I live in upstate New York, I have a general class license, and this is my first time using Lemmy (or any federated social for that matter).

My mobile rig is a VR-N7500 “50W” VHF/UHF. It uses Bluetooth control from my phone, and it does APRS.

My QTH rig is a Xiegu G90 on a 40m EFHW powered by micro solar. I mainly do FT8, as well as a little VARA HF WinLink. (I’m a bit mic shy and my antenna setup isn’t that great.)

I’m interested in POTA (and maybe SOTA).

Hope to meet some friendly folk!

  • UnexampledSalt@lemmy.ko4abp.comM
    3·
    1 year ago

    Welcome! This is my first experience too but I figured since I have the know how and the equipment, i might as well spin up an instance and contribute!

    I have an interest in POTA/SOTA but im still trying to get my hf rig working the way I want.

      • UnexampledSalt@lemmy.ko4abp.comM
        2·
        1 year ago

        Xeigu X6100 and I’m having antenna inconsistencies. I think I’ve gotten my dipole sorted out. Just need to do a TX test. Now trying to figure out why my vehicle mounted whip wont cooperate.

        • jtfletchbot@lemmy.ko4abp.comOP
          1·
          1 year ago

          Maybe you need more bonding and grounding?

          I know my setup isn’t ideal in those regards. I bought some tinned copper straps, but I still need to install them.

      • UnexampledSalt@lemmy.ko4abp.comM
        2·
        1 year ago

        Not at all! I actual have a few enterprise class Dell servers here at home that I host a handful of things on for myself and some friends. I have always believed in a more distributed internet and so when I learned about this project, I had to get involved.

          • UnexampledSalt@lemmy.ko4abp.comM
            2·
            1 year ago

            Its not cool. Its very hot. Keeping them cool is a constant battle! haha

            I enjoy it. Media server, home automation, virtual desktops, and now Lemmy!

            • jtfletchbot@lemmy.ko4abp.comOP
              1·
              1 year ago

              For cooling do you use air, water, or both?

              I want to run a home media server. Something like Jellyfin probably. Maybe a Minecraft server too.

              I also interested in rolling my own VPN. So far I’ve just use an SSH tunnel for traffic tunneling.

              • UnexampledSalt@lemmy.ko4abp.comM
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                1 year ago

                I just use air cooling at the moment. I might have to get a little A/C unit for the closet though.

                I run a Plex server, but I will likely be switching to Jellyfin soon.

                Look into Kasm I am actually using it instead of a VPN because I can log into it, spin up a browser instance, and browse all of my local network with it directly in a web browser anywhere. I can also spin up a terminal in the browser and SSH into any box I need on my network.

                For your hosting, I highly recommend Proxmox. It can do full on virtuals or containers and the interface is super easy to use.

                • jtfletchbot@lemmy.ko4abp.comOP
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  For a little while, I had a tiny web page running on a raspberry pi at my house.

                  I also used that raspberry pi for the SSH tunnel.

                  Raspberry Pi 1 B+