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Edward Dowdy's avatar

Well, it's my opinion, VHF/UHF is real ham radio. I use it a lot, plus, I run satellites both linear and and FM. I have been on our local VHF repeater since the day I got General.

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Steve Stroh N8GNJ's avatar

Edward - Thanks for your comments!

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Uncle Milburn's avatar

I'm thinking that a lot of those "old men" only on HF, and especially only on CW HF, are those that never were able to figure out transistors.

I've put repeaters up (the Tulalip DMR ones) and have run many a net, involved in a lot of activities. but not on HF. I doubt the ARRL knows I exist. And, to be honest, it would be kinda creepy if they did.

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Steve Stroh N8GNJ's avatar

Uncle Milburn - Thanks for your comments!

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HalfWaveMike's avatar

Please try to catch the Jonathan Naylor, G4KLX/W4KLX and Jim Mclaughlin, KI6ZUM "Story of the MMDVM (hotspot)" forum @ Pacificon - 10:00am in the Bishop Ranch Ballroom. Would love to see your notes on this talk.

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Steve Stroh N8GNJ's avatar

HalfWaveMike - I was there for the entire talk and it was one of the better ones I attended. Two teasers of my article this week - MMDVM-TNC works and is ready to go, and the MMDVM team is working on a any-DV to any-DV transcoder. The prototype works great!

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HalfWaveMike's avatar

Hi Steve - wasn't able to make Pacificon this year but I watched Josh Nass' YouTube walkthrough of the event (https://youtu.be/FiPSoUl__pU?feature=shared) and he stopped by the MMDVM/ZUMRadio table. They discussed the new products and the transcoder sound great! Own a few ZUM Radio hotspots and look forward to adding the transcoder to the mix. Appreciate your newsletter and look forward to your Pacificon reporting. Lots of "interesting news" for you to share with all of us.

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Steve Stroh N8GNJ's avatar

HalfWaveMike - I'm happy to report that G4KLX's entire seminar at Pacificon 2024 WAS recorded and is available for viewing on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9dH4FuGOdg.

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