connect and you'll hear the repeater and be able to key down and talk. You'll need an approved account on there, but it's normally fast to turn it around. I added an announcement that goes out every 3 hours during the day directing people to our website/group for more info. If that's too much or some one wants to do a professional recording let me know and we can change it up. A local conversation should preempt the announcements, but I've not verified this. 73's -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

1 0

IP data radios
by Bryan Fields 03 Jun '16

03 Jun '16

I've been researching and gathering the needed quotes for the IP radios to light up the site. Using the HamWAN standard BoM I've built up what's required for us to get 3, 120 degree sectors online and get 3 end station radios for testing (the radios are the same). We can't get everything from one place, so I've complied this into a single comparison. QTY Part number Des Flytech Extended Streakwave Extended 3 5G-19-120 Ubiquiti 120 degree H/V sector 120.45 361.35 0 0 3 WG-AM2/AM5G19 WaveGuard sector cover 91 273 39 117 6 RB912UAG-5HPnD-OUT MikroTik RouterBOARD 5.9 GHz 75.47 452.82 74 444 3 SBX-S-CC-2SMA RF Elements Case 28.71 86.13 25.65 76.95 6 TP-ESP-1000-POE Network / Lighting Surge Protector 1Gb 24.33 145.98 22.57 135.42 3 RD-5G30-LW Ubiquiti Networks 5GHz 30dBi dual pol 2' dish Light Weight 0 0 105 315 1 Ground Shipping to 33706 60 60 248 248 Total 1379.28 1336.37 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 RD-5G30-LW https://www.amazon.com/5GHZ-ROCKET-DISH-30DBI-RD-5G30-LW/dp/B00TP5W9S2/ref=… 120 360 Total Flytech 1739.28 Total Streakwave 1747.72 What I propose is to get this from Flytec and order the antennas from amazon with free shipping (they are larger). We have an account with Flytec and are setup for tax free as they are in Miami. I believe we have all the other parts, the outdoor cat5 cable is up on the roof, just needs termination and grounding. The IP is in place and other than connecting the radios to the switch, there is nothing to install in the rack. We should do this as a business buy. I'll donate the money to FSG, and FSG pays the vendor. Thoughts? -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

2 2

Hello from KJ4SHL
by Ryan Owens 03 Jun '16

03 Jun '16

Hello everybody just wanted to quickly introduce myself to this group. My name is Ryan relatively young ham at 23 I have had my license since 2010. Currently working in the professional communication field in Tampa. This group has a lot of cool things going on and happy to be a part of it. It's a refreshing change to normal amateur radio groups. The project I am most interested in is the HamWAN Tampa project. Thanks for the add to the list. 73's Ryan Owens KJ4SHL http://kj4shl.com

3 2

Dayton talk and repeater
by Bryan Fields 03 Jun '16

03 Jun '16

Ham radio now has the talk I gave at Dayton on youtube. This is pretty quick for them, last year took a few months to edit it. https://youtu.be/IFcESjoWSP8?t=2520 We're still waiting on the BGP announcement to go live at the repeater site, but we have the linking controller online. Echolink is active and the nodes are on the allstar link network. Node # 40821 ; 224.280 41618 ; 443.525 42032 ; 927.050 Basically you can link them to any of the nodes on allstar network using *3 node number to link and *1 node number to unlink them. I did see asterisk crash the other day, I'm not certain what caused it, but I suspect it was echolink. Eventually we'll have allmon running and you can get into it via the web. I delinked the 900 repeater from the 220/440 and linked it over to 41170 which is the 927_tech hub. Feel free to move it back around if you want. 73's -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

2 2