Re: Connect Yaesu FT-2400M to computer
I’ve decided to try the Digirig. ?I have bought a 1-of-4 switch box for the 8-pin RJ-45-style cables and also the special cable for my Yaesu Ft-2500M—about $50 total. ?So, now I think I only need to order the Digirig unit, itself, to have all the hardware I need. ?In a few weeks, I hope to check-in (via VARA-FM?) on 2m.
Thanks for the info, Ken and Ben.?
-Bob KE0EXE?
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On Oct 15, 2023, at 21:52, Ben Kuhn via groups.io <ku0hn@...> wrote: ?I second Ken's suggestions, including the preference for a sound card interface to a dedicated TNC (outside of mobile where simplicity is preferred). I actually prefer the Digirig to the SignaLink for most applications since it can also do CAT for supported rigs and it doesn't use vox which needs a little (1 time to be fair) adjustment. It's also half the price. I also use quite a few easy-digi boards for some applications. They can get to be a bit more homebrew but in some cases like on a Raspberry Pi or other single board computer it's convenient to use the GPIO pins to drive PTT. On a PC, if you have to buy a USB serial adapter for PTT, and a USB sound card, plus an easy-digi boards you are most of the way to a Digirig in terms of price. 73, Ben KU0HN -------- Original Message -------- On Oct 15, 2023, 9:04?PM, Gettuit < gettuit@...> wrote:
Interesting, Mark—thanks for info.?
I got to thinking that maybe I had a SignaLink around here somewhere, that I got through W0STV, but can’t put my fingers on it tonight. ?I’m afraid that maybe it got sold again. ?If anyone has a used TNC that works, I will consider buying it from you; good, clean equipment only, please. ?Reply to: ? robert.andre@...?
It looks like I can then order a quality cable for my VHF radio, for about $20.
-Bob KE0EXE?
On Oct 15, 2023, at 13:44, Mark Kelm via groups.io <gmarkkelm@...> wrote:
? The VARA HF gateway I use on 40m is in Rockford, IL. ?
Mark G. Mark Kelm de?K?GMK On Oct 15, 2023, at 13:23, W9GM, Ken <ken@...> wrote:
? Hi Bob,
To connect your radio to the computer you will need to add one more item to the mix.? You'll need either a TNC or? an external sound card device between the computer and radio.? You will also need the appropriate cables to connect things up.
I currently use a TNC for packet when I'm portable, but at the home station I use an external sound card with my VHF rig.
Two of the more popular sound card devices are the digirig and the SignaLink USB, but there are others.
https://tigertronics.com/
Both digirig and Tigertronics (SignaLink) offer a variety of cables.? You can of course make up your own.
One benefit to using a sound card over a TNC is that you can run VARA FM.? Of course you will need to have a local RMS Gateway that has VARA FM available.
Ben, or one of the other Group members may have something they would like to add.
73, Ken
W9GM
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W0NE Winlink Net Results - Week 4
We had 10 check-ins this week, It looks like a few more check-ins over RF this week as well.
Bob, KE0EXE,Rochester, Olmsted, MN, USA, Telnet via CMS. Location from GPS, manually-entered.? All good learning for me:? right amount, at right pace!??
Chris, KD9CZM, Holmen, La Crosse, WI, USA, ARDOP Using N0LCR at 7.102 -- Project I'm working on is to play around with my HP VR headset and productivity tools so I can have a virtual environment with all my desktop applications easily accessible in a Minority Report sort of fashion. I'd love to be able to use JS8Call and WSJTX? in a virtual environment with multiple screens. KI6NAZ did a video about how he did it back in 2022 so I'm going to give it a try too.?
Lance Tagliapietra, AD0UT, Winona, Winona, Minnesota, U.S.A, Telnet
Ken, W9GM, Marquette, Marquette, MI, USA, VARA HF Note:? No projects currently?
Wayne, K0WLO, Madison, Dane, WI, USA, Telnet
Mark, K0GMK, Rochester, Olmsted, MN, USA, VARA HF
Collin, AA0CN, Rochester, Olmsted, MN, USA, Vara-HF, via N5TW
Shawn, KD9KGQ, Holmen, La Crosse County, WI, USA, VARA HF
Eric Van Norman, KF0S, Rochester, Olmsted, MN, telnet, My other hobby is R/C aircraft. While it's getting late in the season for spending a lot of time at the airfield, I will replace the floats on one plane with skis for winter flying.??
