Upcoming NCO Boot Camp

The Net Control Operator Boot Camp class that I’ve instructed to other ARES and clubs has been requested by Linn County ARES EC Eric Watson. The class will be hosted at the Linn County Emergency Operations Center on Saturday September 20th starting at 9am and running to 4pm. We will have a one-hour lunch break […]

ABQBBS Decommissioning

The ABQBBS has been in service for over five years and it’s time to move on! The XYL and I are relocating to Iowa to be closer to our family. As such, the last day of the ABQBBS will be Tuesday June 17th at 11:59pm MDT. It’s been a pleasure to provide BBS, Winlink Gateway, […]

ABQBBS / Node Applications Updated

Node and application software have been updated to current versions. This update fixed some message routing issues that were not impacting inbound or outbound NTS traffic. Please let me know if you encounter any issues.

All AREDN Nodes Updated….Again! :)

All NM5PB AREDN nodes have been updated to 3.24.10.0. Mobile to home “meshing” is working well and increased distance testing is continuing. Interested in AREDN? Visit https://www.arednmesh.org for more info.

DX Spider added to Node

A DX Spider application and connection to WA9PIE has been added to the node. This application is available by entering “DXSPIDER” at the node prompt when connecting to NMABQ:NM5PB-5. The cluster will log you in automatically with the callsign you connected to the NMABQ node with. To exit the DX SPIDER application, just enter the word […]

Callsign Lookup added to Node

When connecting to the node NMABQ:NM5PB-5 over packet, if you issue a ? for a list of commands and applications, you will now noticed an application called “LOOKUP“. From the prompt, issue the command “LOOKUP” and wait for the query=> prompt. When doing the initial query, it will return your license information first. You can […]

CVE-2024-34087

CVE-2024-34087 was announced on 8/26 for the BPQ32 node software. The node has been updated to the patched version of 6.0.24.42. This CVE did not affect the NMABQ, ABQBBS, or ABQQSO  node/applications because I do not host the HTTP server outside of the network firewall.

All AREDN Nodes Updates

All NM5PB nodes have been updated to 3.24.6.0. Continued work and testing is in progress. Mobile to home “meshing” is working well and increased distance testing is scheduled along with point-to-point testing for Summer of 2024. Interested in AREDN? Visit https://www.arednmesh.org for more info.

ABQBBS and Nodes are Online

The upgrades to the system are complete and all previous features are working correctly. Standby for more upgrades and features adds in the next couple of months.