Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it this year, but I hope all the rest of you have a great rest and I'll be jealously hoping to hear some details and hoping for 2010! Walt Fair, Jr.,MS, PHD, P. E. The University ofTexas at Austin Tel: +1-713-817-9042, +1-512-333-4337 Fax: +1-713-456-3045 Skype: wbfairjr
On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 4:09 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Swlfest mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Swlfest digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Amateur radio at the fest (Daniel L. Srebnick) > 2. Re: Amateur radio at the fest (Thomas Sundstrom) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 13:06:43 -0500 > From: "Daniel L. Srebnick" <[email protected]> > To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Swlfest] Amateur radio at the fest > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > 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/. > id="-x-evo-selection-start-marker"> > 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 > > [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 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/private/swlfest/attachments/20190225/34548715/attachment.html > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: smime.p7s > Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature > Size: 5202 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/private/swlfest/attachments/20190225/34548715/attachment.bin > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 17:09:21 -0500 > From: Thomas Sundstrom <[email protected]> > To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Swlfest] Amateur radio at the fest > Message-ID: > <CAF9PrCwBKH=viQ= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > 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 > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/private/swlfest/attachments/20190225/745049fd/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Swlfest Digest, Vol 154, Issue 23 > **************************************** >
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