Welcome to Penn-Link Group
Penn-Link Group was established to develop resources for Amateur Radio Operators (Hams) of Pennsylvania and surrounding areas. The group consists of two members at the current time who are the owners and operators of the reflector system.
Penn-Link Group is a non- profit, non-commercial organization whose focus is supporting Digital Amateur Radio in Pennsylvania and surrounding areas.
K1NRA - Paul, lives in Hawley, PA. He was first licensed 1992, and now holds a General Class license. In Paul’s professional life, he is a Boeing 757/767 Captain with United Airlines and has been in the airline industry for 24 years. Paul is a life member of ARRL and AMSAT.
WA3PNY - Jeff, lives in Macungie, PA. He was first licensed in 1967, and now holds a General Class license. In Jeff’s professional life he was a research scientist and electronics development manager for APCI for 33 years before retiring. Jeff also attended Moravian Seminary and is an ordained minister, also now retired. Jeff is a life member of ECARS 7.255, and a member of ARRL and QCWA.
The group maintains sites at the homes of these two individuals, which are equipped with 3 each HP Proliant 360 G7 servers with dual Six-Core X5650 Xeon 2.66GHz CPUs and 32GB of RAM. These 3 servers provide for a production environment (XLX045 K1NRA), a production environment (XLX145 WA3PNY) and a development environment (WA3PNY). The group also hosts 6 cloud servers on AWS.
Our work started on the shoulders of Giants, who had done the hard work of developing software for reflectors and transcoding modules. It is to these individuals that we offer our work as a testament to the excellence of their work. Tom Early N7TAE, is the author of the XLX and XRF, and Qnet Icom Gateway software that we use here. We use software from DVSwitch, MMDVM, AllStar, and many more. We have developed Containerized input modules, which are publicly available for non commercial use.
The reflectors are offered in the spirit of free and effective communications, without warrant or guarantee. Please use them and have fun. Use of our network for commercial uses is strictly prohibited.
Paul, and Jeff
Penn-Link Group was established to develop resources for Amateur Radio Operators (Hams) of Pennsylvania and surrounding areas. The group consists of two members at the current time who are the owners and operators of the reflector system.
Penn-Link Group is a non- profit, non-commercial organization whose focus is supporting Digital Amateur Radio in Pennsylvania and surrounding areas.
K1NRA - Paul, lives in Hawley, PA. He was first licensed 1992, and now holds a General Class license. In Paul’s professional life, he is a Boeing 757/767 Captain with United Airlines and has been in the airline industry for 24 years. Paul is a life member of ARRL and AMSAT.
WA3PNY - Jeff, lives in Macungie, PA. He was first licensed in 1967, and now holds a General Class license. In Jeff’s professional life he was a research scientist and electronics development manager for APCI for 33 years before retiring. Jeff also attended Moravian Seminary and is an ordained minister, also now retired. Jeff is a life member of ECARS 7.255, and a member of ARRL and QCWA.
The group maintains sites at the homes of these two individuals, which are equipped with 3 each HP Proliant 360 G7 servers with dual Six-Core X5650 Xeon 2.66GHz CPUs and 32GB of RAM. These 3 servers provide for a production environment (XLX045 K1NRA), a production environment (XLX145 WA3PNY) and a development environment (WA3PNY). The group also hosts 6 cloud servers on AWS.
Our work started on the shoulders of Giants, who had done the hard work of developing software for reflectors and transcoding modules. It is to these individuals that we offer our work as a testament to the excellence of their work. Tom Early N7TAE, is the author of the XLX and XRF, and Qnet Icom Gateway software that we use here. We use software from DVSwitch, MMDVM, AllStar, and many more. We have developed Containerized input modules, which are publicly available for non commercial use.
The reflectors are offered in the spirit of free and effective communications, without warrant or guarantee. Please use them and have fun. Use of our network for commercial uses is strictly prohibited.
Paul, and Jeff