John, anyone:
Is there a difference between the Satoshi and Enicomms node adapters
that I need to consider?
Yes, the VXR-5000 does have discriminator output. I believe the TX side
can be optioned to be flat, but don't know much beyond that, so I'll
have to do some research.
Chuck - N8DNX
On 8/26/2010 5:09 PM, John Hays wrote:
Chuck,
I don't have personal experience with the VXR 5000, but if Pin 3 is
flat to the modulator and pin 6 is flat from the discriminator and it
is true FM (no PM), then it may be a good candidate. Just start with
my article and the pinout at
http://www.repeater-builder.com/yaesu-vertex-standard/vxr-5000/vxr-5000-repeater-mods.html
-- buy a node adapter (Satoshi or Enicomms) and give it a try, if the
VXRs work out, let us all know, if not, look for something that will
work like the Kenwood TKRs and use the node adapter with that.
Expertise on Node Adapters: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmsk_dv_node
Software expertise: http://w9arp.com/hotspot/ ,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcrepeatercontroller ,
http://g4ulf.blogspot.com