Today Robert NC5R shows us how to back up a Micro SD Card from a allstar node, hotspot or any raspberry pi. Using win 32 disc imager. Link can be found to download the program below.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tkr7abbwg0fxkks/win32diskimager-1.0.0-install.exe?dl=0

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In this podcast Joe VK7JS gives a demo of his great feature of the Accessible GD77 s firmware. Enhanced keyboard and custom voice prompts.

The firmware can be found at.

HAM RADIO LINKS (blindhams.com)

Today Joe VK7JS demos his great new feature of the open source accessible GD77 firmware. How you can record on the radio up to 10 custom voice prompts. 

The link to the firmware can be found 

HAM RADIO LINKS (blindhams.com)

Johnny NE5L helps us assemble Anderson Power Poll connectors from a blind hams prospective. 

Today we talk antennas that can work in a HOA environment with Trippy AC8S, Rick N3GMS, Russ KN4MLR an Joel W0CAS. 

Here is the link to all of the products that relate to the mag loop.

Total magnetic loop product list:

https://alphaantenna.com/product-category/vhf-uhf-hf-antennas/magnetic-loop-magloop-antennas/

TN07.com

MY Go 2 antenna

https://tn07.com/my-go2-antenna

A few reviews of the TN07 My go2 antenna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JdQex115o4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njUTGpfMHu4&t=328s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr4QQ2LwTVM

The Snake antenna artical by Trippy AC8S

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3cfpr9y3pdvmfcy/The%20Snake%20Antenna.txt?dl=1

the place to order a pre-made Snake Antenna. call 8668993947 Ask for Jim N6DHZ

http://www.dxstore.com/

This show Julian N1CA, Joel W0CAS, Chris NE5V talk to Joseph about the great new features he has added to the Radioddity GD77 S. Which is adding a virtual keyboard and auto zone function to a radio with only 3 buttons 2 knobs and a PTT. 

To get a copy of Joe's firmware for now e-mail him at.

[email protected]

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Today Julian N1CA and Joel W0CAS talk with Joe VK7JS about the Accessible GD77 project. Joe ask if anyone has features and bug reports to contact him. He also would like to ask if their any blind C programmers that would like to help with the project?

[email protected]

Here is the GetHub page where Joe uploads his source code.

GitHub - HegrJan/BlindGD77: Firmware for DMR transceivers using the NXP MK22 MCU, AT1846S RF chip and HR-C6000 DMR chipset. Including the Radioddity GD-77, Baofeng DM-1801 and Baofeng RD-5R. Fork of the continued VK3KYY project tailored for blind users.

From NE5V

The weather_data.php script works as a companion to AutoSky.  It is not a replacement.  It uses AutoSky to obtain any information on warnings in your area. 

Go to www.kd8tig.com/downloads and look for the file:  weather_data.tgz.  Then copy it to a directory on your node.  I used /usr/local/sbin.

A cleaner and faster way to get this is to ssh into your node, and in the directory of your choice execute the following command.  I will use my example.

cd /usr/local/sbin

wget http://www.kd8tig.com/downloads/weather_data.tgz

Once you have this file in the /usr/local/sbin directory by using one of these methids do the following:

tar zxvf weather_data.tgz

The resulting file is weather_data.php

If you find that file, you need to make it executable.  To do this type

Chmod + x weather_data.php

 If you are not in the directory where the file exists then include the full pathname to the file such as /usr/local/sbin/weather_data.php

At this point, it's a good idea to test the script in case you encounter any problems.  I went to option 9 on the hamvoip menu which is the Bash shell prompt. and ran the script with a radio turned on to see what happened.

Then you can add a function in the [functions stanza located in rpt.conf to call the script.  It could look something like this.

83=cmd,/usr/local/sbin/weather_data

Once the function is created and files are loaded, go to option 11 on the main menu of the node, which is the asterisk client.

Type

Rpt reload

This reloads rpt.conf

Then, when AutoSky issues a warning, you can press *83 to see what the warning is.  If there are no warnings or watches, invoking the script will report no active watches or warnings.  

You can choose any function.  I chose *83 since *81 and *82 are time and weather related. 

