{"id":3154,"date":"2024-06-10T11:12:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T10:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/?p=3154"},"modified":"2024-06-15T13:14:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T12:14:50","slug":"the-matrix-ham-radio-community-continues-to-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/?p=3154","title":{"rendered":"The Matrix HAM Radio Community continues to grow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A couple of years ago I built a <a href=\"https:\/\/matrix.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matrix Synapse server<\/a> and connected it to the decentralised global Matrix chat network that is federated world wide by enthusiasts who host their own Matrix servers. Due to the enthusiasm for a decentralised network the Matrix has grown exponentially and is now an established force in the world of <a href=\"https:\/\/opensource.radio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Opensource<\/a> global communication services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I built my server and configured it online my aim was to bring together an enthusiastic group of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amateur_radio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Radio Amateurs (Radio HAMs)<\/a> who could build a friendly, welcoming community where people could share, learn and have fun with other liked minded individuals without all the <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@manusdevine\/the-scourge-of-social-media-f17e0db0cb3e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nonsense you see on commercial social media platforms<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overtime we&#8217;ve increased the number of rooms available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/matrix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HAM Radio space<\/a> and the number of subjects covered. This has grown organically as our community has grown and we&#8217;ve ventured together into new areas of the hobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1654\" src=\"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Matrix-Ham-Radio-Space-2048x1654.png\" alt=\"Global Matrix Ham Radio Space hosted on the M0AWS Matrix Server\" class=\"wp-image-3158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Matrix-Ham-Radio-Space-2048x1654.png 2048w, https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Matrix-Ham-Radio-Space-300x242.png 300w, https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Matrix-Ham-Radio-Space-768x620.png 768w, https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Matrix-Ham-Radio-Space-1536x1241.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Global Matrix Ham Radio Space hosted on the M0AWS Matrix Server<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the community a number of projects have spawned including the <a href=\"https:\/\/opensource.radio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Opensource.radio Wiki<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qrz.com\/db\/DK1MI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mike, DK1MI<\/a> is sponsoring that aims to detail all the Opensource HAM Radio software, Hardware and projects in one centralised site on the internet. This is a great project and one I am very happy to contribute to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/dk1mi.radio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mike, DK1MI<\/a> we now also have our own Matrix <a href=\"https:\/\/allstarlink.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AllStarLink node<\/a> available. This is a great resource for the community as it is often not possible for all of us to communicate via the radio waves due to geo-location, time zones, local planning regulations etc. Having this 24\/7 internet based resource makes it a lot easier for the community to chat at any time even when propagation on the HF bands isn&#8217;t in our favour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dk1mi.radio\/station\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mike, DK1MI <\/a>has written an <a href=\"https:\/\/dk1mi.radio\/matrix-ham-radio-space-allstarlink-node\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">excellent article on the Matrix AllStarNode<\/a> and more, I highly recommend you take a look at it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also have a very active satellite room with regular nets on the QO-100 satellite. With such a great range of rooms and subjects there&#8217;s plenty to read and talk about with the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you fancy being part of this growing, enthusiastic group of Radio Amateurs and Short Wave Listeners (SWLs) then click on the link below and come and say hello, a warm welcome awaits!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/matrix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/matrix<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More soon &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of years ago I built a Matrix Synapse server and connected it to the decentralised global Matrix chat network that is federated world wide by enthusiasts who host their own Matrix servers. Due to the enthusiasm for a decentralised network the Matrix has grown exponentially and is now an established force in the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/?p=3154\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Matrix HAM Radio Community continues to grow&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[332,338,136,335,329,334,333,339,4,341,330,331,186,135,134,167,326,336,168,188,343,342,62,340,337],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allstarlink","category-article","category-community","category-decentralised","category-digitalvoice","category-dv","category-echolink","category-geo-stationary","category-ham-radio","category-joinus","category-matrix","category-matrixsynapse","category-nodes","category-opensource","category-projects","category-qo-100","category-radio","category-radioham","category-satellite","category-server","category-shortwavelistener","category-swl","category-website","category-welcome","category-wiki"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3154"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3240,"href":"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3154\/revisions\/3240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}