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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 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
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 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 164: FT8 etiquette, i7 micro PC in the server rack, t630 thin client runs ASL 3, the design language of AllScan products
January 9, 2026: Several new EtherHam articles, some interesting Short Stack items, Amazon finds for radio amateurs, KJ7T activities, and in the closing…
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 161: HamClock, AllScan on HRWB, how AllStarLink works, and another tiny PC for the mini server rack
December 19, 2025
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 147: Hodgepodge from the hospital room
September 5, 2025: Topics in RW 147 include: a digital interface; trying to install Debian on a Chromebook; thoughts on MX Linux; M17 ideas; the M17 Net…
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 146: A mini hotspot for M17, DTMF commands for your ASL 3 node, more about RPi4 and K-1 speaker-mic interface
August 29, 2025: Featured in Random Wire issue 146 is the construction of a small digital hotspot with a Raspberry Pi Zero 2WH and an MMDVM hat. Build a…
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 144: W0AEZ batteries, stealthy HF antennas, and another Raspberry Pi case
August 15, 2025: I've put an extended battery by W0AEZ into service on a Yaesu FT5DR, and tried three different portable antennas with a Kenwood TS-50S…
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 143: Building an AllStar node using a Raspberry Pi 4 and Argon ONE case
August 8, 2025: The Zero Retries Digital Conference, a Raspberry Pi 4-based AllStar node build, what's on my bench, and some thoughts.
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 142: Building an RPi 5 AllStarLink node
August 1, 2025: I build an AllStarLink node on a Raspberry Pi 5 platform with an NVMe drive!
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
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