| InHisName1 | any Pidgin users here ? I want to increase the depth of how old things get before they fall off the retention. #cisco is less than 24 hours deep. Want at least 36 - 48, if I can change it. | 04:47 |
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| ChinnoDog | KyleYankan: Where are you located? And, are there repeater networks we can both reach? | 05:33 |
| rmg51 | Morning | 10:56 |
| lazypower | Morning rmg51 | 11:07 |
| ChinnoDog | Morning | 13:30 |
| jedijf | morning | 13:30 |
| jedijf | ChinnoDog: congrats and you got general too! | 13:32 |
| jedijf | ChinnoDog: look for w3wan in your area - should have a repeater - it's allstar system | 13:32 |
| jedijf | http://www.wanrepeater.com/ | 13:34 |
| jedijf | i talk to one of the core members usually every morning from 5-6am tim | 13:34 |
| jedijf | http://wanrepeater.net/WAN_Repeater_System.php | 13:38 |
| ChinnoDog | There is one in DC | 14:33 |
| sadin | morning all | 14:37 |
| sadin | long time no irc :D | 14:37 |
| ChinnoDog | I get nothing on 2m from DC and get blips of static from 70cm. | 14:37 |
| ChinnoDog | hi sadin | 14:37 |
| sadin | Im stuck in bed ChinnoDog got my wisdom teeth out | 14:38 |
| ChinnoDog | I am 15 floors up. I should be able to receive a lot. | 14:39 |
| KyleYankan | ChinnoDog: what radio are you using? | 14:44 |
| ChinnoDog | Baofeng UV-5R Plus | 14:44 |
| KyleYankan | Your building might be the problem. Concrete, steel, etc. Try taking a walk? | 14:45 |
| ChinnoDog | I was on the porch yesterday trying to get a different signal | 14:46 |
| ChinnoDog | I could go to the roof. | 14:46 |
| ChinnoDog | I heard CW on the 70cm station a few minutes ago. | 14:46 |
| KyleYankan | Which 70cm station? A lot of repeaters and some users use it to identify their call. | 14:46 |
| ChinnoDog | I don't hear any beacons on it. 447.675 in DC | 14:47 |
| ChinnoDog | wanrepeater.net says call is K3WS | 14:47 |
| KyleYankan | beacons? | 14:47 |
| KyleYankan | I mean, the CW counts as a beacon AFAIK | 14:48 |
| KyleYankan | Although many also use a voice announcement as well | 14:48 |
| ChinnoDog | I thought that repeaters have an automated message to repeat their call sign. | 14:48 |
| ChinnoDog | So.. the CW could have been it? I can't understand morse yet. :-p | 14:48 |
| KyleYankan | yep. | 14:48 |
| ChinnoDog | oh. Well there was actual reception | 14:49 |
| ChinnoDog | I am still in my apartment | 14:49 |
| ChinnoDog | If I knew my call sign I would send a test. | 14:50 |
| KyleYankan | Yeah, you definately don't want to transmit until then. | 14:51 |
| KyleYankan | Some repeaters( 50/50 in my area) will play a confirm tone when you tx to them. | 14:51 |
| KyleYankan | As in You key up "K3YLE mobile listening in" | 14:51 |
| ChinnoDog | I just wanted to listen in to people so I could get a better idea what I should sound like. | 14:51 |
| KyleYankan | and a second lat erhe repeater goes: "*Beep*" and sometimes identifies then | 14:51 |
| KyleYankan | w3wan has a broadcastify link | 14:52 |
| KyleYankan | or tune a few repeaters into the baofegna nd scan | 14:52 |
| KyleYankan | but first, forgive my typing | 14:52 |
| JonathanD | no | 14:53 |
| KyleYankan | JonathanD: You're the worst. Go get your ham license. | 14:53 |
| KyleYankan | and/or upgrade my linode | 14:53 |
| KyleYankan | either or. | 14:53 |
| JonathanD | lol | 14:53 |
| ChinnoDog | hmm | 14:56 |
| ChinnoDog | I will need to make a list of nearby repeaters. | 14:57 |
| KyleYankan | theres websies | 14:57 |
| KyleYankan | repeaterbook comes to mind | 14:57 |
| ChinnoDog | Is that the best way? And do they have /all/ of them? | 14:57 |
| KyleYankan | AFAIk | 14:59 |
| KyleYankan | and its what I use. | 14:59 |
| KyleYankan | in fact, Chirp can pull right from it | 14:59 |
| KyleYankan | if you have a programming cable | 14:59 |
| JonathanD | we can all leave freenode, start hamnode | 15:02 |
| KyleYankan | less netsplits | 15:03 |
| JonathanD | more Id argue. | 15:03 |
| JonathanD | at least ircds dont sleep | 15:03 |
| ChinnoDog | I have a cable and installed Chirp, have not used it for programming yet. | 15:06 |
| ChinnoDog | This is complicated. lol | 17:27 |
| ChinnoDog | Where does Chirp show the firmware version?? | 17:27 |
| ChinnoDog | I guess it doesn't for this radio. | 17:32 |
| jedijf | ChinnoDog: chirp works | 19:27 |
| jedijf | and wan activity now | 19:27 |
| jedijf | if your listening i'll key up - i'm on web transceiver | 19:27 |
| jedijf | ChinnoDog: ping me when you're listening | 19:28 |
| jedijf | i want to try web transceiver now | 19:28 |
| ChinnoDog | Not yet. I am gathering local repeaters for my radio. | 22:51 |
