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Show us your M17 setups/capabilities!

 

Tell us what you use to get on air (or just over the Internet) with M17. Photos are welcomed.
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I currently have:
- DroidStar running on my smartphone. I used it mostly for the Friday's net (now it's called "activity day").
- 1.0 connected to a Yaesu FTM-6000 (UHF).
- ZUM Spot RPi v0.6 with
- with app running on my PC to send short text messages over RF ( offer voice mode support instead).
- CS760 ( prototype) handheld running
- Gameboy Advance running a , generating baseband of the M17 packet mode.
- Various SDRs running with M17 GNU Radio blocks ().
 

Right now, I've got DroidStar running on my Android?phone, plus Linux and Mac laptops. I have a CS7000-M17 on order, so I should be actually over-the-air soon. No M17 repeaters in Maine, so QSOs without using the internet are a ways off. I may have to drive to NH to try out?KC1AWV's repeater.

Jim
N1ADJ

On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 10:07?AM Wojciech Kaczmarski via <w.kaczmarski=[email protected]> wrote:

Tell us what you use to get on air (or just over the Internet) with M17. Photos are welcomed.
?
I currently have:
- DroidStar running on my smartphone. I used it mostly for the Friday's net (now it's called "activity day").
- 1.0 connected to a Yaesu FTM-6000 (UHF).
- ZUM Spot RPi v0.6 with
- with app running on my PC to send short text messages over RF ( offer voice mode support instead).
- CS760 ( prototype) handheld running
- Gameboy Advance running a , generating baseband of the M17 packet mode.
- Various SDRs running with M17 GNU Radio blocks ().
 

I currently have:

1) Module 17 0.1e connected to a Yaesu FTM-6000R.
2) Pi-star hotspot running WPSD connecting to the same FTM-6000R or an FTM-100DR.
3) CS7000-M17 HT running OpenRTX.
4) MMDVM repeater in Claremore, OK on 444.35 that has an M17 net once a week at 1700 UTC on Saturdays.
5) HackRF SDR that I use to play around with SDRAngel.

--Jeff AE5ME

On Saturday, August 31, 2024 at 09:07:07 AM CDT, Wojciech Kaczmarski <w.kaczmarski@...> wrote:


Tell us what you use to get on air (or just over the Internet) with M17. Photos are welcomed.
?
I currently have:
- DroidStar running on my smartphone. I used it mostly for the Friday's net (now it's called "activity day").
- 1.0 connected to a Yaesu FTM-6000 (UHF).
- ZUM Spot RPi v0.6 with
- with app running on my PC to send short text messages over RF ( offer voice mode support instead).
- CS760 ( prototype) handheld running
- Gameboy Advance running a , generating baseband of the M17 packet mode.
- Various SDRs running with M17 GNU Radio blocks ().
 

I currently have:
1) Module17 0.1e connected to a Yaesu FTM-300.
2) Pi-star hotspot running WPSD.
3) TYT MD-UV380 HT running OpenRTX
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On order:
4) CS7000-M17 PLUS?
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Repeaterbook doesn't list any M17 repeaters near Austin TX. Does anyone know of any stealth M17 repeaters?
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Hi to the group!
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I currently use
-Scott Zimmerman / Repeater Builder v3 and v4 pi-hats
- Maxon SD-125 UHF Data Radio modified to bypass the PA and connect directly to discriminator and modulator internally
- LoneStar pi-hat
- KI6ZUM pi-hat
-CS7000-M17 radio
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In addition I operate 444.025 +5mhz MMDVM repeater w/ M17 support.? MTR2000 w/ RB slide-in card, 100W @ 800feet AGL. All amateur users welcome.
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Location: Charlotte, NC? EM95
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73- Steve KA4YMY
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Steve:

Re: your Maxon unit:
* Where did you buy it and what was the cost?
* Are the mods you made for bringing out flat audio described somewhere?

A 5W UHF Maxon with flat audio might be a great student / beginner radio for data and M17.

Thanks!

Steve N8GNJ

Steve Stroh N8GNJ (he / him / his)
Editor
Zero Retries Newsletter -
Radios are Computers - With Antennas!


On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 11:46 Steve - KA4YMY via <ka4ymy=[email protected]> wrote:
Hi to the group!
?
I currently use
-Scott Zimmerman / Repeater Builder v3 and v4 pi-hats
- Maxon SD-125 UHF Data Radio modified to bypass the PA and connect directly to discriminator and modulator internally
- LoneStar pi-hat
- KI6ZUM pi-hat
-CS7000-M17 radio
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In addition I operate 444.025 +5mhz MMDVM repeater w/ M17 support.? MTR2000 w/ RB slide-in card, 100W @ 800feet AGL. All amateur users welcome.
?
Location: Charlotte, NC? EM95
?
73- Steve KA4YMY
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Hi Steve!

