Thursday 1 August 2013

Radio and pub night Walton Upon Thames

Radio and beer night In Walton


Peter (2e0cqp) setting up the coax

Peter starting to buld a jpole for 2 meters on a pub bench

Peter (2e0cqp) Gary (m0tig) and Sanderley (m6sej)
Building the jpole and playing HF / magic wand.

Setting up the antennas

Peer doing the final touches on the jpole

Sanderley and Gary

Sanderley (m6sej)

Peter (2e0cqp) gas powered soldering iron in hand

Final check on antenna

Peter put the jpole in the tree
*yes it worked really well and we could open several repeaters.

Monday 1 July 2013

2E1AVX sets up packet / IP

James sets up packet radio and TCP/IP


Showing the routing table

Showing a successful ping *slow*

Cheap 2 meter ADI and Kantronics KPC-9612 TNC (in kiss mode)

System powered by Raspberry pi

Station set up (in James's garage) ping

Connection to GB7IPF-2

Configuration files which may help you out

Axports

# /etc/ax25/axports
#
# The format of this file is:
#
# name callsign speed paclen window description
#
rf1     2e1axi-1        9600    255     2       144.925 (1200 BPS)


ax25d.conf

# /ETC/AX25/AX25D.CONF
#
# ax25d Configuration File.
#
# AX.25 Ports begin with a '['.
[2e1axi via rf1]
NOCALL * * * * * * L
2e1avx * * * * * * * root /usr/sbin/axspawn axspawn %u +
#
[2e1axi-2 via rf1]
NOCALL * * * * * * L
default * * * * * * 0 root /usr/sbin/node   node
#

Rc.networks.ampr

#!/bin/sh
# remove unwanted interface default routes automatically created per interface
route del -net 44.131.161.100.0 gw 0.0.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 ax0
route del -net 44.0.0.0 gw 0.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 ax0
# port ax0 
echo "RC.NETWORKS.AMPR setup routing"
route add -host 44.131.242.73  mss 255 window 432 ax0 # 2e0cqp rf1
route add -net 44.131.242.72 gw 44.131.242.73  netmask 255.255.255.248 irtt 5000 window 432 mss 256 ax0
route add -host 44.131.242.89 mss 255 window 432 ax0 #m0tig  rf1
route add -net 44.131.242.88 gw 44.131.242.89 netmask 255.255.255.248 irtt 5000 window 432 mss 256 ax0
route add -host 44.131.242.81  mss 255 window 432 ax0 # m6sej rf1
route add -net 44.131.242.80 gw 44.131.242.81 netmask 255.255.255.248 irtt 5000 window 432 mss 256 ax0
route add -host 44.131.161.101 mss 255 window 432 ax0 # 2e1axi rf1
route add -net 44.131.161.100 gw 44.131.161.101 netmask 255.255.255.252 irtt 5000 window 432 mss 256 ax0
route add -net 44.131.176.32 gw 44.131.176.33 netmask 255.255.255.248 irtt 5000 window 432 mss 256 ax0
route add -host 44.131.161.228 mss 256 window 432 ax0 # gb7ipf gateway axu2
route add -net 44.0.0.0 gw 44.131.161.228 netmask 255.0.0.0 irtt 6000 window 432 mss 256 ax0 # via gb7cip gateway
#




Rc.ax25.axi

#!/bin/sh
modprobe usbserial vendor=0x067b product=0x2303
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
# just in case ...
/usr/bin/killall -KILL /usr/sbin/ax25d
/usr/bin/killall -KILL /usr/sbin/kissattach
/usr/bin/killall -KILL /usr/sbin/ax25ipd
/usr/bin/killall -KILL /usr/sbin/mkiss
/usr/bin/killall -KILL /usr/sbin/beacon
/usr/bin/killall -KILL /usr/sbin/mheardd
/usr/bin/killall -KILL /usr/sbin/netromd
/sbin/ifconfig ax0 down
### Configure TNC ports rf1
/bin/sleep 4
/usr/sbin/kissattach -m 256 /dev/ttyUSB0 rf1 44.131.161.101
/usr/sbin/kissparms -p rf1 -r 128 -s 10 -l 20 -t 300
/usr/sbin/ax25d -l &
/usr/sbin/beacon - t 15 rf1 "2e1axi Hedgerley Buckinghamshire 44.131.161.101"
/usr/sbin/mheardd -f &
/etc/ax25/rc.networks.ampr
arp -H ax25 -i ax1 -s 44.131.242.89 m0tig
arp -H ax25 -i ax1 -s 44.131.159.65 m6oaf-1
arp -H ax25 -i ax1 -s 44.131.242.81 m6sej-1
arp -H ax25 -i ax1 -s 44.131.242.73 2e0cqp
arp -H ax25 -i ax0 -s 44.131.244.1 gb7cip-2
edit node.conf with your information
hostname and localnet will need to be changed.



CD /etc (need to allow incoming telnet to redirect to node)
 inetd.conf

# /etc/inetd.conf:  see inetd(8) for further informations.
#
# Internet superserver configuration database
#
#
# Lines starting with "#:LABEL:" or "#<off>#" should not
# be changed unless you know what you are doing!
#
# If you want to disable an entry so it isn't touched during
# package updates just comment it out with a single '#' character.
#
# Packages should modify this file by using update-inetd(8)
#
# <service_name> <sock_type> <proto> <flags> <user> <server_path> <args>
#
#:INTERNAL: Internal services
#discard                stream  tcp     nowait  root    internal
#discard                dgram   udp     wait    root    internal
#daytime                stream  tcp     nowait  root    internal
#time           stream  tcp     nowait  root    internal
#:STANDARD: These are standard services.
telnet          stream  tcp     nowait  telnetd /usr/sbin/node    node
#:BSD: Shell, login, exec and talk are BSD protocols.
#:MAIL: Mail, news and uucp services.

#:INFO: Info services
#:BOOT: TFTP service is provided primarily for booting.  Most sites
#       run this only on machines acting as "boot servers."
#:RPC: RPC based services
#:HAM-RADIO: amateur-radio services
telnet  stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/node    node
node    stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/node    node
node2   stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/node    node
#:OTHER: Other services
#<off># bbs     stream  tcp     wait    root    /usr/sbin/node  node

Wednesday 26 June 2013

James and Peter take Technician exam in Seattle

James and Peter take Technician exam in Seattle



Daniel, Peter, James and LW
Peter passes Tech and General, James get his Tech.
Thanks for all the help Guys!

Monday 4 March 2013

James tests out DRM (Digital SSTV)

James tests out DRM (Digital SSTV)


Using EASYpal

Waterfall display






I get acknowledged *hello 2e1avx*


Someone forgot to set up their callsign!