Our local repeater in Hilversum, PI2NOS is undergoing some real exciting changes at the moment. Due to regulations this is one of the 70cm repeaters that is not bound to regional reach. That means it may be capable to receive and transmit in the whole country. Traditionally PI2NOS is situated in Hilversum with it’s antenna’s…
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Unpacking Kenwood TH-D72
Since early 2012 I do my daily commute by bike. It’s a 18 kilometers (11 miles) one way so I have a little 50 minutes to kill per ride. Mischa PA1OKZ, manager of the local repeater PI2NOS started an experiment earlier this year connecting more then one receiver to the repeater. The second receiver is…
Echolink
As every weekday morning when I’m enjoying my breakfast around 6:00 am, I listen to our local repeater PI2NOS. For a while now this repeater has an Echolink connection. Amateurs who use this repeater almost every morning, driving to work and chatting with each other. This morning a US-HAM, Jasper KK4UFD logged in the repeater…