K0EPI-7 Packet Node

Centennial, Colorado · Grid DM79po · 145.050 MHz, 1200 baud
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*** K0EPI-7 is UP, 8h 54m *** Last heard: N3HYM-15 at 2147z *** 27 stations heard in 24 hours *** Battery 99% *** telnet k0epi.ampr.org 8010 *** 73 de K0EPI ***

Status: 2 problems at 2150Z: News: 395 items, fetched 32 min ago; failing: arrl-bulletins (www.arrl.org: The read operation timed o); failed: hampi-gopher@. (a power drill is running)

A LinBPQ node with a BBS and chat, on a Raspberry Pi with battery backup.

What's new:

NEW! 17 Oct 2026: ham-mon, a receive-only monitor next to the node, starts a gallery of pictures it decodes off the air (weather satellites, the ISS, weather balloons) and keeps stats on the packet channel.
15 Oct 2026: K0EPI-7 is on 44Net: telnet, AXIP, finger, NTP, mail, this page and a Gopher hole. I also started a webring, The 44Net Ring.
15 Oct 2026: New node commands CHECKIN (for outages), LIBRARY, DOORS (games) and GUEST.

How to connect

On the air:

  C K0EPI-7     node (alias CENTCO)
  C K0EPI-1     BBS
  C K0EPI-11    chat

Over the Internet:

  telnet k0epi.ampr.org 8010
  finger k0epi@k0epi.ampr.org
  gopher://k0epi.ampr.org/

Telnet accounts are for licensed hams; ask me for one. AXIP links are by arrangement.

For 44Net hosts only: NTP from k0epi.ampr.org, and mail to k0epi@k0epi.ampr.org from an ampr.org address.

Guestbook

To sign it, connect to K0EPI-7 and type GUEST.

When (UTC)	Station	Message
2026-10-15 16:32Z	`K0EPI`	just testing from k0epi.

Check-ins

If the phones or the internet are down, connect to K0EPI-7 and type CHECKIN to post your status. Nobody watches this board around the clock, so use voice for anything urgent.

When (UTC)	Station	Status	Where	Note
2026-10-31 20:08Z	`K0EPI`	INFO	Pioneer Park, Centennial	More testing the 705 + CHA MPAS LITE MICRO at Pioneer Park.

Station status

Node	UP
Uptime	8h 54m
Availability	85.628% since 20 Oct 2026 (32 restarts)
Pi CPU temperature	46°C
Power	running on battery
Battery	105 Ah LiFePO4, 99%, 13.31 V
Cells	3.326 to 3.328 V (2 mV spread)
Battery temperature	22°C
Battery health	98.4%
Charger	West Mountain Radio Epic PWRgate, ps off

NEAR: what is wrong near here

 _  _  ___    _    ___  NEAR ZIP 80015 (home)  within 30 mi
| \| || __|  /_\  | _ \ Nov 1, 2:50 PM MST (2150Z)
| .` || _|  / _ \ |   /
|_|\_||___|/_/ \_\|_|_\
=== NEAR YOU, within 30 mi ===
THIS NODE (K0EPI-7)
  K0EPI-7: DRILL: on battery, grid power out  at the node  the node, 3 min old
WARNINGS
  Winter Weather Advisory, South and Southeast Grand/West Central and Southwest Boul...  30 mi W  NWS, 3 min old
POWER
  HIGH WEST ENERGY: 1 customer out, Weld County  26 mi NE  ODIN, 3 min old
  UNITED POWER: 1 customer out, Weld County  26 mi NE  ODIN, 3 min old
  UNITED POWER: 1 customer out, Weld County  26 mi NE  ODIN, 3 min old
PUBLIC HEALTH (weekly)
  COVID-19 wastewater: Moderate, rising  in your county  CDC NWSS, 3 h 39 m old
  Influenza A wastewater: Very Low  in your county  CDC NWSS, 3 h 39 m old
  RSV wastewater: Very Low  in your county  CDC NWSS, 3 h 39 m old
  COVID-19 wastewater: High, falling  4 mi SW  CDC NWSS, 3 h 39 m old
  COVID-19 wastewater: High, rising  14 mi W  CDC NWSS, 3 h 39 m old
=== STATEWIDE AND WIDER ===
HURRICANES AND TSUNAMIS
  Tsunami information (NTWC): 45 miles NE of Homer, Alaska  across the region  tsunami.gov, 13 min old
PUBLIC HEALTH (weekly)
  Meningococcal disease, All serogroups: 1 case in Colorado this week  statewide  NNDSS, 3 h 39 m old
  Meningococcal disease, Unknown serogroup: 1 case in Colorado this week  statewide  NNDSS, 3 h 39 m old
  Chlamydia trachomatis infection: 330 cases in Colorado this week, more than twice its 4-week average of 94.5  statewide  NNDSS, 3 h 39 m old
SOURCES  all fresh
more: near here page 2

