-=> Daryl Stout wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-
JA>that's NOT D-Star that you know of? For MAC I mean?
DS> Not offhand. The only thing I know about an apple is that it's hard
DS> to eat with dentures, unless you use an apple coring device, where you
DS> can eat it in slivers. <G>
LOL :-)
DS> you have to keep the visitors and the operators well fed. And, yes, if
DS> you eat ham, you are cannibalistic (hi hi).
:-)
JA>Yeah, probably, just like Pokemon Go or something like that that runs
JA>all the time.
DS> I don't have any games on my smartphone. I use it to check email and
DS> weather data. I switched my main browser from Google Chrome to Mozilla
DS> Firefox. I've been pleasantly surprised with it, and wondered why I
DS> waited so long to do it. But, I've done that in the past, including:
Well I have an iPhone, so I use Safari for the browser. Since I have a
Mac laptop, it shares saved passwords and history and bookmarks and...
DS> 1) Buying a TNC at the Memphis, Tennessee hamfest 20 years ago, when it was
DS> at the fairgrounds...to use on packet. But, it sat in my closet for
DS> 2 years.
TNC?
DS> 2) Upgrading from Windows 98 to XP -- then finally from Windows 7. With
DS> Windows 7 security updates and support ending in January, 2020,
DS> Microsoft is trying to get the holdouts to upgrade to Windows 10. Right
DS> now, I can't afford to do so...even off of Amazon. $200 per copy, and
DS> needing 1 for each computer, makes a rather steep proposition...I could buy
DS> a nice rig for that.
I thought Win10 was a free upgrade from 7? I know for a while there it
would force itself? Was that a period of free or something?
DS> 3) Not getting into D-Star and D-Rats when I first had the chance to do so.
DS> The latter allows you to chat, exchange messages, and transfer
DS> files, in real time. Some nets meet in "chat rooms" (you can also set
DS> up a "private chat" with another ham), and the conversation gets busy.
Speaking of money, that's why I never did anything with D-Star. For what
it would cost to get into I could buy other stuff that I like or need. :-)
I collect comics so I have a small budget for that every month, plus I
play the Star Wars X-Wing miniatures game. I don't spend a ton with it,
but I do spend some, plus some gas to drive for tourneys and such...
DS> 4) Changing from Google Chrome to Mozilla Firefox. Google has taken forever
DS> and a day to load, and Firefox works much faster.
On your phone? I use Safari on laptop as well as phone, but I do
use Chrome for Google based stuff at work. We are a Google Apps for
Education school system, and the admin stuff works better with
Chrome, plus I can keep my logins seperate. :-)
Never was a fan of Firefox, but that's a Ford/Chevy issue to me. :-)
DS> I used to use Facebook and Messenger on my phone, but don't anymore. I've
DS> gotten so where I use an add-on called "Fluff Busting Purity". It filters
DS> out all the ads, group suggestions, and other "garbage" that
DS> you may not want to see, as you browse Facebook. Right now, I only get
DS> on there to:
I always learn new stuff from you. :-) Just installed FB Purity and will
see how it goes!
DS> A) Upload the "Net Menu" of D-Star, D-Rats, and Echolink Nets (with
DS> links to CQ100, D-Star HF, and DMR Nets) to the D-Star Users, D-Star
DS> Nets, and DMR Nets groups.
DS> B) Take checkins for the Arklatex D-Star Net in its respective group...I'll
DS> soon do the same with the QCWA group and its D-Star Net,
DS> once it moves to the QuadNet array on May 5.
DS> C) Post the link to the "Rail Passengers Association" News Hotline to
DS> the D-Star Trains Net, and the Railfans R Us groups.
DS> I was spending too much time on there, although I did obtain a bunch
DS> of graphical files for areas on the BBS.
Yeah, I'm not a FB 'fan,' but not a hater either. It turns out that the podcasts
I listen to all have groups there for chat/discussion/feedback
so it's the default place to 'talk' to people.
JA> DS> Do you mean Echolink??
JA>Yeah, like that I guess...
DS> Not sure. The only times I get on Echolink are to check into The
I've gotten on there a few times just to play around. One of my early
times I made a connection with someone in Corinth Mississippi. He was
sitting outside the local tire shop waiting for it to open and didn't
know their local repeater was connected to echolink, so I was sitting
with my laptop talking over the air to him. :-)
DS> I've done very little with DMR, and
DS> spend most of my time with D-Star and D-Rats.
I might have told you but there was a local 'interest' in DMR several
months ago. I never got into it, as I don't have a DMR radio, and then
interest seemed to die out just as fast, so no reason to get into it.
:-)
DS> No, but for some new hams, "mic fright" is a very real threat. Also,
I've been on stage off and on since I was 14 years old - got over 'mic
fright' a loooong time ago - LOL.
DS> for those hams who've had to move to an assisted living center,
DS> nursing home, or into an HOA, with CC&R's, it still lets one enjoy the
DS> ham radio hobby, without all the gear. Unlike regular HF, where you
DS> have to have a Technician Class license, to use "a sliver" of 80, 40,
DS> 15, and 10 meters" for CW only...and another sliver of 10 meters for
DS> SSB...but have to be a General or higher to get far more...CQ100 allows
DS> Novice Class hams and up to use it. I've even done PSK31 with it.
Yeah, that makes sense! I guess it's like us using the echonets to 'talk'
when we could email directly. I'm not dialing up, but I am 'connecting'
to a BBS with software, etc. And I'm using an offline mail reader, though
time on the BBS is no longer limited like in the old days. :-)
DS> There is a yearly fee (currently $39), but paid subscribers can use
DS> the service for free on Sunday, and they get an add-on called QSO-TV --
DS> sort of like a VoIP version of Amateur Television. While I've seen some
DS> "wild pictures" on there, one ham in Canada just constructed band pass
DS> filters for 2 meters and 6 meters, and he sent an image of the circuit
DS> board, as well as the box it was in. Folks also "checkin to the net"
DS> via that addon.
Hmm... I may have to give it a whirl then... I was turned off by the
Windows Only part of it, but I do have the capacity to run Windows on
my Mac via Parallels. I used to have to do it a LOT for work, but as
time has gone on we've managed to move more and more away from "windows
only" things...
DS> I do the QCWA (Quarter Century Wireless Association) CQ100 Net on
DS> Friday mornings at 10am Central Time, and it's on the same frequency as
DS> their 20 meter HF net, which is at 2000 UTC on Sunday. But, lately, HF
DS> propagation has been in the toilet, as it were. I also do the QCWA
DS> D-Star Net at 4pm Central Time on Sunday, on Reflector 26A...but
DS> starting May 5, it'll move to the QuadNet Array (I'll be on X-Reflector
DS> 757A), where we can also pick up DMR, WIRES, and System Fusion users.
DS> Go to www.openquad.net for details.
More interesting stuff! Thanks! I always get a ton of info from you. :-)
DS> As for QCWA itself, if one has been licensed at least 25 years (for 2019,
DS> it's ANY TIME in 1994 or earlier), and is currently licensed,
DS> they can join the organization. Details are at www.qcwa.org -- I'm a member
DS> of the national organization, and the Arklatex Chapter.
... Babehart - a cute little pig that slaughters half of Scotland
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