[arm-allstar] REMOTE BASE W/ TM-V71A

[Neil k8it]

After a bunch of experimentation with various methods to create a remote base with a Kenwood TM-V71A I  use the following method

I placed the radio in remote cross bamd mode which allows full DTMF control of the other VFO  AS LONG AS THE CONTROL BAND IS ON THE OPPOSITE VHF OR UHF BAND

I CREATED A PRIVATE NODE NUMBER ON MY ASTERISK SERVER, AND USE A MODIFIED AUDIO  FOB TO INTERFACE A CHEAP BAOFENG 888S $20 RADIO FOR THE 70cm REMOTE RADIO

I then set my 70cm control frequency and turn on remote cross band mode. Full instructions are in the manual

To control it I wrote a script in bash

In order to enter the desired frequency, pl tone, offset I wrote a script based on redefining the asterisk dial plan using extensions and passing the resulting DTMF digits to my bash script
The bash script formats the desired radio command and sends it using the *4<node #> command via the 70cm radio to the remoted TM-V71A radio.
This also solves the ID  issue as the private node is configured to ID  

Please referance Doug's WA3DSP asterisk web page under how to       for instructions on how to do this with the dial plan. Doug has created a great resource with his how to notes

Enjoy

Thanks
73 Neil Sablatzky  K8IT
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