Ben, KU0HN, Lewiston, Winona, MN, USA, HF Ardop, I finally got the 6 meter Antenna installed for the packet node and NPR modem.? Now I just have to get the radio interface built.
It looks like there are some very interesting projects going on in the group.
Next week we will do a location report, and my homework is going to be to figure out how to make a nice map for the results the next day.
73,
Ben - KU0HN
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Re: Moving/Copying Winlink Express files
Hey Bob,
Thanks for sharing your experience with this, and it's good to know it can be done with Winlink Express.
One of the headline features of PAT (my client of choice) is that the mailbox is stored in a standard file format that can be automatically synced between machines with a cloud or peer-to-peer syncing service of your choice (like Dropbox).
Ben - KU0HN
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Moving/Copying Winlink Express files
FYI, I successfully copied my Winlink Express emails (and configuration) from one computer to another, today, using the following, simple procedure: ?
(And, actually, I even skipped the part about hitting “Finish”—so I did run the program, several times, on the target machine, before I did the file-copying.)
This seemed to work fine, for a one-time transfer, if anyone else needs to do this.
There is also a way to Export existing, downloaded messages, and then Import them into a different instance of W/E (like on another machine), if you are generally wanting to keep two machines “in sync”—I think it would be painful to do this on a regular basis, but once in a while might be okay. ?This way, the configuration parameters would not be overwritten, too, like they are if the whole directory is simply copied (like I did).
-Bob KE0EXE?
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W0NE Winlink Net Reminder - Week 4
Tomorrow is our weekly Winlink net.
This week let's do a regular check-in either with the check-in form or the normal email body in the following format:
Name, Callsign, City, County, State, Country, Mode (and Gateway if applicable)
If you use the form, you can put that information in the comments section.
Also, feel free to share any projects you are working on--ham related or not--below the check-in information (either in the email body or comments field).
For next week's exercise we will be using the position reporting feature if you want to plan ahead.
73,
Ben - KU0HN
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Re: Connect Yaesu FT-2400M to computer
I second Ken's suggestions, including the preference for a sound card interface to a dedicated TNC (outside of mobile where simplicity is preferred).
I actually prefer the Digirig to the SignaLink for most applications since it can also do CAT for supported rigs and it doesn't use vox which needs a little (1 time to be fair) adjustment. It's also half the price.
I also use quite a few easy-digi boards for some applications. They can get to be a bit more homebrew but in some cases like on a Raspberry Pi or other single board computer it's convenient to use the GPIO pins to drive PTT. On a PC, if you have to buy a USB serial adapter for PTT, and a USB sound card, plus an easy-digi boards you are most of the way to a Digirig in terms of price.
73,
Ben KU0HN
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-------- Original Message -------- On Oct 15, 2023, 9:04?PM, Gettuit < gettuit@...> wrote:
Interesting, Mark—thanks for info.?
I got to thinking that maybe I had a SignaLink around here somewhere, that I got through W0STV, but can’t put my fingers on it tonight. ?I’m afraid that maybe it got sold again. ?If anyone has a used TNC that works, I will consider buying it from you; good, clean equipment only, please. ?Reply to: ? robert.andre@...?
It looks like I can then order a quality cable for my VHF radio, for about $20.
-Bob KE0EXE?
On Oct 15, 2023, at 13:44, Mark Kelm via groups.io <gmarkkelm@...> wrote:
? The VARA HF gateway I use on 40m is in Rockford, IL. ?
Mark G. Mark Kelm de?K?GMK On Oct 15, 2023, at 13:23, W9GM, Ken <ken@...> wrote:
? Hi Bob,
To connect your radio to the computer you will need to add one more item to the mix.? You'll need either a TNC or? an external sound card device between the computer and radio.? You will also need the appropriate cables to connect things up.
I currently use a TNC for packet when I'm portable, but at the home station I use an external sound card with my VHF rig.
Two of the more popular sound card devices are the digirig and the SignaLink USB, but there are others.
https://tigertronics.com/
Both digirig and Tigertronics (SignaLink) offer a variety of cables.? You can of course make up your own.
One benefit to using a sound card over a TNC is that you can run VARA FM.? Of course you will need to have a local RMS Gateway that has VARA FM available.
Ben, or one of the other Group members may have something they would like to add.
