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<DIV>After a bunch of experimentation with various methods to create a remote
base with a Kenwood TM-V71A I use the following method</DIV>
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<DIV>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</DIV>
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<DIV>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</DIV>
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<DIV>I then set my 70cm control frequency and turn on remote cross band mode.
Full instructions are in the manual</DIV>
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<DIV>To control it I wrote a script in bash</DIV>
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<DIV>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</DIV>
<DIV>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.</DIV>
<DIV>This also solves the ID issue as the private node is configured to
ID </DIV>
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<DIV>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</DIV>
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<DIV>Enjoy</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks<BR>73 Neil Sablatzky K8IT<BR>Allstar Node 41838
KITLINK<BR>Allstar Node 42087 KITLINK HUB<BR>IRLP Node exp0068<BR>Echolink
K8IT-L<BR>WIRES-X K8IT 11479 Room 21479</DIV>
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