9.6Kpalousa - 2016 Summer Gathering

Originally posted at:  http://nwdigitalradio.com/9-6kpalousa/

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It's time to move from 1200 bauds (it's been 38 years).

NW Digital Radio will setup a test bench at the Northwest APRS Summer Gathering (Sep 9-11 at Valley Camp) to help get stations operating at 9600 baud packet.  This is your opportunity to get your equipment up and running on 9.6K packet.

We will have spectrum analyzers and deviation measurement equipment setup to make sure your configuration is optimal.

Bring your 9.6K capable hardware or software TNC, your radio, connection cables, and documentation on adjusting the radio's deviation and TNC levels.

If you don't have a 9.6K capability.  We will be offering the UDRC for sale on site (or pre-order).

You need to provide:

• A Raspberry Pi 2 or 3
• A 9600 baud packet capable radio with appropriate cable 
• Mini Din 6 on the UDRC to your radio's interface 
• We will bring a soldering station if you need to put a connector on a Mini Din 6 cable, 
• A micro SD Card, preloaded with Compass Linux and direwolf 
• We can load your SD Card on site.
• Power supply for radio and Raspberry Pi (5V 3A recommended)

There will also be examples of messaging applications as well as APRS applications available for running on the Raspberry Pi.

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John D. Hays
K7VE

Summer Gathering Announcement List

The Northwest APRS Summer Gathering Announcement List is now up and running.

If you'd like to receive announcement emails for this event, you can add your email address to the list at:

   http://tinyletter.com/nwaprssg

Thanks,

Steve N8GNJ
NWAPRSSG listmeister

New NWAPRS Website Update

The wiki/website is 'finally' available at www.nwaprs.info.

Any static info here on the blog will be eventually migrated to the wiki.

More news soon as we come up with a process for management.

73
Bill, WA7NWP

NWAPRS Website Replacement

The new NWAPRS wiki should be showing up with the main name/URL (http://www.nwaprs.info)  once I tweek the Domain Name Services which I hope to do today.

In the meantime, check it out at wa7nwp.xastir.org

14th Annual NWAPRS Summer Gathering

Invitation: Summer Gathering - Washington's Digital Ham Radio Event Sept 9-11, 2011

Please join us for the 14th Annual NWAPRS Summer Gathering.

This is a very social and very educational event right here in the Pacific Northwest in North Bend, WA. It is always the weekend after Labor Day.

The Summer Gathering is lots of fun and a great opportunity to learn and practice just about anything you can do with a computer and your ham radio.

We are expanding the event from the specific focus of APRS (the Automatic Packet/Position Reporting System) to a more general "Ham Radio's Digital Side". We continue to include much of APRS and developments in APRS and messaging as well as many other digital modes and software such as RMSExpress, NBEMS/FLDIGI, JT65 or WSPR or EasyPal, APRSMessenger, APRSISCE32. Sorry if that is all alphabet soup. We will make it all make sense at the event. Lots to learn and lots to try out.

Why would you want to do such a thing? Because there are modes out there that can allow you to operate less than a watt and be heard all around the world. Because you can do moonbounce with a modest station. Because you can work 28 dB below the noise and communicate all around the world. Or for the next emergency you can be ready with a modest station or compromised antennas and still communicate.

The sponsor for this event for the last 14 years has been the Northwest APRS Group

Review of the 13th Gathering in 2010

Summer Gathering Updates

The 2009 Summer Gathering is getting close.. Check out the schedule here