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KE2SJ

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FT5DR - setting up Windows APRS
« on: December 07, 2021, 07:23:04 PM »

I just bought a FT5DR.  I'm a complete newbie to APRS and have been reading forums and doing my research.  But I still can't figure out how to connect it to my Windows machine so I can use a Windows APRS client.  All help appreciated!
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WA8NVW

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Re: FT5DR - setting up Windows APRS
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2021, 04:51:21 PM »

Just checking - you do understand that APRS is an analog packet data mode useable on both HF and VHF.  Therefore it needs a packet signalling interface between the receiver audio out and computer sound input, and computer audio output into the radio input. This is usually a USB connection.
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KM6JGU

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Re: FT5DR - setting up Windows APRS
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2021, 08:09:19 PM »

If FT5DR is similar to FT1-, FT2- and FT3DR in this regard, you can't use internal packet modem. It is not accessible by computer and only used internally to encode/decode APRS traffic. However, you could use sound card interface, just like with any other analog FM radio.
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