Building an APRS IGate
Recently WW8TF-15 was upgraded and reconfigured to be a two-way APRS IGate. Here’s how to build an easy two-way APRS IGate with existing or easily obtainable parts.
Category: Technical
WOOSTR APRS digi on the air
The WOOSTR APRS digi went on the air October 16th, 2020, and serves Wayne and surrounding counties and the greater Wooster area. Equipment is a Motorola CDM-1250, Kantronics KPC-3 running 8.2 firmware, and a Samlex SEC-1223 to power it all. Thanks to KE8JNH for the equipment and site for the…
Updates to the Transcoding Reflector
Back in March, the build and configuration of the XLX330 reflector was discussed in depth. Since then, to keep costs down (i.e. more AMBE dongles), we’ve made some small adjustments. We decided to add transcoding with Brandmeister DMR due to the surge in interest in the Wooster area in DMR….
DR-1X Repeater Mods for Analog + Allstar
This is the second in a series of three planned articles discussing the modification of Yaesu DR-1X repeaters for solid, link-ready analog FM or as a multi-mode digital voice repeater. The planned articles are: Yaesu DR-1X Repeater Modifications: Common Concerns DR-1X Repeater Mods for Analog + Allstar DR-1X Repeater Mods…
Building a Transcoding XLX Reflector Pi
Directions for building a complete, production-ready transcoding XLX reflector on a Raspberry Pi
Recordings from 2020 Ohio ARES VHF Simplex Contest
The 2020 Ohio ARES VHF Simplex contest was a lot of fun for all of us that participated. You can download a recording of most of the traffic heard on in the contest here on our OneDrive share. Once you click the link to get to the folder, you can…
DR-1X Repeater Modifications for Digital Voice + Pi-STAR
How to convert a Yaesu DR-1X repeater to a multi-mode digital repeater that supports D-STAR, YSF, DMR, P25, and NXDN
Yaesu DR-1X Repeater Modification: Common Concerns
First Published: December 23, 2019Last Update: December 31, 2019 This is the first in a series of three planned articles discussing the modification of Yaesu DR-1X repeaters for solid, link-ready analog FM or as a multi-mode digital voice repeater. The planned articles are: Introduction This article will cover various considerations…
Public Availability of the Megalink Reflector
WTF is pleased to announce the public availability of the Megalink Reflector for the D-STAR radio system. See the Megalink Reflector services page for more information. The dashboard is available at https://xlx.megalink.network.
