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Retevis RT98 for APRS, review 8 weeks after

Retevis RT98 for APRS, review 8 weeks after
APRS / Ham Radio January 15, 2021 January 15, 2021

After almost 8 weeks of using this little radio for my mobile APRS operations I thought it’s a good time to provide some feedback. I must admit I have mixed feelings about this radio…

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DynDNS using Crontab on Ubiquiti airMax/airOS

DynDNS using Crontab on Ubiquiti airMax/airOS
Misc January 9, 2021 January 19, 2021

In latest version of their airOS firmware for airMax devices Ubiquiti networks dropped support for Dynamic DNS services. This left me out in the dark, unable to update the dynamic DNS corresponding to my devices. …

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Analog vs. Digital APRS

Analog vs. Digital APRS
APRS / APRS Explained / Ham Radio December 30, 2020 December 30, 2020

I keep on reading about “Digital APRS” vs “Analog APRS”. Youtube and social media are full of these words. This is utterly wrong. Whenever I hear “Analog APRS” I’m going mental: “Analog APRS” simply does …

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Bluetooth and TinyTrak 4, episode 2

Bluetooth and TinyTrak 4, episode 2
APRS / Ham Radio November 1, 2020 November 1, 2020

I got myself a second TinyTrak 4 and wanted to Bluetooth enable it like I did for my first one. I went a different route using a different module and wiring it another way.

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What is APRS Voice Alert ?

What is APRS Voice Alert ?
APRS / APRS Explained / Ham Radio October 25, 2020 October 25, 2020

Ever got frustrated of not being able to contact a passing by station you just saw on APRS? APRS can also work as a nearby station radar and help you out with that.

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Using the Retevis RT98 for APRS with voice alert

Using the Retevis RT98 for APRS with voice alert
APRS / Ham Radio October 21, 2020 December 24, 2020

My TYT THD9000 started to exhibit some strange behavior, after transmitting it sometimes needs half a second to switch back to receive. So I was in the market for a new APRS radio and came …

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Buggy Icom ID-51 and ID-5100 Firmware – UPDATED

Buggy Icom ID-51 and ID-5100 Firmware – UPDATED
DStar / Ham Radio December 7, 2019 October 20, 2020

On November 6th 2019 and December 5th 2019 Icom released new firmware. According to Icom’s claim on their latest release it fixes issues with “other manufacturers” hardware and that there were no issues with Icom …

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Pi-Star: Scheduling DStar Reflector Linking and Unlinking

Pi-Star: Scheduling DStar Reflector Linking and Unlinking
DStar October 5, 2019 January 23, 2021

Do you want your repeater or hotspot to automatically connect to a specified reflector at a certain time? It is quite easy to do that, almost no command line stuff is involved.

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Howto: Setting up and using D-PRS on Icom ID-5100

Howto: Setting up and using D-PRS on Icom ID-5100
DStar July 26, 2019 January 19, 2021

Setting up D-PRS on the Icom ID-5100 can be confusing for beginners as the radio has lots of options for D-PRS. Here are some step by step pictures an explanation I originally made for a …

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XLX reflector direct connection

XLX reflector direct connection
DStar June 26, 2019 June 28, 2019

As i mentionned in this earlier post, with the XLX reflectors came some confusion for the users. A few months (almost 18 months ago actually) I modded ircDDBGateway so that it’ll be able to connect …

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  • DynDNS using Crontab on Ubiquiti airMax/airOS
  • Analog vs. Digital APRS
  • Bluetooth and TinyTrak 4, episode 2
  • What is APRS Voice Alert ?

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