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[Steve Conklin <sconklin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Corey - Thanks for the offer!

We were chatting on IRC yesterday about the possibility of having
IRLP/echolink meetings, since that would allow inclusion of Ubuntu Hams
who have limited band usage, power restrictions, or are geographically
challenged.

Piju, you were the first to express interest in this, what is your
preferred time for a net?

Steve AI4QR


On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 09:16 -0400, Corey Shields wrote:
> I run an IRLP/Echolink reflector that would be useful if you wanted to
> run a net that would be accessible to VHF, UHF, and computer-based
> participants.
> 
> The reflector is 9440-9, with irlp channel 9449 also being bridged to
> echolink conference K9IU-L. We have put this system together to link
> university based clubs and repeaters together, but that has so far
> been limited to nets with no uptake on permanent connections. So,
> avoiding the college net time (wed 0200 utc) during the school year,
> you all are free to pick a time and have a net via that system on IRLP
> 9449 as well.
> 
> Cheers,
> -Corey KB9JHU
> 
> On Monday, June 7, 2010, Steve Conklin <sconklin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > At UDS I said I would begin scheduling some nets for ubuntu-hams to meet
> > on the air. With reminders from Joey, I've finally come up with a
> > schedule to start with.
> >
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuHamsNets
> >
> > This is what I propose, but I am totally open to changing it or adding
> > to it so that the maximum number of people can benefit. After a day or
> > so for comments, I'll post it to the wiki and publicize it.
> >
> > I am prepared to act as net control for the first few nets, but I don't
> > want to have a dedicated net control - I want for us to share the duty,
> > and for people to step up and volunteer if no opens the net. I will post
> > some net procedures and preambles to the wiki before the net this Wed.
> >
> > I did a little checking with voacap, and the 20m net should be open from
> > my location to both Europe and Asia. However - my personal experience
> > with my rig shows that this may not be the usual case. The 80m nets are
> > going to be confined to the US most of the time due to propagation, but
> > please give it a shot. These times and frequencies were chosen both for
> > propagation and my availability. If you would like to establish an
> > ubuntu-hams net in your part of the world, please go ahead and plan one,
> > and add it to the wiki page.
> >
> > I just realized that the first net is actually supposed to be tonight,
> > in about 3 hours. I'll probably give it a shot, if anyone wants to join
> > me you are welcome to try.
> >
> > Steve AI4QR
> >
>

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