From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eduardo Subject: Re: two way radio Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:50:31 -0200 Message-ID: References: <20101118121549.GW2394@n0nb.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=0we6a33ujSCTSSvFXLPlpV1K7UkZSpcpjIo8HgIagFs=; b=Do2aJIZZrl1U6jH3Le9vj7YUzOwlVAZa0JXW/wIP1Y6hhcsaaDRacM0N2c97JhELB7 x5ZmfcGDAqcx/YDsT2l9hgmUkF3pes0qCJvO+AdkWOX0d7zmxZOlf6EZ6X17bxcN9gSK bm7m+hsxpPW3oozIpkZ934f48mJW55Os0ch3A= In-Reply-To: <20101118121549.GW2394@n0nb.us> Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org 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