From n2nov at n2nov.net  Wed Feb  2 12:36:54 2022
From: n2nov at n2nov.net (Charles J. Hargrove)
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2022 12:36:54 -0500
Subject: [HamGateMDE] Looking For Station KD4IZ
Message-ID: <9876e2d1-d6f5-8b8c-dbf6-a64c5cb6e804@n2nov.net>

I am looking for reliable contact info on KD4IZ.

-- 
Charles J. Hargrove - N2NOV
NYC-ARECS/RACES Citywide Radio Officer/Skywarn Coord.

NYC-ARECS/RACES Nets 441.100/136.5 PL
ARnewsline Broadcast Mon. @ 8:00PM
NYC-ARECS Weekly Net Mon. @ 8:30PM
http://www.nyc-arecs.org

NY-NBEMS Net Saturdays @ 10AM & USeast-NBEMS Net Wednesdays @ 7PM
on 7.036 Mhz USB (alt 3.536)/1500 hz waterfall spot; MFSK-16 or 32

"Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls 
topped
by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders." - Ronald Reagan

"The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." - Tacitus

"Molann an obair an fear" - Irish Saying
(The work praises the man.)

"No matter how big and powerful government gets, and the many services it
provides, it can never take the place of volunteers." - Ronald Reagan



From joseph.durnal at gmail.com  Wed Feb  2 12:43:56 2022
From: joseph.durnal at gmail.com (Joseph M. Durnal)
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2022 12:43:56 -0500
Subject: [HamGateMDE] Looking For Station KD4IZ
In-Reply-To: <9876e2d1-d6f5-8b8c-dbf6-a64c5cb6e804@n2nov.net>
References: <9876e2d1-d6f5-8b8c-dbf6-a64c5cb6e804@n2nov.net>
Message-ID: <CAAbqqEPsKGJ4oFQP6kVkxfGCBiSbxHwXNuiqA7xTq90Db5LUDQ@mail.gmail.com>

He was a regular on the National Capital D*Star Net on Wednesday nights.
I'll try to make that net and let him know you are looking for him.

J

On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 12:36 PM Charles J. Hargrove <n2nov at n2nov.net> wrote:

> I am looking for reliable contact info on KD4IZ.
>
> --
> Charles J. Hargrove - N2NOV
> NYC-ARECS/RACES Citywide Radio Officer/Skywarn Coord.
>
> NYC-ARECS/RACES Nets 441.100/136.5 PL
> ARnewsline Broadcast Mon. @ 8:00PM
> NYC-ARECS Weekly Net Mon. @ 8:30PM
> http://www.nyc-arecs.org
>
> NY-NBEMS Net Saturdays @ 10AM & USeast-NBEMS Net Wednesdays @ 7PM
> on 7.036 Mhz USB (alt 3.536)/1500 hz waterfall spot; MFSK-16 or 32
>
> "Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls
> topped
> by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders." - Ronald Reagan
>
> "The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." - Tacitus
>
> "Molann an obair an fear" - Irish Saying
> (The work praises the man.)
>
> "No matter how big and powerful government gets, and the many services it
> provides, it can never take the place of volunteers." - Ronald Reagan
>
>
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From flyingfrawg at icloud.com  Wed Feb  2 15:18:46 2022
From: flyingfrawg at icloud.com (John Spitznagel)
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2022 15:18:46 -0500
Subject: [HamGateMDE] Looking For Station KD4IZ
In-Reply-To: <9876e2d1-d6f5-8b8c-dbf6-a64c5cb6e804@n2nov.net>
References: <9876e2d1-d6f5-8b8c-dbf6-a64c5cb6e804@n2nov.net>
Message-ID: <077601d81872$15e92950$41bb7bf0$@icloud.com>

Charles,

I have tried to reply a number of times. It appears that your server is rejecting my normal emails. I am using my (seldom used) iCloud.com account to reach you.

Please let me know if you receive this reply. Please see my previous email to you below.

Jack Spitznagel ? KD4IZ
Associate Editor ? AMSAT News Service
Cell: (410) 207-5123
kd4iz at arrl.net
================

Thanks for pulling the doorbell to find out if I am home. My background is on QRZ... but is missing some salient points re: 44 net. I ran an ampr server (and gateway) while I was a grad student in Texas in the late 80's and early 90's, later helped Walt Corey (now KZ1F) with porting and testing NOS for OS/2 and  PMNOS. Moved to Memphis and became the W. TN. Ampr.net coordinator and ran a server/gateway there. Surrendered all that when a job opportunity brought me to Maryland in 1997. Unfortunately my then employer was reluctant to give me the access I needed. I was granted this address block around that time. But when I asked the (Maryland) area address admin of the time for assistance in locating a server I could gateway through, I received no answer. I sensed from others (here in MD) that he had no real interest beyond maintaining his own network. Frankly, I had almost given up on using Ampr.net, but held on to the block just in case I found someone willing to help me locate a good path to a gateway that would not cost me an arm and leg. 

