Boy that’s true, be careful an considerate of what you connect to. This ISN’T Echolink. I woke up today to fins a W7 had connected to my node while he was connected to 76 other nodes. Gonna blacklist him from connecting. But people need to be mindful that Allstar is a way more serious system than Echo. It’s for repeater to repeater linking. If one connects blindly to a node you may be disturbing/interrupting, etc…
For you or anyone that like listening to or participating in nets, please feel free to connect to my nodes (52782 or 50980). Nets start at 7:30am EST and run through midnight. These are nets from the US and various other countries and some nights run well past midnight.
For you or anyone that like listening to or participating in nets, please feel free to connect to my nodes (52782 or 50980). Nets start at 7:30am EST and run through midnight. These are nets from the US and various other countries and some nights run well past midnight.
Yes. My evil plan is to have at least one server covering every continent. lol The Aussie nets usually begin at 7:00pm EST with a mix of other countries including some US nets.
Mike, I see your right up the road from here
I think I may have talked to you before
most of the repeaters here in Chippewa are all AllStar machines
we use it as the full repeater controller
so you could connect to any of them with your node
or since your 10 miles away, just yell on them
the 145.23 is connected fulltime to the 147.345 in Holcombe
so whichever you go in on is the same
this system is also connected to Hayward and Duluth among other locales
at this minute I see 2 stations from FL on and the 146.655 in Bloomer
the Chippewa clubs machines (147.375,444.350) are also AllStar machines
just like everywhere else, you may have to make some activity for there to be activity
we use AllStar as the entire controller
it handles the ID,timers and all other features of a repeater controller
we had been retrofitting GE Mastr II repeaters with AllStar
but now have moved several of them to Yaesu System Fusion machines with AllStar as a external controller, so they run in dual mode Fusion/analog, but none of them is a WIRES-X machine at this time
several of us have simplex nodes in the area
the 145.230,147.345 are linked repeaters (which are connected to Barron,Duluth,St.Paul as well as Florida at times and today Vermont is hooked up
the 147.375 and the 444.350 are both W9CVA club repeaters
which are linked together on Monday night for a net are both open AllStar machines
My simplex nodes are not accessible from the network side, I use them for monitoring the local machines, as I live in a antenna compromised location
I have been here for 10 years and lived further west before that
if you listening to the local machines, it isnt really obvious that they are AllStar machines as the system works so good that everyone seems to be a local
I saw you connected to the 147.375 the other day
just have to yell as there really is not constant traffic on any machine
I was wondering if i could do the same thing, link u as i leave it on full time alos, or use it as a repeater out here in cadott somehow… and what would I have to do or get to do the same idea.
we use AllStar as the entire controller
it handles the ID,timers and all other features of a repeater controller
we had been retrofitting GE Mastr II repeaters with AllStar
but now have moved several of them to Yaesu System Fusion machines with AllStar as a external controller, so they run in dual mode Fusion/analog, but none of them is a WIRES-X machine at this time
several of us have simplex nodes in the area
the 145.230,147.345 are linked repeaters (which are connected to Barron,Duluth,St.Paul as well as Florida at times and today Vermont is hooked up
the 147.375 and the 444.350 are both W9CVA club repeaters
which are linked together on Monday night for a net are both open AllStar machines
My simplex nodes are not accessible from the network side, I use them for monitoring the local machines, as I live in a antenna compromised location
I have been here for 10 years and lived further west before that
if you listening to the local machines, it isnt really obvious that they are AllStar machines as the system works so good that everyone seems to be a local
I saw you connected to the 147.375 the other day
just have to yell as there really is not constant traffic on any machine
we have 8 repeaters in a 20 miles radius of CF
3 - Fusion/AllStar analog 2M machines
2 - AllStar UHF machines
2- analog VHF
1 - Dstar VHF on 19B fulltime
plus another 4 if you stretch that circle to the Holcombe ridge
1- AllStar VHF
1 - 6M analog
1 - analog UHF
1 - analog VHF
so there is not a lack of repeaters
and I would think you could get into most of them well from Cadott
with minimal equipment.
instead of a repeater (and all of the expense and pain they entail)
one could build out a simplex node (Raspberry Pi,audio interface,VHF or UHF radio that puts out lower power (5-10 watts) on a off beat simplex frequency
with a antenna just 15 or 20ft up you could cover quite a bit of the surrounding area.
My simplex nodes cover most of the city Chippewa proper even though I am behind a cliff
lots of documentation on the web on setting up a proper simplex node.
remember your Clearnode is a simplex node of low power so it should work just the same, but right in your yard
instead of a repeater (and all of the expense and pain they entail)
one could build out a simplex node (Raspberry Pi,audio interface,VHF or UHF radio that puts out lower power (5-10 watts) on a off beat simplex frequency
with a antenna just 15 or 20ft up you could cover quite a bit of the surrounding area.
My simplex nodes cover most of the city Chippewa proper even though I am behind a cliff
lots of documentation on the web on setting up a proper simplex node.
remember your Clearnode is a simplex node of low power so it should work just the same, but right in your yard
Mike, first thing youll need is to pick what radio you want to use
many many folks like the Alinco DR135 as it has a dsub9 connection on the back
that lets you plug a RIM-Alinco right in the back
and run the USB cable to a Raspberry Pi3 (dont use a Pi4 yet,software isnt quite ready)
you can also use a 16 pin Motorola Maxtrac/Radius radio with a RIM-MAXTRAC
but be aware of the potential power control and programming issues
but that would be the first step
what band to run on and what radio to use
I have done this with numerous radios, but sometimes surgery is required
Ok will that connect to my clearnode or do I need another raspberry pi?
Ans do they make one as nice as the clearnode one I really like it with the app and all
you will need another Pi3
the control interface is web based or via DTMF
just google Allstar simplex node
this is not a premade product, you will be building it yourself
from the parts required
but first you need to pick what band you want to run on
and then pick a radio that works in that band and can be connected to the interface