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weechat-radio:$ Common setups

Five ways people use WeeChat Radio day to day. Pick one to watch a message travel, then see what each station is set to.

Setups

Common WeeChat Radio setups One picture per setup. Walkie-talkies on 144.950 in radio-plus mode reach a gateway at home that links them to the hub and an internet station. Two HF stations on 14.070 talk with no internet. An internet guest reaches a radio station through a gateway. Four stations relay a message hop by hop. A radio-plus station sends email through a mail gateway. out walking · 144.950 FM M0GWY home gateway hub wss · TLS TLS TLS G4XYZ · #walk at the trailheadwindy up there?a bit. back by 4kettle on at 4 > _ G4ABC radio-plus internet-radio · 144.950 rf_egress = true 14.070 USB · 20m G4ABC radio EA4XYZ radio no hub no gateway preset hf-poor preset hf-poor <G4ABC> good evening<EA4XYZ> hola, copy fine<G4ABC> 73, same time tmrw?<EA4XYZ> si, 73 M0GWY home gateway hub picks the gateway TLS TLS ~sam · G4ABC on the hill yet?yes, at the topphoto later?will email it > _ 144.950 G4ABC radio-plus <~sam> on the hill yet?<G4ABC> yes, at the top<~sam> photo later?<G4ABC> will email it rf_egress = true G4ABC heard here third_party = "allow" 144.950 FM · one dial G4ABC’s reach G4ABC radio 3 hops left[ok]reads it G4DEF radio 2 left1 left G4JKL radio 1 left2 left G4MNO radio reads it3 hops left M0GWY mail gateway hub wss · TLS TLS Resend email service acceptedreply from alex alex@example.com 144.950 G4ABC radio-plus [tx] [gw] Sent inbox: 1 waitinggetting: 2 of 4getting: 4 of 4inbox: Re: Meeting point internet-radio · 144.950 named in [mail] gateway Common WeeChat Radio setups One picture per setup. Walkie-talkies on 144.950 in radio-plus mode reach a gateway at home that links them to the hub and an internet station. Two HF stations on 14.070 talk with no internet. An internet guest reaches a radio station through a gateway. Four stations relay a message hop by hop. A radio-plus station sends email through a mail gateway. G4XYZ · #walk at the trailheadwindy up there?a bit. back by 4kettle on at 4 > _ hub wss · TLS TLS M0GWY home gateway TLS out walking · 144.950 FM G4ABC radio-plus internet-radio · 144.950 rf_egress = true 14.070 USB · 20m G4ABC radio EA4XYZ radio preset hf-poor preset hf-poor <G4ABC> good evening<EA4XYZ> hola, copy fine<G4ABC> 73, same time tmrw?<EA4XYZ> si, 73 no hub no gateway ~sam · G4ABC on the hill yet?yes, at the topphoto later?will email it > _ hub picks the gateway TLS M0GWY home gateway TLS 144.950 G4ABC radio-plus <~sam> on the hill yet?<G4ABC> yes, at the top<~sam> photo later?<G4ABC> will email it rf_egress = true G4ABC heard here third_party = "allow" 144.950 FM · one dial G4ABC’s reach G4ABC radio 3 hops left[ok]reads it G4DEF radio 2 left1 left G4JKL radio 1 left2 left G4MNO radio reads it3 hops left Resend email service acceptedreply from alex alex@example.com hub wss · TLS M0GWY mail gateway TLS 144.950 G4ABC radio-plus [tx] [gw] Sent inbox: 1 waitinggetting: 2 of 4getting: 4 of 4inbox: Re: Meeting point internet-radio · 144.950 named in [mail] gateway

G4ABC · radio-plus · 144.950WeeChat Radio

  1. [G4ABC] at the trailhead [tx][gw]
  2. [G4XYZ] windy up there? [rf]
  3. [G4ABC] a bit. back by 4 [tx][gw]
  4. [G4XYZ] kettle on at 4 [rf]

G4ABC · radio · 14.070WeeChat Radio

  1. [G4ABC] good evening [tx][ok]
  2. [EA4XYZ] hola, copy fine [rf]
  3. [G4ABC] 73, same time tmrw? [tx][ok]
  4. [EA4XYZ] si, 73 [rf]

~sam · internetWeeChat Radio

  1. [~sam] on the hill yet?
  2. [G4ABC] yes, at the top [net]
  3. [~sam] photo later?
  4. [G4ABC] will email it [net]

G4ABC · radio · 144.950WeeChat Radio

  1. [G4ABC] hi G4MNO, copy? [tx][rl][rl] [ok]
  2. [G4MNO] copy, via two relays [rf]

G4ABC · radio-plus · 144.950WeeChat Radio

EMAIL G4ABC@mail.weechatradio.com

InboxOutboxSentDraftswaiting 0Check mailInboxOutboxSentDraftswaiting 0Check mailInboxOutboxSentDraftswaiting 1Check mailInboxOutboxSentDraftswaiting 0Check mail

Checking…1 mail waiting at the gateway. Click a line to Get it.

