Subj : Re: Pondering Echomail Changes
To   : deon
From : Warpslide
Date : Wed Jan 29 2025 06:13 pm

On 30 Jan 2025, deon said the following...

 de>  > 3) Keep HAM echo, albeit that's it fairly quiet.
 de> 
 de> Maybe HAM morphs into more "radio" related BBS activities? I'd love to
 de> do more with LORA for example - I just cant find the time to focus on it
 de> ... I've even found out that my city has a free LORA network, so
 de> wondering how I can tap into that (but I might be just out of range of
 de> it)...

+1 for a more general "radio" echo (or keep the tag FSX_HAM and just change the description/title to read something like "HAM & Radio Chat").

I have a few LoRa toys here, but I am out of range of most everything.  For Meshtastic I have a Heltec V3 upstairs with a bigger antenna (still inside) and then a Lilygo T-Deck I keep downstairs.

Most of the time they can only "see" each other, but every now & then someone will have one on an airplane or one of the HAM guys downtown will put a LoRa node on a balloon and for a brief moment both of them spring to life.

When the T-Desk gets a message a the speaker plays an alert and it has a screen & keyboard, so it makes it easier to reply.


Jay

.... Why did the radio break up? It found someone more tuned in

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