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Random Wire 205: Check Your Node in One Command, Plus a 3 A.M. Database
October 23, 2026: A free script to check your AllStar node, and a reminder to think about radio every day. Also: an M17 reflector update and net…
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 204: Breaking the 1962 Sound Barrier in AllStar
October 16, 2026: Plus M17 texting comes to WPSD, Let’s Encrypt shortens certificates again, and Tailscale gets me home from a hotel
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 203: An Allmon3 password leak, and locking down AllStar logins
October 9, 2026: How to implement fail2ban for Allmon3 and AllScan; moved my WiRES-X station and replaced the PC; feedback requested on “recipes”; how a…
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 202: Breaking news about AllStar
October 2, 2026: AllStar app logins get more secure; 44Net series part 4; M17 next; Proxmox moved to big machine; Weekly Report; reply rules; CC1200 HAT…
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T

September 2026

Random Wire 201: More AllStar
September 25, 2026: Firewall for AllStar on 44Net; DVSwitch Server; read and resolve node authentication errors; teaching my AllStar node to speak…
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 200: M17 Without the Hardware
September 18, 2026: Net logging; router rule misdirected my traffic; weekly reports; alternative to reverse SSH; testing a BBS; APRS highlights; QSO…
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 199: We’re Big on AllStarLink This Week
September 11, 2026: Installing AllStarLink on a tiny PC; putting my node on 44Net; automatic net logging, part 2; Retevis RT85 cheat sheet; applications…
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 198: Some M17. Some AllStar, including capturing transcripts of nets. And a whole lot more.
September 4, 2026: New on EtherHam; HRWB about AllStarLink; Transcription script; FreeDV RADE; DroidStar 9M2PJU update; Nexus amateur radio software…
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T

August 2026

Random Wire 197: News and a Retevis C62-to-M17 teaser
August 28, 2026: This is a casserole dish of a newsletter this week. Last weekly was heavy on DMR. This week got filled with a bunch of projects I set…
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random wire 196: DMR codeplugs, from writing your own to importing someone else’s
August 21, 2026: Winlink/APRS/EmComm essay, several DMR write-ups, and a long Short Stack from the Interwebs.
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 195: LoRa APRS on a T-Deck, New Groups.io space, and the IP400 project
August 14, 2026: New on EtherHam; new Groups.io space; the story behind IP400; 44Net; QSO One update; Heil headset for POTA; waiting on DMR and M17…
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 194: MeshCore, LoRa APRS, and more
August 7, 2026: Playing with MeshCore and LoRa APRS, and learning a lot. My PoC radio saved the day. And the Short Stack becomes a Long Stack this week!
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
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