[arm-allstar] Using Allstar as a digital voter system

[Steve L]

Steve, W9SH had a "simple voter" that required no hardware.  I was
always tempted to give it a try.

His site is down, and I am not where he is these days in terms of development:

https://web.archive.org/web/20170306120829/http://www.xelatec.com/xipar/simplevoter

On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 3:55 PM "Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar"
<arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> Here is a link to the RTCM which as far as I know the only current device
> that would interface the remote sites to the main repeater site. You are
> right the cost per site would be the RTCM plus GPS and of course you need
> Internet at each site. The receivers also need to be level and passband
> equalized (matched) for it to perform properly.
>
> http://206.212.254.21/unode_docs/rtcm_%20manual.pdf
>
> There is probably other info out there on this. I just did a quick search.
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
> On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 3:18 PM "Mike Sullivan via ARM-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> > I figured I was missing something. Is the RTCM the only interface that
> > reliably supports it? At $269 apiece, that's gonna hurt the wallet, on top
> > of setting up the PtP linking to make it work standalone.
> >
> > Is there a Howto? That would probably brush up my questions on it.. lol.
> > Mainly, I'm assuming each receive radio needs an RTCM, as well as the
> > repeater receiver? We are upgrading our 2 meter machine with an amplifier
> > and new (to us) hardline, once that is done we're hoping to put a couple
> > receivers up to cover dead spots and improve handheld reception. We're also
> > probably going to put up a couple Allstar-linked 440 machines at those
> > sites too, for local coverage.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 13:55 "Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar" <
> > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Voting has been part of Allstar for years and is included in the hamvoip
> > > release. You need hardware to do it - typically an RTCM and GPS.
> > >
> > >
> > > *73 Doug*
> > >
> > > *WA3DSP*
> > >
> > > *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> > >
> > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 1:53 PM "Mike Sullivan via ARM-allstar" <
> > > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm curious, has anyone ever thought of, or attempted a voter type
> > system
> > > > using Allstar? I.E. using Allstar as local nodes to several receivers,
> > > > digitally analyzing signal strength, and Allstar picking the strongest
> > > > signal to pass on to the repeater? Would be an interesting and
> > > inexpensive
> > > > concept, I would think.
> > > >
> > > > Or, am I an idiot and just missed the Howto on that?
> > > >
> > > > Mike
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