I have been hoping that the re-organization after the loss of Brian at UCSD and of  Richard, N1URO would result in the opening of some communication pathways so I can get back into the game. I have a small cluster of RPi boxen here that are currently linked together on my local network here in the backwoods of MD, but I have not used the 44. Addresses for any of that. I found that punching holes with port forwarding through the Xfinity firewall has come at the price of continual nagging that I have created a security problem. Even though I briefly experimented with the VULTR system, I have yet to find a satisfactory way to tunnel to a cloud server so I could enable a local group of D-Rats users and my own RF gateway. I would love to get help updating my own knowledge base, getting my little cluster linked using the 44 net system, and to get my packet RF gateway back on the air with a 44. Address. That may be overkill for what I want to do. 

Could you please link me to some resources and/or someone that might be willing to help "elmer" me back to competence? It has been quite a while.

73,

-Jack KD4IZ

-----Original Message-----
From: HamGateMDE <hamgatemde-bounces at n2nov.net> On Behalf Of Charles J. Hargrove
Sent: Wednesday, February 2, 2022 12:37
To: hamgatemde at n2nov.net
Subject: [HamGateMDE] Looking For Station KD4IZ

I am looking for reliable contact info on KD4IZ.

--
Charles J. Hargrove - N2NOV
NYC-ARECS/RACES Citywide Radio Officer/Skywarn Coord.

NYC-ARECS/RACES Nets 441.100/136.5 PL
ARnewsline Broadcast Mon. @ 8:00PM
NYC-ARECS Weekly Net Mon. @ 8:30PM
http://www.nyc-arecs.org

NY-NBEMS Net Saturdays @ 10AM & USeast-NBEMS Net Wednesdays @ 7PM on 7.036 Mhz USB (alt 3.536)/1500 hz waterfall spot; MFSK-16 or 32

"Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders." - Ronald Reagan

"The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." - Tacitus

"Molann an obair an fear" - Irish Saying (The work praises the man.)

"No matter how big and powerful government gets, and the many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers." - Ronald Reagan





From n2nov at n2nov.net  Wed Feb  9 22:18:51 2022
From: n2nov at n2nov.net (Charles J. Hargrove)
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2022 22:18:51 -0500
Subject: [HamGateMDE] One Month Report
Message-ID: <594cf077-172e-eb45-6f7e-7f871343d457@n2nov.net>

Good evening everyone on HamGateMDE. Thank you to those who have responded
to my queries and hopefully we all have a clearer picture of what could
be done with your allocation. The video links to the TAPR DCC talks and
the tutorials are only meant as examples and guidelines to the basics of
amateur radio networking through AMPRnet. Only your imagination will
determine how you will use your allocation in the amateur radio arena.
Remember, while we can do some things like SSL encryption on the wired
internet, we have to keep things in the clear on the airwaves. The use
and subject matter on the wired links still need to follow FCC Part 97
"amateur only" rules as well as the ARDC/AMPRnet terms of use.

Over the past eight years I have been the coordinator of the New York State
allocations and organizing by counties right from the start helped to
keep things easy to manage. Upon additionally acquiring the ten states
that were managed by N1URO, I found that many of them were organized
starting at zero and issued incrementally in /29, /28 and /27 blocks
with small spaces between them. This hinders growth if a smaller allocation
needs more space in the future. It also has a scatter-gun approach if
there are those in the same county that want to link to each other. That
is why I first went through the allocations to see which were still
alive and which ones were lanquishing for years on the vine. Now that
90% of them are now cleaned up, it is just a matter of helping them to
set up a public gateway and DNS records so that routing can occur across
from one allocation to the other over the internet using encap IPIP routes.

However, the process of reorganizing your state subnet into counties has
been a somewhat "fun" and challenging exercise of the past few weeks. Each
county will now get additional space to grow and branch out without bumping
into another county. There are also subnet ranges set up solely for any
BGP assignments plus some "spare" ranges that can be pressed into service
for emergencies without bothering the current allocations. Those that will
need to move to another allocation range to match the counties will get a
private email from me with the details on how to proceed so that the
changeover is quick and painless. Some have already done this without
issues.

My plans are to also set up individual webpages for your state with 
information,
tutorials and pertinent links about networking, sample configuration files,
various flavors of bbs software, etc. As you let me know how your allocation
is set up with IP addresses and frequencies, we can create a map showing
how things are tied together. If you set up one of your IP numbers that
points to a service that you want others to see, then we can provide that
link as well. Again, you are only limited by what your imagination comes
up with.

