[W5SFA] FT 991 - C4FM and Digital IDs and EchoLink

[Dennis Email]

My mistake John,  I had assumed all of the 991's had gone back to Yaesu for the mods to make them an -A because of all the difficulties.  I looked in the 991 manual and they do not address DGID groups but only groups which is the internal ID of the radio itself.  Big difference between the 991/991-A as there is in the DR-1x and 2x repeater.   I purchased a FTM-400 a year ago and still had to do a firmware upgrade to make it work with the DGIDs in the Bellville repeaters.   My suggestion would be call tech services at Yaesu to see if they have a fix or firmware update for the 991 to work with DGIDs on the DR-2x repeaters....  Good luck    73   

Dennis H. Cody WR5DC
dhcody at att.net
281-844-0985


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From: w5sfa [mailto:w5sfa-bounces at w5sfa.org] On Behalf Of John Gervais
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 11:07 AM
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Subject: Re: [W5SFA] FT 991 - C4FM and Digital IDs and EchoLink

Thanks Dennis but I don’t have a 991A - just a 991.

Thanks,
John Gervais
(979) 270-0869

> On Oct 10, 2018, at 9:26 AM, Roger W Klein <rwklein at katyweb.net> wrote:
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> Well, first - I categorically reject any reference to being a "guru"!  But in 10 or 20 years I might achieve "geezer" status...
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> Echolink would be a nice capability to have.  I will have to do some research to see how doable it is.  It may be possible to add it via our RC210 analog controller, if there is an open port.
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> Another possibility (as an alternative to Echolink) would be to set up a Wires-X interface to one of the Yaesu repeaters over the air. This would require a dedicated radio (such as an FTM-400) and an HRI-200 interface box to connect to the internet.
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> I'd like to hear from club members if they are interested in this kind of capability (remote access to our repeaters through the internet).
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> BTW, the Bellville repeaters are now linked digitally using a Digital Group ID of 10.  We will be adding the Columbus repeater hopefully in the next few weeks, as San Benard Electric is waiting for equipment to arrive.
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> 73,
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> Roger N5RWK
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> On October 10, 2018, at 6:55 AM, Dennis Email <dhcody at att.net> wrote:
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> John, 
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>     If you have a 991(A) see attachment, excerpt from the manual on page 99 on setting up DG-ID.   Hope this helps.
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> Echo link is not an easy plug and play with all the linking we have between our repeaters, just my 2 cents worth but Roger is the guru on that. 
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> Hope this helps.... 73   WR5DC
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> Dennis H. Cody 
> dhcody at att.net
> 281-844-0985
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: w5sfa [mailto:w5sfa-bounces at w5sfa.org] On Behalf Of John Gervais
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 6:11 AM
> To: w5sfa at w5sfa.org
> Subject: [W5SFA] FT 991 - C4FM and Digital IDs and EchoLink
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> Can anybody explain how to set up my FT 991 with DG ID10? Somehow I set it up for DGID 40 but can’t figure out how to edit or add a new ID 10. I’ve seen some YouTube’s but it shows the FT991A and using WiresX. It tried some semblance of that to no avail. So far I’ve confirmed I am in C4FM and in digital and I have a DG ID 40 in there. 
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> Also I’ve been communicating with some buddies that use VHF/UHF only via the EchoLink software. In my personal opinion only EchoLink is kind of hamish but it’s the best that I know of to make contact with those not on HF. Also when I’m out of range I’d like to check into our Tuesday nets (when I remember) by accessing some local repeater. Would it be too much trouble to add our repeaters to the EchoLink system? Is there a better alternative? 
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> 73
> John KG5NCL 
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