Mark VA3VBE
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Registration Date: 2024-06-19
Date of Birth: Hidden (59 years old)
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Additional Info About Mark VA3VBE
Location: Mildmay, Ontario
Bio: * Husband, father of four children, & grandfather to three boys & a girl.
* Retired after my 30th year of teaching in public, private, and indigenous school settings.
* Avid shortwave DX'er (Yaesu FRG-7700) thanks to the influence of my father and grandfather
* Consider myself a Linux/open source activist always willing to help others discover the benefits of free and non-proprietary software.
* Enjoy gardening and have a small greenhouse where I grow the plants I start from seeds (mainly peppers & tomatoes).
* Part of my youth was spent in South & Central America and as a result I speak Spanish fluently.
* Dual citizen of USA & Canada (born in Nebraska to Canadian parents).

See https://va3vbe.ca for some personal links to info I find useful etc.

I have an ICOM 7300 with a OCF dipole antenna.
I'm running Linux Mint on a PC hooked up to my ICOM 7300.
I believe "life is people" and I try to be helpful to others.
Sex: Male

Mark VA3VBE's Most Liked Post
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RE: Meshtastic explained 2025-05-01, 12:17:21 3
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Meshtastic explained Amateur Radio » ACS Emergency Communication
Mesh Networks
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Finally got my Heltec V3, solar panel, & meshtastic antenna up.
Its on my network with its own IP address via WiFi.
I can issue commands to it from the command line in Linux or also configure via meshtastic app on phone.

Working on linking to MQTT next.  Learning as I go.

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