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n9mxq  



Joined: 25 Oct 2004
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks to a generous temporary loan of equipment from KA9VNV, N9MXQ-15 is back up and running.

Hopefully I can get a more permanent (not borrowed) solution up before too long.

Thanks Jeff!

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Gene Young N9MXQ
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Robbie  



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good to hear Gene, good luck...
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ka9scf  



Joined: 17 Jun 2005
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Location: Lombard

PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:11 am    Post subject: Place to get UIDIGI firmware Reply with quote

Found this link looking back through some old APRSSIG:

http://www.argentdata.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=24&products_id=24

73 de Pat --- KA9SCF.
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n9mxq  



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:42 pm    Post subject: Re: Place to get UIDIGI firmware Reply with quote

ka9scf wrote:
Found this link looking back through some old APRSSIG:

http://www.argentdata.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=24&products_id=24

73 de Pat --- KA9SCF.



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UIDIGI ROMs are currently available free of charge for digipeater operators - email for details.


Hey, now there's a bit of good news... May have to take him up on that.. Thanks for the lead...

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n9mxq  



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Made some minor programming changes to n9mxq-15. Seems more active now. And I still haven't figured out what causes/caused the mysterious outages when it would just flat disappear. Yet when I had the chance to go look at it, it appeared on air and working.. Question
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n9mxq  



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 6:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just learned that N9MXQ-15 will soon be obsolete. I was informed this morning by KB9AYF that he has a site on a tower in North Central Winnebago county with an antenna height of 425 feet. He'll be placing a digi as soon as he can get the antenna installed on the tower.

Once his is up and running, I will remove n9mxq-15 from service.

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KK9H  



Joined: 29 Jun 2004
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:17 am    Post subject: N9MXQ-15 Reply with quote

Rather than pull your station off the air completely, you might consider changing it to a WIDE1-1 "fill-in" digi. Unless you are within just a couple miles of the new digi, fill-in digi stations can be quite useful.

Don KK9H
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n9mxq  



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'll see how well the new system works before I make any decision. But I'm guessing that my lil system will be obsolete.
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n9mxq  



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

N9MXQ-15 is now made up of an MFJ 1270b running UIDIGI 1.9B3 and a GE MDX 30 watt radio. Special thanks go to N9QIP for setting up the 1270b and testing the whole enchilada before shipping down here.

This was ordered before I received the news posted above, and will stay on the air for now.

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n9mxq  



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 3:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

KB9AYF-15 is on the air for testing. The antenna is at 270 feet. Should have one heck of a footprint.

Any signal reports are welcome.

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KD0BML  



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'll be heading that way next week from Dubuque to Rochelle will be interesting to see how well it can pick my setup up.

I just found this site, and I'm trying to get a digi set up in Dubuque to cover the tri-state area. Anyone on here able to help out?

-Adam
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n9mxq  



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

kd0bml wrote:
I'll be heading that way next week from Dubuque to Rochelle will be interesting to see how well it can pick my setup up.

I just found this site, and I'm trying to get a digi set up in Dubuque to cover the tri-state area. Anyone on here able to help out?

-Adam


Hi Adam,

Welcome to the site! Right now it's only running 1 watt, and it's not digi'ing much of anything. Ron needs to change some parameters.

As far as help on setting up a new digi, what are you looking for? It's not that hard, the easiest route is a UIView setup... Then there's what I'm running now, you can get the eeprom for a TNC2 clone, like my 1270b for free from a site above. KPC-3/3+'s are OK, but you have to set them just right to catch everything.

Then all you need is a spare rig, and a decent site, it's a bonus if you can see and hit other WIDES from there, UIView would allow a WIDE/IGATE, unless you run the gate from home like I used to.

Feel free to ask questions, there's a ton of knowledge on this board.

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Gene Young N9MXQ
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n9mxq  



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Will be taking N9MXQ-15 offline tomorrow to test how well KB9AYF-10 is working.

My home station is set up for fill in wide1-1.

Have a lead on what may be a couple locations for n9mxq-15. I'll keep everyone posted when I know more.

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Robbie  



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:50 pm    Post subject: n9mxq-15 site Reply with quote

Good luck to you Gene!!

Hope you find a good spot for our friends out in the northwest areas...

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n9mxq  



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Robbie,


I'll keep everyone posted on the status...

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