19:20:05 [tx] alex@example.com Meeting point

19:20:05 [gw] alex@example.com Meeting point at gateway

19:20:05 [ok] alex@example.com Meeting point with Resend

waiting alex@example.com Re: Meeting point 204 B

19:48:10 alex@example.com Re: Meeting point

19:48:10 alex@example.com Re: Meeting point

19:48:10 alex@example.com → G4ABC@mail.weechatradio.comRe: Meeting pointHi, The car park at 4 works for me. I’ll bring the map and a flask of tea. The forecast says rain after 5, so if it turns early, let’s meet in the café by the entrance instead. Safe walk down, Alex
Toalex@example.com SubjectMeeting point Hi Alex, We’re on the summit now and will start down within the hour. Shall we meet at the car park by the visitor centre at 4? If we’re running late I’ll send word over the radio. Thanks, G4ABC Send
To Subject  Send
Send on the radio?To alex@example.comSubject Meeting point202 / 4096 Bradio-plus vhf-fm 144.950About 14 s on the air (2 bursts @ vhf-fm). Not Sent until the gateway accepts it.SendCancel
Get mail?alex@example.com Re: Meeting point204 / 4096 Bradio-plus vhf-fm 144.950About 22 s on the air (4 bursts @ vhf-fm).GetCancel
Getting emailalex@example.com Re: Meeting point10%Asking the gateway…Hide
Getting emailalex@example.com Re: Meeting point52%Chunks received 2 of 4Hide
Getting emailalex@example.com Re: Meeting point95%Chunks received 4 of 4Hide
Fetchedalex@example.com Re: Meeting point100%Fetched. It is in your Inbox.OK

A walkie-talkie calling a home gateway

G4ABC is out walking with a 2m handheld on 144.950, linked to a computer running WeeChat Radio in radio-plus. At home, a base station on a roof antenna runs internet-radio on the same dial.

The home gateway carries G4ABC’s lines to the hub for people with no radio, like G4XYZ, and puts their replies back on the air. Anyone else on 144.950 hears the chat too.

The gateway only puts a hub line on the air when the station, or a member of the group, was heard on this dial in the last 10 minutes. A base station with an outdoor antenna hears a handheld much further away than another handheld would.

G4ABCradio-plus
Handheld on 144.950 FM. The computer never opens the hub.
M0GWYinternet-radio
Base station at home on 144.950, with rf_egress = true.
G4XYZinternet
No radio. Chats through the hub.

HF to HF, no internet

Two stations far apart, both on 14.070 MHz USB in radio mode. The line goes out on the air and the receipt comes back on the air. No hub, no gateway and no internet connection are involved.

In radio mode the frame says do not forward, so a gateway that hears it leaves it on the air. Use radio-plus instead if a gateway may carry it to the internet.

G4ABCradio
14.070 USB, 20m. Preset hf-poor on a rough path.
EA4XYZradio
Same dial, same preset.

An internet guest through a gateway

~sam has no radio and no licence, and joins with a guest name. They can still talk to G4ABC on the air, because a gateway on G4ABC’s dial puts hub lines on the air.

Guest names starting with ~ need third_party = "allow" on the gateway. The default is deny, and then the gateway stays quiet.

~saminternet
Guest name. Chats through the hub.
M0GWYinternet-radio
144.950, rf_egress = true, third_party = "allow".
G4ABCradio-plus
144.950. Heard by the gateway in the last 10 minutes.

Relay with hops

Four stations on one dial, each only in reach of its neighbours. A station that hears a message for the first time shows it, takes one off the hop count, and sends it on while hops remain. The receipt comes back the same way.

A direct message starts with 3 hops left. Start a line with ! for 4, or !! in an emergency for 5. #bulletin and groups start with 6.

G4ABC … G4MNOradio
All on 144.950 FM. No setting to turn on.

Email over radio

G4ABC has no internet on its computer, but can still send and fetch email as G4ABC@mail.weechatradio.com. The mail goes on the air to the gateway named in [mail] gateway, and that station posts it.

Sent means the email service accepted it, not that the gateway heard it. Guests (~ names) and radio mode have no email.

G4ABCradio-plus
[mail] gateway set to M0GWY. Uses the Email tab.
M0GWYinternet-radio
Posts radio-plus mail it hears to the hub.

Which one fits

  • You have handhelds and one home stationHome gateway. Walkers stay in radio-plus; the home station runs internet-radio.
  • You only want the airHF to HF, or any two radios on one dial in radio mode.
  • A friend has no radioInternet guest, through a gateway that allows guests.
  • Stations are out of reach of each otherRelay with hops on one dial.
  • You need email with no internetEmail over radio, through a mail gateway.

More detail: modes, cross-frequency chat, hops, email. Worked examples: one group across PMR, CB, 2m and internet, try it with two computers.