| ChinnoDog | Q: Why do nearly all the repeaters have a 88.5hz tone squelch? I see that in Chrip. How am I even supposed to know to set that? | 22:52 |
| jedijf | ChinnoDog: ctss is the one that matters - like 3kz is mostly 131.8 | 22:54 |
| jedijf | ChinnoDog: repeater networks are the way to go - like w3wan if it's in your area - then within the region you can stay 'connected' as they are linked | 22:55 |
| jedijf | linked repeater networks | 22:55 |
| jedijf | and practice manual entry with your baofeng - there will be a time when you need it - while i waited for my callsign to hit the database, i listened and got to know my baofeng | 22:57 |
| ChinnoDog | I already screwed around with that it a bit. That was confusing. | 22:57 |
| ChinnoDog | I need a manual for my radio. I can't find one online and it didn't come in the box. | 22:57 |
| jedijf | frequency mode - only the a - menu 11 - 13 -27 then freq of offset - menu 27 again | 22:58 |
| jedijf | ChinnoDog: the niklor site - best stuff | 22:58 |
| jedijf | miklor | 22:58 |
| ChinnoDog | Oh wait. There is a manual I used that was in the box. It has more info than I thought. | 22:58 |
| ChinnoDog | I didn't understand the info in it before but since reading stuff online now I do. | 22:58 |
| jedijf | http://miklor.com/ | 22:59 |
| jedijf | ChinnoDog: the manual has been re-written - use the miklor site - look for newest for your rig | 22:59 |
| KyleYankan | I just use chirp. I get too annoyed with the menu | 22:59 |
| jedijf | http://www.miklor.com/uv5r/ <<<has *all* the answers | 23:00 |
| ChinnoDog | It is a uv-5r+. The "*" is the problem. | 23:01 |
| ChinnoDog | jedijf: Why do they all use DTCS Code 23? | 23:03 |
| ChinnoDog | And, why do they use 23 receive DTCS? I thought that the repeater usually removed the tone when it broadcasts. | 23:03 |
| jedijf | you need to hear the tone so you know when the transmit is done - wait - then key up so everyone doesn't step on each other | 23:04 |
| jedijf | just set frq - ctss (both) save - then offset freq and save again - | 23:05 |
| jedijf | that's manual ^^^ | 23:05 |
| jedijf | only the a band in freq mode | 23:06 |
| ChinnoDog | I thought the repeater broadcasts without the tone though | 23:06 |
| jedijf | that's the save band (not b) | 23:06 |
| jedijf | they say that - but they don't | 23:06 |
| ChinnoDog | i.e. If I get a direct communication the tone will be there. If it comes through repeater then no tone. | 23:06 |
| ChinnoDog | oh | 23:06 |
| jedijf | you won't hear until you set - that's old info | 23:06 |
| ChinnoDog | Now I am extra confused. Why won't I hear until I set it? | 23:07 |
| ChinnoDog | I thought that if I disable the tone I hear all chatter. | 23:07 |
| ChinnoDog | meaning the receive tone | 23:07 |
| jedijf | that was test stuff - real life - if you are setting the channel - when you put in the ctcss - bam - you will hear if there is a transmit | 23:07 |
| jedijf | maybe that's why your area is dead | 23:08 |
| jedijf | lol | 23:08 |
| ChinnoDog | Probably! | 23:08 |
| jedijf | put in the ctcss' | 23:08 |
| ChinnoDog | operator error. | 23:08 |
| ChinnoDog | Why do I need it on to receive?? | 23:08 |
| jedijf | nah, i thought the same thing - that's why, get all this out the way while you wait for callsign to drop | 23:09 |
| jedijf | to hear | 23:09 |
| jedijf | you'll see - nike | 23:09 |
| jedijf | just f'in do it | 23:09 |
| jedijf | hold on i'll link you one of my chirp csv's | 23:10 |
| jedijf | i pulled that original file from the repeaterbook chirp feature iirc | 23:17 |
| ChinnoDog | I just programmed a bunch of stations in | 23:23 |
| ChinnoDog | Pretty much every 2m and 70cm station within 8-9 mi | 23:23 |
| jedijf | you'll see, some may have great coverage - the w3wan repeater in philly covers an amazing amount of ground | 23:32 |
| KyleYankan | it's pretty decent. | 23:34 |
| jedijf | KyleYankan: and it's 100 feet lower than another repeater, but gets out further - heard some tower talk the other day | 23:35 |
| KyleYankan | Better antenna / more power? | 23:36 |
| jedijf | yeah aa3e is 100 ft higher - don't know - they were just ragchewing - could just be a propagation thing | 23:36 |
| jedijf | like how n3kz philly has weird coverage | 23:36 |
| jedijf | but dstar aa3e kicks butt | 23:37 |
| jedijf | n3kz covers well south and west - not so much north and east - it's physically at u of p - i hit kop from home, can't hit philly | 23:38 |
| jedijf | w3wan is in roxborough - tower central for the philly area | 23:39 |
| jedijf | ok time to gamble - in ac for the weekend | 23:40 |
| jedijf | almost bedtime | 23:40 |
| KyleYankan | Seeya jedijf. I'm packing up to head home | 23:42 |
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