Re: digipi
By: Grant Weasner to All on Fri Apr 04 2025 09:07 am

Is anyone else out there using digipi?

I've got one running and I've got it in digipeater mode.

I would love to send someone a couple test messages.
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I am an amateur, KD4IHW, but unfortunately do not have a digipi. I had to look it up and looks like a fun device. '

Where are you located? I'm in Fayetteville, NC.

I hope you do find another digipi user, so you can experiment with your ham radio device.

73
KD4IHW
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Re: digipi
By: Errol Casey to Grant Weasner on Sat Apr 05 2025 11:53:13

I'm on Whidbey Island, in WA.

I'm looking for HAMs with their APRS ears on all the time. I would love to see how far I can get a message out.

73
KJ7BRS
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Have You tried sending CQ de <Your Call>?
73 LID Ed W9ODR K
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Re: digipi
By: Ed Vance to Grant Weasner on Wed Apr 09 2025 08:59:27

I'm on Whidbey Island, in WA.
I'm looking for HAMs with their APRS ears on all the time. I would love to see how far I can get a message out.

Have You tried sending CQ de <Your Call>?
73 LID Ed W9ODR K

You know I've never tried that.

On digipi aprs webchat really wants a call sign to send to.

APRS on my HT I've never tried to just send CQ de <my call> and so I don't know if its even possible.

73
KJ7BRS
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Re: digipi
By: Ed Vance to Grant Weasner on Wed Apr 09 2025 08:59:27

You know I've never tried that.

On digipi aprs webchat really wants a call sign to send to.

APRS on my HT I've never tried to just send CQ de <my call> and so I don't know if its even possible.

73
KJ7BRS
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The only digi that I've done is VHF packet with Digicomm on the C=64 PC on 2 Meters.
RTTY on 2 Meters & 20 Meters with a Netronics ASCII/Video board and a homebrew 555 afsk , and RTTY demodulator circuit I borrowed from the schematic of a RRTY Reader artical in Popular Electronics magazine back in the 1970's.

Haven't done any of that since the 2M rig went crazy and would change whatever frequency I was using and go to 144.000 Mc/s.
The factory repair shop couldn't fix the rig so I told them to keep it for spare parts.
The fella said he would put it in his Junque Pile .

The XYL said to remove those ugly wires coming out of a doorway and going in the drop down attic stairway, so i ain't used my HF Gear fer many years .
I have a Heatkit Sixer and Halo antenna I could use but way back when I used 6 Meters a neighbor told me they heard me talking while watching T.V.
I don't want to get any TVI complaints from the newer neighbors so I am QRT here.
Reading BBS posts about AmateurRadio here lets me know what is going on the airways.

Mike our SYSOP may know if anyone below the 0 degree mark has written messages in FIDO.
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Re: digipi
By: Ed Vance to Grant Weasner on Thu Apr 17 2025 20:45:05

The XYL said to remove those ugly wires coming out of a doorway and going in the drop down attic stairway, so i ain't used my HF Gear fer many years .
...a neighbor told me they heard me talking while watching T.V. I don't want
to get any TVI complaints from the newer neighbors so I am QRT

Wow, why not just let them cut off your baluns and be done with it. There are workarounds/remedies for both situations.
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I never used a Balum between a rig and antenna.
The coaxs running up in the attic were to a 80M Slinky Antenna, the other one went out the peak of the gable roof vent to a 20M Inverted Vee.

The 80M antenna was made with four Slinkys.
Two soldered togethered one end to another ones end.
Another pair done the same way with a square piece of Plexiglass inbetween them for the coax connection.
73 de Ed W9ODR -.-
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Re: digipi
By: Ed Vance to Grant Weasner on Thu Apr 17 2025 20:45:05

That is some setup you describe. I think it would be pretty amazing to somehow do AX25 using my C64, as well as have it part of that large AX25 network from CA into OR on 2M freq 145.050.

I'm in upper WA, and in a 40 mile area where people arent into APRS or AX25 that much. There are a few stations servicing winlink but nothing were a full relay network is available.

73
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Grant,
I no longer have a 2M rig . Still have the C=64 and DIGICOM floppy, but haven't been on packet for some time.

DigiCom was used here in the 1970's.
Don't know if rhe PRG is being updated anymore.
73 Ed W9ODR k
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Re: digipi
By: Ed Vance to Mortar M. on Fri Apr 18 2025 16:07:26

did you get a lot of noise?

was the slinky totally uncoiled?

Interesting design, I like the idea.
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Grant, The Slinky antenna is stretched in my attic.
Don't remember hearing static when on 75M phone, talking to local folks.
Used theantenna onCW too.
XYL did not like seeing the coax coming out of the doorway and up into the fold down attic stairs so I haven't been on 80/75M .
73 de Ed W9ODR . .
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