Ham Radio and the Splash – 2018 FINAL
Awesome Day! Awesome Comm-Team! Nearly Perfect! This year the stretched goal was to add a second radio system. Over the
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Ham Radio and the Splash – 8 – 1 Day to Go
Here we are – the night before Race Day. DMR Repeaters are package up for the move to the race
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I am under 2-3 feet of snow from the last snow here in the Berkshires. I will be snow-blowing for
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So what are really the Communications Goals for this event? Here are the objectives in order of priority: Bus Coordination
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Today, I added a temporary Cross-Band Repeater on Bailey Rd. It is operating at 10w on both VHF simplex and
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Next step is to test the effectiveness of the 2 X-Band repeaters to solidify HT coverage of K1ENF. The known
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Options for 2nd Talk Channel: Ideally on DMR which would provide 2 more talk channels with one repeater system. Maybe this
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Volunteers – an event’s most valuable commodity. Most events could not be possible if there were no volunteers. It would
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The Ham Guy is our own worst enemy! I am one of them! Who can think on their feet, pull
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It is in our nature – experiment and try things out. We are, actually, really good at it! Amateur Radio
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