[arm-allstar] arm-allstar Digest, Vol 21, Issue 5

Tue Feb 9 14:04:55 EST 2016

Ebay's a marvelous place. Well, for remote base use the one he's selling 
is probably adequate. All I was doing with mine was fitting it inside 
the FT-857D, which would be my remote base. I have Micom-2 in the car, 
so I'm all set there. I attached the board layout. The dimensions are 
1.7" X 1.1". I may use surface mount IC's, but keep using 1/0 watt 
resistors so my fingers can still put it together.

GeorgeC

------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 13:06:48 
-0500
From: Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com>
To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
Subject: [arm-allstar] Remote base HF squelch
George, I changed the subject on this thread. Great on your experiments. 
By all means keep us informed. I am sure there are many others 
interested in this topic. I would be glad to publish your info on the 
web page when you get to that point. There is a great deal of info on 
the internet on this - google 'SSB syllabic squelch' Also an ebay kit 
but I have no idea how well it really works - 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VOS-Voice-Operated-Squelch-Audio-Muting-Kit-Form-/321145239752 
73 Doug WA3DSP http://www.crompton.com/hamradio
>> To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org; kb4fxc at inttek.net
>> From: george at dyb.com
>> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 12:40:41 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] arm-allstar Digest, Vol 21, Issue 4
>>
>> Been there...
>>
>> TS-480 does not have proper squelch for remote base operation. No radio
>> marketed to the amateur market does. Kenwood kind of came close at one
>> time. The Motorola Micom-H would as it was a micom-2 with different
>> controls. This has been my "thing" for a while. I had an HF remote way
>> back and the lack of proper squelch was hard on the UHF PA tube,
>> sometimes keyed up for three hours straight.
>>
>> But no plug and play way to control the non amateur rigs out there.
>>
>> So my next one, in the works, will have proper squelch. And it isn't an
>> original idea. As far back as 73 magazine in 72 or 73 there was an
>> article to build what essentially is the Motorola Micom squelch from the
>> earlier days when it was all discreet transistor circuitry, but the
>> article used IC's. And it works. I made a PC board for it and found that
>> someone else had done so a few years earlier but they were now
>> unobtanium. I have a new board that refines it quite a bit more (fewer
>> parts, same function). I have not yet had this board made, have to wait
>> till Chinese new year is over to get them made. I made this particular
>> one to fit in the space within a FT-857D where the optional filters
>> would go.
>>
>> I also just moved and do not yet have my workshop set up.
>>
>> If you want I'll keep you posted or I'll post here when it is done. HF
>> radio needs this and why a company like ICOM can put it in their marine
>> versions and not amateur makes no sense, same for Yaesu.
>>
>> Also, if you can come up with a junker Micom (pre-synthesized) with plug
>> in PC cards, one will be a squelch card that can be adapted very easily.
>>
>> The BF-888 is pretty nice for the purpose but they also sell a BF-U3
>> which I have a couple of. Seems like a different board but I have
>> already scoped the BF-8U for interface, with the thought of its use as a
>> "micronode". But for a repeater it's going to fall short in performance.
>>
>> GeorgeC
>> W2DB
>> Toms River, NJ
>> 2360 (Allstar)
>> 2428 Allstar remote base (off the air)
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Message: 1 Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 16:55:11 -0500 (EST) From: David
>> McGough <kb4fxc at inttek.net> To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
>> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Newbie AllStar Message-ID:
>> <Pine.LNX.4.44.1602081624120.31261-100000 at goliath.inttek.net>
>> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hi Danny, Good to hear from
>> you! We've talked over on the 145.41 repeater via echolink in
>> Wilmington, NC. Yes, the AllStar software will allow you to use a single
>> computer, either a full PC, a Raspberry Pi 2 (preferred) or Beaglebone
>> Black to accomplish AllStar connectivity and echolink, etc. As for an HF
>> remote base, I don't believe the TS-480HX implements an SSB syllabic
>> squelch signal??? For an SSB HF radio, you need some method of
>> generating a COS/COR (carrier operated switch) signaling if you wish to
>> use the HF rig with echolink (this is due to the echolink half-duplex
>> design)....With AllStar, which is full-duplex, the SSB COS/COR is
>> optional, but, still -very- desirable. The TM-D710 radio will work fine
>> as a simplex node on AllStar. Or, for short range use, a pair of Baofeng
>> BF-888 UHF radios can be used to make a full-blown repeater---all
>> hardware purchased new (including the RPi2, power supplies, etc.) for
>> under $100! (See the bottom of this page for my first prototype:
>> http://crompton.com/hamradio/baofeng888/ )...Note that I've run these
>> 888 transmitters at continuous duty cycle for HOURS at the time with no
>> issues--incredible for a radio in the $15 range! See the
>> http://hamvoip.org website for more details. 73, David KB4FXC On Mon, 8
>> Feb 2016, Danny wrote:
>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>
>>>> I am new to AllStar and have read a lot about it ... a friend of mine
>>>> recommended I have a look at AllStar since I already have an EchoLink node ...
>>>>
>>>> I am running Debian with SvxLink as my EchoLink server ...
>>>>
>>>> One of my goals is to cross-band repeat my EchoLink (2M) node to HF (40M) to
>>>> enable me to RX/TX longer distances and to help local Hams who does not have the
>>>> finacial means to have international QSO's with simple/older/cheap radios ...
>>>> all they have to do is to make sure they can reach the antennas at my QTH ... I
>>>> have a Kenwood TM-D710 which I can connect to my Kenwood TS-480HX for crossband
>>>> repeating ... however my friend suggested I join this list and enquire first if
>>>> it would be possible to do the same with AllStar and EchoLink on one server ...
>>>>
>>>> Thank You
>>>> Danny
>>>> ZS6XOX
>>>> 73's
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