{"id":143,"date":"2026-07-06T16:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T20:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slightlysmart.com\/?page_id=143"},"modified":"2026-09-30T17:30:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T21:30:33","slug":"ham-radio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/slightlysmart.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Welcome to SlightlySmart.com<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f221bfd0 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>EchoLink Node Status:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n    <span id=\"el-node-AF4CN-R\" class=\"echolink-status-container\">\n        <span style=\"color: gray; font-weight: bold;\">Syncing node...<\/span>\n    <\/span>\n\n    <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    document.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() {\n        function fetchLiveEchoLink() {\n            \/\/ Read from our new root file and burst caching using timestamps\n            var targetUrl = \"https:\/\/slightlysmart.com\/echolink-check.php?callsign=AF4CN-R&_ts=\" + new Date().getTime();\n            \n            fetch(targetUrl, { method: 'GET' })\n            .then(response => response.text())\n            .then(data => {\n                document.getElementById(\"el-node-AF4CN-R\").innerHTML = data;\n            })\n            .catch(error => console.error('Worker Sync Error:', error));\n        }\n\n        fetchLiveEchoLink(); \/\/ Execute immediately\n        setInterval(fetchLiveEchoLink, 60000); \/\/ Re-poll every 60 seconds\n    });\n    <\/script>\n    \n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The EchoLink node for repeater AF4CN is now up and running as of Sep 17, 2026.<br><br>Thanks to Bob K2BBL for his help in getting everything working.<br><br>EchoLink node info: call sign: AF4CN-R or node number: 146175<br><br>Our plan is for EchoLink to be connected\/running 24 x 7.<br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><sup>Please note that during heavy lightning, the coax will be physically disconnected and radio turned off.<\/sup><\/mark> <br><br>RF repeater info: AF4CN, RX 146.775, TX 146.175 (Offset 0.6MHz) PL Tone 107.2<br><br>If there is a problem or you have questions, please email either Steve KQ4VPW or Bob K2BBL. <br>Our email addresses are on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qrz.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.qrz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QRZ<\/a>, and you will need to sign-in to get that information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/slightlysmart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/vhf_rag_chew_small.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slightlysmart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/vhf_rag_chew_small.png 300w, https:\/\/slightlysmart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/vhf_rag_chew_small-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">73, Steve and Bob<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to SlightlySmart.com EchoLink Node Status: The EchoLink node for repeater AF4CN is now up and running as of Sep 17, 2026. Thanks to Bob K2BBL for his help in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-143","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slightlysmart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slightlysmart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slightlysmart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slightlysmart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slightlysmart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/slightlysmart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245,"href":"https:\/\/slightlysmart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143\/revisions\/245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slightlysmart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}