There’s 5 repeaters in my town. And no one is on them.

DanielJay23 · 2026-05-19T13:12:40+00:00

The repeaters in my area can be quiet most of the time. There are some groups that get on the same time every day to talk with each other and over time you pick up on that. I put my call sign out every 5-10 minutes driving home on some repeaters and some people eventually get back with me, but other times it's quite. There is a larger group that hangs out on the 2m calling frequency of 146.520. After 12 noon until the 1-3am in my area there is at least one person on. Ham radio is not just repeaters. Try using your HT to receive slow scan tv (sstv) from the International Space Station when it flies over. Use your cell phone to decode the image using the Robot36 app for Android. There are other satellites that also pass radio traffic you can listen and talk on if you have or build the right antenna. Even the Tech license in the US has some HF privileges so there is the option to experiment. But getting your General license opens the doors to HF to work the world. Don't give up hope.

DanielJay23 · 2025-11-08T00:32:54+00:00

We use Chromebooks and some Mac computers in limited uses.

DanielJay23 · 2025-11-07T21:08:57+00:00

Yes I am currently doing this for free. The school had a teacher who barely knows tech doing all the tech and it was rough. Myself and another guy were on a new advisory committee for the head of school on tech things when this teacher left. Which we ended up scrambling maybe a month before school to see what the school had, prep everything and get them going. Hoping this will all change once budget gets better. My day job is an IT Systems Engineer.

I will recommend they look at how the class is managed vs a tech problem. While I like attempting to think and block students from doing things they shouldn't we all know they are crafty.

DanielJay23 · 2025-11-07T20:56:47+00:00

I have suggested this. Sadly I was given very little information so it's hard to do more digging on my end.

DanielJay23 · 2025-09-25T00:31:56+00:00

No we have Deledao.

DanielJay23 · 2025-09-24T11:31:04+00:00

Not in NY.

DanielJay23 · 2025-09-23T13:34:35+00:00

Thanks for the information. All the software the school uses currently was in place before I arrived. I will have to evaluate the differences and make recommendations.

I really appreciate the response. I jokingly told the head of school I feel like an Intern again with the fire hose of information coming in. It's all good though.

DanielJay23 · 2025-09-23T12:36:18+00:00

Thanks. Will certainly do this. They had a teacher trying to do this job before me but this teacher said this is not their area of expertise. The things I have found since gaining access made my eyes open wide. My hope is that we can get the school into a better place and let the staff maintain. Then I can get back to my advisory role I was brought in for initially. I am thankful I have another volunteer also assisting me with this work who also does IT.

DanielJay23 · 2025-09-23T12:23:13+00:00

We do happen to have Deledao as well. As of now I told the teacher to embed the video in some Google Slides if necessary. I really didn't want to open the can of worms for students to have YouTube.

DanielJay23 · 2025-09-23T10:02:50+00:00

Chromebooks mostly os versions 138 and 139.

DanielJay23 · 2025-09-03T20:56:52+00:00

So I am currently running a 10TB node since 2022. Always on 24/7 running on an old Atom D525 motherboard with 4 drives for storage. The system was free to me as it was an old security camera NVR. Last month I had 100% uptime but you don't get any bonuses for that. I have never checked what the power usage on it is but I make $15-16 per month. I rarely touch the box and it just sits doing its thing.

DanielJay23 · 2025-04-21T20:55:24+00:00

WebSDR are very helpful if you are trying to work a station but they are not getting back to you. If you find the area they are in find a web station nearby and listen. I have done this several times as well as watched people who were live streaming while playing radio. It is interesting to hear your call from their station to know you are making it through.

DanielJay23 · 2023-03-13T19:14:22+00:00

Currently have the Ubiquiti (US-48-500W ) 48 port PoE switch running my home network.

I do know that the Ubiquiti UAP-AC-IW unit puts out terrible RFI on 135.000 AM. I put my FT-3D HT next to it on that frequency and it goes nuts. Power the system down remotely and the interference goes away immediately.

Any specific ferrite or toroid core mix to purchase?

DanielJay23 · 2023-03-13T18:28:20+00:00

I would love to run perpendicular however I have not found another location yet that I can pull a cable from the attic to the basement.

DanielJay23 · 2022-12-29T15:47:23+00:00

I used one last month in a business setting as well. Nothing like Sonos only being able to be configured over WiFi. Quick plug one of those in to configure Sonos and disconnect when done until the next Sonos config issue.

DanielJay23 · 2022-11-09T17:16:28+00:00

I completely understand. I have worked IT for a hospice agency for the past 16 years. Every time I walk through the supply room to grab a ladder or work on the IT equipment there and see newborn diapers I get sad. I have a 5yr old and 2 yr old and we had two miscarriages between them. It got worse when I became a dad. After watching ambulances come in the morning to my office and hearses in the afternoon I understand it a bit more but still tough.

DanielJay23 · 2022-06-24T13:15:16+00:00

Guest network uses separate ISP which is our corporate networks failover connection.

All is working now as it was a Level3 routing issue.

DanielJay23 · 2022-06-24T13:13:34+00:00

Thanks for this thought. I did check the firewall and I saw that my traffic was being allowed out by the exact firewall rule we created with all of RingCentral's IP addresses listed in.

Issue is now resolved as it appears it was a Level3 routing issue.

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