I have added the links to the NXDN User ID, and the NXDN Repeater List, that is attached to my Google Drive. If you need to have your name added to the list, please
email me and I will add you in. The list is viewable to all, but edit rights are assigned.
Evans Mitchell
KD4EFM
Greetings all,
Here is a quick run up of what is in the pressure cooker….
NXREF UPDATES TO ROLL OUT IN THE COMING MONTHS.
A & B; A Bug Fix for the Kenwood side of the NXREF. One is with the turn on / turn off messages, and the other is dealing with the heartbeat for the UDP ports, since KWD uses 2 UDP ports.
New Features: Talk Group Linking and Authentication, a simple Public PKM style (something like IRLP) to add security to the NXDN Network. If the access code does not match, no link will be established.
Talk Group Linking; this will allow for Local, Regional, State, or even Area Wide uses.
Florida uses TG 1200 for Florida Wide, and Tampa is using 1201 for West Central Florida. As an example.
If you have not become a member of the HAM_NXDN email group, this is a Yahoo group located at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ham_nxdn/
This is open to ALL HAMS World Wide, and talks about the use of NXDN Radios for the advancement of Ham Radio, and 6.25 Digital Technology.
That is it for now.
From Serdar:
Dear Gang,
We setup our new NXDN repeater (VHF- R2- 145.650 MHz) to new location over the 17th and 18th weekend of August.
You can find installation photos at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/burcakcubukcu/sets/72157635115017614/
We linked this repeater to our other NXDN repeater (VHF-R7-145.775 MHz) which is located at our club building via 5Ghz link. Everything seems working now. In next days, we are planning to re-establish NXDN Reflector link via Raspberry PI.
This afternoon, while I was at the IWCE, we brought up a second VHF repeater in Eastern Mass. I’ve updated the listing below to reflect that. I’m also currently working with a group in Pennsylvania that will be adding an Kenwood UHF repeater.
More the merrier!!! 🙂
After some issues with our prior provider, I just bit the bullet and got a slice of a virtual server online for real…
This is an image of the last 24 hours of bandwidth usage since I got all the repeaters and other reflectors moved over to it… :)…
We’ll see now what a standard month brings so we can gauge utilization.
When adding a Kenwood repeater to the network… 2 things are required.
a) you MUST turn off the Over the Air Alias on both the repeater and any users radios. If you don’t, there is a better than 50% chance that NO icom radio will hear your call which can be pretty frustrating when you’re on a WW linked system.
b) your repeater MUST run Very Narrow on the Digital side. Icom does not support 12.5khz digital, only 6.25 and so the 2 systems are not compatible unless they both are set for 6.25khz… this is a Kenwood repeater setting btw.
Ok, so it’s probably time that I created some form of table of who’s what, where :)…
We just brought up a new Kenwood site today on VHF and Norm in Tallahassee will be adding a UHF site to that a bit later.
Current list of linked systems, frequencies and RAN codes.
I realized that I could create a live stream off the WW NXDN network pretty easily. So I did :). If you want to listen in… Point your favorite player (winamp, etc) at http://w7qo.dyndns.org:8000/
It’s pretty quiet usually, but it should be crystal clear with no R2D2, no beeps, boops, etc
Enjoy
This morning we conducted a little test. A Kenwood Repeater, connected to a 4G Wireless router, all external IP addresses are private and will not accept incoming port forward requests.
We successfully connected the Kenwood to the WW NXDN network and carried on a conversation. :).
Stealth IP now works on the Kenwood NXREF…. yeah, no more VPN, no more static IP address, no more 15 IP limit. I think we’ve now shattered all the barriers …
Alan
Today we brought up a club in Turkey onto the WW NXDN network. This proved that we can do Kenwoods without a VPN, and it proved that we can make them work over multiple hops. I still think there is a gremlin or two to be worked out but Say Hi to The gang from Turkey.
Hi Alan,
Thank you very much for your great effort. I think we did :-))
I’m attaching the photos again. You can use them on your blog
(nxdninfo.com ) if you want.
The names and callsigns:
from left to right
Cengiz. TB2BBG.
Cemal TA2AW
Serhat TA2ANK
Serdar TA3AS
Tahir TA2T
Our Club name is ANTRAK.
I’ll always remember your help and your friendship.
Best Regards,
Serdar
