Saturday, 3. September 2005
Hurricane Katrina
rsbohn
06:53h
What a terrible disaster. What a terrible storm. I'm doing what I can to help. We'll host at least 2000 refugees here in Utah. Thoughts and prayers to all involved. ... Link
Back into APRS
rsbohn
06:51h
Got Xastir running on the linux box. My TNC is a PK-88 and rather cranky. I'm running it on an 12 volt wall wart. For some reason I get a blip at the end of each packet transmitted. Haven't found any way to turn that off. Looks like the current route for aprs is a simple WIDE2-2. Got that set up. I did manage to get a packet out last night, so I should be visible (KD7TVZ) on findu.com for a few days. I need to post the settings I'm using on the TNC here sometime. The faceplate has fallen off of the PK-88. It looks like someone used too much glue to fix it last time that happened. I'll have to scrape that all off and redo it. I would like to run a regular packet station but I forgot the name of the UCARES station over at camp williams, so no luck there. The local packet frequency for Utah County is 145.030. Maybe I will take the gear up to SLC and try it there. ... Link |
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BiographyRandall Bohn lives in Orem, Utah, USA. He works as a Software Quality Engineer. He is a big fan of the AVR line of microcontrollers. He has been in the computer industry since 1989. Randall is married and has three children. rsbohn can be reached via gmail.com. status
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