CM-108 USB SoundCard as an interface for SVXLink.
This CM108 Model has the capability of modification to permit the PTT to be operated via certain commands already available within the SVXLink software. The components required are a 10K…
Direwolf – Installation for APRS.
Direwolf: In the early days of Amateur Packet Radio, it was necessary to use an expensive “Terminal Node Controller” (TNC) with specialized hardware. Those days are gone. You can now…
DMR misunderstood?
I am seeing and reading about a lot of issues about how to listen to DMR as a mode, and how to use it, and what to do with it.…
A Simplified SVXBuilder
svxlink_raspberry Script build for Raspberry Pi – Repeater or Hotspot with connection to SVXPortal-UK. This package is for those who wish to construct an FM hotspot or Repeater with options…
DMR Talk Groups in Code Plugs
I am prompted to write a few lines owing to the state of some of the number of code-plugs I have seen recently. I have all the CPS software and…
SVXLink, SVXReflector and SVXPortal.
Protocol 2 of the SVXReflector is available in the latest edition of SVXLink from the Github. It is not backwards compatible with the Protocol 1, so those running an image…
SVXPortal and what it could mean for analogue repeaters.
This is the UK portal for SVXlink nodes and repeaters that currently subscribe to the network. It may appear confusing but I will attempt to describe what is taking place…
SVXLink – The DJSpot – Update
By now you will have read my previous post. This is an update to the experiments. The Raspberry Pi Zero has some great advantages, in that its footprint is small…
SVXLink – A New Hotspot – The DJSpot
Gabriel Huang BV5DJ has produced a remarkable device, giving the possibility of further enhancing the use of SVXLink and its associated modules. The DJSpot is a combination package of Raspberry…
SVXLink – a Simple Interface.
When constructing a simplex node or a repeater, your hardware can be very simple. Naturally the most expensive items will be transceivers, and those should be capable of producing ‘flat’audio,…
SVXLink – Voice Packages
British English en_GB.tar.gz – http://192.168.1.189/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/en_GB.tar.gz These files are for installation in Raspberry Pi SVXLink compilations. There are over 400 Voice samples and phrases ready to use. In SSH after compilation…
GB3EV – Eden Valley Repeater.
I was asked by the sysop Seamus G7ITT to assist in setting up GB3EV with a new type of Raspberry Pi Hat, actually designed and made in France, using the…