WB4HRO “Portable” D-STAR Repeater

D-STAR is a digital voice mode for amateur radio, and one of its neatest features is seamless VoIP. Obviously, this requires the repeater to have an Internet connection of some sort, which is easier said than done for many repeater sites. The repeater I manage, WB4HRO, has the luxury of living in an office with ... Read More

Here We Go!

Well, this is our first post on our new site! The objective of this site is to document the creation and use of portable networks. When I registered this domain, the concept of a “Personal Area Network” over Bluetooth fascinated me. It was literally a “pocket network.” I still have not set a PAN up, ... Read More