The weekly North Star Digital Net held every Tuesday evening at 9:00 PM Eastern on DMR talk group 31630 (STEM). Any amateur radio operator is welcome to attend.
Access via All-Star and Echolink is possible to through Hudson Valley Digital Network with details on that at stem.hvdn.org for those without a DMR radio or not able to use a radio at the time of the discussion.
Net control, Jim WA2UMP often turns over the floor to someone knowledgeable on a specific topic followed by a Q&A session.
This week featured Rick, W1RHS who shared information about the popular BlueDV application. BlueDV allows you to create a hotspot for digital ham radio modes under Windows, Linux, Android and iOS.
BlueDV allows you to create a digital communications platform under these operating systems using only a computer, tablet or phone and using the computer or devices speaker and mic.
The presentation covers the DVMega radio/modem board combined with the BlueStack board for USB or Bluetooth connectivity and the AMBE 3000 dongles with AMBE Server.
There is a comparison between BlueDV and PiStar and a review of the DVMega Cast network radio. Not covered in the presentation is "Peanut" which is one of many growing applications used to augment access into digital voice infrastructure today.
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