Re: [BVARC] Fwd: West Gulf Division Director Ballot Delivery Delays

I got the same excuse cards as well.  Walter/K5WH From: BVARC On Behalf Of Ron Litt via BVARC Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2019 7:52 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Ron Litt ; JP Pritchard ; Rick Hiller Subject: Re: [BVARC] Fwd: West Gulf Division Director Ballot

[BVARC] [BLT] South Texas Balloon Launch Team

It looks like K5WH-11 just came alive again! https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap =11=a%2FK5WH-11=3600=3600 What a radical change in position from late yesterday afternoon. Walter/K5WH ___ BVARC

Re: [BVARC] New Station

I have used my Hermes Lite2 for several months with 5 watts, and worked the world just fine. But I do have a nice beam that helps that a great deal. Amps can easily be added for more power as needed. Walter/K5WH From: BVARC On Behalf Of Alexander Park via BVARC Sent: Sunday,

Re: [BVARC] Balloon launch

Alex, There is probably not much to see on these floater balloon launches, like the BIG High Altitude package that gets launched from Wharton each September. The floaters just get gassed up and carefully let go. Then it’s just watching the screen for hours, days, or longer on their

Re: [BVARC] Use of KK5W

We’ll be looking for you on the bands Theresa. All the best, Walter/K5WH From: BVARC On Behalf Of Theresa via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 9:08 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Theresa Subject: [BVARC] Use of KK5W I have a request of anyone able to use our

Re: [BVARC] DMR interest

Jeff, You may have better luck on the Local or Houston-Metro talk groups, on the repeaters here in the Houston areas. And I can work with you on the testing of that if you want to get on the Hou-Metro talkgroup. Since I live in far NW Houston, my best access is via the Cypress repeater.

Re: [BVARC] Hamfest

What is the talkgroup number to be used Richard, and the time for it? I probably missed that in a previous message somewhere. Thanks, Walter/K5WH From: BVARC On Behalf Of Richard Bonica via BVARC Sent: Monday, March 2, 2020 7:18 PM To: Martin Blaise via BVARC Cc: Richard Bonica

Re: [BVARC] Untangling My (Your's too) Understanding of DMR

Larry, If your having a question about your DMR radio not working properly, please feel free to reach out to me and I’ll be glad to help you work through the issue. I have multiple code plugs available that are very up to date for the whole state of Texas, for Repeaters and hotspots,

Re: [BVARC] BLT53 2019 Video Link

That was really great Tom. Many thank for putting that all together Walter/K5WH From: BVARC On Behalf Of Tom Matthews via BVARC Sent: Friday, December 27, 2019 4:55 PM To: b...@groups.io; BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB ; NARS NARS Cc: Tom Matthews Subject: [BVARC] BLT53 2019

Re: [BVARC] Dstar/1st Radio Questions

The D74 is an outstanding radio indeed, for MANY things like APRS and Satellite activity, and especially to RECEIVE the linear ssb satellites on vhf and uhf. The only DSTAR repeater in our area is near the down town area, so depending on your proximity to that, it might take a bit of effort.

Re: [BVARC] FW: Presentation for BVARC on APRS in the Houston Area

We can certainly record the presentation and make it available for any place you with to post it. All the best, Walter/K5WH From: BVARC On Behalf Of Mark McGrath via BVARC Sent: Monday, April 6, 2020 4:38 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Mark McGrath ; jppn...@comcast.net

Re: [BVARC] New -- Amateur Radio Mentoring Group

Yes indeed, it will be recorded, and the existing recordings are currently located at http://www.k5wh.net/armg/ It takes quite a while after the session to complete the conference recording to be converted to the MP4 format, so it will be ready either late that night or the following

Re: [BVARC] Is there any VE testing at all available?

The NARS club VE testing is also suspended as well, until things change. Walter/K5WH From: BVARC On Behalf Of mark janzer via BVARC Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 10:15 AM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: mark janzer ; John Mechura Subject: Re: [BVARC] Is there any VE testing

Re: [BVARC] SSTV setup

Just take the speaker audio from the HT to the computer. And your good to go with MMSSTV. It works very well for that. Like from the ISS starting next week. Walter/K5WH -Original Message- From: BVARC On Behalf Of John D via BVARC Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 9:21 PM To:

Re: [BVARC] HAM RADIO NIGHT at the SKEETERS - Update

4 tickets for me, any time, any day. Thanks Scott. Walter/K5WH From: BVARC On Behalf Of Scott Medbury via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 7:56 AM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' Cc: kd5...@gmail.com Subject: [BVARC] HAM RADIO NIGHT at the SKEETERS - Update A few have

