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Hamshack Hotline Relaunch

11/10/2018
Hamshack Hotline
Relaunch
The Long Wait….is over!.
The Hamshack Hotline is now completely migrated to the AWS Cloud. Thank you for
your patience over the past three weeks. Unfortunately, with the move we lost the Calls In
Progress function, we hope to bring it back soon. Our thanks to the Hamshack Hotline’s
K1WiZ(John) for his efforts at making this migration a success.
Now that we have migrated, we are now officially able to get those Help Desk tickets
processed in the order in which they were received. We also are again able to take new line
request on all systems, with the service you have come to expect here at Hamshack Hotline
(usually within a 24 to 48 hour period, though as always not guaranteed some days).
I also am excited to announce with our relaunch, we have added 3 RF links on the
Hamshack Hotline. With this I would like to thank KC8QCH(Jeff) and W0JAY(Jay) for their
hard work and dedication to help us make Hamshack Hotline better for you.
Hamshack Hotline’s very own BM TG 31688, we urge all with DMR capabilities to
please program it up, and start using this talkgroup. We need to have activity on it in order to
maintain TG. An extension to this TG will be created soon.
Jeff’s link is #94001. It is TheGuild’s Allstar node 47374 with call KM4SZU. The PTT
codes are *99 for transmit, and # to unkey.
Jay’s link is #94002 and is Allstar node 43780 and is linked to BM TG 31257 NXDN
31257, YSF 31257, P25 31257. The PTT code for Jay’s link are *99 transmit, mute button to
unkey.
So now that we have RF links we have now created a general RF block (94xxx) , and an
ARES RF block (7xxx). You are reminded to follow all FCC standards when using these links.
Our unlicensed folks will continue to have access to other HHUL extensions and our
conference bridges, but obviously will not have access to the RF links.
Again thank you and please continue to promote us here at Hamshack Hotline in your
Ham Radio activities.
73 Ken KA1EZH

Off line phones after migration

Please see following numbers that are off line. You MUST reprovision phone, even if it still appears its working. It will NOT work appropriately otherwise. If these numbers are not activated in 30 days they will be reclaimed. Thank you with your anticipated cooperation:

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4002 (Unspecified) D Yes Yes A 0 UNKNOWN
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Latest HH Update

Just an update. As many of you may or may have not noticed, we have not made the migration move of HHUS to the AWS cloud. As we have stated before we are all volunteers, and our family, and professional lives come first. With that being said Hamshack Hotline is still fully functional and want all to continue to enjoy its purpose. The downside to all of this is I know many of you are chomping at the bit to get provisioned on our various servers. Unfortunately until this migration is complete help desk tickets on hold, please be assured we have record of them and will be dealt with first come first serve order when migration to the cloud is finally complete. Thank you for your understanding. Ken KA1EZH

NEAR-FEST Thank You

Well we did it we successfully pulled off the first of hopefully of many more demonstrations on the Hamshack Hotline. I would first and foremost like to thank W1RC Mr Mike and John Flood of the NEAR-FEST organization. They offered a complimentary table, to enable us to show the New England ham community to Hamshack Hotline. Second I would like to thank Ben Gore who is the IT person for NEAR-FEST. And of course I am so very appreciative of the local hams David KD4CLJ, Dave W2DAN, and Don N1PMB. All of them either contributed in equipment, or their time. I am hoping now that we here in the land where HH was conceived, that others world wide would take an initiative to do promotions in similar venues. I also would be remiss if I did not extend my thanks to those of you who reached out, making yourselves available for conversation on 302. Ty again Ken KA1EZH

Reminder NEAR-FEST

I am once again reminding all of our New England hams. This Friday and Saturday (Oct 12 and 13th 2018), Hamshack Hotline will have a table set up at NEAR-FEST. Several of our HHops teams will be there to show what HH is all about. Please post and share to fellow hams, and the aspiring hams amongst us.

HHUS Help Desk Tickets

Due to Hamshack Hotline migrating to the “Cloud”, all new HHUS provisional and change request will be placed on hold and in a que. After migration tickets will be resolved on order in which received. Also beware that voice mail on HHUS may not crossover after migration.

 

HHUS Migration to cloud. Please read!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 5, 2018
We are scrambling a plan to move HHUS (the birthplace of Hamshack Hotline) into the cloud. Events
are happening right now that require this move. John (K1WIZ) is preparing to move his family to the
Atlanta GA region as a result of new opportunities requiring a total relocation. Because of this, John’s
family already has preparations underway to place their home on the market and complete the move
over the next month. This ultimately means that the physical VM server hosting HHUS will be shut
down and shipped to GA when the move is completed. There are a lot of moving parts to this change.
We have not been able to determine the availability of symetrical gigabit fiber based internet on the
destination end due to the fact that a final residence has not yet been purchased and secured in the new
location. This is not expected to happen until at least a month or two.
The plan now is to prepare HHUS to be migrated to the cloud so we can continue to service US
customers and keep established lines available with minimal downtime. Please note that there will be
periods of downtime as engineering efforts will be needed for the migration that require the server to be
taken offline for copy and mirgration testing. Once a migration path is realized, efforts will begin
immediately and there will be a service interruption during this time.
How does this affect Hamshack Hotline and US customers?
• All configurations and adding of new accounts will be immediately frozen – ie. HHOPS will
not add any new provisioned lines on HHUS until the migration has been completed. No new
changes to the server will be done in any way.
• Ticketed requests for new lines or changes will be held on the helpdesk until the cloud
migration is complete.
• HHOPS Helpdesk will also be unavailable as it too will be migrated to the cloud.
• TFTP profile access will be temporarily unavailable as part of this migration as profiles will be
moved as well. You will not need to adjust your phone until an announcement is made
when the migration is complete!
• ALL service on HHX, HHEU, & HHUL will be unaffected and callers will be able to continue
to direct dial between these peers. Bridges however will be temporarily unavailable. Only
HHUS lines will be temporarily down.
• During downtime, HHUS lines will go “yellow” or Orange. This is expected. They will return
to green state when services are migrated and restored.
We will do everything in our power to keep downtime to a minimum but we ask for your patience and
understanding as John prepares to make this major move. His plate will be full, but he will do his best
to position HHUS for continued success in the cloud.