Re: [PLUG] FOSSCON communication ops

[Jim Fisher <jedijf@myfisher.org>]

BTW, it was a security conference, BsidesDE, in November (2013), that
got me motivated to get licensed. (and into Bull Mastiffs; redbull
with shots of espresso)

http://jedijf.blogspot.com/2013/11/bsidesde-projectphree-and-amateur-radio.html

I anticipate /another/ wireless class at Bsides15 in November. Josh &
Janice will probably be at FOSSCON too.

2014 we built ADSB antennas!

http://www.securitybsides.com/w/page/28563447/BSidesDelaware

On 8/16/15, Jim Fisher <jedijf@myfisher.org> wrote:
> QSL.
>
> Last year was my first FOSSCON as an amateur.
>
> We went, what some thought was a little 'ham heavy'.
>
> There is a trend in security conferences for license testing and much
> more. Much of the 'much more' is based on SDR.
>
> I will have amateur gear and so will others. I suggested that we use
> the 'con simplex'
>
> Simplex 146.580   http://conham.org/
>
> as our local talk frequency.
>
> If you want license testing or anything else at FOSSCON please let the
> staff know your interests. Not me. All the others. My interest in
> known.
>
> If there is a strong enough interest, I am sure that /almost/ anything
> amateur related can be added to FOSSCON '16.
>
> Less than ONE week!
>
> Gotta go, tons of stuff to do!
>
> See you all at FOSSCON Saturday.
>
> 73
>
> sk
>
> On 8/14/15, Keith C. Perry <kperry@daotechnologies.com> wrote:
>> Good point !
>>
>> One of the things I like about the Baofeng's is that there is nothing to
>> do
>> to achieve this. In fact, in CHIRP there is a default config for FRS/GMRS
>> and MURS. Just open those up and copy them to your config. You'll have to
>> do
>> some name editing since the Baofeng screen is only 7 chars but once
>> you're
>> done you're good.
>>
>> Most important thing is to set the power to the lowest setting which
>> actually is still to high for FRS...
>>
>> Which is why have have a little "mini-duck" antenna :)
>>
>>
>> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
>> Keith C. Perry, MS E.E.
>> Owner, DAO Technologies LLC
>> (O) +1.215.525.4165 x2033
>> (M) +1.215.432.5167
>> www.daotechnologies.com
>>
>>
>> From: "Guo Yixuan" <culu.gyx@gmail.com>
>> To: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List"
>> <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
>> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 12:36:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: [PLUG] FOSSCON communication ops
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 14, 2015 12:08, "Keith C. Perry" < kperry@daotechnologies.com >
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> This might not be the right place to talk about this but Chris (paden)
>>> and
>>> I were talking about this and I figured I would just put it out there. I
>>> know Jedi Jim is lurking too...
>>>
>>> Are we going to have a net up for FOSSCON? To operations cases come to
>>> mind here:
>>
>> Great idea!
>>
>>> general communication for FOSSCON operations
>>> opportunity to show and talk about amatuer radio to attendees. This
>>> includes pointing out to people that they do not have to be licensed to
>>> purchase the radio and ANY decent vhf/uhf ham radio is going to be worth
>>> getting because you can use it for FRS and MURS without a license. If
>>> someone has or wants a GMRS license they can also use the same rig.
>>> Point
>>> being, they can listen in on amateur stations and even if they don't
>>> license (or get licensed right away), the radio is still useable.
>>
>> It's worth noticing that some vhf/uhf radios don't allow transmitting on
>> FRS/MURS bands by default (to my surprise). It's better to check the spec
>> before purchasing one.
>>
>> eg., for TH-F6A, some electrical mod is needed:
>> http://w4zt.com/mods/thf6/mods.html
>>
>>> I want to credit Jim for getting me to first consider the Baofeng's last
>>> year. I didn't want to put out the money to fix or replace my Yaesu so
>>> this sub $100 was perfect to get me back on the net after a very long
>>> time
>>> being away.
>>>
>>> Anyway, this is first full FOSSCON so I'm not sure how things have
>>> operated before but I thought I would ask.
>>>
>>> 73, N3QQZ clear
>>>
>>> :)
>>
>> By the way, I'm quite new to amateur radio. I was encouraged by my
>> college
>> friend and took the exam, but didn't try much after getting my callsign
>> (KC3CES). Anyway, I'm looking forward to play more with radio if time
>> allows.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Yixuan
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