From NE5V

This is for anyone interested in adding DTMF Command functions to the ClearNode.

I was parusing the rpt.conf file in my ClearNode and found the following line at the end of the [functions stanza.

#includeifexitsts custom/my_dtmf_commands.conf

This line allows a user to add DTMF functions that won't go away when the ClearNode software is updated, or when a user changes which digital mode to use.

Here's how it works.

The statement assumes that there is a directory of the /etc/asterisk directory called "custom" and that in this directory is a file called "my_dtmf_commands_conf". Be sure to make all the letters in the directory and filename lower case, since that is the case specified in the #includeifexists statement.

One way to create the directory is through WINSCP. Go to the asterisk directory and once in that directory press F7 then enter "custom" as the directory name. Don't use the "".

If you choose to do this from the shell prompt, which is option 9 on the menu when you ssh to the node, do the following.

Go to the Asterisk directory by using

cd /etc/asterisk

Once there type

mkdir custom

This creates the custom directory.

Then use whatever method you want to create the file. I did it in Winscp by going to the custom directory, pressed shift+F4, and gave it the file name my_dtmf_commands

Another way is to go to the shell prompt after ssh into the node. This is option 9 on the menu. Then type

nano /etc/asterisk/custom/my_dtmf_commands

The entries in my file look like this.

D6=cop,32 ;Touchtone test. Enter digits with last as #

d7=cop,34 ; Telemetry Off

d8=cop,33 ; Telemetry on

d9=cop,35 ; Telemetry limited

The information after the ; explain what the commands do.

Save your work.

The next step is to make the files executible. Go to the custom directory. Then type

chmod + x my_dtmf_commands.conf

Then go to option 11 in the node menu which is the asterisk client. type

rpt reload

You then can execute the commands in the custom file. For example *D7 in my example turns off telemetry.

This apparently works only for adding functions, not overwriting them. I've been testing this, if I want to overwrite a function, the #includeifexists needs to be at the top of the stanza. I tried this in the telemetry stanza, because I wanted to overwrite the default courtesy tones. I put this at the top of the telemetry stanza

#includeifexists custom/my_telemetry.conf

I put the courtesy tones in the file using the methods above, and when I saved settings in the app, the new tones stayed.

This isn't Clearnode specific, but I thought it would be of interest, particularly to Clearnode users.

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Mark WB3CAI shows us how to update the firmware of the Kenwood TS590SG using a screen reader.

Update firmware for the Kenwood TS590SG HF transceiver.

Select a COM port by the following procedures.

Remove the power supply cable from the transceiver. 

Connect the transceiver's USB port or COM port to your PC's USB port or RS-232C serial port using a USB cable or an RS-232C cable. 

Connect the power supply cable to the transceiver. 

Select the COM port to use from the pull-downed list. 

Click the [Update] button.

By following procedures, prepare transceiver side.

2-1 Turn the transceiver power OFF.

2-2 Press and hold [M.IN] key, then turn the transceiver power ON.

2-3 Confirm the current version number and "PROGRAM" appearing on the LCD display.

Note: Operating or running any other application software on Windows while new firmware is being written to the transceiver may result in the writing of new firmware to the transceiver to be unstable. Do not operate nor run any other application software on Windows while new firmware is being written to the transceiver.

When you are ready, press the [OK] button.

The dialog box to confirm the firmware version will open.

After confirm the firmware version, press the [OK] button.

The firmware update is performed automatically.

During the update, the firmware version number changes to "-.--" on the LCD display of the transceiver, and the display "PROGRAM" as well as the transmit and receive LED (orange) blink. The lower meter also changes.

When the firmware update is successful, "Completed! The firmware has been updated." appears.

The new firmware version number and "PROG OK" appear on the LCD display of the transceiver.

Click the [OK] button, then a dialog box which explains the procedure to finish the updating appears. 

Note: If an error message appears during the update, confirm the COM port setting or cable connections, then try to update the firmware again.

To finish the updating, execute the following procedures.

2-1 Turn the transceiver power OFF.

2-2 Remove the USB cable or RS-232C cable from the transceiver.

2-3 Press and hold [A/B] key, then turn the transceiver power ON.

2-4 Press [A/B] key to perform the Full Reset.