[HamGateNY] Welcome to HamGateNY
Joe Cupano
joe at cupano.com
Sat Nov 28 11:51:24 EST 2020
Well said, AJM
It was amazing how much infrastructure was unaffected in the rest of NYC.
I worked for a global financial that started hosting other financials on
our IT infra
that were displaced by the events in a few days.
73,
- Joe, NE2Z
Andrew J. McLeod, KB2AJM (ex. KD2PLE):
> On Nov 16, 2020, at 10:53 AM, Christopher Piggott <cpiggott at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Internet to help carry between those areas where a direct RF
> connection may not be possible
>
>
> I do understand that. I'm just worried about the idea of being so
> dependent on public wired and wireless infrastructure.
>
>
>
> I too worry about the dependency on public infrastructure. On the
> other hand, you do have to admit that:
>
> a) there is a lot more geography covered by it than by Hams nowadays, and
>
> b) in my mind (personal opinion from personal experience,) the lessons
> of 9/11 (when I was still living in northern NJ and was a Voice + IP
> tech/engineer in Manhattan at the time) demonstrated the self-healing
> and resilient capabilities of TCP/IP and packet networks, as was
> intended by the DARPA people who to my understanding invented it to
> (hopefully) maintain distributed command and control after a nuclear
> attack. When maximum destruction at ground zero took out not only
> Verizon Bldg. #7 but all the fiber, copper and AT&T switching
> equipment in the basement of tower (1 or 2) and - between cable cuts
> and power loss - the majority of the interconnects coming into the
> eastern seaboard, when analog switched phone, cellular, many of the
> local NYC broadcast TV and radio stations (antennas on the roof of the
> WTC) went out. But my Blackberry work pager worked, as did AOL and
> Yahoo instant messenger, and a lot of people communicated with their
> families that way that day...
>
> Although I do not have all the faith in the world that some have in
> our infrastructure (including FirstNet) nor do I live all the way in
> conspiracyland, I do believe that our dependence on the internet for
> all types of connectivity (even some of the ignorant hospitals I work
> for depend almost entirely on remote connectivity across large
> healthcare systems with distant data enters with almost no local
> infrastructure now,) has led to at least a somewhat stronger, more
> resilient network in that regard.
>
> And to that extent, for what we are doing, for small hops in between
> the regions that we simply do not have enough Hams to cover, I think
> we have no choice but for a hybrid system. After all, "44net" by
> definition is related to our IPv4 allocation. And so unlike some
> projects that are intended to be entirely wireless, I think hybrid is
> in our DNA so to speak...
>
> Barring solar flares and all out armageddon, I think we have no choice...
>
> That's just my opinion...
>
> 73,
>
> AJM, KB2AJM
>
> On Nov 16, 2020, at 10:53 AM, Christopher Piggott <cpiggott at gmail.com
> <mailto:cpiggott at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Internet to help carry between those areas where a direct RF
> connection may not be possible
>
>
> I do understand that. I'm just worried about the idea of being so
> dependent on public wired and wireless infrastructure.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 9:18 PM Andrew J. McLeod, KB2AJM
> (ex. KD2PLE) < andrew at kb2ajm.us <mailto:andrew at kb2ajm.us>>
> wrote:
>
> Hello Mitch KE7WWT.
>
> Without drooling too much, I just wanted to say that
> your extremely ambitious project(s) mirror my own
> interests in being able to "INTER-network" and
> converge these vital (and fun) communications
> technologies - voice, data/packet/digi, VoIP, APRS,
> RF, terrestrial, etc.
>
> You guys up north may be some of the poorest counties
> in NYS, but down here in the rural Catskills we have
> some simar statistics too (just not ones to brag
> about.) I and a few dispersed others also have
> ambitious ideas that many surrounding us are either
> put off by or simply not interested in. And so while a
> few projects of communal interest are making some
> progress regionally (ex. Winlink, an ARES/RACES
> repeater, some APRS digipeaters and I-gates, etc.)
> others such as myself have been doing similar to you -
> trying to build it all ourselves out of shallow
> pockets and an even smaller lot of property.
>
> I find your portable C&C center very interesting, and
> similar to my (thus far more) meager and slightly
> larger 12U rolling 19" rack case I've built for ARES
> and personal use. The entire idea of being able to
> congregate info from a multitude of sources and
> potentially do so two-way over range without the
> requirement of failable infrastructure is exactly what
> interests me as well (too many years of IT and EMS,
> including working in NYC before, during and after 9/11.)
