Upcoming Events
Date/Time is Central USA
- August 13, 2022, 7:00 am: Milwaukee ARC Fusion Net
- August 13, 2022, 8:00 pm: America Link
- August 13, 2022, 8:15 pm: DARC Digital Net
- August 14, 2022, 7:30 pm: Ohio Link Network
- August 14, 2022, 8:00 pm: Oklahoma
- August 14, 2022, 8:30 pm: Southern Minnesota Fusion Net
- August 15, 2022, 7:30 pm: MNWis Fusion Technical Net
- August 15, 2022, 9:00 pm: Colorado Net
Check the Calendar for a full month view. Let us know of any changes, additions, or updates.
This Week
Photos from a recent Ham Radio balloon launch from San Diego. KQ6RS balloon, July 17. Photos courtesy KA9Q.
The Picture of the Week now has its own web page HERE.
Updates and Information
2200 mAh battery for the FT-70: https://batteriesamerica.com/products/sbr-24li
W4IOD’s Good Operating Practices for Fusion Repeaters and Nodes
FT-5D main firmware update. See the Fusion Help page.
High quality QSL cards from UX5UO (Ukraine). Gennady runs a great business and you purchase helps support Ukranian businesses.
MNWis net is now accepting buy and sell listings for Fusion and Fusion-related equipment. This is in addition to the technical content.
Interesting article on decrypting and examining the FT-70D firmware. Same techniques would apply to any of the radios. Article also links to one on the FT1DR that goes into the various tools for the Renesas microprocessor that Yaesu uses.
IMRS: Having problems with connections dropping. Firmware 1.4.4 is available privately. See the Firmware and Software Versions and the Fusion Identification Cheat Sheet on the Fusion Help page.
2nd Edition of WiRES-X, The Bible available for review.
BARS sponsors a Fusion Technical Net held Monday’s at 7:30 PM Central Time (0130 Tuesday UTC Day) in Room #21493 and YSF #21,493 as well as a number of Fusion Repeaters. Everyone is welcome!
Fusion Help – help and tip sheets, technical information, and other Fusion resources. (Link to old page)
Yaesu Fusion Blog – Hints and help from your first Fusion contact to installing and operating a Fusion repeater. This blog presents to the experiences of over 20 Hams who operate Yaesu Fusion equipment. (Link to old blog)
Use the Chat Function during the net to chat with other listeners and net control.
Looking for links to interesting pages. Try the links page HamOperator->Links
All sorts of fun and interesting links posted.
Mobile Digital updates for WiRES-X and FTM-1/400
We now have OLD STUFF
MNWIS Real-Time Reports Includes connected nodes, Last Heard and other information
List of Fusion Nets and connections
Recommended Fusion Simplex Frequencies
Good cheap HF antennas: The K0ZE/K9EQ Antenna Shootout
Windows Tips and Troubleshooting (USB)
25-Mar-2016: How to set up Windows 7 and 10 for WiRES-X 24x7x365 remote operation on the Fusion Help page.
Tower Time Lapse Video – Taken at the MNWis Pine County repeater site
Shopping
The Shopping Page has been updated with old stuff gone and new stuff added.
HF HamOperating
Icom AH-4 Universal Tuner. The Official K9EQ Unofficial Icom AH-4 Tuner Page. It’s not just about working all bands. It’s also about building practical, cheap, antennas that you can design and put together with stuff from Home Depot. Find out why 50 ohms and aluminum are evil. Did I mention cheap?
Other Stuff
Please refer to the BARS/W0MDT Mission Statement. This mission statement applies to all activities including the Fusion Net, and Hams in the Park. We humbly suggest that other organizations also establish their mission statement.
K9EQ’s Amateur Radio Rules. Sometimes we need rules. Sometimes we don’t. Do we need these rules? You decide! (Updated 27-Apr-2020)
Last Updated on July 19, 2022 by K9EQ
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