I cheated with the cable, as I said,
because I knew the Module17 was pin compatible with the BI7JTA and
Repeater Builders MMDVM boards, for which I had a cable on hand.?
You can order just the cable for these boards online for the 6 pin
mini DIN connector.? I also believe there's a 6 to 10 pin adapter,
which will work with the newer Yaesu radios, but I could be wrong.
On 4/6/24 10:07 pm, Steve K3FZT via
groups.io wrote:
Thank you, Tony, for the description of your
efforts for M17. I've been circling M17 RF for over a year and
am on the threshold now with a Lilygo M17 module 0.1e and a
cable that's almost ready for testing with my Yaesu FTM-300. My
familial essential tremor limits my soldering activity to
mornings before coffee and getting probes on it will be
similarly challenging. I've got several home assembled
(assembled not built,?one with a BI7JTA board) WPSD hotspots
w/MMDVM patched up to 1.6x for M17. I was interested in your
story about the dual analog/digital hotspot. I'm halfway there
with a radioless public node in the crowd w/ASL 2.0.3 beta on
Debian 12.5 that I'm next going to install a private ASL node
and then DVSwitch onto that cloud instance and connect to it via
Allstar. This is just an exercise in learning a bit of command
line linux and ASL and DVSwitch configuration files as I don't
expect to maintain it through software and os updates.
I'm looking for someone local who would modify a TYT
MD-UV380 for me and I have picked up a used Icom HT waiting
for one of those M17 modules I've read about on the Discord.
Following with interest.
73 de K3FZT / Steve?
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Steve
Davidson K3FZT | GMRS: WRVS468
Supporting
VARA FM Wide/1200bd
Packet
WIRES-X
Room #85218 "MARC-DARBY" 444.050 mHz
Hi
everyone, just a quick introduction.
Tony, VK3JED here, located in central Victoria, Australia.
I've been following the M17 Project since late 2020, when I
discovered it by accident via one of the DVSwitch mailing
lists.? I've been involved in the community since in a few
ways - testing software and hardware, promoting M17 at
hamfests and club meetings, and supporting other users on the
M17 Discord, Facebook and other social media.
Equipment wise, I have the following:
Gateways
BI7JTA duplex hotspot with hand built MMDVM stack (no Pi-Star
or WPSD) running on a Pi 3B.? The reason for the unusual
configuration is because the hotspot is an analogue and
digital hotspot, with an AllStar node driving a SHARI for the
analogue side.? I had to use the ASL 2.0 beta image, then
install the MMDVM software on top from source.
BI7JTA V3F4 MMDVM with external radios on a Pi 3B, configured
as a repeater.? This runs a heavily hacked version of Pi-Star,
as it dates back to the first M17 capable version of MMDVMHost
and M17Gateway.? While I've upgraded software components, I
haven't replaced the system with anything like WPSD (yet).?
Currently, the repeater is running into a dummy load.? I have
to install its antenna and update the licence paperwork.
M17 radios
BI7JTA V3F4 MMDVM running M17Client.? This was my first
operational M17 radio setup.? The radio used with this MMDVM
is a FT-818 in 9600 PKT mode.
Module17 (Rev 0.1e).? Also configured to work with the
FT-818.? Uses the same interface cable as the MMDVM.
TNC3 with experimental firmware.
SDR++ (Rx only).? Very useful for testing M17 transmitters,
because SDR++ has a very good M17 decoder with reference lines
that allow you to check deviation.? I usually use a PlutoSDR
as the RF front end.
I also have a RT3S, but need to get it modified.? I don't
trust my fine motor coordination.
Anyway, I should be able to help others get on the air.
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73 de Tony VK3JED/VK3IRL
