d-rats? and next month's topic

[Art]

So I had to redo the install on my laptop and got everything reinstalled
(well almost everything)...

I found out that there's an archive for ham radio software (like
fldigi), i installed pretty much everything from it and they had d-rats,
so I installed it and tried to connect to wc7so and it wouldn't let
me... is the repeater down?

also what are we going to talk about next month other than
(re)elections? I might be able to come up with something about
installing and configuring linux on a computer for ham use.

art

[Gayland Gump]

I've been working on getting a raspberry pi to run ham software with mixed results and would like to talk about this topic as well.

Gayland

KG7GCF

art

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[Robert Sears]

I have found the vast majority of ham radio Linux (and Windows) apps are really old and unsupported.

Finding up to date apps and figuring them out might make a good summer project for those that want to still meet and play around July and August since we reserved the room already.

Robert/KF7VOP

[Brian Lawler]

The DSTAR gateway is dead but the repeater is functioning locally.  You can't actually connect DRATS to a repeater, just through it, to another station.  So, the local repeater would work with another local station, but not through the gateway.  I bought the Rasp Pi 3 to install the new gateway software on, but just have not gotten around to doing it. (We will be switching from iCOM to IRCDDB) John Hays has offered to send an image to install.  If anyone wants to take that project on I will hand off the hardware :)

-Brian

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 6:26 AM, Art <nouse...@gmail.com> wrote:

art

[Budd Churchward]

I have ordered the UDRC and a Rpi 3 for the King Mountain site. John is a friend of mine and I would be willing to take on that task from you, Brian.

I will send a link to the group when I m not on my phone that I hope can be part of our discussion at the meeting. It will explain how we set up the UDRC.

Watch for it a Wednesday.  We should be able to do DRATS on both sites.

[Brian Lawler]

Thanks Budd.  I expect to have more time after this insane Cascadia Rising exercise.  Can't wait until it is OVER :)  I can line up access to Lookout to install the new Gateway.  ... and access to King.  Remind me that we need to fix the tone output and make sure it is working.

-Brian

[Curt Black]

Hi People-of-the-Bellingham-Area,

 

I just wanted to make sure that the Summer Gathering was on your calendar for this year.

 

You keep looking for agenda items for your meetings - How about talking up Summer Gathering!

 

It seems like last year, despite all the interesting things you are doing, you were unable to share your progress with us.

 

Fix that, OK?

 

Summer Gathering is always the weekend after Labor Day.  For 2016 that makes it primarily Saturday, September 10th. 

 

We would love to see a slug of people journey down from the great north to share your progress on all things Amateur Radio and Digital...

 

I'd like to make sure you all know that some people start showing up on Thursday September 8th (Coincidently, Brian Heaton's Birthday, KY9K, Summer Gathering Steak Meister...)

 

You are welcome to  stay through Monday September 12th - actually - far beyond that, if you like...  

 

This will be the 19th Annual Premier Northwest Digital Radio Experience - don't miss it!  You can look on my QRZ page for what Summer Gathering looks like: www. qrz.com/db/wr5j 

 

Here is some of the vision for this year.

 

We sure hope to see some folks from Bellingham...

 

-- QST QST - All APRS and Digital Radio enthusiasts --

19th Annual Summer Gathering near North Bend, WA Sept 9, 10 11^th 2016

Always the weekend after Labor Day.  Primary content is Saturday

This is a very social and educational event right here in the Pacific Northwest.

The Summer Gathering is great fun and a great opportunity to learn and practice just about anything you can do with a computer and your ham radio particularly focused on the Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) http://www.aprs.org/.

Summer Gathering happens at Valley Camp: http://valleycamp.org/ located near North Bend, Washington 10 minutes off of I-90 at exit 34. At the bottom of the Exit 34 ramp, turn left (north) and continue 1/2 mile past the convenience stores and truck stops and watch for the right turn onto SE Middle Fork Road (County Road sign says Valley Camp 2.2 miles). Continue to the "Y" and take the left on SE Middle Fork Road (lower road). Follow until you come to the stop sign. The entrance to the camp is straight ahead across the small intersection.  Ignore any signs about road closures/detours – if they are still happening, they are after the camp.

GPS Coordinates for the entrance of camp: 47.4680 -121.6808 (Don't forget the minus on the longitude or you'll end up in Mongolia !)  The camp call is WA7VC and is on APRS with that call.  Check it out on aprs.fi 

The location is a beautiful camp with hot showers and a bunkhouse, tent camping or RV opportunities. Many folks arrive on Thursday or Friday for socializing. The presentations are on Saturday.  Contact Teena at in...@valleycamp.org  with your request for overnight accommodation.  Arrive for breakfast from 7:00 to 8:30. Presentations start at 9:00am.

The event runs on donations and we encourage you to shoot for $15 for the day or $25 for the overnight experience - there is a donation box at the event. If you donated what you would pay for your breakfast and other tasty meals, we would probably be in great shape. Please help us keep this event going for another 19 years!  This venue is made available to us at no charge but it cannot continue to happen without your participation and support.

Bring your thirst for knowledge, some warm clothing for the evenings, a chair and something soft to enhance your enjoyment of the picnic-table seats and some food and drink to eat and share. Steaks and burgers are most frequently consumed.  There are grills going for lunch and dinner and coffee early each day... Breakfast is 0700 to 0830 – try not to miss it.

Valley Camp is an incredibly beautiful place - lots of nature trails and birding opportunities for the family along the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River.  Elk and deer abound. 

