[arm-allstar] Radioless nodes, hoping someone can help

[Dave Petrie]

Everybody has an opinion and it does matter if you are visually impaired as
to what works good for you.
I like Zoiper, it's free, it's easy to install, I don't need anything in
the car, I can use my cellphone anywhere anytime
to connect and control my node without moving it, the best part I like
about voip phones and zoiper is they are full duplex
which means if you are in transmit mode you can still hear someone if they
happen to key up with you, unlike using
a ptt mic with or without the rf interface like an HT or mobile or base
radio that mode is only simplex, receive or transmit
but not both at the same time. Another great thing I have setup is google
home assistant,I helped a blind ham friend
set it up and with his input we totally redone our dtmf structure to make
more sense. I send voice commands and don't
even have to touch a keyboard, like I said this is so much fun and everyone
does things the way they like, and it is so
nice to have this forum to be able to share your experiences so others can
enjoy them as well.
Patrick has shared some nice ascending and descending tones that play on my
node and others that I have programmed
for them, the tone is much better than all the node numbers and call signs
when someone connects, just like RF, you never know
when someone turns on there radio unless they keyup, so why do we need to
know when someone connects to our node just
having their morning coffee and wants to listen, point is there are so many
choices with this software and it's pretty easy to use.
Thank you All who have contributed and are helping others.
73
Dave

On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 12:48 AM "Patrick Perdue via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> I've done all the SIP  phone/DVSwitch/Zoiper softphone stuff. Sometimes,
> it's just nice to have an actual microphone with a PTT. Though I'm
> primarily an iOS guy, I do have a cheap Android phone with DVSwitch
> mobile installed, which I much prefer to using Zoiper when I'm out
> somewhere and don't feel like dragging extra equipment with me, since I
> can use a physical button for PTT. I configured my DVSwitch to use USRP
> instead of IAX2. It uses much less bandwidth and battery life that way,
> since it isn't constantly streaming, even when there is no activity,
> which is what happens with a normal IAX2 connection. Anecdotally, it
> seems less latent as well. It's easiest to use a dedicated node (not
> necessarily dedicated hardware or VPS) with this kind of setup, since
> you have to change the channel driver to make that work.
>
>
> On 3/27/2022 10:17 PM, "Dave Petrie via ARM-allstar" wrote:
> > I forgot to mention your node at home doesn’t need anything connected to
> it other than internet
> > And you can access it from your cellphone or a laptop with iaxrpt or a
> VoIP desk phone like yealink
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Mar 27, 2022, at 10:01 PM, Jed Barton via ARM-allstar <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> That's exactly what I'm gonna do since I already have the pi.
> >>
> >>> On 3/27/22, "Patrick Perdue via ARM-allstar" <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> wrote:
> >>> Sure, but he does (or did) sell just the interface box and microphone
> >>> without a Raspberry Pi, you supply the Pi and the software. That's how
> I
> >>> got mine, since I had plenty of extra Pi's at the time.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On 3/27/2022 4:48 PM, "John Murphy via ARM-allstar" wrote:
> >>>> Most Raspberry pi are very difficult to come by right now. So nodes
> not
> >>>> available for most part. No idea why no reply. But other places like
> >>>> Node-ventures are out.
> >>>> Hotspotradios are out.
> >>>> Can only recommend keep checking back.
> >>>>
> >>>> John W7JSM
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sun, Mar 27, 2022, 10:13 AM "Jed Barton via ARM-allstar" <
> >>>> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hey guys, Hope everyone is doing well. Got a question.  Thinking of
> >>>>> putting a radioless node together.  I was thinking about getting 1 of
> >>>>> the nodes from allstarnodes.com.  Whoever owns that site, they
> haven't
> >>>>> returned any emails from a few of us now, and I got refunded when I
> >>>>> tried to get 1 of his nodes.  So does anyone know what might be going
> >>>>> on with that, and are there any other sources who could do the same
> >>>>> thing?  He had a really nice little box that I was quite impressed
> >>>>> with.  Any thoughts?
> >>>>> Looking to have a radioless node in my shack, and my friend is
> looking
> >>>>> to have 1 in his vehicle.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Cheers,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Jed
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