HotSpots For HAM Radio Presentation

ZUMSpot
ZUMSpot and Raspberry Pi 3

The March 2018 DARC Club meeting presentation topic was about “Digital HotSpots For HAM Radio”.  Click on more below for access to the presentation with information and links for the various HotSpots and Software including Pi-Star and more.   This is an intro/101 presentation.  Topic was presented by Bill KF5ZBL and David KG5EIU.

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Try Wires-X

If you have a newer Yaesu radio that supports Wires-X  you can try it out by tuning in the W5FC 442.425 repeater and hitting your Wires-X button on your radio.  Providing you are within repeater range you should connect up to the node. (you don’t have to connect to use or talk on the node)  No code plug needed – just tune your radio to the correct frequency and join in the fun.   There is also a very handy web site to bookmark called http://c4fm.xyz/c4fm-map.php that will show you where other Wires-X nodes are located that perhaps you can connect with.  Lots of exciting rooms out in Wires-X land and now there are several nets around the world as well.  Here is a short video on how to get connected:

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