This section is geared towards all things digital. If you have a C4FM or D-Star itch, this is where to scratch it. Meshtastic? This is the place.
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Meshtastic for EmComm on VHF/UHF – Off-Grid Texting Mesh Networks All, I wanted to get something for us into the Digital Knowledge area of our Club forums and combined that with some recent reading I have been doing. The subject is Meshtastic off-grid texting mesh networks. With increasing digital comms and our club's strong APRS presenc... 1 2 3
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Meshtastic LongFast vs. LongTurbo — The Real-World Range Cost of FCC Compliance All, Chris McDowra (KI5HSQ) buried a particularly important observation in his excellent recent testing report in our larger Meshtastic for EmComm discussion, and I think it deserves a post of its own. If you have been experimenting with Meshtastic in the United States, you hav...
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China-Linked Hackers Hid in Cisco Routers All, This one caught my attention because there is a lesson here that extends well beyond the large corporate and government networks that were apparently being targeted. Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated China-linked espionage operation in which hackers...
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Open Source Firmware Anyone using open source firmware on there older routers? I am using FreshTomato on one of my routers now. I have used DD-WRT, Tomato, and FreshTomato firmware for years. I have found open source firmware to be faster. Security bugs on "working" projects get fixed, normally f...
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Rural Americans flocked to Elon Musk’s Starlink. Now some feel trapped. All, For years Kathy and I tried everything for high-speed Internet. The geniuses I worked with at the pilot union built me a box that used like five modems and five phone lines for a while. Then we got "dial-return" satellite, which I think was Generation 1 consumer satellite...
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Best Mobile VPN of 2025: Get Privacy Protection for Android and iPhone All, This CNET article - Best Mobile VPN of 2025: Get Privacy Protection for Android and iPhone (October 30, 2025) - does a good job of providing recommendations for Android devices, iPhones AND iPads, but remember - You can use a Virtual Private Network on just about anything a...
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Router Security Alert – Hidden Backdoor Reported in Zbtlink / Wiflyer Routers All, I ran across this article and thought it was worth sharing, particularly given how much of our amateur radio equipment now depends on Internet-connected networks, remote access, hotspots, Raspberry Pis, digital-mode systems, cameras, and other networked devices. Cybersec...
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Establishing a County-Wide Simplex Emergency Network All, A few years ago, before he got busy with his law enforcement career and having kids, I recall Matthew Murphy (KF5NRU) giving a short talk at a Club meeting. He wanted to do some testing from various places in the area and see if we might successfully map out a simplex netw...
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Kelly Collins (W5KJC) Kelly Collins (W5KJC) wanted to have this link posted: https://www.qsl.net/m1dyp/dashboards.html It goes to a lot of other sites and sources.
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FCC Bans Foreign Routers All, I struggled a bit with where to post this in our forums. Was it an announcement? Not really, it wasn't anything we were announcing, that another local club or ARRL was announcing. Was it news? Well, kind of, but not really. Since we hadn't had anything posted to the Di...
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2025 HOT Christmas Electronic Device and MORE! All, I was completely unaware of this new technology item until reading about it in the Wall Street Journal. The article The Hottest Toy of the Year Is Made by a Tech Startup You’ve Never Heard Of talks about something that seems to be really good - REALLY GOOD - for getting ki...
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This one gadget could give China a back door into the U.S. power grid All, Those of you that know me well know that I am concerned about Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) induced power failures. Those run the gamut from solar flares to military conflict. The book One Second After by William R. Forstchen with a forward by former Speaker of the House Ne...
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Google Issues Critical New VPN Threat Warning For Billions Of Users All, We have some really bonafide smart people in our Club. At least two that I know probably do not ever connect to the Internet without using a Virtual Private Network (VPN). Increasingly I am using one and eventually I will probably also fall into the camp of always, always...
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- 10 months, 3 weeks ago
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Go Delete Yourself From the Internet. Seriously, Here’s How. All, I had pigeonholed this story because I wanted to make sure and post about it. Then I got busy... This Wall Street Journal (WSJ) story Go Delete Yourself From the Internet. Seriously, Here’s How. (April 20, 2025) is by Nicole Nguyen, their technology writer. I'm pretty su...
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Seeking Weak WWVB Signal Solution For Shop/Shelter (Faraday cage) All, I have an issue that has vexed me for years. We have three atomic clocks and I would like a fourth one, except that none of the ones we currently have does what they are supposed to do, automatically synch to the atomic clock. One is in the house (steel roof), one is in t...
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