My name is Denny, KD5DLJ, and I am an amateur radio operator / tech marketer and the creator and host of the DigiCommCafe and a member of The World Wide Amateur Radio Guild. I also enjoy music, homesteading in the country, and motorcycling in the Ozarks.
WHAT IS THE DIGICOMMCAFE?
I created the DigiCommCafe on Zello early in 2018 as a way to reach non-hams and introduce them to the ham radio hobby via a device that the majority of people use daily...their smartphones. As a ham for the last 50 years, I have seen a lot of change in this great hobby. Technology just keeps moving us along into uncharted territory and digital communications technology is nearly impossible to keep up with yet it seems to be sparking a resurgence of interest in communications once again. Having fully embraced the changes and challenges of this new 'wave' of digital communications, I have created the DigiCommCafe as my personal digital playground with the purpose of having fun myself as I learn and grow, but also to provide a healthy progressive community of folks who want to grab their surf boards and catch this big digital communications technology wave with me. The only requirement in the cafe is to maintain a "Culture of Kindness which will make it enjoyable for everyone.
The cool thing about digital communication technology today is that ALL can join in the experience. Therefore I have many 'tables' if you will, in my cafe to provide a buffet of digital delights for my patrons to enjoy with folks who share their particular passions or interests. So,... can I take your order?
WHICH TABLE IS FOR YOU?
The 'Head table' is the DigiCommCafe Group on the Orion Labs communications platform for mobile devices which adds some very exciting features to the VoIP communications experience such as IFTTT bot integration, aprs location services, and even language translation capabilites, The Onyx bluetooth communicator really makes this a fun and useful platform. It is at this table I host the Ham Nation Potluck for fans of the Ham Nation LIVE Show on TWIT.TV for dialogue about the show topics. And then there's our ever popular Breakfast Club that happens every Saturday morning at 9:00am Central here on Orion where we have special guests come and present and take questions.
The DigiCommCafe on DISCORD is an open room for everyone. At this table I host the Ham Nuggets Hangout each Thursday afternoon at 4:00 pm US Central time for the purposes of amateur radio fellowship and sharing of nuggets of information so we can all learn together.
Drop by the DigiCommCafe Zello Channel for fellowship with many who are not even licensed hams but who are interested.
I also have an open DigiCommCafe channels on the IRN on Teamspeak3 for general conversation and fellowship.
You are also invited to enjoy the DigiCommCafe on Allstarlink, Echlink, DMR, Star, and Fusion if you are a licensed amateur radio operator. See details in the panel below.
You may sit at any of these tables anytime 24/7 to host a net or just shoot the breeze with others in the community. And that is what we are.... a community. This is not an organization. It is just my efforts as 1 of a million other hams in the world to revive interest in our great hobby and in communications in general.
I also invite you to join my DigiCommCafe Facebook Group; send me a Facebook friend request; subscribe to my DigiCommCafe Youtube Channel; and come back here often for a calendar of events and a Tweet Nest (a twitter list) where you can follow me and my promotional partners. I will share some very different and hopefully interesting podcasts and LIVE feeds from time to time just for fun and to stir up interest and help promote many other groups and efforts to make amateur radio a fun and interesting hobby that attracts non-amateurs and also young people.
I do have a life with family and friends so I may not always be available at the tables so feel free to email me at KD5DLJ@me.com if you have any questions. Or you can call my extensions on the HamShack Hotline if you are a registered user of the system. Just look me up in the directory.
If you would also like to consider a website platform for your efforts to promote our communications hobby, I invite you to consider my BitWEB services.
73,
Denny
KD5DLJ
P.S. Would you like to know more? Jump into the DigiCommCafe on Orion and Let's Talk!
