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difficulty connecting to echolink node
by Nate Hardman 17 May '17

17 May '17

trying to connect to node echolink node 9129 via allstar. have tried *339129 *3309129 and *33009129 no issues connecting to other echolink or allstar nodes. Any suggestions. -- Nathan Hardman nhardman1428(a)gmail.com N8THN(a)ARRL.NET

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Dayton Hamvention
by Steve Zingman 16 May '17

16 May '17

Well, the Hamvention is quickly drawing near. Next weekend in Xenia Ohio. AllStarLink will be share a flea market space with Repeater Builder. There will be folks from Repeater Builder, Masters Communications, SCOM INADVM DVSwitch and AllStarLink. We will be in the infield spaces 7623-7627 and 7723-7727. Stop by and say hi, shoot the breeze and lets discuss where we are and where we are going. I would like to suggest a dinner get together Friday night. I have no idea where. Maybe someone more familiar with the area can come up with some ideas. Lets discuss it Friday in the flea market. There will be some great demos of AllStarLink supporting products and other digital and analog technologies. There may even be a few surprises. 73, Steve N4IRS -- --- "What are HB_Bridge, IPSC_Bridge and Analog_Bridge?"

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dial commads
by jimmy keffer 13 May '17

13 May '17

what are the commands do this but dial not acid http://docs.allstarlink.org/drupal/node/111 jimmy ka3vgm

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First Node, having some issues
by Jeremy Utley 13 May '17

13 May '17

Good evening everyone! I've had my node number registered (44170) for a few months now, and I'm FINALLY getting around to trying to actually set it up, but am running into some issues. Will start with a run-down of what I'm working with. Radio: Motorola CDM1250 UHF Cabling: Pre-made cables from Marshall, KE6PCV Interface: DMK URI-X Computer: Raspberry Pi 3 Installation: RAT RC1 (have also tried the older 1.0.1 DIAL install with same issues) The setup is a simplex node on 446.500 with a tone of 91.5. I have the radio itself detecting the tone via programming, as well as transmitting the same tone. If I do a simple "kerchunk" from my HT (only about 5 feet away from the antenna, thru the wall of my house), the courtesy tone will return back to me. If I transmit for more than a second or so, I do *NOT* get the courtesy tone. The computer also does not seem to receive the DTMF tones when I try to transmit *81 - if I run asterisk -r from the command line and try to transmit tones, I see no indication that the system is hearing those tones. I suspect I have something mis-programmed in the radio - this is the first time I've ever tried to program a Motorola radio, and CPS has a lot of options I'm not familiar with. I've tried a bunch of google searches, without any luck, so I'm throwing this out to the world. Is there a good run-down step-by-step to programming the CDM1250 I could refer to that I haven't seen? I've tried the batlabs site and a bunch of google searches to no avail. The final goal in this is to use what I learn with this simplex node to rebuild our clubs off-air UHF repeater as an AllStar node. Once that's working, I'd like to convert our existing 2m repeater to yet another AllStar node, and permanently link them together. But I don't want to tackle the repeater until I have the simplex node working properly! Any help you guys can give would be greatly appreciated! I am familiar with Linux systems (Linux sys-admin by trade), but not real familiar with Asterisk or AllStar yet. Jeremy Utley, NQ0M Iola, KS

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RTCM Simulcast Wiki
by Joe Moskalski 13 May '17

13 May '17

I started the wiki and I have been filling in information about simulcast with the RTCM. I am adding to it everyday at this point but it is only the very beginning. If anyone wants to take a look the address is: http://rtcmsimulcast.wikifoundry.com If anyone has anything they would like me to ad or any suggestion as to what i should cover please drop me an email.

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Fwd: Re: Allstar Issues
by Steve Zingman 12 May '17

12 May '17

It's running on raspberry pi with the 1.5.rc2 version. I am unsure on channel driver. I have tried to set audio levels. The meter shows no voice however and I am unsure as to why. The radio is a tyt 9000d so It a 6 pin plug in connect connector so I know the connections are right. Currently I have ctcss turned off on the radio cause I was getting no where with it turned on. I've tried using hardware and USB decoding and it don't seem to matter. On May 12, 2017 9:44 AM, "Steve Zingman" <szingman(a)msgstor.com <mailto:szingman@msgstor.com>> wrote: Robert, A few questions will help someone try to troubleshoot. What type of computer? Which software version? Which channel driver? Did you set audio levels? Are you using CTCSS on receive? Are you using hardware COS and CTCSS signaling from the receiver? 73, Steve N4IRS On 5/12/2017 12:40 PM, Robert Dodge wrote: I have been trying to setup a allstar node for several weeks now and am having nothing but problems. The URI is controlling the radio as it should, keying up and receiving, however, the allstar will not respond at all to any dtmf commands on the frequency, there is no courtesy tones on key up or release, you cant connect to it from any other allstar node (even though it is port forwarded in router). I am at a complete loss and do not know where to go from here. Is there any support you guys could give me in getting this node setup. Thank you Robert Dodge KM6JAJ (now N6WEB)