>
> So while - with the exception of my SignaLink USB on
> HF - my setup is (mostly) analog so far, my goal as
> time and finances allow is to expand this into the
> exact same voice/packet INTER-networked type of set-up
> you have in mind, both stationary/base as well as
> portable.
>
> I would definitely be interested in chatting as to
> where you are and where you see your next steps to be
> going, and if I can offer any assistance from my
> background I would be happy to do so - AND THAT OFFER
> GOES TO ANYBODY ELSE WHERE.
>
> With regards to internet connectivity, TCP/IP, data
> and VoIP equipment, I have (home) business-grade
> internet with a 13 usable block of public IPs, as well
> as considerably more TCP/IP, VoIP and security
> equipment (Cisco, Ubiquiti, etc.) at the moment than I
> do Ham, so while I know TCP/IP is a heavy-overhead
> protocol, if any projects of interest have the need to
> (for example) convert an incoming RF analog voice or
> fax signal into TCP/IP to send out over the internet -
> or to use VoIP to link RFs at 2 locations over
> internet (sort of like EchoLink does,) those are some
> of the ideas I've been toying around with...
>
> Enough for now. Glad to make everybody's acquaintance,
> and TTYS.
>
> 73 again,
>
> Andrew J. McLeod, KB2AJM
>
>
>
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> On Nov 11, 2020, at 6:52 AM, "Maurice A. Mitchell -
> KE7WWT" < maurice at maurice-mitchell.com
> <mailto:maurice at maurice-mitchell.com>> wrote:
>
> KE7WWT
> Jefferson County NY (North of Syracuse) located just a stone's throw away from the fence at Fort Drum. Retired Army - 26 years, 7 months, 5 days and 2 hours.
>
> I run the WINLINK Packet system and serve on the both ARES and RACES. I am a DHS SHARES operator with ALE/Voice and HF RMS WINLINK. I am also a MARS operator.
>
> I start this project almost a year ago and thanks to changes dealing with COVID, I have ran out of time, but hope to have things change soon. I wanted to use the 44Net as a way to combine, in one box or two (ammo cans) the ability to have a mobile/portable node that serves Broadband Hamnet, APRS I-GATE and digi, remote control of base station radios, DMR and maybe D-STAR hotspots, and of course the ability to link and interface Packet.
>
> Jefferson and its surrounding counties (Saint Lawrence and Lewis) are the three poorest counties in the State, and as such, there is very little activity that requires expenditure of money. As such, I have taken the "build it and they will come" mentality. In the end, it does not work - This is baofeng country. Not a lot of hams, and not a lot of invested in the art and science of communications. That said, I still want a method that can tie me into various networks to not only pull information, but also to share information for the benefit of a larger group. I want something that is not internet-dependent, but is internet-enabled.
>
> In the end. . I need a lot of help.
>
> Mitch
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HamGateNY <hamgateny-bounces at n2nov.net <mailto:hamgateny-bounces at n2nov.net>> On Behalf Of Charles J. Hargrove
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 23:28
> To: hamgateny at n2nov.net <mailto:hamgateny at n2nov.net>
> Subject: Re: [HamGateNY] Welcome to HamGateNY
>
> So far we have seen introductions from:
> KA1NJL, K2JJT, WW2BSA, KB2AJM and AJ2A.
>
> How about the rest of this 92 person group?
> What is your set-up or what will it be?
> What software, hardware, services, etc?
> Let us all help each other to get things going.
>
> On 11/5/2020 11:06 AM, Charles J. Hargrove wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Since the merger of the WNYPG mailing list
> into the HamGateNY list, we now have 87
> members (some who were on both lists). This
> would be a great opportunity to introduce
> yourselves. Give us your callsign, what area
> of NY State (or outside of it), what kind of
> packet system you are running, etc. Let's use
> this list as a request-for-help and sharing of
> knowledge/projects. I will start: - N2NOV -
> Staten Island, NYC - EmComm lead for
> ARES/RACES during 9/11, 2003 Blackout, etc -
> Founder/President of NYC-ARECS (
> http://www.nyc-arecs.org) - running JNOS
> system since 1998 starting on DOS and now
> Linux - NY State 44Net/ AMPR.org
> <http://AMPR.org> coordinator - IT field since
> 1989 (databases, networking, help desk, web
> hosting) - ran for Congress as a write-in
> twice ( http://www.HargroveForCongress.us) -
> Secretary of the Staten Island Libertarian Party
>
>
> --
> Charles J. Hargrove - N2NOV
> NYC-ARECS/RACES Citywide Radio Officer/Skywarn Coord.
>
> NYC-ARECS/RACES Nets 147.360/107.2 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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