VARA APRS Few Takers
All: Few takers on 30M VARA APRS this evening - mostly IGATES : ) Tony -K2MO
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Tony
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#8525
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Re: What sets the Vara modem speed?
*I wonder if the issue is Windows XP.? Looking at the official VARA website, I notice that a statement about what flavors of Windows it works on is conspicuously missing. ?? [The add-on VarAC Chat
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WA8LMF
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#8524
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Re: What sets the Vara modem speed?
Erik The transmit station setup is a Windows XP laptop connected to a DRA-30 sound card connected to a Icom- IC 706 MKIIG. The laptop is running Ui-View, VSPE Emulator with Vara. The ALC and power is
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wa5luy
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#8523
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Re: Alinco DR-185
Dave I was replying to the OP (SMILEY), who who said he was using a Signalink with his Alinco DR-185, and already was successfully running Packet with that setup. Mark - AD7EF
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Mark Davis
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#8522
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Re: Alinco DR-185
Not sure which Alinco Model you¡¯re referring to? This is from Masters Communications website: Alinco DR-735T (DRA-50M REV2, DRA-52, '80, 'SR or '100 required for proper PTT operation - Maximum
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Dave Parker WB7WHG
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#8521
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Re: Windows 11, vara hf and Yaesu FTdx10
Update - based on a post I saw recently in a Winlink groups.io applicable to a different radio, I learned that in Winlink Express when the radio name is selected in the PTT Port area, it means that
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Lee Bengston
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VARA FM keying
I use a very common, simple, and fairly inexpensive solution to keying VARA FM on most any FM Radio. I use a DRA-30 (other DRA models will work too) to provide the sound card function and the PTT
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Rick Muething
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#8519
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Re: What sets the Vara modem speed?
No. Thats from the recording device I connected to the radio input to hear the sound. The problem is the switch to data you hear. Every location beacon I have heard use the tones that start out in the
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wa5luy
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#8518
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Re: Alinco DR-185
SMILEY, The radio-specific settings in the VARA FM modem software apply only to PTT activation... and only for those radio models that provide a serial port or USB connector that supports PTT
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Mark Davis
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#8517
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Re: What sets the Vara modem speed?
How do you beacon this to the air and what's there to decode it? Have you followed up the VARA modem TX tuning guidance with ALC leveling etc? 73, Erik OH2LAK N5LAK [email protected]> wrote:
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Erik Finskas OH2LAK
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#8516
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Re: VARA HF Disconnects Before Messages Are Sent
Thanks to everyone for some great information and links.? Gave me lots to research and learn since the IC-7300 and Vara are new to me. I figured out how to lower the ALC on the radio, because the
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WA4WSZ - Patricia
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Re: Kenwood TS890 and USB-DATA mode - VARA rig command issues
On 12/6/2024 11:37 AM, Guy Zebrick via groups.io wrote: > Hey all. New to VARA. I've gotten it to work with WInlink Express and my Kenwood TS890 radio with some success. One issue I can't seem to get
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WA8LMF
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Kenwood TS890 and USB-DATA mode - VARA rig command issues
Hey all. New to VARA. I've gotten it to work with WInlink Express and my Kenwood TS890 radio with some success. One issue I can't seem to get to function 100% reliably or repeatable is when I select a
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Guy Zebrick
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#8513
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Re: Alinco DR-185
Off topic but too bad they discontinued the Alinco DR-135 with the rear data port. It works great for VARA FM wide with the Repeater Builder interface. Bob [email protected]> wrote:
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Bob W0EG
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Alinco DR-185
Unable to set up vara fm with my Alinco DR-185 with Signalink. Alinco is not listed in the radio brands. Packet Winlink works just fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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SMILEY kz4zk
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#8511
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Re: What sets the Vara modem speed?
I hear a strong hum in the recording. Wonder if that might be going out over the air, and causing issues? 73, -- Dave, N8SBE, Hamshack Hotline 590-0971, HamsOverIP 101018, AmateurWire 1348 Links:
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Dave New, N8SBE
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#8510
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Re: VARA HF Disconnects Before Messages Are Sent
Patricia, The vagaries of HF propagation may be at work, here. 1) When you go to any band on your IC-7300, you should see activity in the FT8 channel. If not, then the band for your location is really
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Dave New, N8SBE
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#8509
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Re: What sets the Vara modem speed?
I have attached an audio recording of the Vara beacon from my XP laptop running Ui-View and VSPE Emulator. You can hear the switch in tones. I also noticed the data icon on the Vara screen goes green
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wa5luy
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#8508
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Re: VARA HF Disconnects Before Messages Are Sent
For propagation information, I highly recommend www.voacap.com/hfOnce you learn how to use it, and how to interpret the info, it can be very useful!I use it regularly for point-to-point comms.Ken
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Kenneth G. Gordon
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#8507
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30M APRS-over-VARA - Activity Increasing
I am seeing more stations today on the new 30-Meters APRS-over-VARA channel at *_10.148.20 MHz USB_* "dial frequency".? The screen capture below from UIview shows what I was seeing here in central
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WA8LMF
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