First Time Using Lemmy
First Time Using Lemmy
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!
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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.
If you don't mind sharing, what know-how and equipment do you have in regards to Lemmy?
I like learning :)
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.
That's very cool!
It's cool to run servers at home.
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!
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.
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.
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+
Love Raspberry Pis. Recently burned up a Rpi4 and Im still sad about it... Still need to replace it.
I want to grab one of the new models and make a portable station out of it for doing digital work. Mostly for stuff like POTA.
What radio do you have and what issue do you have? If you don't mind my asking
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.
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.