Re: [BVARC] THANKS to all who ATTENDED Ham Radio Night

Many thanks Scott for setting this up. It was a great time as always, and very nice to see such great participation in the event. See you again on the next Silver Skeeters night. Walter/K5WH From: kd5...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, July 30, 2021 12:29 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR

Re: [BVARC] Icom 9700 D-star setting issues

To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: K5BOU-Philippe Subject: Re: [BVARC] Icom 9700 D-star setting issues Walter, Thanks for your support today. You are the best!!! 73 K5BOU-PhilippeBoucaumont Houston|Texas|USA| https://mccrarymeadowsweather.com/ From: Walter Holmes via

Re: [BVARC] Icom 9700 D-star setting issues

Is there a “Hotspot” that covers both Dstar and YSF (C4FM)? Dan White, W5AOV Stephen F Austin Radio Club From: Walter Holmes via BVARC <mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2021 8:04 AM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' <mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org> Cc: walt...@k5wh.net

Re: [BVARC] QRP people still lunching?

John, Unfortunately, we have not started back the normal Wednesday lunch meetings over there at Papas, since they shut down the internal seating last year. Things are opened back up now just fine, and there’s been some chatter about getting them restarted, but so far, it just hasn’t

Re: [BVARC] Icom 9700 D-star setting issues

I’ll get you the config file for your 9700 from Maurice or Ray, and we’ll have you up on Dstar in a flash. The Transtar Dstar repeater was shut down on December 31st 2020, so using your hotspot is the best option at this time. See you on the Dstar Amsat REFSAT Module C very soon.

[BVARC] FW: [Announcement] FreeDV Activity Day - November 6-7, 2021

Fyi… We hope this generates some great interest in FreeDV digital voice Ping us direct if you need any assistance on the setup. Or catch us on my Zoom channel. Walter/K5WH -- Forwarded message - From: Mooneer Salem mailto:moon...@gmail.com> > Date: Wed, Sep 29,

Re: [BVARC] FW: [Announcement] FreeDV Activity Day - November 6-7, 2021

and then converted back after the receiver so technically, it's a digital transmission. What you do with it before and afterward is irrelevant.. Or IS it? Any thoughts from the Elmers? Thanks, Mike - KG4NDS From: BVARC mailto:bvarc-boun...@bvarc.org> > On Behalf Of Walter Holmes via

Re: [BVARC] [Freetel-codec2] [Announcement] FreeDV Activity Day - November 6-7, 2021

REMINDER !!! FreeDV day starts in a couple hours. 8am pacific Hope to catch you on.. Walter/K5WH Fyi.. Mark your calendars. This should be a great time to try out Digital Voice over HF, and see how well voice can sound without all the normal static in the

[BVARC] FW: [Freetel-codec2] [Announcement] FreeDV Activity Day - November 6-7, 2021

Fyi.. Mark your calendars. This should be a great time to try out Digital Voice over HF, and see how well voice can sound without all the normal static in the background. If you’re not already familiar with FreeDV, we have multiple videos on Youtube about it, including presentations

Re: [BVARC] Icom 9700 terminal setup

Phillipe, We have helped multiple people get their 9700 on the air with DSTAR very easily, but it was NOT using the terminal mode. It was by using a hotspot. Let me look, but I think I have a config file from someone that was indeed setup for Terminal mode.. Walter/K5WH

[BVARC] FW: [digitalvoice] [Announcement] FreeDV Activity Day - February 19-20, 2022

Fyi… It was great fun a few weeks ago, hope you get the chance to participate. Walter/K5WH From: digitalvo...@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mooneer Salem Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 3:40 AM To: digitalvo...@googlegroups.com; freetel-cod...@lists.sourceforge.net Cc:

Re: [BVARC] Doppler updates for SatPC32 and FT4

This is a follow-up to a message I sent out late last night. As I duplicated the entries below with the -D as needed for the Icom radios to place them into Digital modes from SatPC32. We were taking yesterday about the potential risk of contention with the normal ssb users of the sats, and in

Re: [BVARC] Doppler updates for SatPC32 and FT4

Sorry for the last message, that wasn’t intended for the list. ☹ Walter/K5WH Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are

[BVARC] QSO Today Virtual Ham Radio Conference

Fyi. If you have not attended this event in the past, it's a really great way to get some exposure to many interesting topics in Amateur Radio, that takes place twice per year. It's coming up again in less than 2 weeks, covering a Saturday and Sunday. March 12th and 13th. Here's a link

