Building A System Fusion Simplex Node.
(Part 3)
Sunday
15th September 2019
The Radio Rally today was great, it was the first rally
that the West Tyrone Radio Club had done & the first radio rally that I had
been to in a good number of years.
It’s a small rally but had a lot to offer & had good
attendance.
The Bring & Buy was very large & had a lot to
offer, The RSGB book stand was also in attendance along with a stand that made
personalised items for the shack & badges.
Also, at the rally was Peter Bell – (P&D CB & Amateur Radio) with a huge stand.
It was here that I bit the bullet & bought a Yaesu
FTM-100D for my link radio.
I had done a bit of research & most people running
links & gateways are using these very radios.
My darling better half Caitlin bought me a new battery
for my FT-60 handheld that I had been looking online for.
After unpacking my new play toy – and reading the
instructions “Cough” I setup the radio and managed to get it to talk with the
HRI-200 Wires-X Interface.
All very easy, sadly I’m still waiting for
my ID to get onto the system so I’m not able to link up to anything yet.
Tuesday
17th September 2019
Today I contacted Yaesu UK to see if I had registered the
correct way for my ID given, I had STILL not received anything.
(Now 5 days & counting! / 3 Working Days)
A lovely woman told me that all the requests for I. D’s
goes to Japan to be sorted & entered onto the system.
I was also told that there is quite a back log now so I
could be waiting a while. ☹
Wow a few hours since my phone call to Yaesu UK & my
ID number has arrived in my Email.
The system was very easy to setup and I got a little help
from the guys in the CQ-UK Room (27793) as my node was disconnecting regularly,
but this was down to a tick box – Isn’t it always!
I turned my radio off and held the DX & GM buttons in
to go into Wires X mode & HRI-200 comes up in the screen, That’s it all
setup.
I just must work on polishing the system now to do all
the things I need it to do on the fusion network & register to get a full
node.
I still have a huge amount to learn about the Fusion
System & Wires-X but this has been a pleasure to setup & run.
Even my father (Peter EI4JR) has taken an interest in
Fusion!
This gateway will be the “Test Bed” for the 2m repeater
that we currently run on EchoLink.
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