OK Dan. FWIW, I was thinking of 31360 TriState for those driving in from the mid-Atlantic states. Point taken for 441 in the hotel.
On Mon, Feb 25, 2019, 1:06 PM Daniel L. Srebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > Last year we used 146.55 MHz FM and it worked out nicely. I made quite a > few contacts there. > > As far as DMR...you could program in 441.000 MHz, TG 99, TS 1 CC1 and use > simplex since you're all in the same place! That is one of the recommended > DMR simplex frequencies. http://www.va3xpr.net/dmr-simplex-frequencies/ > > Tom, while I know that TG 31360 is the best for you because you already > have it programmed in, I'm not sure that all the folks who use Tri State > during their daily commutes would be too interested in SWL Fest chat about > Pancho and purple paper for 3 days typing up "their" TG. But that is just > my opinion. > > I've setup a D-Star callsign routing group which Festers are free to use. > It is live now and it is called SWLFEST. If you are bringing your > Zumspot/Jumbospot etc it can already do callsign routing. Replace the > CQCQCQ that is usually in the UR Call field with > "SWLFEST" and it will just work. To terminate use "SWLFESTT". I'll leave > it up through the end of next week, but maybe it will stick around if I see > it getting some use. For more on Smart Routing Groups see > http://www.k2dls.net/blog/2019/02/19/adventures-in-callsign-routing/. > > We will not be able to join the Fest this year because of a conflict with > other interesting plans. But here's wishing for a good gathering of the > radio active from me and Tina. > > 73 > > On Thu, 2019-02-21 at 21:11 -0500, Thomas Sundstrom wrote: > > The recent discussion on choosing a fest comm frequency--2m or 70cm--was > confusing. Frankly, I don't recall seeing a consensus. Please advise. <grin> > > The wide-area N3KZ 70cm analog network is off the air, perhaps for good. > There has been ongoing nonsense--deliberate interference caused by > troublemakers--and the management pressed the red kill button. > > The PARA W3PHL network is probably the next largest linked analog network. > Look at http://para.buxcom.net and/or https://www.repeaterbook.com for > information. > > For those on DMR, probably the Brandmeister talkgroup (TG) TriState 31360 > -- https://wiki.brandmeister.network/index.php/TalkGroup/31360 --is the > most convenient for festees to use. The TrIState TG is on a host of DMR > repeaters. See http://www.wr3irs.com and http://www.n2jti.net for > repeaters, color codes and time slots. The Philadelphia 440.650 repeater in > Roxborough (near City Line Ave and I-76) should easily provide coverage at > the hotel. > > If you are using a hotspot and a VZW Jetpack (or equivalent) in the car or > in a go-bag, then simply add 31360 to your codeplug. > > 73 de Tom W2XQ > > > _______________________________________________ > > Swlfest mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > > [email protected] > > ?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. > > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > > http://www.swlfest.com > > > http://swlfest.blogspot.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL > shown above. > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > http://www.swlfest.com > http://swlfest.blogspot.com >
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