- #You tube chirp programming the yeasu vx 8 serial#
- #You tube chirp programming the yeasu vx 8 software#
- #You tube chirp programming the yeasu vx 8 Pc#
- #You tube chirp programming the yeasu vx 8 free#
The antenna setup is tricky since I am unable to put up anything outside. I had mixed feelings if this would even work as it had some issues with the HF rig, but so far it’s been running great. I have the scanners hooked up to my old Samlex 1223 power supply. Luckily I had an old Dell Optiplex GX260 here that would be suitable for streaming. I debated on adding a second sound card to the computer streaming the weather radio, but decided it’d be easier to just use a second computer. I found a decent deal on some Bearcat BC350A’s on eBay, so I purchased 2 of them. My plan was to run a stereo feed with the left channel going to one repeater and the right channel going to the other repeater. I’m already familiar with the streaming process as I stream the Champaign, Illinois NOAA weather radio on Wunderground. I recently got a wild hair to stream some ham radio audio. Check it out and let me know what you think! I’ve put together a little video about my Icom 880H. (especially if the repeater is linked to a reflector or another repeater.) You can set it up to automatically send it every so often, but that is highly frowned upon. Please note that your position will only show up on APRS when you push the PTT button on the microphone. You can see my position on the APRS network: Inside that menu you’ll also want to change your symbol (the icon that shows up on the APRS map), add a comment and enable the direction/speed ( DT EXT –> CUR.SPD) if you want that to show up. It defaults to DVG, but needs to be on DVA. When it has acquired a good satellite lock, the indicator will stay on.Īnother thing you need to change for it to work with APRS is the GPS-TX mode. If everything is hooked up properly, you will see the GPS indicator in the top right start blinking indicating it sees your GPS. Go into the SET menu, then FUNC and then SPEED and change it to 4800. You need to change it to 4800 bps for it to work with the GPS 18x unit. The first is the data speed which defaults to 9600 bps. There’s a few things in the radio you need to change before the GPS will work. You hook it up to the Icom 880H with a null modem adapter.
#You tube chirp programming the yeasu vx 8 serial#
It’s a very basic GPS unit with a 12v cigarette plug and 9-pin serial port on it.
#You tube chirp programming the yeasu vx 8 Pc#
(most of the other D-STAR radios have GPS built in) I chose the Garmin GPS 18x PC for my setup. There is a way to get your position on the Icom 880H to the APRS network, but you need to add a GPS to the radio. One thing I’ve missed that my old Kenwood D700A had is the APRS functionality. It also scans air frequencies which are fun to listen to once in a while. Another nice thing is the radio has a weather alert that lets you know when bad weather is approaching. I’ve had this antenna hooked up to other radios over the years and it works great with the 880H. I have the radio plugged into my Comet CA2X4SR dual band antenna mounted on the door with a Diamond K400 mount. It’s a time consuming process but at least I can put the frequencies where I want them in the radio.
#You tube chirp programming the yeasu vx 8 software#
I ended up putting the spreadsheet on one side of my screen and the Icom software on the other and manually typing in the repeaters that I wanted. Now this still doesn’t let me import into the Icom software. I then opened it in a spreadsheet program called LibreOffice Calc (Microsoft Office works as well) which then lets me sort and filter by regions of the state. I finally decided to go to the Illinois Repeater Association website and copy/paste the repeaters into a text file.
However, getting it from CHIRP into the Icom software is very clunky.
#You tube chirp programming the yeasu vx 8 free#
There is another free programming software called CHIRP that lets you import from these sites. The problem is there is no way to directly import frequencies from sites like RepeaterBook and RFinder.
It’s a pretty basic program, but it gets the job done. I know most folks prefer the RT Systems software, but I decided to try the free Icom programming software instead. I figured it would be a good idea to program it with the computer, so I ordered the OPC-1529R data cable. The analog frequencies weren’t too difficult, but D-STAR was a bit more difficult. When I got the rig, I tried programming a few repeaters in manually just to see if I could do it. We have a growing D-STAR network here in Illinois so it seemed like a good idea to have a radio with D-STAR. One thing that intrigued me about this setup was the fact that it has D-STAR capability built into it. I settled on the Icom 880H 2m/70cm mobile rig. I couldn’t afford a brand new rig, so I looked at the ham classified sites to see what was available. I decided to sell my iPad to help fund the radio purchase. One of the things I missed the most was the trusty dual band rig in the car. I’m slowly rebuilding my ham radio shack after getting rid of everything a few years ago.
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