73, Ken
W9GM
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Re: Connect Yaesu FT-2400M to computer
Interesting, Mark—thanks for info.?
I got to thinking that maybe I had a SignaLink around here somewhere, that I got through W0STV, but can’t put my fingers on it tonight. ?I’m afraid that maybe it got sold again. ?If anyone has a used TNC that works, I will consider buying it from you; good, clean equipment only, please. ?Reply to: ? robert.andre@...?
It looks like I can then order a quality cable for my VHF radio, for about $20.
-Bob KE0EXE?
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On Oct 15, 2023, at 13:44, Mark Kelm via groups.io <gmarkkelm@...> wrote: ? The VARA HF gateway I use on 40m is in Rockford, IL. ?
Mark G. Mark Kelm de?K?GMK On Oct 15, 2023, at 13:23, W9GM, Ken <ken@...> wrote:
? Hi Bob,
To connect your radio to the computer you will need to add one more item to the mix.? You'll need either a TNC or? an external sound card device between the computer and radio.? You will also need the appropriate cables to connect things up.
I currently use a TNC for packet when I'm portable, but at the home station I use an external sound card with my VHF rig.
Two of the more popular sound card devices are the digirig and the SignaLink USB, but there are others.
https://tigertronics.com/
Both digirig and Tigertronics (SignaLink) offer a variety of cables.? You can of course make up your own.
One benefit to using a sound card over a TNC is that you can run VARA FM.? Of course you will need to have a local RMS Gateway that has VARA FM available.
Ben, or one of the other Group members may have something they would like to add.
73, Ken
W9GM
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Re: Connect Yaesu FT-2400M to computer
The VARA HF gateway I use on 40m is in Rockford, IL. ?
Mark
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On Oct 15, 2023, at 13:23, W9GM, Ken <ken@...> wrote:
? Hi Bob,
To connect your radio to the computer you will need to add one more item to the mix.? You'll need either a TNC or? an external sound card device between the computer and radio.? You will also need the appropriate cables to connect things up.
I currently use a TNC for packet when I'm portable, but at the home station I use an external sound card with my VHF rig.
Two of the more popular sound card devices are the digirig and the SignaLink USB, but there are others.
https://tigertronics.com/
Both digirig and Tigertronics (SignaLink) offer a variety of cables.? You can of course make up your own.
One benefit to using a sound card over a TNC is that you can run VARA FM.? Of course you will need to have a local RMS Gateway that has VARA FM available.
Ben, or one of the other Group members may have something they would like to add.
73, Ken
W9GM
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Connect Yaesu FT-2400M to computer
Hi Bob,
To connect your radio to the computer you will need to add one more item to the mix.? You'll need either a TNC or? an external sound card device between the computer and radio.? You will also need the appropriate cables to connect things up.
I currently use a TNC for packet when I'm portable, but at the home station I use an external sound card with my VHF rig.
Two of the more popular sound card devices are the digirig and the SignaLink USB, but there are others.
https://tigertronics.com/
Both digirig and Tigertronics (SignaLink) offer a variety of cables.? You can of course make up your own.
One benefit to using a sound card over a TNC is that you can run VARA FM.? Of course you will need to have a local RMS Gateway that has VARA FM available.
Ben, or one of the other Group members may have something they would like to add.
73, Ken
W9GM
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Re: W0NE Winlink Net Roster - Week #3
For VHF, I’m using a Yaesu FT-2500M [2m radio], if anyone knows a way to connect it to a Windows 10 Pro or Windows xp Pro laptop, for using Winlink Express (or another method?)…
-Bob KE0EXE
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On Oct 13, 2023, at 21:27, Ben Kuhn via groups.io <ku0hn@...> wrote: ?We had 12 check-ins this week with a few comments.? If anyone has any suggestions, please feel free to share.
Since we didn't do the usual check-in format in the check-in form I'm going to just list the callsign and any comments.
Here is this week's roster:
KF0S - Eric - First time using forms and the UI in PAT. Good additional small item for me to learn this week.? Using Telnet as I haven't tried hooking my computer to one of my radios again. New hardware, different OS, and lack of time from when I did this is the past. I do have access to a D700 and also a MFJ TNC connected to an older ICOM mobile I had set up long ago. I do believe I have a USB-Serial dongle that should work.?