[BVARC] [Ham-Radio-Tech-Notes] [Announcement] FreeDV Activity Day - February 19-20, 2022

Fyi… 11am central time, for 24 hours. Saturday 2/19/22 to Sunday 2/20.22. If your looking for something interesting to try next month, give FREEDV a try. This was great fun a couple months ago and we’re certaily hoping we have the same great participation again this time. All the

Re: [BVARC] ARISS update

Major congrats Jeff. Can't wait to see this happen. Walter/K5WH From: BVARC On Behalf Of Jeff Greer via BVARC Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 3:07 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Jeff Greer ; kg5qno Subject: [BVARC] ARISS update BVARC, My kids' school's amateur

[BVARC] FW: [Ham-Radio-Tech-Notes] [Announcement] FreeDV Activity Day - February 19-20, 2022

Fyi… If your looking for something interesting to try next month, give FREEDV a try. This was great fun a couple months ago and we’re certaily hoping we have the same great participation again this time. All the best, Walter/K5WH From: m...@ham-radio-tech-notes.groups.io On

Re: [BVARC] Elections in November -- Seeking Candidates -- Corrected

You got my vote already!  Walter/K5WH From: BVARC On Behalf Of K5BOU via BVARC Sent: Friday, September 22, 2023 9:58 AM To: Rick Hiller Cc: K5BOU ; BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Subject: Re: [BVARC] Elections in November -- Seeking Candidates -- Corrected I need to make

Re: [BVARC] Fw: Looking for JOTA activites

17, 2023 at 05:24:28 PM CDT, Walter Holmes via BVARC mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org> > wrote: If it helps, several of us will be setting up a JOTA event at the Boy Scouts Headquarters this Saturday at 10am until 2pm or so. We dd this last year as well with GREAT results. Off of 610

Re: [BVARC] Fw: Looking for JOTA activites

If it helps, several of us will be setting up a JOTA event at the Boy Scouts Headquarters this Saturday at 10am until 2pm or so. We dd this last year as well with GREAT results. Off of 610 North at TC Jester. We’ll have a couple HF stations as well as a satellite station active too.

Re: [BVARC] K5WH-117, BLT-117

:bvarc@bvarc.org> > wrote: Thank you Walter, that was a fascinating flight! Craig/K8CPC From: BVARC mailto:bvarc-boun...@bvarc.org> > On Behalf Of Walter Holmes via BVARC Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2023 9:32 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org> &

Re: [BVARC] K5WH-117, BLT-117

Feel free to join us any time you get the chance Keith. http://www.k5wh.net/zoom/ Sure hope you get out of that place really soon. Walter/K5WH From: BVARC On Behalf Of Keith Dutson via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 10:04 AM To: Walter Holmes via BVARC Cc: Keith Dutson

Re: [BVARC] K5WH-117, BLT-117

15, 2023, at 09:55, Walter Holmes via BVARC mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org> > wrote:  I love the responses.. they are all great. Truth be known, just about every component on the trackers we fly today, already come from China. We’re just sending them back to them.  As far as the so

[BVARC] [Announcement] FreeDV Activity Day - May 28-29, 2022

Reminder about the 3rd event of the FreeDV day starting tomorrow at 11am central, through 11am Sunday. Join us for a fun time on the air, I think you will be very pleasantly surprised how well this mode works today. Due to popular demand, we'll be doing another FreeDV Activity Day

Re: [BVARC] ARISS contact scheduled!

That’s really fantastic news Jeff. Major congrats to you and Charlie.. Walter/K5WH From: BVARC On Behalf Of Jeff Greer via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 23, 2022 7:21 PM To: bvarc@bvarc.org Cc: Jeff Greer Subject: [BVARC] ARISS contact scheduled! We got word today that my kids'

Re: [BVARC] W3FGP-11

with helium? I didn't get to see it take off at the tailgate. Dave On Sun, May 1, 2022, 6:36 PM Walter Holmes via BVARC mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org> > wrote: Looks like the W3FGP-11 balloon is headed back to the Caribbean, again.  Congratulations to Maurice for being the newest member of t

Re: [BVARC] W3FGP-11 is ALIVE!

h.net <mailto:walt...@k5wh.net> ; b...@groups.io <mailto:b...@groups.io> ; ham-radio-tech-no...@groups.io <mailto:ham-radio-tech-no...@groups.io> Subject: Re: [BVARC] W3FGP-11 is ALIVE! Took a jog. Keep on truckin! On Sat, May 7, 2022, 7:59 AM Walter Holmes via BVARC mailt

[BVARC] FW: [Ham-Radio-Tech-Notes] [Announcement] FreeDV Activity Day - November 5-6, 2022

