The RMS gateway in Saint Louis is now back online. The UPS battery has been replaced and the coax feedline that was damaged by the landscapers has been repaired. Services are fully restored for VARA and ARDOP connections on 40m, 30m, and 20m. Please let me know if you have any issues.
Category: Ham Radio
STL Gateway Maintenance
The STL gateway has been down for a while and it has been determined that the UPS providing backup services failed and needs a battery replacement. I’ll be back in Saint Louis between 3/18 and 3/22 to do hardware and software maintenance and hope to have the HF gateway back up and running before heading […]
Winmor has been removed from the HF gateway
Under the direction of the ARSFI Board of Directors and the Winlink Development Team, I’ve removed the option to connect to the HF gateway (NM5PB-11) using the Winmor mode. The gateway will continue to provide ARDOP and VARA HF modes. More information regarding this decision can be found here: https://winlink.org/content/winmor_deprecated
New Vanity calls for us!
So the vanity callsigns that Janelle and I requested have processed this morning. Our new callsigns are NM5PB and NM5JB. The digital nodes have all been migrated over to the new call NM5PB and just waiting on the folks at Winlink.org to enable the Sysop features and process the change on their end. Once that’s […]
SAINT LOUIS VHF PACKET GATEWAY/BBS DECOM’D
The VHF gateway and BBS in Saint Louis has been decommissioned. The equipment is en-route to New Mexico where it will be utilized and integrated into the active packet network around the area.