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K6SDR Back Online

The K6SDR HF and VHF Packet and VARA FM gateways are back online.

Severe windstorm -- Colorado Springs gateway, KD0SFY

During the 15 Dec 2021 windstorm, the Colorado Springs gateway ran on battery power for over an hour until the batteries for the computer gave up. They should have lasted a lot longer. Will have to replace them with fresher batteries. Batteries for the radios did well. Power was out for about 3 to 4 hours. Internet went down for almost two days, so a WiFi hotspot was pressed into service and the gateway was back online as soon as power was restored. Surprisingly all antennas did fine.

NND4FL - think I found the intermittent problem

Appears to have been NOT the computer, but instead a home wifi router programmed to be a "universal repeater" had reverted back to nothingness...and therefore whenever the RMS connected to THAT ssid....it lost internet access. The errant router was discovered yesterday and properly configured to provide better WIFI for that end of the residence. That explained several little oddities that were discovered.

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