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NEXT ONLINE NJQRP CLUB MEETING: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 8 pm Eastern time


Our next Online NJQRP Meeting is set for Tuesday January 17 at 8pm Eastern. We plan to do on-line meetings on the third Tuesday of every month and one in-person meeting each quarter (see projects in-person, demos, etc.).

As mentioned previously, we're using the TeamSpeak3 client, which supports ALL operating systems ... Windows, Mac, Linux, and even the mobile platforms like Android and even iOS 5 (Apple)!!

TeamSpeak has unbelievably good audio quality. It's a service that's been used for more than 7 years by the HPSDR group. (I've been with them during this time.) The client is free, no spam or "friend" sign-ups, easily downloadable and configurable, and it runs on just about every operating system.

We've set up a NJQRP "channel" for use at 8pm on the third Tuesday evening of each month. We'll meet in person once every 3 months, if people actually want to show up.

BTW, when you connect to the TS3 server, you'll notice that we also set up a "Homebrewing" channel that N2CX and I will be hosting every Tuesday evening at 8pm (except on the NJQRP night!). This will be for various ongoing technical discussions that Joe and I to have ... along with anyone else who wants to drop in!


So here's the plan...

  1. Joe and/or I will be on TeamSpeak3 many evenings at 8pm (except for Friday which is the regular HPSDR meeting time) for people to give a shot at first connecting and seeing I things are working correctly on your computer.   You'll see either N2APB or N2CX in the list of calls and you just need to say "Hey you!" and we'll respond!
  2. Joe and I will continue our semi-regular meetings on Tuesday nights 8pm every week, calling it the "QRP Homebrewer Forum", wherein we talk about the things that interest us: building and using radios, little easy-to-do circuits, SDR, and construction techniques.   No real agenda here, as we just talk about what's on our minds, get ideas for a new feature of one project or another and just enjoy ourselves!   Would be great to any/all drop in to just listen, or to contribute a piece of experience you might have, or even toss out a question to use.

Hope to see you there ...

Sure hope you can give a shot at connecting with us online, and then on the 3rd Tuesday evening of every month for the New Online NJQRP Meetings!

73, George N2APB   & Joe N2CX
https://njqrp.org


Quick guide for setting up TeamSpeak3 ...
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  1. Download the version you need from http://www.teamspeak.com/?page=downloads and run it. You should see the setup wizard
  2. Enter the server address: ts.nh6z.net:9987
  3. Set the user to: Anonymous
  4. Enter the password: PlayRadio
  5. Enter your: Name - Call (e.g. George - N2APB)
  6. In Options, select PTT mode, select a PTT key and make sure your computer's Input Device and Output Device are set to what you want to use (I use a nifty USB headset+mic)

Last updated: December 22, 2011