The SBARC Telecommunications Services Committee has been hard at work rebuilding the club’s Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) repeater systems. As part of the completion of the second phase of this project, the 70cm repeater VoIP playground is now open!
Both AllStar Link and EchoLink systems are supported for incoming and outgoing link connections on the K6TZ 446.400 repeater. Local amateur stations can control the node over using DTMF commands to link to repeaters around the globe.
Many hams may be familiar with EchoLink and IRLP, two mature ham radio VoIP systems that permit node-to-node and node-to-conference server connections. AllStar Link is a newer and very powerful radio linking system based on the open source telephone PBX software Asterisk. The AllStar network has grown tremendously over the past few years and lends itself very well to experimentation.
There is a new section on the SBARC website with a short primer on the new VoIP system including complete documentation of the DTMF commands used to control the 70cm node. Read more and start experimenting in SBARC VoIP playground!
Thanks in particular to Ludo, K6LUD for his work to become our resident AllStar Link and Asterisk guru!
Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM
Co-Chair, SBARC Telecommunications Services Committee
www.levi.maaia.com
+1.805.604.5384
SBARC has a new open Yaesu System Fusion (YSF) repeater on a digital repeater test pair located at the Club’s La Vigia Hill Mesa site in Santa Barbara!
You need not be a member of SBARC to use this digital-only repeater. Anyone with access to a System Fusion radio available may tune to the K6TZ YSF test pair:
YSF Repeater Transmits / You Listen: 449.46250
YSF Repeater Listens / You Transmit: 444.46250
Signal and coverage reports are welcome. Please email the telecom team using the form at:
https://www.sbarc.org/contact-us/
Please note: the WB6OBB 449.400 repeater (formerly testing System Fusion) is presently offline and will return soon as an analog FM-only repeater atop Broadcast Peak.
Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM
Co-Chair, SBARC Telecommunications Services Committee
www.levi.maaia.com
+1.805.604.5384
