Re: digipi
By: Grant Weasner to All on Fri Apr 04 2025 09:07 am

Is anyone else out there using digipi?

I've got one running and I've got it in digipeater mode.

I would love to send someone a couple test messages.
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I am an amateur, KD4IHW, but unfortunately do not have a digipi. I had to look it up and looks like a fun device. '

Where are you located? I'm in Fayetteville, NC.

I hope you do find another digipi user, so you can experiment with your ham radio device.

73
KD4IHW
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Re: digipi
By: Errol Casey to Grant Weasner on Sat Apr 05 2025 11:53:13

I'm on Whidbey Island, in WA.

I'm looking for HAMs with their APRS ears on all the time. I would love to see how far I can get a message out.

73
KJ7BRS
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Have You tried sending CQ de <Your Call>?
73 LID Ed W9ODR K
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Re: digipi
By: Ed Vance to Grant Weasner on Wed Apr 09 2025 08:59:27

I'm on Whidbey Island, in WA.
I'm looking for HAMs with their APRS ears on all the time. I would love to see how far I can get a message out.

Have You tried sending CQ de <Your Call>?
73 LID Ed W9ODR K

You know I've never tried that.

On digipi aprs webchat really wants a call sign to send to.

APRS on my HT I've never tried to just send CQ de <my call> and so I don't know if its even possible.

73
KJ7BRS
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Re: digipi
By: Ed Vance to Grant Weasner on Wed Apr 09 2025 08:59:27

You know I've never tried that.

On digipi aprs webchat really wants a call sign to send to.

APRS on my HT I've never tried to just send CQ de <my call> and so I don't know if its even possible.

73
KJ7BRS
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The only digi that I've done is VHF packet with Digicomm on the C=64 PC on 2 Meters.
RTTY on 2 Meters & 20 Meters with a Netronics ASCII/Video board and a homebrew 555 afsk , and RTTY demodulator circuit I borrowed from the schematic of a RRTY Reader artical in Popular Electronics magazine back in the 1970's.

Haven't done any of that since the 2M rig went crazy and would change whatever frequency I was using and go to 144.000 Mc/s.
The factory repair shop couldn't fix the rig so I told them to keep it for spare parts.
The fella said he would put it in his Junque Pile .

The XYL said to remove those ugly wires coming out of a doorway and going in the drop down attic stairway, so i ain't used my HF Gear fer many years .
I have a Heatkit Sixer and Halo antenna I could use but way back when I used 6 Meters a neighbor told me they heard me talking while watching T.V.
I don't want to get any TVI complaints from the newer neighbors so I am QRT here.
Reading BBS posts about AmateurRadio here lets me know what is going on the airways.

Mike our SYSOP may know if anyone below the 0 degree mark has written messages in FIDO.
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Re: digipi
By: Ed Vance to Grant Weasner on Thu Apr 17 2025 20:45:05

The XYL said to remove those ugly wires coming out of a doorway and going in the drop down attic stairway, so i ain't used my HF Gear fer many years .
...a neighbor told me they heard me talking while watching T.V. I don't want
to get any TVI complaints from the newer neighbors so I am QRT

Wow, why not just let them cut off your baluns and be done with it. There are workarounds/remedies for both situations.
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I never used a Balum between a rig and antenna.
The coaxs running up in the attic were to a 80M Slinky Antenna, the other one went out the peak of the gable roof vent to a 20M Inverted Vee.

The 80M antenna was made with four Slinkys.
Two soldered togethered one end to another ones end.
Another pair done the same way with a square piece of Plexiglass inbetween them for the coax connection.
73 de Ed W9ODR -.-
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