FIELD DAY 2012 is almost here....

http://www.arrl.org/field-day

Visit the above link for all the official rules and regulations for Field Day this year - June 23 & 24th, 2012.  Local to the Springfield, MO area:  SMARC (Southwest Missouri Amateur Radio Club) will be conducting Field Day activities at the Red Cross, corner of West Bypass and Division in Springfield; and the Nixa Amateur Radio Club will have Field Day at Nixa High Pointe Elementary (same location as last year).  

More information can be found at http://smarc.org/?page_id=1937 for the SMARC event, and http://www.nixahams.net for the Nixa Amateur Radio Club event.

73,

OMAR

2012 Ozark Mountain Hamfest is in the books.....

and it was FUN!  According to Terry, KC0SQE with the Nixa Amateur Radio Club, there were several upgrades (2 Extras!) and a new Technician!!  Thanks to Steve Palmer, KA0SPM, for the antenna presentation; and thanks to D&L Antenna, Associated Radio, WA0H, Hilltop Embroidery and WB0W for coming and helping make another successful Hamfest.  A BIG thanks to all the people who came and set up tables full of equipment and other neat stuff!  Thanks also to the Barnstormers and the R/C airplane enthusiasts.  Hope you had as much fun as we all did!

73
OMAR

Ozark Mountain Hamfest

Ozark Mountain Hamfest coming soon -- January 7, 2012!  Doors open at 8AM!  Entry is the same as last year, $5 at the door.

Reserved Table setup is 6am-8am - 
If you have a table reserved, please arrive before 8AM, and enter through the northern-most door on the east side of the church.  Also, please make sure you are not parking in the disabled-access spaces, unless your vehicle is tagged/licensed for that.  Check in with Joye or James for your table when you arrive.  


Testing is at 10AM.


Steve Palmer, KA0SPM, will give an Antenna Presentation after Ham Testing.


Hope to see you all there!  Talk in frequency for Saturday morning is 146.520 simplex.

73
OMAR

Repeater Issues - November 2011

The W0OMD repeater has been experiencing some issues lately and after a series of checks on our own equipment, the Wireless Internet Provider was requested to come to the site and examine the Wireless radio system.  After a test with their equipment, the repeater's uplink was only passing around 10% of our uplink packet traffic.  This explains issues with choppy and distorted signal reports from other stations on the reflector.  After a high gain antenna was installed, the signal strength increased approximately by 10dB on transmit and receive and thus increased our link quality.  Other issues may be at hand; for example, other servers involved in the wireless system.
We hope this will bring the system back up to reliable connectivity to the main DSTAR server - as always any and all reports of issues with the system are encouraged!  Email to kc0tqd@w0omd.org.

Thanks and please feel free to use the W0OMD DSTAR system as much as you like!

73
OMAR

DSTAR QSO PARTY - NOVEMBER 11 - 13TH

2011 DSTAR QSO Party (sponsored by ICOM) will take place November 11-13.  Object is to contact as many DSTAR stations as possible.  ICOM is giving away 15 new HT radios - ID-31A (US version, E for European version).  For more information, see http://www.icom.co.jp/world/d-starparty2011/

73
OMAR

DSTAR Gateway is back online

Just around noon local time, the W0OMD repeater came back online with internet access and is functional for Gateway use.  For information on linking and general DSTAR information, please check out www.dstarusers.org.  Thanks to all for your patience and thanks to the efforts of Jim, Jeff, Jeremy and Adam on getting the system rolling again.

73
OMAR

DSTAR Repeater gateway

Getting closer to the DSTAR Gateway functionality on the W0OMD repeater.  Thanks for everyone's patience as work has been done.  Stay tuned...