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The Pikes Peak Radio Amateur Association (PPRAA) serves as an ARRL Special Service Club, providing a calendar of events and activities for its members and the wider amateur radio community. The resource details upcoming events such as the USS Pueblo Memorial Museum Ships Weekend activations, a Cubical Quad Antenna Workshop, LARCFest, and various hamfests including Dayton Hamvention and Duke City Hamfest. It also lists on-air activities like a FreeDV digital voice mode event on 10 meters, a Black Friday Simplex Event on 2M and 70cm, and a 10m event for Technician class operators, emphasizing SSB privileges from 28.300 to 28.500 MHz. The PPRAA's event schedule includes educational opportunities like a Technician Class and a Soldering Workshop, alongside social gatherings such as the PPRAA Picnic and Car Show. Past event summaries highlight successful activities like the 2024 Megafest Raffle, Winter Field Day, and multiple fox hunts utilizing frequencies like 147.420, 147.480, and 147.540 MHz. The club actively supports POTA activations, exemplified by their AF0S park activation at Cheyenne Mountain State Park, and participates in historical commemorations like the USS Pueblo Memorial operations, demonstrating a broad engagement across various amateur radio facets.

For amateur radio operators seeking resilient, off-grid communication, the _MeshCom_ firmware provides a robust solution for text-based messaging over a mesh network. Utilizing LoRa modulation and the APRS protocol, this firmware is designed for low-energy consumption and cost-effective hardware, primarily operating in the 70cm band. Nodes, identified by amateur radio callsigns, can send short text messages to all participants or directly to specific callsigns, functioning as repeaters to extend network reach. The system supports automatic status and position messages, with optional sensor data for WX-Data and Telemetry. MeshCom nodes can be configured as gateways to HAMNET or the internet, enhancing connectivity options. The project emphasizes a self-building and self-healing mesh network architecture, crucial for emergency communication scenarios. Operating frequencies include 433.175 MHz (EU, USA, Africa), 439.9125 MHz (UK), and 433.925 MHz (Norway). The firmware is compatible with hardware platforms such as ESP32/LoRa modules, RAK-WISBLOCK, and ESP32-DEV4/E22-LoRa, offering a flexible deployment for various amateur radio applications.