<contenttype="html"><p>I have just received word that Jason/VK7ZJA passed away on the morning of 17-JAN-2023. I never spoke to him, but he did write a <em>very</em> detailed page of modifications and technical documentation
for the Anytone 878 DMR HT; as well as a few others.</p>
<p>Though I currently don’t own one, I may in the future; and the amount of work and information Jason put on to the page is too valuable to lose. As a service to the ham community, I am mirroring
his pages so that they may be reliably available in the future (or for however long I can keep my hosting). I am currently working my way through modifying all of his HTML pages to facilitate
mirroring, removing external and unnecessary file hosting links, and adding SK notices. All of these will be collected on a page when the project is finished. However, the 878 page is complete.</p>
<contenttype="html"><p>One of the reasons I started this site back up was to have a place to write about my experiences building a digital interface to the FT-1000MP MKV and
some of the lessons learned while doing it. So it makes sense it was one of the first things I did <em>after</em> the long process of building the site.</p>
<p><a href="//pages/ft1000mp/2023/01/15/why-the-dvs-2-port-is-better-for-digital-modes/">Read it here.</a></p>
<p><a href="https://nq4t.com/pages/ft1000mp/2023/01/15/why-the-dvs-2-port-is-better-for-digital-modes/">Read it here.</a></p>
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<img class="wrap-left" src="/images/dvsport.jpg" />One of the things on my list was to see about home-brewing a DVS-2. I didn’t feel like spending the money to find one on that auction site, in fact I refuse to do any
business with that place to start with. I knew the port had some additional control lines other than just audio and PTT, so I did a little digging around to see what
they might do. That’s when I stumbled across &lt;a href=”https://www.va3cr.net/accessories/DVS2.htm&gt;VA3CR’s page&lt;/a&gt; (SSL expired) about the DVS-2 as well as
they might do. That’s when I stumbled across <a href="https://www.va3cr.net/accessories/DVS2.htm">VA3CR’s page</a> (SSL expired) about the DVS-2 as well as
<a href="https://www.qsl.net/gm0onx/ft1000mp%20interface.htm" target="_blank"> GM0ONX’s page</a> about an interface that used the DVS-2 port. Both pages provided information
about interfacing with this port, with VA3CR’s page providing a truth-table for the control lines. Though I’d originally planned on making a hardware device for voice-keying,
this was just single-tracked thought. Both of these pages gave me the solution I really needed: just interface with the DVS-2 port. The muting of the microphone when keying
<spanclass="post-date">20 Jan 2023 · Tagged: Ham-Problems</span>
<p>One of the reasons I started this site back up was to have a place to write about my experiences building a digital interface to the FT-1000MP MKV and
some of the lessons learned while doing it. So it makes sense it was one of the first things I did <em>after</em> the long process of building the site.</p>
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<p><em>Updated since first posting</em></p>
<p><ahref="//pages/ft1000mp/2023/01/15/why-the-dvs-2-port-is-better-for-digital-modes/">Read it here.</a></p>
<p>We all hear about it, we’ve probably experienced it, and we’ve all done our fair share of fighting with it.
So what happens when RF decides to suddenly appear in your shack? How did I solve this latest problem? How
the hell did I even notice it in the first place?</p>
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<spanclass="post-date">19 Jan 2023 · Tagged: Site</span>
<p>I have completed (I hope) modifying all of VK7ZJA’s pages for mirroring and have created a page where I will list
those and future mirrors. The link is in the sidebar/menu. 73.</p>
<spanclass="post-date">18 Jan 2023 · Tagged: Site</span>
<p>I have just received word that Jason/VK7ZJA passed away on the morning of 17-JAN-2023. I never spoke to him, but he did write a <em>very</em> detailed page of modifications and technical documentation
for the Anytone 878 DMR HT; as well as a few others.</p>
<p>Though I currently don’t own one, I may in the future; and the amount of work and information Jason put on to the page is too valuable to lose. As a service to the ham community, I am mirroring
his pages so that they may be reliably available in the future (or for however long I can keep my hosting). I am currently working my way through modifying all of his HTML pages to facilitate
mirroring, removing external and unnecessary file hosting links, and adding SK notices. All of these will be collected on a page when the project is finished. However, the 878 page is complete.</p>
<spanclass="post-date">15 Jan 2023 · Tagged: Site</span>
<p>I’ve decided to revive the website. I had no real content on the previous one, so we’re starting fresh. Please be patient as I work on getting everything up
and new stuff finalized.</p>
<p>One of the reasons I started this site back up was to have a place to write about my experiences building a digital interface to the FT-1000MP MKV and
some of the lessons learned while doing it. So it makes sense it was one of the first things I did <em>after</em> the long process of building the site.</p>
<p>73,
NQ4T</p>
<p><ahref="https://nq4t.com/pages/ft1000mp/2023/01/15/why-the-dvs-2-port-is-better-for-digital-modes/">Read it here.</a></p>
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<p>The second half of 2022 saw me not very active in the hobby due to illness. Yes, I got Covid; and I’ve had some lingering issues from it. But most of it was the fact I lost complete trust in my employer after forcing it upon me through lies, deception, and general disrespect. It had been a very long time coming, far too long by some standards. But it put me in a situation where I had to sell all of my station to get by. The good news is, a couple of wonderful OM from the local club got a HF rig into my hands over the holidays; and a Yaesu FT-1000MP MKV at that.</p>
<p>Outside Of Radio
For close to 20 years I spent my working life as a coin-op technician; fixing pinball machines, video arcade games, jukeboxes, slot machines, and anything in general that took a coin. I enjoyed the job, just not who I was doing it for at times. It physically destroyed my body, resulting in a L4-L5 spinal herniation that will be a problem for the rest of my life; pain, lack of flexibility, and nerve damage. I did return to it for a few years after recovering; but post-pandemic things quickly began to fall apart. Between the issues with the employer at the time and my physical injuries; I knew I couldn’t continue doing it for any length of time. I had already dealt with six months of major back issues after the pandemic due to being overworked. My employer was getting angry at me for being injured…when it was the same conditions that lead to the injury 7 years prior. I did however find “stable-enough” income as an IT support freelancer.</p>
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<p>For close to 20 years I spent my working life as a coin-op technician; fixing pinball machines, video arcade games, jukeboxes, slot machines, and anything in general that took a coin. I enjoyed the job, just not who I was doing it for at times. It physically destroyed my body, resulting in a L4-L5 spinal herniation that will be a problem for the rest of my life; pain, lack of flexibility, and nerve damage. I did return to it for a few years after recovering; but post-pandemic things quickly began to fall apart. Between the issues with the employer at the time and my physical injuries; I knew I couldn’t continue doing it for any length of time. I had already dealt with six months of major back issues after the pandemic due to being overworked. My employer was getting angry at me for being injured…when it was the same conditions that lead to the injury 7 years prior. I did however find “stable-enough” income as an IT support freelancer.</p>
<p>The other issue with my prior career was it made me enjoy a few hobbies much less. For years I loved playing with electronic circuits; but after spending numerous hours doing electronics stuff at work, I had no desire to come home and do the same. This moderately affected my love of hi-fi gear, as I wasn’t interested in fixing the things anymore. It did however push me in to doing other things; like homelabbing and coding. This paid off in a way; as I was able to parlay some of that into a replacement job.</p>
Jay
2 years ago
