I’ve learned a couple of things about running an Allstar node. Nothing too earth-shaking. 1. The mobile radio hanging off the node computer can spend a LOT of time transmitting. Typically a non-commercial ham radio is not rated for this sort of duty-cycle. But I’m hoping that having the power set to the lowest setting… — read more

Check out these three links: Allstar getting started info: https://allstarlink.org/getstarted.html URI: http://www.dmkeng.com/URI_Order_Page.htm Cables: http://www.uricables.com/ The Allstar folks are the ones who offer the ACID Linux distribution which has all the software you need to run a node. Much of it is preconfigured. It’s essentially CentOS 5.11. So, buy the URI and the right cable for… — read more

Because of a recent VHF/UHF radio purchase, I ended up with a “spare” dual-band radio. And, I’ve been having some fun lately monitoring the WIN System on a local repeater (that is connected via IRLP). So I figured I might try my hand at setting up an IRLP simplex node. I’ve had some experience with… — read more