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@Steven, @Don, Thanks for your replies re. Vara FM over Bluetooth KISS TNC. I continue to build an audio interface (600 Ohm transformers, optocoupler for PTT), so I should be able to proceed with the Vara anyway, This message has a second point of interest for me. You mentioned 2 models of the same handheld radio. Just today I returned mine (VR-N76) to the seller. Reason: the radio did not "pair" over Bluetooth with my iPhone. It did pair with Android phones, but refused to work with my Apple phone. We checked my phone with other Bluetooth devices, we checked 3 boxes of N76, the results are straightforward: this radio model does not work with this telephone. Visible symptom: in iPhone Settings => Bluetooth the radio is randomly either ignored completely, or found with proper name and then not paired. Does any of you use the iPhone and can verify my findings? The radio manufacturer states somewhere in a very fine print, that due to closed architecture of iPhone some features may be available on Android only. The problem is, that without paired Bluetooth connection no features are available (:-(). Cheers, Marek SP5ISZ

There are two radio shacks at my home. Mine upstairs connects to the east side antennas. My spouse’s shack connects to west side antennas. My Yaesu 857 connects to HF and Fm Winlink with no problem both Digipeater and local gateway. . The Yaesu 857 downstairs connects HF and can digipeat to my 857 upstairs but it can not do straight Connection to our local gateway. I turned off my 857 upstairs but the downstairs 857 still can not direct connect to our local gateway. It does respond to local repeaters so the antenna is connected properly. The 857 uses pkt to obtain access to Winlink 2 meter. Out of ideas. Any suggestions. Oh I use Digirig.

After a freakish warmup here in central Michigan to 50 F / 10C for the last two days (it was -2 F / -19 C Sunday night), the snow and ice melted allowing me to get outside and do some antenna work. I have been using a 105' / 32 meter G5RV dipole in a sloper configuration for my 40-meters APRS-over-VARA monitoring and beaconing. As of 16:30 US Eastern (2100 UTC) 28 Feb 2025, I have now replaced this with a mini-dipole made from two 40M Hamstick-type mobile whips mouinted in an MFJ bracket. This antenna is only about 12 feet / 3.6 meters above the ground to favor daytime NVIS on 40M. Looking for reception reports when night-fall reaches North America and 40 meters lengthens out. See what I'm hearing on 30M and 40M APRS-over-VARA here on my APRS mapping webservers: <http://WA8LMF.net/map> Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com Skype: WA8LMF EchoLink: Node # 14400 [Think bottom of the 2-meter band] Home Page: http://wa8lmf.net 30 Meter APRS-over VARA Frequency Details Here: <http://WA8LMF.net/VARA/NewFrequency.htm> - APRS over VARA -- <http://wa8lmf.net/VARA/APRSoverVARA> "Studio B" Ham Shack on Wheels <http://WA8LMF.net/Aliner> -

Hello, Is anyone using Winlink RMS Packet gateway with VARA FM and Soundmodem? I have tried various recommended settings and have not had success. Winlink with the VARA FM option work greats but the packet option with Soundmodem does not work. I have tried using a Digirig mobile or Rigblaster Nomic sound card setup. The Window Device Manager shows the com port and the VARA FM and Soundmodem software settings requires a com port for the PTT control, but both can't use the same com port. Perhaps I am not using the correct settings. Here is one recommendation, and I have tried others. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.winlink.org/sites/default/files/RMSE_FORMS/rms_packet_dual_mode_single_radio_setup_0.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiGgMbgm9WLAxWDJzQIHbQ3KCwQFnoECBYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2A3yoFmfg1ImSqbwMloj42 Thank you George VY1GP

I have an Yaesu FTM-500 that I am trying to get working with a Digirig. I have the 10 pin cable assembly that connect the two units together. I apparently have the receive working as the VARA FM v4.32 modem display shows the typical VU level for receive and goes to zero when I disconnect the cable. PTT appears to be working when keyed. My problem is that I do not get any modulated signal being transmitted when the transmitter is keyed. I only transmit noise. I have tried various combinations of Data Settings in the Yaesu menu without finding the correct combination. I have the latest firmware update installed on FTM-500. Thank for any assistance you may be able to supply. 73, Larry KE7AU -- Larry Driskill KE7AU

Hello All, Well, I feel kind of foolish posting this, but I got my Winlink/VARA-FM/AIOC/Baofeng combo working, and it was partly due to my ignorance and an unexpected hardware issue. My hardware setup worked to access a local BBS using Outpost and Direwolf, so I was pretty sure that aspect was good, but I could not get Winlink (RMS Express) to send or receive messages. My system would seemingly connect, but then after about 15 seconds, disconnect without doing any message actions. I had been using "Vara FM Radio-only" as the session selection. I had tried "Vara FM Winlink" but could not even get an initial connection, so I thought that wasn't the correct protocol. Subsequently, I discovered that the battery in my Baofeng was basically down to the point where it was not responding to the PTT from the AIOC, so I charged it back up, tried "Vara FM Radio-0nly", but still no joy. I then though I'd try the "Vara FM Winlink" again, since I figured it could have failed because of the PTT issue and - success! I made a good connection, sent and received a couple of messages, and also tried with my Anytone 878 radio. So, that has been my experience, perhaps it may help if someone else is scratching their heads about connection issues. 73, Dave, KJ7WT

