Interesting new Chinese radio that has the Beken RF BK4819 chip which allows for a wider frequency range and custom firmware (see quoted post below). Note, this radio doesn’t put out much power on these other bands and lacks proper…
Some initial color support was added to the OpenGD77 Firmware for the TYT MD-UV380. The easiest way to play with themes is to use the new CPS where you can easily select colors and upload to the radio to test.…
A lot of media implies that man-made global warming is responsible for tornadoes and hurricanes we see today when they’ve always been here and even documented, though our records don’t go back that far in human history. But an interesting…
The new AllScan version v0.65 has a couple quirks for Hamvoip if you want to upgrade (note: I upgraded from v0.45). What I do is clone the repo and then after selecting version (git tag for versions), copy the files…
I’ve been playing with W0CHP’s Pi-Star Digital Voice Dashboard and have an early contender for a nice dark mode display. Settings below can be used as a starting point. The Look and Feel screen is a very nice upgrade to…
With the chip shortages some of the radios that the OpenGD77 firmware supported changed to an unbranded clone and the firmware would not work. Thanks to Roger Clark, VK3KYY, and Colin Durbridge, G4EML, they figured out why the firmware wouldn’t…
M7DHQ, Simon, submitted a new hide kerchunks feature for W0CHP’s Pi-Star Dashboard, and it’s actually pretty nice especially if you use DMR. No more having your dashboard dominated by people activating talk groups, so you’ll just see the people talking.…
If I had heard of the Helium Network, it didn’t catch my eye at the time with there being so many cryptocurrency projects. However, the project has advanced quite a bit and actually according to their website has an…
I just saw this excellent project for Allstarlink nodes on the mailing list this morning, AllScan. It’s a web application to show your favorites (favorites.ini) with status, allows you to connect/disconnect, and add/remove favorites easily. On the back end this…
I don’t think this is documented and would kind of be unique to W0CHP’s Pi-Star Digital Voice Dashboard. Usually with DMR2YSF and DMRGateway you use a special TG, talk group, to activate and use a YSF reflector or FCS reflector.…
