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Michael (DK1MI)

It’s working! Just had my first QSO on Hubnet via Allstar with some wonderful people helping me to configure my audio levels. This is way more fun than DMR.

@DL6MHC Uhhh, tell me more? Looks interesting?

@dl5psy This is an AllstarLink node which consists of

* Raspberry pi 4 with Asterisk (voip software)
* modified Baofeng 888s
* DC-DC converters
* modified USB soundcard

With this I have my personal FM simplex repeater at home which is able to connect to other Allstar nodes as well as to Echolink hosts (not tried yet). With a simple analog FM HT you can connect to other nodes via DTMF and work the world.

Here is a good starting point: allstarsetup.com/
And here: youtube.com/watch?v=qzmHeXg268M

allstar setup.comHow to make an Allstar node - allstar setup.comBy admin

@dl5psy Since it is working now, I can now do the fun stuff, eg. adding a LCD to the frontpanel.

I was thinking about posting a write-up on my website so I won't forget what I've done when I need to fix something in the future ;)

@DL6MHC That is always a good idea.

@DL6MHC I even started watching the video already before you posted it. must have seen it in my TL before... but 🐿️ 🧠

:D

@dl5psy I really like this channel - lots of good info well presented. I built the node because of this video popping up in my recommendations :)