I purchased a few Maxon SD125's off of ebay for $22 each.

As far as I'm aware there are no modification instructions.? However, I would be glad to share my own notes, additional photos, caveats etc in a different topic thread if interested.

-Steve
KA4YMY


On 8/31/24 2:59?PM, Steve Stroh N8GNJ via groups.io wrote:

Steve:

Re: your Maxon unit:
* Where did you buy it and what was the cost?
* Are the mods you made for bringing out flat audio described somewhere?

A 5W UHF Maxon with flat audio might be a great student / beginner radio for data and M17.

Thanks!

Steve N8GNJ

Steve Stroh N8GNJ (he / him / his)
Editor
Zero Retries Newsletter -
Radios are Computers - With Antennas!
 

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Currently, I have:

Infrastructure:
- MI7JTA MMDVM running a heavily hacked version of Pi-Star, with 2 radios configured as a repeater.
- BI7JTA duplex hotspot running a hand built MMDVM software stack.

Clients/terminals:
- CS7000-M17 running OpenRTX.
- Module17 connected to my FT-818.
- MMDVM running M17Client, which can also use the FT-818.
- TNC3 with Android phone (app doesn't like my phone so this is tricky to get going).
- Digirig, which can theoretically work with M17tools (doesn't like my laptop) or the text messaging client (not yet tested).
- PlutoSDR with SDR++, which I use mainly for testing my setups and transmitter adjustment.

On 1/9/24 12:07 am, Wojciech Kaczmarski via groups.io wrote:
Tell us what you use to get on air (or just over the Internet) with M17. Photos are welcomed.
?
I currently have:
- DroidStar running on my smartphone. I used it mostly for the Friday's net (now it's called "activity day").
- 1.0 connected to a Yaesu FTM-6000 (UHF).
- ZUM Spot RPi v0.6 with
- with app running on my PC to send short text messages over RF ( offer voice mode support instead).
- CS760 ( prototype) handheld running
- Gameboy Advance running a , generating baseband of the M17 packet mode.
- Various SDRs running with M17 GNU Radio blocks ().


-- 
73 de Tony VK3JED/VK3IRL

 

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I forgot to mention that I also have DroidStar on an Android tablet and a Windows PC, in addition to all of the RF options.

On 1/9/24 12:07 am, Wojciech Kaczmarski via groups.io wrote:
Tell us what you use to get on air (or just over the Internet) with M17. Photos are welcomed.
?
I currently have:
- DroidStar running on my smartphone. I used it mostly for the Friday's net (now it's called "activity day").
- 1.0 connected to a Yaesu FTM-6000 (UHF).
- ZUM Spot RPi v0.6 with
- with app running on my PC to send short text messages over RF ( offer voice mode support instead).
- CS760 ( prototype) handheld running
- Gameboy Advance running a , generating baseband of the M17 packet mode.
- Various SDRs running with M17 GNU Radio blocks ().


-- 
73 de Tony VK3JED/VK3IRL

 

Steve:

Please do share your modification notes!

Steve N8GNJ

Steve Stroh N8GNJ (he / him / his)
Editor
Zero Retries Newsletter -
Radios are Computers - With Antennas!


On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 12:58 Steve - KA4YMY via <ka4ymy=[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Steve!

I purchased a few Maxon SD125's off of ebay for $22 each.

As far as I'm aware there are no modification instructions.? However, I would be glad to share my own notes, additional photos, caveats etc in a different topic thread if interested.

-Steve
KA4YMY


On 8/31/24 2:59?PM, Steve Stroh N8GNJ via wrote:
Steve:

Re: your Maxon unit:
* Where did you buy it and what was the cost?
* Are the mods you made for bringing out flat audio described somewhere?

A 5W UHF Maxon with flat audio might be a great student / beginner radio for data and M17.

Thanks!

Steve N8GNJ

Steve Stroh N8GNJ (he / him / his)
Editor
Zero Retries Newsletter -
Radios are Computers - With Antennas!
 

All the Steves need to share the modification and setup notes!
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As I mentioned on the air with KA4YMY, I may be going to Charlotte for work sometime in the near future, so he and I could possibly meet up depending on availability. At the very least, I could pop on the repeater while down there.
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--

Steve KC1AWV
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