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This radio is 5.55 x 1.61 x 6.06 inches 1.9 lbs. (141x41x154mm 0.86 kg). The DR-135 series each include the EMS-56 DTMF Hand Mic, mobile bracket, ADUA38 DC cord, alarm cable and mounting hardware. The current product is the Alinco DR-135TMkIII. Deluo Universal GPS Pro, 20-parallel-channel, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver. APRS Software. To that you need to add either the Alinco radio cable set or the Kenwood radio cable set. (Other cables such as serial port adapter,.
Here is how I do SkyCommand, APRS and Digital modes from my Mobile & Handy Talkie. It sounds more difficult than it actually is. Install and configure one portion of the system at a time.
Test it, and debug as needed. Then do the next. Etc etc You can spread out the purchase of the items to manage costs over time. I very much enjoy using the features of Kenwood radios. One is called Kenwood Sky Command The other is called APRS. The radios have built in TNC's for sky-command digital interfacing. A Kenwood hf radio in the mobile is cabled to the vhf/uhf radio that is controlling its frequency, mode, and transmit / receive operations.
APRS is part of the Kenwood vhf/uhf dual band radio. GPS may be external for some vhf/uhf dual band radios such as the TM-D700AG or internal as in the TM-D710AG. TMD-700AG needs and external GPS receiver to provide coordinates. Used an external Deluo Universal model for years. Still have this unit. It is round with a magnetic base to stick on the roof. Cable reaches into the vehicle to plug in to the laptop for what ever program that needs gps data.
One model uses a usb arrangement, and the older version I have for the Kenwood TMD-7AG HT to use has the adapter cable that plugs into the walkie talkie connector for GPS data. Deluo GPS5 Universal Magnetic Puck is still here with the interface cables needed for use with the Kenwood TH-D7AG. Yep, still have the HT too. Hi hi An external navigation map display shows the location of my station as I drive around, and also shows the locations of other stations using sky-command.
I do configure the mobile so its transmitted coordinates have the last two digits for latitude and longitude truncated. That puts my actual position a few miles from its real position to thwart theft of gear. Currently I am using the AvMap Navigation model GeoSat G5 Navigator and it provides the GPS signal to the TM-D700AG and displays the heard APRS stations on its map display from either radio D700 or D710 (no computer needed for either radio control).
The AvMap model GeoSat G6 can also be used. These are the only two models I know of that display the aprs data from the Kenwood radios to the navigation map display. Recently I upgraded to using the TMD-710AG vhf/uhf dual bander which has a GPS unit built in to its control panel. It will soon replace the radio in the vehicle and I wont have to use a separate gps puck. However a separate GPS can be used with the TM-D700AG if you want the outside pickup of the GPS satellites. So far I have found the built in GPS part of the TM-D710AG control display panel to work just fine. A remote Kenwood dual bander using sky-command links to the mobile dual bander sky-command system.
Using a walkie talkie for this remote radio lets me take walks and operate the HF rig as if I was there with me. I can from the HT change modes, frequency, etc of the remote hf radio. And of course controlling the transmit from the HT to the dual bander in the vehicle. Radios Are: HF: TS-480HX in the mobile, and cabled up to a dual bander Dual Band at HF mobile site: Kenwood TM-D710AG (with sky-command) Dual Band at Base operation location: TM-D7100AG (with sky-command) Dual Band HT: Kenwood TH-D7AG (with sky-command) Cabling Up For SkyCommand: - Kenwood TS-480 TM-D700A. Cable Set. Sky Command Note these are for the TMD700 Dual band radio The following link will open a page that has just about all the cables you should need. Note these are for the TMD710 Dual band radio Both radios use a standard straight connected serial cable from the dual band radio to the hf radio.
Standard shielded audio in and out cables are also needed using the connectors that your radios require. Here is what I use for the software so I can save memory data for the radio. It is much easier to create and modify memory files on the computer and upload them to the radio than to create them on the radio alone. KRS-D710G USB Cable & RT Systems Software TM-D710G 73 from Bill - WD8ARZ South Bend, Indiana.
