Subj : Re: Hamshack Hotline
To   : Vk3jed
From : Chuck Finley
Date : Wed Mar 23 2022 01:05 pm

-=> Vk3jed wrote to Chuck Finley <=-

 -=> On 03-21-22 21:08, Chuck Finley wrote to dotslash <=-

 CF> I should get an old pager and cosplay as an 80's drug dealer. LOL

 Vk> As a modern day pager user, these devices ARE still useful.  My pager
 Vk> is actually for the fire service, it's our primary means of
 Vk> notification.  Sure, we now have an app that gets the call before the
 Vk> pager (officially supported), but that's called and classified as a
 Vk> "supplementary alerting service".  The pager network is statewid on VHF
 Vk> (around 149 MHz).

I *THINK* there are still some volunteer departments around me using them,
now that you say that... The departments (plural) my wife is part of use
text messaging, not an actual app. So it's up to HER to add a different 
'alarm tone' for those. :-)

We have an inside joke... If I hear 'the tone' around 8:15 to 8:25, I ask
her, "8 o'clock test?" :-) For some reason they NEVER get it done at 8 pm...

 Vk> I actually see a use for DAPNet.  I'm one who isn't often in a position
 Vk> to monitor the radio, but I can easily be paged to the radio for much
 Vk> of the day. Of course, Hamshack Hotline can be used the same way, and
 Vk> at this point in time, HH is up and running, but I don't yet have a
 Vk> pager.

 Vk> I have actually considered installing a hotspot running DAPNet in the
 Vk> car, so the base station will effectively follow me around.  Some
 Vk> clever timing protocols to make it useful when parked as well.  One of
 Vk> the more interesting "todo" things.

All sounds interesting for sure!

 Vk> A bigger challenge will be to install something on an ebike when I get
 Vk> one.

There you go! :-) Be sure to keep us informed!

BTW - I use an alias on this board, but you and I communicate on another as
well... Any idea who I am?





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