From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Robert Eliassen" Subject: RE: two way radio Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:35:49 +0100 Message-ID: <003b01cb873e$a8e96020$fabc2060$@no> References: <20101118121549.GW2394@n0nb.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: Content-Language: no Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org Eduardo, You still have to explain what your intentions are. Are you going to us= e the =46RS/GMRS-radio to transmit and receive data? PTT (Push To Talk) would be the trickiest part I guess. You may have to modify the unit. Regards Bob, LA6GHA -----Original Message----- =46rom: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Eduardo Sent: 18. november 2010 15:51 To: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: two way radio Hi Nate / John, Thanks for your replay. What (cheap) radio would you recommend to transmit data? Could you also point a place where I can find the circuit needed to connect this radio to a Linux box? Best regards, Eduardo On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2010 18 Nov 05:09 -0600, Eduardo wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have a pretty basic question. Is it possible to connect a two way >> radio (like https://cobra.com/detail/microtalk-cxr925-35-mile-radio.= cfm >> ) to a Linux box? Does anyone know a good reference explaining how t= o >> make this connection? > > To do what? =A0As it is an FRS radio I doubt that anything but voice = is > allowed, at least in the USA. =A0Outside the USA you may be able to u= se > data of some sort, depending on your local regulations. =A0To do that= you > would likely connect the speaker/mic jack to the audio connections on= a > sound card. =A0Looking at the specs I doubt there is any way to conne= ct > the radio for frequency/channel selection. > > 73, de Nate >> > > -- > > "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all > possible worlds. =A0The pessimist fears this is true." > > Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://n0nb.us/index.html > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hams"= in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at =A0http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hams" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hams" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html