Digital Group Meeting tomorrow 2021-11-16 @ 19:00
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Steve Stroh
Nov 15, 2021, 3:23:31 PM11/15/21
to Northwest Washington Digital Amateur Radio
Hello all DG'ers!
It's once again time for the Mount Baker Amateur Radio Club (MBARC)
Digital Group (DG) to meet "Brady Bunch" style on Zoom. We meet to
discuss all things digital (mostly data) in Amateur Radio. Of
particular interest to the MBARC DG is the use of the WB7FHC / AG7GN
Nexus DR-X units (http://wb7fhc.com/intro.html) and HamWAN / AREDN
microwave networking, and all other forms of data communications over
Amateur Radio here in Whatcom County.
MBARC DG meets the third Tuesday of each month at 19:00 Pacific. Some
of us gather early for casual chatting. The Zoom link will be active
by 18:30 for those wishing to join early.
Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84786930504?pwd=YTlsZEs4dGRIMEdKUzVnckhodVNFdz09
(The meeting will be recorded.)
Budd Churchward WB7FHC is once again recreating on a trip, and has
given me temporary custody of his Zoom account for the DG meeting. As
usual, I'll start the Zoom session at 18:30, and begin recording at
19:00 for the formal meeting.
Topics for this meeting include:
* Introductions of those new to Amateur Radio and/or the Digital
Group, including non DG guests.
* Show and tell of any projects or activities that you've done that
are "Amateur Radio Digital".
* Digital Group Treasurer's Report
* Chris KC9AD reports that the Kenwood TM-V71A is available from Main
Trading Company for $395 plus free shipping -
https://www.mtcradio.com/kenwood-tm-v71a-144-440-mhz-mobile/.
Apparently there were a number of these radios that were in the
transportation pipeline after Kenwood decided to "end of life" this
radio. They won't be available forever, so if you've wanted to get
one, you should do so sooner than later. The TM-V71A is the most
popular radio used for VHF / UHF data communications here in Whatcom
County.
* Discussion of the TM-V71A will probably spark discussion about the
suitability of other radios for data communications.
* Discussion about the past few day's weather event in Whatcom County
and Northwest Washington, especially implications for data operations
for emergency communications
* Discussion about the new Raspberry Pi OS "Bullseye" and potential
impacts to the Nexus DR-X
* Discussion about using Mt. Constitution 146.740 for ongoing
operations of fldigi and other digital modes.
Administrivia:
The MBARC DG thanks Budd Churchward WB7FHC for the use of his
business-grade Zoom account for conducting the MBARC meetings.
About the Mount Baker Amateur Radio Club (MBARC) Digital Group (DG):
The Digital Group (DG) is a technically oriented subsidiary group of
the Mount Baker Amateur Radio Club (MBARC) in Bellingham, Whatcom
County, Washington that is focused on data communications in Amateur
Radio. The goal of the DG is to help DG members and especially
newcomers to Amateur Radio, and Amateur Radio Operators new to data
modes, understand and use Amateur Radio data communications modes
effectively. Most of the DG’s usage of Data Communications occurs on
the Amateur Radio VHF and UHF bands within Whatcom County and
surrounding areas. Information about the Digital Group can be found at
https://mbarc.groups.io/g/main/wiki/28088.
Joining the DG
Membership in the Digital Group is an add-on to MBARC membership. DG
membership dues are $10 / year (in addition to MBARC membership dues).
DG dues are used to support various projects relating to the focus of
the DG, such as building Amateur Radio data communications
infrastructure such as digipeaters. To pay your dues, either send a
check to
MBARC Digital Group
PO Box 981
Bellingham, WA 98227
or to pay electronically:
use the Zelle app (https://www.zellepay.com) to the account
dgd...@mbarc.org
DG Meetings
The DG meets on the third Tuesday of each month, beginning at 18:30
Pacific for casual chatting and 19:00 for the "formal" meeting. During
COVID-19 restrictions we've met via Zoom videoconference. The
link for the Zoom videoconference is published on the DG’s email list.
You do not have to be a member of the DG to attend the physical or
virtual meetings.
DG Email Discussion List
The Digital Group will eventually migrate its electronic discussions
to groups.io. If you haven't already done so, please go to
https://mbarc.groups.io/g/digital
To add yourself via email, send an email to:
digital+...@mbarc.groups.io
Currently, the DG uses Google Groups for its email list for
discussions and meeting notifications.
If you're not currently a member of the group, you can view (and
search) the discussions to date:
https://groups.google.com/g/nwwdigi
If you're a Gmail user, you can browse to
https://groups.google.com/g/nwwdigi
and click subscribe.
If you're not a Gmail user, to subscribe to the DG email list, send an
email (no subject or body text) to
nwwdigi+...@googlegroups.com
You do not have to be a member of the DG to subscribe to the DG email
list. Requests to join the DG email list are moderated to attempt to
minimize spammers and spamming.
We are always looking for interesting topics to discuss about Amateur
Radio data communications. Please let me know of topics (and speakers)
that you'd like to see at a future DG Meeting.