Hello All, I am expecting to receive an AIOC interface in the next few days, after un successfully trying to use simple audio cables to my Baofeng hand-held. The VOX in the radio "hangs" for quite a while after the TX audio stops, and I'm assuming that the handshake from the RMS station is never heard. I have used Winlink/VARA on HF (IC-7300) with success, and I'd like to get VARA-FM running. Has anyone had good success with the AIOC and the Baofeng radios for Winlink/VARA? Is Direwolf required for this to work? Thanks, and 73, Dave KJ7WT

Hi, I'm looking at the above as the radio for a new Winlink Gateway. I'd use a Digirig Mobile as the interface. Is it capable of 9600 on Vara FM? Any thoughts on this application? Thanks and 73

I am running Windows 10 for Raspberry Pi4B and VARA FM 3.8.4. When I try to TUNE the soundcard ( Signalink USB) the PTT led comes on and the radio triggers but will not release with the CLOSE button. I have to go to Task Manager and kill the process. Is there a version of VARA FM for the ARM64 that I need to run instead of the x64 or x86 versions? I dont know where to find it. Thanks.

Hello, I am trying to set up mobile Icom IC-320 radio and West Mountain Rigblaster Nomic sound card to work with 2m RMS Winlink and VARA FM. The RMS Express program causes the radio to transmit and there are a sequence of "modem" sounds which are picked up by the 2m Winlink gateway. But there is "no connection" I had a similar experience trying with a Baofeng UV-5R. Has anyone had any success/experience with an IC-320 radio? Thank you George VY1GP

Hi all, So I tracked down the cause (kinda). Only when I start VARA HF and the modem Sound Card is connected on the OUTPUT side to the Jupiter Sound Card. The INPUT connection does not affect the keyboard. I verified there are only default settings for the Sound Card for INPUT and OUTPUT. The Jupiter sound connects via a Signalink with SLMOD5PD card and SLCAB5PD cable to the 5pin DIN on the radio. A RS232 to USB cable for CAT control. The INPUT sounds appears on the waterfall. When the VARA HF MODEM starts, the keyboard no longer functions. When I change the OUTPUT to any other sound card the keyboard works. Switching it back immediately blocks the keyboard. Notice the radio was never in transmit mode. No RF. Just the sound card interfering with the sound when it is connected via VARA HF. Any ideas? -- 73, Rory Griffin W4RJG

Hello group, I am fairly new to some parts of Vara I have a registered copy under one callsign but I am looking to set up a vhf gateway as there is very little coverage in my area. I wish to use another callsign I own for the gateway. Do I need to purchase another license or can. Not a problem either way Ron VA7HZ

I'm using a Kenwood TS-480SAT and a Signalink USB to run Winlink. I have the paid version of VARA HF. I am running Windows 11 on a Dell Inspiron 15 3000 laptop. I don't use WInlink that often, so I thought I would check it out. I could receive signals, but the PTT on the Signalink would not illuminate, so no RF transmit from the radio. Eventually I got that fixed, and I can send and receive e-mail via Winlink. The issue is that audio from the radio is going to the speakers on my laptop. I get audio on the radio AND the computer speakers, simultaneously. This is not a show stopper, but it is something different that before. Here is the information from Signalink to solve the problem: "TIP: If the comms program is properly configured to use the SignaLink's USB Audio Codec sound card for both transmit and receive, but the transmit audio is heard in your computer speakers, then you can usually fix this by restarting the comms program. If this doesn't work, then open the comms program's sound card setup and select a different sound card for output. Click OK or Save (as applicable) to save the settings, then re-open the program's sound card setup again and set it back to USB Audio Codec. This should resolve the issue." I tried the above fix, but the issue remains. Has anyone else encountered this issue and instituted a successful fix? Thanks, John

Hi all, Well possibly. I start RMS Trimode connected to a TenTec Jupiter with VARA HF. After that my USB keyboard won't work. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Possibly related but Norton 360 also want approval for VARA to work on the PC. This does not happen when I run Winlink Express VARA HF or VARA HF P2P connected to an ic7100. Nor RMS Trimode on an ic718 with VARA HF. -- 73, Rory Griffin W4RJG

Hello, I am sorry if this is not the right group but maybe some who know VARA protocol could give me a hint please? I am connecting to a Winlink RMS using VARA using our radio club callsign, registered about a week or two ago. What I can see in the panel is the first goes my sent ACK (probably start frame), then I can hear the other station responding, next from me is sent DATA packet, and then I can see repeated REQ being sent indicated in the panel (in red color) and there is no response from the RMS, although just a few seconds before it reacted to my sent ACK immediately and signal was loud and clear. Then I switch Winlink Express to another callsign, one I have been using a year or two, and call the same RMS on the same frequency using the same equipment. Connect happens instantly and the session is done perfectly in a matter of seconds (no mail to send or receive). Is it possible to see some VARA log or diagnostics to understand what happened? Jindra