We’re still working on the content for this year – Please propose a presentation on your favorite topic – we are trying for a larger number of focused mini-talks with just enough time allotted for treatment of each topic and questions.

Typically we touch on these areas:

Getting Started with APRS - why do we use digital modes and what characteristics make them so effective – Curt Black – WR5J

Near Space Balloons and APRS Adventures - Paul Verhage, AF7HL

APRSIS - The Swiss-Army Knife of free Digital Software Ann Reeves, WA7ROS

APRS_Messenger - Toolkit for Digital Communication

Trackers and Systems on a Chip - Raspberry-Pi/Beagle-bone Black vs. Arduino – what platforms best enhance your use of APRS?  Small trackers and Big Tools  AP 510 APRS tracker

XASTIR – Wonderful APRS Software and the Best Reason Yet to Move Toward the Light that is Linux…  http://xastir.org/index.php/Main_Page

Recent use of FLDIGI-FLAMP – and RMSExpress August this year transporting data from the backcountry for 800 cyclists in RAMROD – (Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day) to the start/finish line.  FLDIGI with the Amateur Multicast Protocol and RMSExpress with WinLink2000 worldwide stations is certainly an effective emergency communications combination.  (We are encouraging folks to develop skill with these and other tools as we spool up to the Cascadia Rising exercise next spring   http://nws.weather.gov/nthmp/2015annualmeeting/CascadiaRising.pdf  

 West Seattle Grand Parade – APRS Testbed:  What are the best tools to track assets and activity for parade organizers?  Examples and Discussion – Curt Black, WR5J Ken Iverson, AB7X

D-RATS handles APRS data and nicely uses FLDIGI and its included modes for transport.  You don’t need any D-STAR equipment to use D-RATS for its functionality – lots of cool features. 

There will be excellent operating conditions for you to try HF - rigs, computers with lots of digital modes, interfaces and 3-element Triband antenna or some awesome wires in very tall trees…Lots of space to experiment with your next antenna project and excellent analysis tools…

There will still be free beer with every new digital mode you try...there are more than 120 modes inside FLDIGI alone…  Good Luck exploring those – or watching others try!

If there is interest, there will be a talk about Bats just before sunset Saturday – Not sports bats, but the one-third of earth’s  mammals flying ones …

There will be cheesy Sci-Fi Movies and popcorn late into Saturday Night thanks to Bill, WA7NWP..optional, but very fun...

Or you can just socialize and learn from your fellow hams is this near perfect venue.

Summer Gathering - Rules Of Engagement

Have FUN!   Try out new things!  Meet as many new people as possible!

Satisfy your Thirst For Knowledge!

YOU MUST HAVE A GOOD TIME - if at any time you are not having a good time
please find Curt Black - WR5J, - 206 755-4541c - and let him know what’s up and we will work to fix it…

Please meet your fellow participants.  If you don't know someone, go find
out what makes them tick - there is a treasure trove of interest and
experience here -make sure you check it all out

We would like to reserve the whole north side for presentations -
Please don't set up equipment on the north side  / please set up demos on
the south side tables only

Please socialize anytime, but during presentations, please move
conversations to the South Side with the Demos - we want everyone to be able
to hear our speakers and their presentations

If you have a QUESTION you would like answered during the Gathering, please:
1) write it out and put it on the Kiosk, and/or 2) bring it up during the
introductions, and/or 3) grab any of the presenters or other participants
anytime during the weekend - Don't leave without getting help or setting up future help.

Please DONATE to Valley Camp to keep this beautiful venue available to us.

The Mail Box for donations is on the railing of the main pavilion on the north side

cleverly labeled, "Donations" 

We are hoping the day folks will help with $15 or $20 or more for the day (if you enjoyed the free breakfast, maybe add what that would cost in a restaurant) and $25 per night for overnight stays

Thom and Teena and the SG Team (Curt, Bill, Ann, Brian, Herb) Thank You!

If you are willing to act as a topic resource, please put your
interests/areas of expertise on your name tag

Questions:        Contact Thom Proehl, K7FZO  k7fzo...@gmail.com  425 888-1852

Or Curt Black, WR5J, wr...@arrl.net  206 755-4541

 

[Art Miller]

If you get the image and give me the info I'd like to try

On May 24, 2016 9:44 PM, "Brian Lawler" <bhla...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Gayland Gump]

Got a raspberry 3 a couple of  weeks ago, and it appears to have a firmware issue that is impacting the ntp daemon, I do not understand the details of that.  The impact of this issue is that the clock on the pi3 will not update when the pi powers up.  If the clock gets sufficiently out of date, the issue can manifest as problems with certificate authentication with internet browsers.

There is a work around if this problem exists on your pi (no tindication of if and when the firmware problem might be corrected).  Then work around is to add the following line sans quotes to the pi's /etc/rc.local line just before the exit 0 line at or near the end of the file.

"/sbin/iptables -t mangle -I POSTROUTING 1 -o wlan0 -p udp --dport 123 -j TOS --set-tos 0x00"

I haven't yet determined if you have to run the following command sans quotes after powering the up the pi3, "ntpd -p -g", but I have and the clock will update.  If it is required then it should probably be put somewhere in the startup sequence.  It is most likely already there but due to the firmware issue has no effect.  Judging from the fix the problem has something to do with how the wireless lan operates.  I am not sure where in the boot sequence one would put this and if anyone knows share it with me.  If I find that it is required,  I'll probably put it in one of the .bash files that get started as part of the user login setup.

Let me know if any of you find out more about this issue.

Gayland

KG7GCF

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 9:51 PM, Budd Churchward <bu...@honorlevel.com> wrote: