The 1st video in the training series for D-RATS has been completed. It is “Introduction To D-RATS”. The video is under the Training On The Go Link or you can watch it directly from this link.
How To Backup Your D-RAT’s Configuration Files
If you need to get a backup of the D-RATS configuration you can copy out all the contents of the configuration file directory. It also has all your custom forms, mail etc.
The d-rats.config is the main configuration file for the D-RATS program.
The repeater.config is the main configuration file for the D-RATS repeater or called ratflector.
Windows v7, v8, 8.1
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\D-RATS
%username% will take the default username you are signed in with or you can type in your user profile name listed under c:\users\?
Linux
/home/*yourusername*/.d-rats#
“.d-rats” is a hidden a folder in your home directory.
On PI with pi user it is /home/pi/.d-rats#
Clay County ARES Annual Christmas Party
The Annual Clay County ARES Christmas Party is on December 3, 2013 at 7:00pm at Journey Church.
The cost for this even is $10.00 per adult. We will be accepting Cash or Credit Cards at the event.
You don’t want to miss the food, fun and friends that will be there. We will also be giving out several awards that evening.
Recommendations For APRS SSID’s
This article was written by WB4APR.
Source: http://aprs.org/aprs11/SSIDs.txt
APRS SSID Recommendations 6 Feb 2012
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-0 Your primary station usually fixed and message capable
-1 generic additional station, digi, mobile, wx, etc
-2 generic additional station, digi, mobile, wx, etc
-3 generic additional station, digi, mobile, wx, etc
-4 generic additional station, digi, mobile, wx, etc
-5 Other networks (Dstar, Iphones, Androids, Blackberry’s etc)
-6 Special activity, Satellite ops, camping or 6 meters, etc
-7 walkie talkies, HT’s or other human portable
-8 boats, sailboats, RV’s or second main mobile
-9 Primary Mobile (usually message capable)
-10 internet, Igates, echolink, winlink, AVRS, APRN, etc
-11 balloons, aircraft, spacecraft, etc
-12 APRStt, DTMF, RFID, devices, one-way trackers*, etc
-13 Weather stations
-14 Truckers or generally full time drivers
-15 generic additional station, digi, mobile, wx, etc
Full Article can be read by following the link below….
ARC Members Respond to Power Outage
Submitted by Mark Field, N4QLC
When the power went down for more than 145,000 Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) customers in San Luis Obispo County, California, on June 23, members of the Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club (W6BHZ) sprang into action to provide needed emergency communication. The response by student and alumni members consisted of collecting status information from remote stations and relaying information obtained by net control through official channels, the club said in a news release.
“CPARC demonstrated the importance of Amateur Radio Emergency Communications support in a professional and timely manner, providing the most current firsthand reports to the community,” the club said.
The situation was exacerbated by the absence of coverage on broadcast news outlets, in some cases due to the outage, and by a call overload on the PG&E information number. “Fortunately some residents have radio scanners and were listening to the radio net managed by CPARC on 146.67 MHz,” where the countywide SLOECC net had opened, CPARC said. Some of these listeners credited the net with providing timely and independent reports.
The outage, attributed to a power substation problem, lasted about 2 hours.