CumbriaCQ UK

I have setup a YSF Reflector 88889 and its called Not Real Radio. You can add any thing to this to test out. Repeater Gateways or pis all welcome
Search for 88889 or ! Not Real Radio

URL to Reflector is: https://ysfnrr.cumbriacq.com/nrr/

Cumbria CQ is now on the Peanut App for Windows & Android. I have setup and configured a Ambe Server that is needed to encode and decode the audio within the Peanut App.

This is currently hosted on a local server.

For more info on our peanut install, please visit this page https://cumbriacq.com/peanut

I have now implemented a new version of YSF, based on pYSFReflector3. This is now hosted on a VPS in the cloud which gives us better audio low latency and more functions.

The new cloud dashboard can now be found here http://xlx.cumbriacq.com/dashboard/main.php

PiStar, OpenSpot, DV Mega and so on can connect to this reflector. The Reflector is currently connected to GB7CU C4FM Repeater Via a bridge & Wires X Room 81934 Cumbria CQ.

For more information on pYSFReflector3 or to download it and use it on your own server, follow this link to the download. https://github.com/iu5jae/pYSFReflector

73s

LEE M0LLC

Ham Radio Repeater Network Located in Cumbria UK

On Christmas Eve my new weather station arrived! It was installed on the same day 🙂

Currently the weather station is uploading / providing a service to the following websites:
Weather Underground: Link Here
Met Office WOW: Link Here
APRS / CWOP Callsign GW2826: Link Here

In addition to the above websites, a live feed dashboard can be found on this website here: https://cumbriacq.com/weather/ with some really cool live gauges here https://cumbriacq.com/weather/gauges.htm

I have also added the lightning sensor to the station. I have yet to add it to the website. Soon as I figure that part out Ill add it.

For anyone interested in the kit I used to build this, it can be found below.

Weather Station Used: Ecowitt Weather Station. 7 in 1 with a GW1100 Gateway. Link here: https://amzn.to/3WRINKm
The Lightning sensor I used was a addon and was bought from here: https://amzn.to/3CzrGoF

You can use a Raspberry Pi to run Cumulus MX or a computer. I opted for a computer as I have loads spare.

To get it to update to the internet and APRS, you need to connect the gateway GW1100 to your wireless internet. You then need to download the software either to a Pi computer or a laptop.

The software I used us called Cumulus MX Version V3.23.0 (at time of writing this Jan 2023)
Link to the download can be found here https://www.cumuluswiki.org/a/Software#Current_Release

Once downloaded the software runs like a webserver in DOS. You are given a URL to a local website. Here you can program the system up. Heres how I set mine up:

The IP address of my Cumulus Install is on a laptop with IP 192.168.2.251:8998
The IP Address of my GW1100 Gateway is on 192.168.2.57. You need to point the GW1100 to talk to the Cumulus MX Server (screenshot below)

APRS Setup.

To setup your station on to APRS, you need a CWOP Callsign. All you do is follow this website. You send them a email to request a callsign. You get a email back with a callsign then enter this into Cumulus MX: Link here http://wxqa.com/SIGN-UP.html

Heres some images of my setup. The outdoor unit is on one of my sheds outside. I am 112M above sea level.

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