Website is Public
Happy New Year! While the address is still in development, the site is now open to the public. This site will be moved over to pnwdigital.net soon.
c-Bridge Software Updated
The 3 c-Bridges have been updated to the latest software releases Among other improvements, Ravennet added some tools requested by PNWDigital to better control outside network activity that does not…
LiFePo4 Batteries – Why?
AKA: LFP's, these batteries are Ham's dream for portability and the cost is coming down to under $.25 per watt-hour (about $3 per WH at 12 volts) while SLA's are…
Brandmeister Activity
We had some issues with BM's sending private call data to PNWDigital. What was enabled for APRS-D traffic outbound to APRS (via a BM gateway) recently began sending us a…
Donations Page Data Loss
Lost was data after 9-3-21 to 12-15-21. It is slowly being reconstructed in a new table format that allows for sorting and searching. Over time most or all the data…
Metro 2 is now Active
The project has relabled Local 2 to Metro 2 and the 1st competed group is Seattle. All the details are on the Metro Page and you may comment or request…
Metro 2 Coming Tuesday 12-14-21
Wider than Locals but not as broad as States. Check it out: See Metro 2
Audio (ALQ)
Audio levels and quality (ALQ) are a living, breathing problem that typically are ignored by talkers and listeners seldom inform talkers about their audio problems. Nets are especially problematic due…
Digital Contacts Update (RadioID.Net)
Today the North America only contacts, hit 101,219. Growth is about 1,800 new DMR ID's in the past 30 days. That is 30 new ID's issued per day! RadioID.Net is…
Anytone 578-I & 578-II CPS is the Same
Both radio hardware versions us the same CPS, version 1.15 currently. The 878's use different CPS versions for the I and II hardware model. What is different is the hardware/firmware…