Club members activity dashboard updated
We have recently updated the club activity dashboard and now host it in a publicly available location. The page shows club member’s activity by mode in both list form and with spots on a map.
Digital Modes
Daily reflector net replaced by regular monitoring
Now we are, mostly, out of lockdown and are back to our regular business the daily net on reflector XLX994B has been replaced to ad-hoc calls with regular monitoring of the reflector by club members. Please continue to use the reflector and all its modules to keep in touch as and when possible.
Daily Net now 1000z and Global activity Hour at 1700Z
Two reflector announcements: We’ve moved our daily net to 1000Z on XLX994B SmartGroup TORC2, Brandmeister TG994 and YSF37815 and Echolink 592933. We’re introducing a daily global activity hour on the reflector at 1700Z. This is a time to work easily across ITU region 1 and 2. Join us on XLX994B SmartGroup TORC2, Brandmeister TG994 and YSF37815 or Echolink 592933 Please come along … some days… Read More »Daily Net now 1000z and Global activity Hour at 1700Z
Net moved: Now weekdays 1200Z
Given we’re mostly out of lockdown (for now), we’ve changed out nets around. We’re now having a weekday (Mon – Fri) net at 1200Z on XLX994B SmartGroup TORC2, Brandmeister TG994 and YSF37815. Feel free to drop in and say hello.
Digital modes added to club member’s dashboard
As part of our club service to show club members where other members have been active on the bands, we have now added digital mode statistics to the club Grafana dashboard and PushSafer alerts. This is taking a feed from PSKReporter every 5 minutes (a restriction imposed by PSKReporter) and stores the information in a time-series database for graphical/tabular view. One of the great things about the dashboards is that it maintains history, so we can scroll back in time to see activity since records where created or look at the “big picture” over an annual basis. Another huge benefit is having one place to see activity across multiple sources!
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Club members dashboard
We are really excited to now have a series of club member activity dashboards available to club members to visualise their amateur radio activities in real time. There has been extensive work in writing Python scripts for data gathering from various sources collated in a time-series database in order to render in these fantastic Grafana dashboards.
The XLX reflector dashboard has been useful to prove to the club that the reflector is being used on a regular basis and is also invaluable to assist in the running of the current daily “lockdown” net at 0900z. Feedback from members has been extremely positive.
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Our multi-protocol reflector
After a lot of work configuring and testing, we’re pleased to announce our multi-protocol reflector is now accessible across a various digital radio modes and reflector systems. Our XLX reflector has DMR<->D-Star transcoding on modules A-C and the main module B is now accessible from the following systems: Multimode: XLX994B, XRF994B, REF994B, DCS994BD-Star: SmartGroup TORC2DMR: Brandmeister Talkgroup 994YSF: 37815 (XLX994) We use the reflector for… Read More »Our multi-protocol reflector
Club Zello Channel
Today the club has opened a dedicated club channel on Zello under the club’s callsign “MX0ONL”. We are finding that many radio amateurs have adopted Zello as a form of communication due to the current poor band conditions and also due to reasons outside their control. This Zello channel will allow club members to communicate from their mobile phones when away from their radio or… Read More »Club Zello Channel
Club reflector DMR/D-Star transcoding
Thanks to efforts from Grae, G0WCZ, the club digital mode reflector XLX994 has now been upgraded to provide transcoding between DMR and D-Star across all modules. Reflector users who connect to the reflector via XLX994[A-Z] (on either DMR or D-Star) or via TORC[1|2|3] (on D-Star) can now communicate from either DMR or D-Star. We expect to add a Brandmeister Talk Group to XLX994B/TORC2 in the… Read More »Club reflector DMR/D-Star transcoding
D-Star reflector up and running
We are happy to announce The Online Radio Club has a UK based D-Star reflector running and available for use. It uses the XLX multi-protocol reflector software allowing further expansion to include cross-mode communications in the future.