KC9LLI - Bruce
KF9CP - Paul
KD9KGQ - Shawn
KD9POL - Rodney
KD9CZM - Chris -?Trying over HF. What are good gateways to choose from???
KD9GVS - Rick
W9GM - Ken?
K0GMK - Mark
K0WLO - Wayne - Telnet only because not usually near a shack on Thursdays??
KE0EXE - Bob - Running Winlink on PC because do not know yet how to use HF radio to send to a node.? Also not yet easy to hook up good HF antenna.? Do have good, local, 2m FM capability and a laptop in Shack; "acoustic" is my only, viable coupling-means, for now.??
Eric,? If you get the time to work on the setup and need help let me know.? I've been running Pat for a few years now.
Chris, Are you running PAT or Winlink Express?? Winlink Express has built in propagation forecasts that I have found are very useful for finding an HF gateway.? I typically use PAT which doesn't have this feature.? Here are some of the gateways I use regularly.? Of course success will vary with antennas, solar conditions, time of day, etc... so it's something you just have to get a feel for.
80 meters, day time:? N0LCR-1, NU9R, K0SI
40 meters: K0SI, K9BBS, WD5EED, KD0SFY
20 meters: KD0SFY
I see Ken has been using?VA3EOA for the past few check-ins so that might be a good option to try as well.? If anyone has any favorite HF gateways, feel free to share.
Bob, what radios are you running?? Maybe someone will have a good suggestion on an interface for your VHF radio.
73 and see you all next week.
Ben - KU0HN
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W0NE Winlink Net Roster - Week #3
We had 12 check-ins this week with a few comments.? If anyone has any suggestions, please feel free to share.
Since we didn't do the usual check-in format in the check-in form I'm going to just list the callsign and any comments.
Here is this week's roster:
KF0S - Eric - First time using forms and the UI in PAT. Good additional small item for me to learn this week.? Using Telnet as I haven't tried hooking my computer to one of my radios again. New hardware, different OS, and lack of time from when I did this is the past. I do have access to a D700 and also a MFJ TNC connected to an older ICOM mobile I had set up long ago. I do believe I have a USB-Serial dongle that should work.?
KC9LLI - Bruce
KF9CP - Paul
KD9KGQ - Shawn
KD9POL - Rodney
KD9CZM - Chris -?Trying over HF. What are good gateways to choose from???
KD9GVS - Rick
W9GM - Ken?
K0GMK - Mark
K0WLO - Wayne - Telnet only because not usually near a shack on Thursdays??
KE0EXE - Bob - Running Winlink on PC because do not know yet how to use HF radio to send to a node.? Also not yet easy to hook up good HF antenna.? Do have good, local, 2m FM capability and a laptop in Shack; "acoustic" is my only, viable coupling-means, for now.??
Eric,? If you get the time to work on the setup and need help let me know.? I've been running Pat for a few years now.
Chris, Are you running PAT or Winlink Express?? Winlink Express has built in propagation forecasts that I have found are very useful for finding an HF gateway.? I typically use PAT which doesn't have this feature.? Here are some of the gateways I use regularly.? Of course success will vary with antennas, solar conditions, time of day, etc... so it's something you just have to get a feel for.
80 meters, day time:? N0LCR-1, NU9R, K0SI
40 meters: K0SI, K9BBS, WD5EED, KD0SFY
20 meters: KD0SFY
I see Ken has been using?VA3EOA for the past few check-ins so that might be a good option to try as well.? If anyone has any favorite HF gateways, feel free to share.
Bob, what radios are you running?? Maybe someone will have a good suggestion on an interface for your VHF radio.
73 and see you all next week.
Ben - KU0HN
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W0NE Winlink Net Reminder
Hi All, It's almost time for our weekly Winlink net.? This week we will try a simple exercise. To check in this week, if your client supports it, please try to check in using the "Winlink Check-In" form found under "General Forms." If you haven't used forms before, A nice tutorial for using Winlink Express is here:?? A tutorial for PAT can be found here:?? Since a lot of check-ins are still using Telnet, use the comments field to note any roadblocks to checking in over radio.? I will share these comments with the group after the net and hopefully some of the elmers in the group can offer some help or suggestions. If your client doesn't support forms, feel free to use the standard 1-line check in format we have used the past couple of weeks.? Feel free to leave any comments below the check-in line. As always, send your message to W0NE@....73, Ben - KU0HN
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K?GMK - Mark Kelm