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RTCM Simulcast Manual
by Joe Moskalski 10 May '17

10 May '17

I know 99.999 percent of you on this list don't know who I am. Only that I post things rarely about what I have been doing with my RTCM based simulcast system. Drawing on my own experiences and struggles with simulcast using the RTCM units, I was thinking of writing a document/manual on that subject specifically. I have my own notes and such that help me but I know how inconsistent the information is pertaining to RTCM simulcast that is out there. I thought that writing a complete document would help others get up and running more quickly and help people better understand that portion of the system. The main points I want to cover is radio and frequency reference equipment selection, Simulcast theory, RTCM configuration and setup, network requirements, level setting/adjustments and troubleshooting. There of course will be much more but those are the big subjects I would like to at least start out with. The big question is will it be worth it to this community? I am looking for feedback mainly from those who have implemented RTCM simulcast or want to. Of course anyone interested in it in general is more than welcome. If anyone would like to share their experiences or share their opinion on this idea you can email me directly at kc2irv(a)gmail.com

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email asterisk for dial
by jimmy keffer 10 May '17

10 May '17

can some please help me with this i can't get ahold of k0kn i feel bad asking so much but need help jimmy ka3vgm

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Re: [App_rpt-users] App_rpt-users Digest, Vol 99, Issue 9
by Jeff Carrier 10 May '17

10 May '17

Joe, Did you lock it to a GPSDO? Jim mentioned this mod to me about a year ago and I never had a chance to give it a try. My previous overlap area was tolerable but I've added a third transmitter so it may be time to try this finally. On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 10:00 AM, < app_rpt-users-request(a)lists.allstarlink.org> wrote: > Send App_rpt-users mailing list submissions to > app_rpt-users(a)lists.allstarlink.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.allstarlink.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_ > rpt-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > app_rpt-users-request(a)lists.allstarlink.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > app_rpt-users-owner(a)lists.allstarlink.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of App_rpt-users digest..." > > This site is dedicated to the memory of Jim Dixon WB6NIL > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. RTCM Simulcast and 9.6 MHz Phase locking (Joe Moskalski) > 2. Re: RTCM Simulcast and 9.6 MHz Phase locking (Joe Leikhim) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 7 May 2017 03:13:26 -0400 > From: Joe Moskalski <kc2irv(a)gmail.com> > To: app_rpt mailing list <App_rpt-users(a)ohnosec.org> > Subject: [App_rpt-users] RTCM Simulcast and 9.6 MHz Phase locking > Message-ID: > <CAES28qyXLtJMUoGqAYk5bKU_eE2Nciq_9QQC48rBDSeZigtgHA@ > mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I wanted to throw this email out to the group for all those who want to > simulcast with the RTCM. For those who don't know, in order to make the > RTCM suitable for simulcast you must have a more accurate 9.6 MHz clock for > the RTCM in order to ensure the audio sounds acceptable in the overlap > areas. I did this a few months ago using 9.6 MHz OCXO's. This worked > reasonably well. Not as well as I would have liked but the system was very > usable, but of course I wanted it to be better. Since the PCGM > (Programmable Clock Generation Module) is no longer available, I decided to > roll my own as some say. > I created a PLL circuit that can accept a 10 MHz, 1 MHz or 100 KHz > reference input and produce a phase locked 9.6 MHz out for the RTCM. I have > been testing this over the past few days and it has made an great > improvement in the audio quality in the overlap. The quality of the audio > in the overlap areas sounds very, very good, it's very similar to what I > expect to hear in commercial simulcast systems. My circuit is heavily based > off of an old Motorola MSF5000 HSO PLL circuit that I was able to adapt and > modify to my needs. There are other uses for this circuit that make it > attractive for simulcasting but I wont get into them here. I am will to > share my schematic and bill of materials (digikey) with anyone. Please send > me an email and I will be willing to share all of my information on the > project. > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_ > source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_ > source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >

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k0kn helo
by jimmy keffer 10 May '17

10 May '17

help me please

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