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PID: C-NET AMIGA BBS 5.36b
  Good morning!

Depending on how much money you want to spend and how complex you want your
system to be, there are several ways to get a Simplex stationm setup.  

I run one here in Pensacola, FL (KF6HDJ-L ) - Here is my system.

Radio:  Yaesu FT 2980 (At 85)watts.
Antenna: Diamond X30A (Up 22 feet).
Computer Interface: RIGBlaster NOMIC.
USB Soundcard interface.
Software: Echolink Client in SysOp Mode on Windows 11.

Some considerations to improve mysetup.

Having a radio that can do 85W out of the box is nice, but outside of
implementing and testing I would buy an external amplifier.  Let it do the
work and not the radio!

Get a radio with a dedicated DATA port, you can use this for a hardware
carrier sense circuit so you do not have to rely on the Echolink clients VOX
to send your signal over the internet.


Look in to a used Kenwood with built-in Echolink support, (As far as I know
Kenwood is the only manufacture that has built in Echolink support).

If you want to get into a friendly BBS / Ham Radio competition.  I check in to
the East Coast Reflector's Trivia Net weekly.  I would like to get a friendly
competition going on my BBS.  Check out the BBS in my signiture for more
details.

Brent Hendricks (Rug Rat)
bbs - bbs.catracing.org 6840
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