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Controlling Astersik and Raspberry Pi with DTMF

Controlling Astersik and Raspberry Pi with DTMF

Intro

Not long ago I got a call from fellow ham, he planed to travel far from home and wanted the ability to control his Allstar node in case of emergency situation. When…
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Replacing Yaesu FT-8500 Internal Battery

Replacing Yaesu FT-8500 Internal Battery

Yaesu FT-8500

Few days ago I received the Yaesu FT-8500, very old radio (the manual was printed in 1995 so I guess that’s the year this radio was produced). The radio is in good condition…
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Disabling Allstar IP Announcement on Boot

Disabling Allstar IP Announcement on Boot

Here’s a quick tip for how to disable the IP announcement when booting up Allstar. Navigate to /usr/local/etc and look for files named rc.allstar Edit this file and scroll to the bottom. Find the…
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Identify OpenSPOT local IP on foreign network

Identify OpenSPOT local IP on foreign network

What’s the problem?

Last year I wrote about the OpenSPOT and OpenWRT integration but now I encountered an issue. When I want to connect it to public WiFi network, I can connect it…
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