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So all in all it ended up not being too bad of a 'fest. I made my usual score on Decibel antennas, plus some Motorola OEM programming cables and some other random crap.

HEEEERE'S THE MONEYSHOT

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I guess we got in late and missed the party because the only thing I saw in the parking lot tonight was a bunch of geriatrics standing around shooting the shit. There was, however, a pretty epic fat guy in a pretty epic porcupine-mobile around the corner at the gas station that made me wish I had a ...

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FINE I'LL HAVE FUN WITHOUT YOU GUYS.

I've heard the Friday night parking lot gathering is a bit rowdy.. well, as rowdy as a bunch of beer-fueled geriatric

can get, anyway.

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Anyone from Dallas making the trip down? I'll be in the area Friday evening, probably bored out of my mind and looking for something to do.

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C4FM by itself does not P25 make. Gotta have IMBE and the P25 CAI in there somewhere.

What makes even less sense to me is, if it is in fact a P25 radio then why premiere it at the Tokyo Ham Expo and not Dayton? There is zero market for P25 in Japan.

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Right now the only Phase 2 solution on the table is Motorola's X2 TDMA system. It's essentially the same thing as Astro25 but with 2:1 TDMA capability. The control channel is Phase 1 and the vocoder is still IMBE. Talkgroups within the system can be programmed to use FDMA, or certain RIDs can be ...

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You know what would be helpful? Putting "North Carolina" in the thread title. Just sayin'.

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What kind of Superflex stuff? I'll take as many FSJ4-50B N males as you have.

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It is very hot in Plano. Dayton gets hot too, but nowhere near as hot as Plano. I have never been rained on in Plano to the best of my recollection, but it is not outside the realm of possibility at all.

There is no comparison between Plano and Dayton in terms of size and turnout. Plano is a ...

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P25 Astro Sabers go for sub-$125 on Batboard most of the time. When SCFR was blowing out model 2 ex-DOE VHF radios I got 2 for that price. Be patient and watch the usual venues and you can get on P25 very affordably.

My big beef with D-STAR is not the protocol itself, but the fact that the mobiles ...

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And now that Imageshack doesn't hate us anymore I can upload the large version of this:

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/8495/2011dinnermeet.th.jpg

Best turnout in the last three years. A fun time was had by all. Highlights of the night include the post-meal parking lot wacking :tsgay: and ...

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How short? I have a Multiplier 1100mah NiCad (can't remember what the model number). It's not the super-short battery like the LiIons.
No, that will work. I have two of them but they're both so dead that even sitting in the SVA the radio won't turn on.. but it's a moot point since I can't get the ...

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No dice on having 146.495 in the link system unless I can beg/borrow/steal a short Saber battery off someone. M backordered mine 'till the middle of the month.

Craig, you forgot the Key ID.

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927.5125 156.7

?

I'm not familiar with any such repeater.
No no no, those are the simplex frequencies I will have linked together from my truck on-site. Full duplex on 441.625, simplex on everything else.

I thought someone had said 7:00 PM for dinner, but apparently not.. so instead I nominate ...

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If there is an analog 2mtr frequency ya'll be listening to in mixed mode, let me know.
I always keep 146.495 loaded in mixed-mode receive.. unlike some people. :baby: You should have it in your Systems Saber.

Carrollton is far enough away that I don't care as long as it's an actual back-yard ...

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Time flies, didn't realize it is next weekend. I'll take off work Friday evening so I can attend dinner, might bring my gal with me as well. Will know for sure next week.
Well, weekend after anyway. You'll be dining alone if you show up this Friday.

Is anyone in the area using 441.625 for a wide ...

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va3wxm wrote:Wait, you got a Tahoe now? What about the Caprice?

Wrecked in January, totaled by the ins. company last week.

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So yes, this is the place where plans are hatched and pictures are posted.

Unfortunately A-Kon falls on the same weekend this year so I will only be around for a few hours on Saturday morning and I can't do dinner unless we do it on Friday night. However, for those few hours on Saturday I will ...

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Not I, sir.. little bro had to go in the hospital on Wednesday morning so I've been sticking close to home.

Was it worth getting up at 4:00 AM?

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This is the same country that forbids ANY private possession of encryption hardware or software, for any purpose. It's a wonder they allow amateur radio at all.

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http://i45.tinypic.com/5496oj.jpg
Victor Xray's new girlfriend on the left. I think she might have even been a licensed ham. :pussy:

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Wacking in Texas. Multiband portable pr0nz courtesy of Crazy Larry and mam1081.

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Sorry to hear that, Brent. The only reason I'm getting to bug out at noon today is I finally got some help in my department.

On that note, I'll probably be incommunicado until tomorrow morning. If anyone who hasn't spoken up yet wants in on dinner, stop by Jon's table and let him know, then I'll ...

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Mong wrote:
mam1081 wrote:So is the dinner Friday or Saturday?
Saturday as far as what has been mentioned.

I'm shooting for Saturday at 1900. So far I have:
-Jon (VX)
-me +2
-you
-kv5e (tentative)
-special guest who may or may not be Mong

Anyone heard from Brent or Rick the Lurker?

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My local goon friend has decided to grab another friend of ours and head up at the asscrack of dawn on Friday to do both days. I'll only be there for Saturday. We'll be on BW1 (146.495, PL 67.0/NAC 293) and Batlabs Green (151.88, DPL 143/NAC 293). N5LUY will have his temp repeater up again on 441 ...

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Just confirmed today: I am all systems go with one local goon along for the ride.. heading up on Friday, there bright and early on Saturday. No wackermobile to show off, though, we're bringing a truck.

I'm actually up here right now for other things and I noticed that our old home on 443.325 is not ...

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va3wxm wrote:
motorola_otaku wrote:Or I'll just show off the new/old Caprice wackermobile, whatever works.
You ball mount that bitch yet?

Nay, it is still in the body shop getting a shiny new coat of paint. But fear not, good things lie in store.

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I'll be there, possibly with local goons in tow and possibly with a truck/trailer to cart off large Decibel antennas. Or I'll just show off the new/old Caprice wackermobile, whatever works. :baby:

I enjoy Bone Daddy's for the fine eatins' and for tradition, but I'll go along with whatever the ...

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There's also Allstar (http://www.allstarlink.org) but I don't think you're going to like the latency with them either.

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I saw an ad for these guys in CQ yesterday but don't know a thing about them: http://www.glentekcorp.com/
Their solution to IP latency is to use a POTS line for audio back to the operator with the IP side handling radio control.

I don't guess the remote base site will be close enough to use point ...

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You picked a bad month to stay home.. this was probably the best Belton I've been to in the last five years, and the only one in recent memory where I had to budget myself because there was too much worth buying.

I came home with:
OEM Moto programming cables for Jedi & Genesis portables ($25 ...

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146.695, 67.0/293 NAC so far as I know. Me and the dude riding up with me may be running P25 or off on another frequency but I'll be listening in analog regardless.

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I just found out this morning that I'll be in attendance. Anyone from Dallas heading down?

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Hell, I think it sounds kinda neat. I don't really see any difference between what he's doing and what we do with P25 - except him and his buddies on the West Coast have put together an IP-linked digital voice system, something I'm not aware of any of the P25 repeater operators doing yet. Playing ...

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Well since this came back,

900 mhz can't be used just south of Albuquerque, NM (I think it's 50 miles or so) due to White sands missile range. I seem to recall that even in the Albuquerque area, transmitter power on 900 mhz is limited to 50 watts. I guess they don't take kindly to interference ...

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