Steve Stroh N8GNJ
MBARC Digital Group President 2021-2022
---
Steve Stroh N8GNJ
Editor
Zero Retries Newsletter - https://zeroretries.substack.com
Twitter - @zeroretries / https://twitter.com/zeroretries
It's once again time for the Mount Baker Amateur Radio Club (MBARC)
Digital Group (DG) to meet "Brady Bunch" style on Zoom. We meet to
discuss all things digital (mostly data) in Amateur Radio. Of
particular interest to the MBARC DG is the use of the WB7FHC / AG7GN
Nexus DR-X units (http://wb7fhc.com/intro.html) and HamWAN / AREDN
microwave networking, and all other forms of data communications over
Amateur Radio here in Whatcom County.
MBARC DG meets the third Tuesday of each month at 19:00 Pacific. Some
of us gather early for casual chatting. The Zoom link will be active
by 18:30 for those wishing to join early.
Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84786930504?pwd=YTlsZEs4dGRIMEdKUzVnckhodVNFdz09
(The meeting will be recorded.)
Budd Churchward WB7FHC is once again recreating on a trip, and has
given me temporary custody of his Zoom account for the DG meeting. As
usual, I'll start the Zoom session at 18:30, and begin recording at
19:00 for the formal meeting.
Topics for this meeting include:
* Introductions of those new to Amateur Radio and/or the Digital
Group, including non DG guests.
* Show and tell of any projects or activities that you've done that
are "Amateur Radio Digital".
* Digital Group Treasurer's Report
* Chris KC9AD reports that the Kenwood TM-V71A is available from Main
Trading Company for $395 plus free shipping -
https://www.mtcradio.com/kenwood-tm-v71a-144-440-mhz-mobile/.
Apparently there were a number of these radios that were in the
transportation pipeline after Kenwood decided to "end of life" this
radio. They won't be available forever, so if you've wanted to get
one, you should do so sooner than later. The TM-V71A is the most
popular radio used for VHF / UHF data communications here in Whatcom
County.
* Discussion of the TM-V71A will probably spark discussion about the
suitability of other radios for data communications.
* Discussion about the past few day's weather event in Whatcom County
and Northwest Washington, especially implications for data operations
for emergency communications
* Discussion about the new Raspberry Pi OS "Bullseye" and potential
impacts to the Nexus DR-X
* Discussion about using Mt. Constitution 146.740 for ongoing
operations of fldigi and other digital modes.
Administrivia:
The MBARC DG thanks Budd Churchward WB7FHC for the use of his
business-grade Zoom account for conducting the MBARC meetings.
About the Mount Baker Amateur Radio Club (MBARC) Digital Group (DG):
The Digital Group (DG) is a technically oriented subsidiary group of
the Mount Baker Amateur Radio Club (MBARC) in Bellingham, Whatcom
County, Washington that is focused on data communications in Amateur
Radio. The goal of the DG is to help DG members and especially
newcomers to Amateur Radio, and Amateur Radio Operators new to data
modes, understand and use Amateur Radio data communications modes
effectively. Most of the DG’s usage of Data Communications occurs on
the Amateur Radio VHF and UHF bands within Whatcom County and
surrounding areas. Information about the Digital Group can be found at
https://mbarc.groups.io/g/main/wiki/28088.
Joining the DG
Membership in the Digital Group is an add-on to MBARC membership. DG
membership dues are $10 / year (in addition to MBARC membership dues).
DG dues are used to support various projects relating to the focus of
the DG, such as building Amateur Radio data communications
infrastructure such as digipeaters. To pay your dues, either send a
check to
MBARC Digital Group
PO Box 981
Bellingham, WA 98227
or to pay electronically:
use the Zelle app (https://www.zellepay.com) to the account
dgd...@mbarc.org
DG Meetings
The DG meets on the third Tuesday of each month, beginning at 18:30
Pacific for casual chatting and 19:00 for the "formal" meeting. During
COVID-19 restrictions we've met via Zoom videoconference. The
link for the Zoom videoconference is published on the DG’s email list.
You do not have to be a member of the DG to attend the physical or
virtual meetings.
DG Email Discussion List
The Digital Group will eventually migrate its electronic discussions
to groups.io. If you haven't already done so, please go to
https://mbarc.groups.io/g/digital
To add yourself via email, send an email to:
digital+...@mbarc.groups.io
Currently, the DG uses Google Groups for its email list for
discussions and meeting notifications.
If you're not currently a member of the group, you can view (and
search) the discussions to date:
https://groups.google.com/g/nwwdigi
If you're a Gmail user, you can browse to
https://groups.google.com/g/nwwdigi
and click subscribe.
If you're not a Gmail user, to subscribe to the DG email list, send an
email (no subject or body text) to
nwwdigi+...@googlegroups.com
You do not have to be a member of the DG to subscribe to the DG email
list. Requests to join the DG email list are moderated to attempt to
minimize spammers and spamming.
We are always looking for interesting topics to discuss about Amateur
Radio data communications. Please let me know of topics (and speakers)
that you'd like to see at a future DG Meeting.
Steve Stroh N8GNJ
MBARC Digital Group President 2021-2022
---
Steve Stroh N8GNJ
Editor
Zero Retries Newsletter - https://zeroretries.substack.com
Twitter - @zeroretries / https://twitter.com/zeroretries
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