985 Workbench: 2025-05-26

 Posted on 2025-05-26

my week in radio

I did some FT8 at 1W while camping and activating some POTA. I compared a 41-ft EFRW with a 17-ft vertical whip. The resonant vertical was booming.

I also read that lots of CW contesters are using computers to send that fast.

Others

  • W8CRW, CR:
    • helped take down an antenna
    • local nets
  • AB3AP, Mike:
    • some CW contacts
  • NA3CW, Chuck:
    • PM/AM pre-net and net
    • taking down that tower with CR, Joe, and gang.
    • reclaiming some of the antenna hardware
    • working on Joe’s tower
      • assemble to find the problems
      • very close
  • KC3OOK, Bill:
    • helped with Joe’s tower
    • break from the simplex net
  • KC3SQI, Wayne:
    • finding 15m and 17m open
      • Germany, Alaska, Florida, etc
  • AF3Z, Jim:
    • intermod sounds like a spaceship
    • considered doing WPX and a QRP sprint, but missed them.
  • W1RC, Mike:
    • configuring a new AllStar node
      • got a node number
      • downloaded the pi image
      • written to a card
      • named it allstar.local, but can’t get the browser to it.
  • KD3AIS, Tim:
    • learning about noise on the waterfall from harvey
  • WA3VEE, Ron:
    • testing sessions coming up
    • upcoming fox hunt
  • W3JAM, Jeff:
    • assembling some spare masts for an OCF dipole
    • simplex net
  • KC3YTD, Steve:
    • new Yaesu 991, working well for first HF

Questions

  • AB3AP, Mike:
    • Is anyone successful running trustedqsl (tqsl) on Ubuntu 25?
    • contact Dylan, K3DCN, for help
    • KC3WWC, John:
      • I have it working on debian unstable, from the standard repo.
    • AB3AP, Mike:
      • got it working!
      • using the wrong name: trustedsql instead of qsl
  • W1RC, Mike:
    • getting AllStar node booting, but can’t access it by its name, allstar.local.
    • W8CRW, CR:
      • mobaxterm, like putty, to setup through text, instead of web interface
    • KC3WWC, John:
      • I often don’t see .local network work either
      • try IP addresses near your computer
      • login to the configuration of your router to see the list of nodes
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