As always, use this mailing list to ask questions and share ideas with 
others in
your area. "As iron sharpens iron, so does one man sharpen another." - 
Proverbs 27:17

-- 
Charles J. Hargrove - N2NOV
NYC-ARECS/RACES Citywide Radio Officer/Skywarn Coord.

NYC-ARECS/RACES Nets 441.100/136.5 PL
ARnewsline Broadcast Mon. @ 8:00PM
NYC-ARECS Weekly Net Mon. @ 8:30PM
http://www.nyc-arecs.org

NY-NBEMS Net Saturdays @ 10AM & USeast-NBEMS Net Wednesdays @ 7PM
on 7.036 Mhz USB (alt 3.536)/1500 hz waterfall spot; MFSK-16 or 32

"Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls 
topped
by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders." - Ronald Reagan

"The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." - Tacitus

"Molann an obair an fear" - Irish Saying
(The work praises the man.)

"No matter how big and powerful government gets, and the many services it
provides, it can never take the place of volunteers." - Ronald Reagan



From n2nov at n2nov.net  Sat Feb 19 21:29:09 2022
From: n2nov at n2nov.net (Charles J. Hargrove)
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 21:29:09 -0500
Subject: [HamGateMDE] One Month Report
In-Reply-To: <594cf077-172e-eb45-6f7e-7f871343d457@n2nov.net>
References: <594cf077-172e-eb45-6f7e-7f871343d457@n2nov.net>
Message-ID: <0e5c25c0-cb60-babe-1c52-c3fff63c9e61@n2nov.net>

Since I sent this out 10 days ago, I have been working up the county
layout for your states and it's associated website. The rearrangement
of the subnets to match the counties in your state has allowed alot
more room for expansion and has unique subnets for BGP assignments.

Anyone with a current BGP with an active LOA from ARDC will be able
to keep their current subnet assignment. Some others will need to
move to another subnet that can easily be handled. Take a look at
your state's subnet plan by going to http://hamgatemde.n2nov.net

If your subnet is slated to change, you will receive an email from
me over the next few weeks to start the process. Those who do not
currently have a gateway address set up on the AMPR Portal will be
the first to be moved to a new subnet. As always, feel free to call
me on 917-991-0356 any evening to discuss anything about your subnet.

 > Over the past eight years I have been the coordinator of the New York 
State
 > allocations and organizing by counties right from the start helped to
 > keep things easy to manage. Upon additionally acquiring the ten states
 > that were managed by N1URO, I found that many of them were organized
 > starting at zero and issued incrementally in /29, /28 and /27 blocks
 > with small spaces between them. This hinders growth if a smaller 
allocation
 > needs more space in the future. It also has a scatter-gun approach if
 > there are those in the same county that want to link to each other. That
 > is why I first went through the allocations to see which were still
 > alive and which ones were lanquishing for years on the vine. Now that
 > 90% of them are now cleaned up, it is just a matter of helping them to
 > set up a public gateway and DNS records so that routing can occur across
 > from one allocation to the other over the internet using encap IPIP 
routes.
 >
 > However, the process of reorganizing your state subnet into counties has
 > been a somewhat "fun" and challenging exercise of the past few weeks. 
Each
 > county will now get additional space to grow and branch out without 
bumping
 > into another county. There are also subnet ranges set up solely for any
 > BGP assignments plus some "spare" ranges that can be pressed into service
 > for emergencies without bothering the current allocations. Those that 
will
 > need to move to another allocation range to match the counties will get a
 > private email from me with the details on how to proceed so that the
 > changeover is quick and painless. Some have already done this without
 > issues.
 >
 > My plans are to also set up individual webpages for your state with 
information,
 > tutorials and pertinent links about networking, sample configuration 
files,
 > various flavors of bbs software, etc. As you let me know how your 
allocation
 >
 > is set up with IP addresses and frequencies, we can create a map showing
 > how things are tied together. If you set up one of your IP numbers that
 > points to a service that you want others to see, then we can provide that
 > link as well. Again, you are only limited by what your imagination comes
 > up with.

-- 
Charles J. Hargrove - N2NOV
NYC-ARECS/RACES Citywide Radio Officer/Skywarn Coord.

NYC-ARECS/RACES Nets 441.100/136.5 PL
ARnewsline Broadcast Mon. @ 8:00PM
NYC-ARECS Weekly Net Mon. @ 8:30PM
http://www.nyc-arecs.org

NY-NBEMS Net Saturdays @ 10AM & USeast-NBEMS Net Wednesdays @ 7PM
on 7.036 Mhz USB (alt 3.536)/1500 hz waterfall spot; MFSK-16 or 32

"Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls 
topped
by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders." - Ronald Reagan

"The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." - Tacitus

"Molann an obair an fear" - Irish Saying
(The work praises the man.)

"No matter how big and powerful government gets, and the many services it
provides, it can never take the place of volunteers." - Ronald Reagan