Fyi Walter/K5WH Hi all, We'll be doing another FreeDV Activity Day on the weekend of November 5-6, 2022! This event will bring together people interested in HF digital voice on the air for conversation and fun. Contacts using the official application as well

Re: [BVARC] 159.150 Mhz

See if this helps Philippe. Harris County, Texas (TX) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference (radioreference.com) Walter/K5WH From: BVARC On Behalf Of K5BOU via BVARC Sent: Sunday, August 7, 2022 2:38 PM To: 'BRAZOS

Re: [BVARC] [Ham-Radio-Tech-Notes] [Announcement] FreeDV Activity Day - August 6-7, 2022

Fyi… This has always been a great way to see what Digital Voice sounds like over marginal band conditions that even SSB signals can’t make it through. 14.236 is the most active frequency, but others are being used, especially when things get busy. Hope you get the chance to give

[BVARC] FW: [digitalvoice] [Reminder] FreeDV Activity Day - December 17-18, 2022

Drop by and join the fun on FreeDV. See you there.. Walter/K5WH From: digitalvo...@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mooneer Salem Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2022 2:05 PM To: freetel-cod...@lists.sourceforge.net; digitalvo...@googlegroups.com Subject: [digitalvoice] [Reminder] FreeDV

[BVARC] FW: [digitalvoice] [Announcement] FreeDV Activity Day - January 21-22, 2023

Fyi… Join us next weekend, to see what digital voice over HF is like. There is a new 2020C mode available for testing to improve the voice quality, and a new interface called an EZdv box, that makes a wireless connection to an IC-705, and no computer needed, to get on the air with

Re: [BVARC] Icom 52A

Gayle, The last Dstar repeater in Houston was removed from service nearly 2 years ago. As already mentioned. But you can get a hotspot to allow access, and get you into the Dstar world through the internet, in the interim. We also have a Multimode repeater on the SW side of town that

[BVARC] BLT-109 N5EKO/B

Just an update, that this balloon launched 2 weeks ago from the GHH is just making its second pass over China right now. https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap =4=a%2FN5EKO-109=604800=604800 Walter/K5WH

Re: [BVARC] BLT-109 N5EKO/B

avid F. Reed Subject: Re: [BVARC] BLT-109 N5EKO/B Excellent; good job; please let us know before the next one is launched; maybe some of us could come for it, and who knows, you might end up with more helpers in the long run! 73 de W5SV, Dave On Mar 19, 2023, at 22:10, Walter Holm

[BVARC] BLT-109 N5EKO/B

Congratulations to Jerry-N5EKO, for his balloon launched from the Greater Houston HamFest, having just completed 1 FULL trip around the planet and now working on #2. Walter/K5WH Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list

[BVARC] BLT-109 from the GHH

After what appears to have been some balloon failures due to a very strange and extreme rapid rising at high altitude, and suddenly dropping out, we have at least 1 package that survived and is still cruising about the planet. Well done Jerry-N5EKO Walter/K5WH

[BVARC] BLT-109 N5EKO/B

Here's an update on one of the balloons we launched last Saturday from the HamFest. It just woke up for the day a few minutes ago over China. You can click on the following link if you want to track it yourself at any time. https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap

[BVARC] FreeDV Activity Day - April 15-16, 2023

Fyi… Walter/K5WH Hi all, This is a reminder that this month's FreeDV Activity Day is this coming weekend. (As a reminder, Activity Day takes place on the third weekend of every month.) This event will bring together people interested in HF digital voice on the air for

Re: [BVARC] A unique opportunity in HF digital voice communications

Correction on the ZOOM address. Please use this one. http://www.k5wh.net/zoom/ Walter/K5WH From: BVARC On Behalf Of john Parmalee via BVARC Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2023 5:11 PM To: the-woodlands-amateur-radio-c...@googlegroups.com; w5...@w5sfa.org; bvarc@bvarc.org Cc: john

Re: [BVARC] A unique opportunity in HF digital voice communications

? Thanks Nick From: BVARC On Behalf Of Walter Holmes via BVARC Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2023 9:19 PM To: 'Vernon Prewitt' mailto:vernonprew...@ymail.com> >; 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org> > Cc: walt...@k5wh.net <mailto:walt...@k5wh.net> S

[BVARC] N5EKO/B BLT-109

Major congratulations to Jerry-N5EKO, for it's 3rd trip around the planet. This balloon was launced from the Greater Houston Hamfest several weeks ago. Walter/K5WH Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org

Re: [BVARC] why not!