HEY GUYS.YOU'RE KIDDING, RIGHT? DID YOU DOWNLOAD THE PDF FILE YOU RECOMMENDED? TO USE IT I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE INSTALL CD, AND IT WOULDN'T BE THE RIGHT ONE. I AM SORRY.I THOUGHT I MADE IT CLEAR THAT I NEEDED THE DELUO TOOLKIT WHICH CONTAINS THE DRIVER FOR THE USB-SERIAL DEVICE. SPECIFICALLY IT IS CALLED THE DeluoGPSToolkit.exe Honestly, I have looked all day for a driver download.
All i seem to be able to come up with are programs that scan my computer for drivers and try to reload newer versions. Well, besides the fact that I don't want some program off the internet scanning my computer, it wouldn't solve the problem because that program wouldn't pick up on the fact that I need a driver to work a new (to this computer) device. Still need your help! Dale HEY GUYS.YOU'RE KIDDING, RIGHT? DID YOU DOWNLOAD THE PDF FILE YOU RECOMMENDED? TO USE IT I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE INSTALL CD, AND IT WOULDN'T BE THE RIGHT ONE.
I AM SORRY.I THOUGHT I MADE IT CLEAR THAT I NEEDED THE DELUO TOOLKIT WHICH CONTAINS THE DRIVER FOR THE USB-SERIAL DEVICE. SPECIFICALLY IT IS CALLED THE DeluoGPSToolkit.exe Honestly, I have looked all day for a driver download. All i seem to be able to come up with are programs that scan my computer for drivers and try to reload newer versions. Well, besides the fact that I don't want some program off the internet scanning my computer, it wouldn't solve the problem because that program wouldn't pick up on the fact that I need a driver to work a new (to this computer) device. Still need your help!
THIS LATEST RECOMMENDED FIX CAUSED MY CURSOR TO BECOME UNSTABLE, JUST LIKE THE EARLIEST DELUO DRIVER DID A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. THEY FIXED THAT PROBLEM BUT THE OFFERED SOFTWARE I JUST DOWNLOADED HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. MAYBE IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO HUDDLE WITH YOUR OTHER EXPERTS FOR ADDITIONAL HELP AT THIS POINT. I CAN WAIT UNTIL MONDAY. THIS LATEST RECOMMENDED FIX CAUSED MY CURSOR TO BECOME UNSTABLE, JUST LIKE THE EARLIEST DELUO DRIVER DID A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.
THEY FIXED THAT PROBLEM BUT THE OFFERED SOFTWARE I JUST DOWNLOADED HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. MAYBE IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO HUDDLE WITH YOUR OTHER EXPERTS FOR ADDITIONAL HELP AT THIS POINT. I CAN WAIT UNTIL MONDAY. WELL, AFTER GETTING THE BUGS OUT OF TWO COMPUTERS THAT YOUR SUGGESTIONS CREATED, I HAVE DECIDED TO ABANDON THIS EFFORT AND SOLVE THE PROBLEM IN ANOTHER WAY.
PLEASE EITHER DON'T CHARGE MY CREDIT CARD THE $15 OR IF YOU HAVE, PLEASE CREDIT SAME TO MY ACCOUNT. THIS JUST REALLY DIDN'T WORK FOR ME. I THINK I HAD A RIGHT TO EXPECT YOU WOULDN'T RECOMMEND A DOWNLOAD SITE THAT WOULD GIVE ME BUGS.
THANK YOU, DALE WELL, AFTER GETTING THE BUGS OUT OF TWO COMPUTERS THAT YOUR SUGGESTIONS CREATED, I HAVE DECIDED TO ABANDON THIS EFFORT AND SOLVE THE PROBLEM IN ANOTHER WAY. PLEASE EITHER DON'T CHARGE MY CREDIT CARD THE $15 OR IF YOU HAVE, PLEASE CREDIT SAME TO MY ACCOUNT. THIS JUST REALLY DIDN'T WORK FOR ME. I THINK I HAD A RIGHT TO EXPECT YOU WOULDN'T RECOMMEND A DOWNLOAD SITE THAT WOULD GIVE ME BUGS. THANK YOU, DALE.