Introduction to speak_temperature When I first started with IRLP I wrote a few custom scripts for my node. This script announces the temperature. The temperature is obtained via a Dallas DS1820 1-wire sensor attached to the nodes serial port. digitemp is used to read the sensor, a precompiled static digitemp binary has been included for convenience.

Introduction to cwid When I first started with IRLP I wrote a few custom scripts for my node. This script plays a CW ID on a regular basis. It uses playmidi and a midi file to id the repeater. The scripts default timing adheres to Canadian regulation. It ids at 20 minute intervals, but yields to ongoing conversations for up to an additional 2 minutes. It only ids if there is activity on the repeater. It will not id during extended periods of inactivity. The actual timing is easily configured using variables.

A portable APRS tracker constructed before APRS integrated HT came onto the market.

This cache is located about 26km south of Sioux Lookout on a small lake near Provincial Highway 72. The location is accessible via a narrow gravel road. Access to the lake shore is via an easy to walk path through the woods. There is a large flat rock surface at the lakeshore. The cache has been placed under the base of a tree at the north edge of the rock.

This cache is located about 47km south of Sioux Lookout next to Provincial Highway 72. It is to the west of the highway on top of lightly red coloured rock cut.

Sunday, September 29, 2002 started out as a dull and gray day. Everything indicated that this would be a rainy day. We had planned on a trip to Sioux Mountain. Apparently it is possible to get to Sioux Mountain across the railroad bridge. Walking down the tracks across a narrow bridge with a dog afraid of trains and a 2 year old child didn't seem like a good idea, though. Instead we packed everybody into the van and drove off towards the old radar base site. We were prepared for a long walk and brought along pack sacks with lunch, drinks and warm clothes.