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Locked VaraFM gateway success!

 

I'd like to announce that the W0AYE-10 VaraFM gateway and W0AYE-4 digipeater is online and passing traffic. The gateway is currently at my QTH in Olivia for testing but will be moved to the Willmar area after I'm comfortable with it's performance.
The current frequency for both the gateway and digipeater is 145.690 no tone, no offset.
Antenna is a 4el yagi at 35' pointed NNE, but will get switched to an Omni directional vertical when the gateway gets moved. The gateway radio is a Yaesu ftm-6000 running 25 watts.
Anyone is welcome to connect and use both the gateway and digipeater.
 

Anyone got a good easy step by step setup. Setting, modem speeds ,ect....

I have a digirig set up trying to go, I can head 145.69, unable to connect for now

Thanks,
?Dan


On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 6:33?PM W0AYE/BEN <w0aye.mn@...> wrote:
I'd like to announce that the W0AYE-10 VaraFM gateway and W0AYE-4 digipeater is online and passing traffic. The gateway is currently at my QTH in Olivia for testing but will be moved to the Willmar area after I'm comfortable with it's performance.
The current frequency for both the gateway and digipeater is 145.690 no tone, no offset.
Antenna is a 4el yagi at 35' pointed NNE, but will get switched to an Omni directional vertical when the gateway gets moved. The gateway radio is a Yaesu ftm-6000 running 25 watts.
Anyone is welcome to connect and use both the gateway and digipeater.

 

W0AYE-10 is on as I type this. That's the gateway call sign.

Your VARA FM program running alone can do the setup.

Under settings / soundcard / autotune with W0AYE-10 to have it auto set the transmit levels.
If it's not transmitting check the PTT setting? under "settings". Default is VOX - you want serial.
You may need the driver from here?
to make the PTT active it the device manager shows no driver for that USB serial device
Also there's a "ping" via no body (because you are direct) to W0AYE-10
Good luck, it's worth it.
73
'QBH

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Thanks, but seems like that is how I have the digirig set up already. I had done the drivers.
But nothing on the pings or auto tune yet. I'm hooked up to a Yaesu FTM-400. I can hear it transmit. I may try a 65 watt radio next.


On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 4:56?PM N0QBH Mike Berg <mikeberg@...> wrote:

W0AYE-10 is on as I type this. That's the gateway call sign.

Your VARA FM program running alone can do the setup.

Under settings / soundcard / autotune with W0AYE-10 to have it auto set the transmit levels.
If it's not transmitting check the PTT setting? under "settings". Default is VOX - you want serial.
You may need the driver from here?
to make the PTT active it the device manager shows no driver for that USB serial device
Also there's a "ping" via no body (because you are direct) to W0AYE-10
Good luck, it's worth it.
73
'QBH

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Dan, not long after I posted AYE took his -10 station off.? later, I heard someone trying to calibrate.
I'll leave my station N0QBH on in P2P VARA FM this evening.
If it hears you, it should respond when you try calibrate or ping on 145.690
Hopefully, Ben will be back on, but if not, and you get it going, you can send an email to me in the P2P mode. If I'm up & see it I'll reply pronto.
73
'QBH
 

Attached is a log file, looks like maybe it heard me.

logfile1.png

On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 4:04?PM KC0CAP Dan Gelle via <kc0cap=[email protected]> wrote:
Anyone got a good easy step by step setup. Setting, modem speeds ,ect....

I have a digirig set up trying to go, I can head 145.69, unable to connect for now

Thanks,
?Dan

On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 6:33?PM W0AYE/BEN <w0aye.mn@...> wrote:
I'd like to announce that the W0AYE-10 VaraFM gateway and W0AYE-4 digipeater is online and passing traffic. The gateway is currently at my QTH in Olivia for testing but will be moved to the Willmar area after I'm comfortable with it's performance.
The current frequency for both the gateway and digipeater is 145.690 no tone, no offset.
Antenna is a 4el yagi at 35' pointed NNE, but will get switched to an Omni directional vertical when the gateway gets moved. The gateway radio is a Yaesu ftm-6000 running 25 watts.
Anyone is welcome to connect and use both the gateway and digipeater.

 

Try my call sign N0QBH in the autotune box and let er rip.
I''m hearing you transmit when you do the auto tune.
 

No, nothing replied there.
Try auto tune to N0QBH
 

I'm just hearing back static. But hearing you.

On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 6:54?PM N0QBH Mike Berg <mikeberg@...> wrote:
No, nothing replied there.
Try auto tune to N0QBH

 

what do the autotune results say (mbe screen shot?)
 

They all show No signal.

On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 6:58?PM N0QBH Mike Berg <mikeberg@...> wrote:
what do the autotune results say (mbe screen shot?)

 

Do you get the RX meter in VARA FM to the 1 O'clock position when squelch is open?
If not likely settings in the audio levels in windows.
 

Auto tune is you sending an accending series of 10 tones while my station listens. Then it replies to yours with the results.
 

yes it is.

On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 7:03?PM N0QBH Mike Berg <mikeberg@...> wrote:
Do you get the RX meter in VARA FM to the 1 O'clock position when squelch is open?
If not likely settings in the audio levels in windows.

 

I get the blue no signal with any ping or the drive level calibrations. I hear the audio on the radio as static

On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 7:06?PM N0QBH Mike Berg <mikeberg@...> wrote:
Auto tune is you sending an accending series of 10 tones while my station listens. Then it replies to yours with the results.

 

Well, I and my station hear you and respond. You are not real strong (S2-3) but audio is pretty good.

If you have the meter screen with VARA FM running you can check your radios receive level.
Open the squelch and adjust so the VU meter is about 1-2 O'Clock. That will be near perfect receive level.
Then do the calibrate.
May the force be with you
73
'QBH
 

ya, I think I'm just in a bad spot.

On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 7:18?PM N0QBH Mike Berg <mikeberg@...> wrote:

Well, I and my station hear you and respond. You are not real strong (S2-3) but audio is pretty good.

If you have the meter screen with VARA FM running you can check your radios receive level.
Open the squelch and adjust so the VU meter is about 1-2 O'Clock. That will be near perfect receive level.
Then do the calibrate.
May the force be with you
73
'QBH
 

I double checked that the gateway is functioning properly and tried to run an auto tune to your station Mike and had no luck. I also tried doing an auto tune to Dans station and had the same results. I suspect that your stations are offline at this time of day (5:30am). Unless there is a need for me to do P2P for someone's station testing and set up,?I am going to leave the gateway running as close to 24/7 as possible.?
 

Thanks, ya I only have one radio and antenna to use when I am playing with this so will not be on much.

On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 5:36?AM W0AYE/BEN <w0aye.mn@...> wrote:
I double checked that the gateway is functioning properly and tried to run an auto tune to your station Mike and had no luck. I also tried doing an auto tune to Dans station and had the same results. I suspect that your stations are offline at this time of day (5:30am). Unless there is a need for me to do P2P for someone's station testing and set up,?I am going to leave the gateway running as close to 24/7 as possible.?

 

Here is from a ping to N0QBH now, nothing from W0AYE though

n0qbh_pin1.png


On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 8:40?AM N0QBH Mike Berg <mikeberg@...> wrote:

[Edited Message Follows]

Sorry for being the problem rather than the solution yesterday, Dan.?
My station was transmitting but it had no audio - thanks to a setting on the computer I fat fingered.
I bet your setup will work FB now. You will have enough signal to work VARA FM.

73
Mike N0QBH

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