# New DIY node with issues

**URL:** <https://community.allstarlink.org/t/new-diy-node-with-issues/22054>\
**Category:** Archive\
**Tags:** asl3\
**Created:** [October 14, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/new-diy-node-with-issues/22054 "2024-10-14T22:20:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mike](https://community.allstarlink.org/user_avatar/community.allstarlink.org/mike/32/1569_2.png) [@Mike](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/Mike)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/new-diy-node-with-issues/22054/2 "2024-10-15T21:11:26Z")

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Seems many have had issues with the sound fob as of late.  
Perhaps there is a clue in reading others solutions ?

> [@UV82 and CM108 wont release PTT](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/uv82-and-cm108-wont-release-ptt/21983/22):
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> This may be of no help, but FWIW: I recently built my first ASL node with ASL3 on a Dell thin-client PC using two HTs and a R1-2023 (Thank you to David Gleason, @NR9V, for [https://www.allscan.info/docs/diy-node.php](https://www.allscan.info/docs/diy-node.php)). When I first got things running, the transmit HT would mostly stay keyed - only dropping occasionally during the boot up process and when it should have been changing states. I kept searching for a hardware problem thinking I must have wired something up wrong. Ultimately, I found…

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