A big thanks to all that helped me in the last few days, Paul, Michael, Mark's (both), and Sam, and with earlier issues, if I hadn't have already thanked the group, I am now !  .. 

BTW: the error was fixed by having the rxchannel="radio/usb28842" changed to  "voter/28842" in rpt.conf and removing the word "Master" from the line "client1 = pass1,transmit,master" in voting.conf (simple interface, non voting use)

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, from my family to all of yours, ...

    Jim & Tricia Frederick KF6QBW & KF6WZU

                          Glendale, AZ.