Sounds like a great project Marc, I have built dozens of hotspots with ALL types of configurations on Pi-0w’s, Pi3’s, Pi-4’s, with single and dual time slot versions. As well as multiple display formats, OLED, Nextion, etc.. in different sizes as well from .96” to 7”. I even have a

Re: [BVARC] A L E

If your interested in giving ALE a try, there are a couple options available. MultiPSK supports ALE. Along with a ton of other digital modes. index (free.fr) Available at several other locations also. But a few of us have been working with an

Re: [BVARC] Antenna Modeling Software Experience

Chris, John has spent a lot of time with antenna modeling, and even did a presentation at one of our previous NARS club meetings on that topic. I know John is on the BVARC reflector as well, but I have copied him here if you want to reach out to him directly. I'm sure he could work

Re: [BVARC] Raspberry Pi Digipeater - anyone with experience?

Terry, I hope this doesn’t add more confusion than opportunity, but I would highly recommend you start with about 3 or 4 micro-sd cards, 16g or larger, and try several versions of this. The absolute flexibility of the pi, is you can try an image out for a few hours or days, then swap the

[BVARC] K5WH-117, BLT-117

Quick Update…… After several weeks of flight from the BVARC Field Day site, it appears we haven’t heard from the balloon in over a week now, so it’s probably down for the count. It was certainly a very interesting flight with all the backwards trips it was making.  As we close the

Re: [BVARC] Field Day Balloon is now over Georgia, the state not the Country

It’s still flying high. Every now and then we get some inconsistent reporting, so we get some bad data at times. But yes, it’s still doing well. Another in our group launched a balloon from the Johnson Space Center area earlier this morning, that has been dong some crazy flight

Re: [BVARC] Field Day Balloon is now over Georgia, the state not the Country

I always use the Silver Orbz these days. John-AB5SS just started using the Yokohama balloons. So we’ve had really good success with both. Walter/K5WH From: BVARC On Behalf Of Chris Medlin via BVARC Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2023 3:40 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc:

Re: [BVARC] Field Day Balloon is now over Georgia, the state not the Country

The wind patterns are extremely strange right now.  We launched another package earlier this morning, and it danced circles all over NW Houston today. Walter/K5WH From: BVARC On Behalf Of Craig Coussens via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2023 12:56 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO

Re: [BVARC] DVMega and BlueDV software install question

Chris, I don't use the DVmega dongle, but I use the ThumbDV dongle, as well as 4 other Ambe servers I have setup here, all with BlueDV. It seems to work fine on my PC, as well as my Android cell phone. The installation should be a simple launch of the MSI file. Not sure why you

Re: [BVARC] Hamcation Booth Crawl Josh Nash

Hamcation has been really great this weekend. What an incredible show this year, kinda like every year.  If you’ve never been to Orlando before to check it out, I highly encourage you to add it to your bucket list, as you won’t be disappointed. Walter/K5WH From: BVARC On Behalf Of

Re: [BVARC] Packet Radio in Houston

If they would ever turn back on the APRS digipeater on the ISS, that would be a great way to work packet. NO-44 is another packet digipeater satellite, however, it only works in the daylight hours, as the batteries have failed some time ago. 145.825 is the frequency to listen on. All the best,

Re: [BVARC] Want to point

I can’t speak for Gpredict, but when we’re using SatPC32, there is an additional application called SUM, for Sun and Moon, that will track the SUN or the MOON, so you can check and calibrate your system against. So put on your Eclipse glasses, and line the antennas up with the sun, or wait

Re: [BVARC] Satellites -- 2m -- 70cm -- antennas

Richard, Working Satellites can be a fantastic part of our great hobby. And depending how deep your planning to get into it, can be as cheap as $20.00 to $100.00 for a very nice antenna. Then you can use a dual band FM HT, BUT, this will only work late and night or early in the

[BVARC] N5EKO-130 for GHH

Here's Jerry's-N5EKO-130 balloon, the 2nd one he launched for the Greater Houston Hamfest, about to complete it's 1st revolution in a few hours. You can also see the estimated path as well, where it will come right back over the Houston area. Here's a link if you want to follow it

Re: [BVARC] Need help from a satellite Elmer

Thanks Philippe, Al, I would be plenty glad to assist. Please feel free to join us (the local Amsat Satellite team/users) from the Houston area and around the country, on my Zoom channel, any time you get the opportunity. We are there all day and night, and can certainly answer any

[BVARC] Balloon update, from the GHH

Congrats to Jerry-N5EKO, for the first trip around the planet. We launched this balloon/tracker on Friday, from the Greater Houston Hamfest. Walter/K5WH Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org