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A few updates

Posted on August 24, 2015August 27, 2015 by Mike Myers

Things are starting to pick back up, school is starting back up and as the weather gets colder we will start doing more with this project.  We have some very exciting updates that I cannot quite share yet but very soon. I want to thank the folks that showed up on aug 15th at the Read more about A few updates[…]

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Summertime Slump and a New Logo

Posted on August 1, 2015August 17, 2015 by Mike Myers

You may have noticed that things have been kind of quite here on the Open Repeater Project web page.  We have been busy enjoying summer but things are getting done, just at a slower pace but that will soon change as the cold weather returns. We wanted to thank everyone that checked in with us Read more about Summertime Slump and a New Logo[…]

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HSMM now in ORP

Posted on June 26, 2015August 17, 2015 by Mike Myers

I have found that not many people have ever heard of HSMM.  HSMM stands for High Speed Multi-Media.  It is very similar to what most people know as Wifi today but uses the amateur radio bands.  In fact, it is so similar to Wifi that the hardware that is used for HSMM is actually used Read more about HSMM now in ORP[…]

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Are you getting confused with all this new stuff?

Posted on June 23, 2015June 18, 2015 by Mike Myers

I know we have been adding a bunch of things to the Open Repeater Project (ORP) recently and that can get confusing I know. And we are not done adding things either, we have a couple more announcements coming up very soon of even more that has been added. Let me start out by saying Read more about Are you getting confused with all this new stuff?[…]

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What about remote control?

Posted on June 18, 2015June 4, 2015 by Mike Myers

I have gotten this question a number of times, mainly because we have a web based interface.  The FCC requires that you have remote control capability that is available all the time.  If the repeater is not located local to you where you can touch it you have to have the ability to disable it Read more about What about remote control?[…]

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Update on Hardware

Posted on June 15, 2015June 15, 2015 by Mike Myers

A while back we talked about some of the different small board computers we were looking at.  We mentioned that we were excited about the RiotBoard because it has built in audio and does not require a USB based audio interface. Well, the excitement over the RiotBoard has slowed down some.  The available OS’s are Read more about Update on Hardware[…]

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Waiting for a Coordinated Pair

Posted on June 10, 2015June 11, 2015 by Mike Myers

We have put in the request to get a coordinated repeater pair to put up a permanent repeater using the Open Repeater Project.  This will be our live test and demonstration repeater and will be open to everyone to learn more about the project, get to use the repeater, link to it remotely, etc. Since Read more about Waiting for a Coordinated Pair[…]

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Our Low Speed Packet Solution

Posted on June 5, 2015June 5, 2015 by Mike Myers

Sometime soon we will be publishing a post about how we are going to handle the remote control for the Open Repeater Project.  We are going to use this addon board to a Raspberry Pi for our remote packet radio solution.  We have been testing this board with our remote control solution to test performance Read more about Our Low Speed Packet Solution[…]

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One use for the Open Repeater Project

Posted on June 4, 2015June 4, 2015 by Mike Myers

On May 20th of 2015 the FCC removed the fee for getting a GMRS license.  GMRS is really popular with “Prepper” groups for communications if ever the electrical grid would fail or there was some other unrest where cell phones would not be reliable. But GMRS can also be used by organizations like summer camps, Read more about One use for the Open Repeater Project[…]

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AllStar Link Network

Posted on June 4, 2015June 11, 2015 by Mike Myers

There are a number of different linking technologies for repeaters.  Most of them are open source or use open source technologies.  So far we have echolink operating great within the project.  We have been looking at the other linking technologies and have started to make plans at integrating them with our project. The first one Read more about AllStar Link Network[…]

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