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January 7, 2020.\u00a0 On October 10th, 2019 I was received my FTM-100 and HRI-200 ID from Yaesu and was able to open my room. I call it \u2018A Room with A View\u201d. The view being that of helping other hams through difficulties and the challenges of operating in a stealth manner.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoI plugged the HRI-200 into my main computer and connected my new FTM-100 into it with the supplied HRI-200 cable.\u00a0 I then powered the FTM-100 on and opened up the Wires X program.\u00a0 I had to input the new ID information into the Wires X program and immediately the data from the Japan servers started to download.\u00a0 I checked the port to make sure that they were ok too.\u00a0 It took a few minutes for my room to show up. Things made more sense now that I had an HRI-200.\u00a0 One gets a node (which all PDN hams also get). But one also gets a Room. The room shows up in the Room ID bottom panel of the Wires X software. Mine was N2LRB-Room.\u00a0 I eventually changed it to INFO-LINK as that is a more descriptive name for the room.<\/p>\n

I got the room after initial thinking I would not need one. I wrote a local ham who had a room and asked if I could host a net in his room.\u00a0 But almost immediately I figured 1. that it would be great fun to brand the room and 2. I would rather brand and make popular a room I own. I would also have control over the room.\u00a0 With that I started making lists of potential names for the room.\u00a0 I wanted the name of the room to reflect the room\u2019s purpose. Names I came up with were: The Canteen, The Cloakroom, The Exchange and then INFO-LINK. Hey, you gotta get these things right. Next I set out to make a graphic that would be the INFO-LINK Facebook Page page banner and the graphic which would be posted with whenever I post something about INFO-LINK on Facebook or anywhere else. One graphic (brand) many uses.<\/p>\n

In late December 2019 I started to post the existence of INFO-LINK on various Wires X and Yaesu equipment Facebook pages and in all of my Facebook group pages.INFO-LINK Graphic<\/p>\n

I am hoping to host a few nets with the Stealth Radio Net being the first net. I am aware that it will take time for any net to become popular.\u00a0 But I am not sure what to expect to tonight\u2019s first Stealth Radio Net. Will many be attracted by the main topic of the net?\u00a0 If so, will my Intel Computer on a stick computer be able to host many people in my room? Will no one show up? Can I run he Net effectively? We will see tonight.<\/p>\n

Even before tonight I have had people come over to INFO-LINK to talk among themselves and to drop by and say hello. And my brother and I use it as a meeting place. No need to wait for America-Link to be free.<\/p>\n

I have run tests to see how far away I can reach my Wires X Node.\u00a0 It seems that 96th Street is the edge of my being able to talk from my FT3D HT.\u00a0 I can listen all the way out to 86th and Third Avenue, but not all the time. I envy hams who live in the suburbs and say that they can talk via their Wires X Node from 14 miles away. The don\u2019t have tall buildings where they live and not in the density which I have them.\u00a0 It\u2019s a miracle I can get through at all on East 96th Street. I have found that I can hit my node at a great distance if I am up high liike on the 14th floor of a building like Metropolitan Hospital. I was able to hit my node (FTM-100 with antenna at my window sill) with my FT3D from the office which I use to work in at Metropolitan Hospital. The office is on the 15th Floor and the window is line of sight to my co-op building.<\/p>\n

My brother has a room, but he is one FTM-100 (in need of one) short of having the same setup as I have..<\/p>\n

I love having a room with which to host nets. It will be a Wires X only room. I actually don\u2019t want to add a DMR or D-Star bridge to it. As it will introduce the noise, pops, squeeks, whistles, pops and robotic sound which those modes have.\u00a0 Though I am open to it in the future if my room becomes popular.<\/p>\n

Feel Free to Join the\u00a0INFO-LINK<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Facebook Page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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