Any place: /near (ZIP, grid or town), /near.txt as plain text, public health this week, the data as CSV files, finger 80015@k0epi.ampr.org, or NEAR at the node prompt.

News

Ham radio news, the ARRL's W1AW bulletins, Newsline and the day's headlines (plain text), or NEWS at the node prompt. Satellite passes over DM79po (SAT) and who is on the air: POTA and DX spots (SPOTS).

Air log

Field notes posted over packet radio: the air log (text). Also gopher /air and finger air@k0epi.ampr.org.

Another beautiful day at Pioneer Park 2026-10-31, with a photo
Pioneer Park (2026-10-25) 2026-10-26, with a photo

On 145.050

4168 frames from 27 stations in the last 24 hours. Times are UTC.

Activity by hour

22z ###                             101
23z ####                            126
00z ###                             110
01z ###                             106
02z ####                            116
03z ####                            121
04z ###                             103
05z ####                            123
06z ####                            125
07z ###                              91
08z ###                              87
09z ###                             113
10z ###                             110
11z ##                               73
12z #####                           164
13z ##############################  991
14z #############                   418
15z #####                           150
16z #####                           169
17z ####                            133
18z ######                          205
19z ###                             106
20z #######                         238
21z ###                              89

Heard in the last 24 hours

Station	Frames	Last heard
`N3HYM-15`	457	21:47
`K0NTS-1`	573	21:47
`KB5YZB-1`	70	21:45
`KD0SSP`	137	21:44
`KB5YZB-7`	110	21:41
`K0NTS-7`	140	21:41
`KE0NCQ`	121	21:40
`K0NTS-10`	580	21:37
`W0TX`	156	21:37
`WH6ANH`	33	21:18
`KF0HEG`	24	21:04
`W1VAN`	44	20:42

...and 15 more.

Monitor, last 15 frames

21:45:01  KB5YZB-1>MAIL,DRLNOD*,FNKTWN  <UI>
21:47:03  N3HYM-15>K0NTS-1  <SABM>
21:47:03  K0NTS-1>N3HYM-15  <UA>
21:47:04  K0NTS-1>N3HYM-15  <I>
21:47:04  N3HYM-15>K0NTS-1  <RR>
21:47:05  N3HYM-15>K0NTS-1  <I>
21:47:06  K0NTS-1>N3HYM-15  <RR>
21:47:06  K0NTS-1>N3HYM-15  <I>
21:47:06  N3HYM-15>K0NTS-1  <RR>
21:47:07  N3HYM-15>K0NTS-1  <I>
21:47:07  K0NTS-1>N3HYM-15  <RR>
21:47:08  K0NTS-1>N3HYM-15  <I>
21:47:09  N3HYM-15>K0NTS-1  <RR>
21:47:16  K0NTS-1>N3HYM-15  <DISC>
21:47:16  N3HYM-15>K0NTS-1  <UA>

Recent visitors

Stations that connected to the node or the BBS in the last 7 days.

Station	When	How
`KE0HBX`	2026-10-28 17:10	radio, to K0EPI-10

The station

Power supply on top, the Pi on the NAS, the IC-2100H and the battery below. Larger copy (75 KB).

Radio	Icom IC-2100H
Interface	digirig
Modem	Dire Wolf 1.8.1
Node	LinBPQ 6.0.25
Computer	Raspberry Pi 4 Model B
Power	Mains, with a battery good for about a week
Network	44Net Connect (ARDC)

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