I Ordered The Radio On The Right, A Yaesu FT-897, As A Gift For Myself For Passing My General Class Exam.

The radio frames made by Tony G on printables.com truly are well designed and if anyone is thinking about building meshtastic radios I would highly suggest downloading any of his designs that suits your needs.

I would have only one fix for this radio frame though, it's this blasted lip/shelf where the heltec v3 is supposed to sit. The design prohibits the connections for the hot and ground wires to the GNSS radio to sit. Granted, I'm not good at soldering but I was good enough to ruin my radio trying to find a way to get the wires soldered in a way that would work. But I think I have a solution.

... --- ... We've all heard the dits and dahs of the morse code signal for S.O.S. ... --- ... It's been used in every type of entertainment medium. It's also the name of steel wool cleaning pads. ... --- ... S.O.S. wasn't formally adopted by the International Telecommunications Union until around 1908, so did no one need help before then? Before the ITU adopted ... --- ... there was -.-. --.- -.., or CQD. Come Quick Danger was the common call for help prior to the S.O.S. ... --- ... The radio operator aboard the Titanic had sent out various calls for help over morse code with CQD DE MGY, MGY being the callsign of the ship, before alternating between CQD and S.O.S. ... --- ... Alot folks have thought the meaning of the S.O.S. is "save our ship," or "save our souls," but the letters have no real meaning. The meaning can be found in the simplistic and easily remembered dit dit dit dah dah dah dit dit dit tones. The ITU believed that operators and listeners alike would better hear and understand the call for help. CQD lives on in amateur radio though. A general call of CQ can be heard over the airwaves for other stations to hear and respond. And now, ... --- ... you know ... --- ... the rest of the story, --. --- --- -.. -.. .- -.--!

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Artwork by F. Allen Gilbert, 1909

Next two parts of the project. No license required

Finally figured out how to get guy's firmware to flash properly.

I was about to order a shelf so I could upgrade my station but remembered I had a kitchen rack I wasn't using. It'll do for now. The station is a work in progress.

As always, there's an adhesion issue, but at least I have it printing again. I started over after adding painter's masking tape which appears to be working...for now.

Layer separation using the new direct drive. This is a new learning curve and I may have to change some settings.

This is the civilian version of the application of the same acronym developed by the DoD for tactical purposes. The name of the app is the same but the acronym meaning has been changed based upon differing mission sets and to meet the needs of civilians, first responders and law enforcement. As a stand-alone, this app has little use aside from that of Google earth, however, when combined with a meshed network of communication devices over multiple users, this app can become an unparalleled asset among amateur radio operators in an emergency comms environment.

Second one ready to go!