Hello all finished the fox-digi kit and and hooked up to hyper terminal power up
the unit and get no message, not sure if i have the correct cable for the digi
am using a straight serial cable with male and female ends with a gender changer
on the fox digi end. I read somewhere that it takes a null modem cable and then
somewhere else that it didn't so not really sure what cable i should use, and
would like to know before i buy a null modem cable, and then find out that isn't
the problem. when hooked to the serial cable and computer and powered up the RX
led flashes aprox once per second. Have +12v input and +5v at the regulator on
c2. Te kit is a 141208. Any help greatly apprediated.
Kenny/AB8XG

Thanks to all who replied to my question about nothing in hyperterminal got a
cable today and everything worked great. Don't have the radio cable finished yet
but hope to have it on the air for trial in a day or so and at the site soon.
Thanks again for the help, this is a really nice kit/product and have already
been spreading the word. 73 de Kenny/AB8XG

I tried to calibrate my FC-2A and adjusting the C9/A trimmer capacitor does not
change the frequency.  I am using a laboratory standard 10.000 mhz source.  The
frequency stays at 10.00072 mhz and will not move. What are some ideas to fix
this problem?

The other day I noticed that my tracker had not been updating on aprs-fi
http://aprs.fi./?call=kd5ckp-14&mt=m&z=16&timerange=3600
So I stopped and checked the radio and the FT. The FT ws stuck in
xmit. I reset the power and as soon as the GPS got a lock and the FT
went into XMIT and it locked again. I hope it has not smoked my finals
in the radio, but I would like to know if anyone knows what may be
going on. It has worked flawlessly for months and now something is
wrong.

73
Tim KD5CKP

Please reply to the group.
I think it is silly to have a group that sends replies to individuals.
It defeats the purpose of sharing information.

Hello Geoff,

> receives and decodes packets ok but am unable to set my location, and other
paramaters.

With the version v4.0 of the PIC programm your coordinates are
automatically stored when receiving a packet sent from a specific call
(no manual entry).

To set your call, see the doc of JA0POR :
http://foxdelta.com/products/foxview2/FV2-Conf-JA0POR.pdf

Section : Set nomi & Rng, SrcCal

73, Michel
--
IN87KM - http://f1src.free.fr

Hello again all, have the foxdigi working as far as digipeating and beaconing,
the beacons show up on the terminal window of my UI-view32 station but not on
the map and the digis from my station don't show up even though the unit
transmits. I have tried several differant combinations of un proto and my alias
and btext but can't seem to get the foxdigi to show up on ui-view map not sure
if there is something else i need to add to the string or not.
BTEXT !3909.85n/08535.98w#AB8XG-4 SOLAR FOXDIGI
UNPROTO APRS-1 V WIDE1-1 V WIDE2-2
MYALIAS WIDE1-1

Any help greatly appreciated 73 de Kenny/AB8XG

Hello

Here I have some news on kits!

Basic FoxTrak Kits are once again available with metal cases.

Prices on following kits are reduced:
1. RF Power Meter
2. ST2
3. FoxTrak (B)
4. HF SWR Meter
5. SC2
6. TinyEcho Kits

Please visit: http://www.foxdelta.com/products/

73s/Dinesh

The problem that i was having was an audio problem with the radio Yaesu VX-150
the problem that i was having was that the audio was very weak. The VX-150 uses
the same pin for ptt and mic on the 4 pole plug,  after a little searching and
experementing i came up with a .001mf mylar cap and a 2.2k ohm resistor between
the ptt pin and the mic pin on the foxdigi DB9 plug and only the mic wire going
to the radio and it is working great no problems now. Thanks again for all the
help. 73 de Kenny/AB8XG

Hello everybody.

I was surprised to see my Fox Delta website name listed on
http://www.echolink.org under interfaces linked to Lone-star in TX, owned by
Marc Lacy/W5TXR.

Please note that, foxdelta do not have any dealers or distributors anywhere and
we only sell kits directly to radio amateurs to keep prices low.

Lone-star owner Marc Lacy did purchase one foxecho-k7 from foxdelta and wanted
to sell these foxecho-k7 kits thru his business. We have never made any
arrangement nor we have ever supplied foxecho-k7 kits for resell to him or his
company.

Marc Lacy, wanted to sell other kits thru hemfest in TX and I(VU2FD) did send
him on his personal name, kits like FT, MiniTNC, FC2, ST1 etc on one month
credit, on my personal account.
Although he sold kits supplied by me on credit for sales at hemfest, he has not
paid me even after two months.
Moreover, it was made very clear to him that, if he can not sell credited kits
at hemfest etc, he is free to return to my address in NV/USA, which too, he has
not done so far.

This is only clear any misunderstanding that people may have from unauthorized
link placed by echolink.

I hope owners/admin of echolink, who are reputed and hardworking people take
necessary action in this regard.

73s/Dinesh

Hello

although this was the first project that I took up 2 years back, it took long to
complete.

Galileo, 20.1MHZ Radio Astronomy Receiver with built in A/D, 20MHZ Reference Osc
and LCD Frequency Display, is finally ready to ship in assembled form.

Still, need more time to prepare docs & schematics. Once they are done, kits
will be available.

http://www.foxdelta.com/products/galileo.htm

Also ready are Current antenna Balun for dipoles and Two Antenna
Combiner/Spliter.

Galileo and combiner are supplied in powder coated metal cases.

73s/Dinesh Gajjar

Hello

I had to put off ST3 kits due to unavailability of LTC1298 Chips. Now that they
are in stock, kits and assembled ST3 are in stock. ST3 is supplied with a free
powder coated metal case.

http://www.foxdelta.com/products/st3.htm

73s/Dinesh Gajjar

I recently lost my PIC due to RF or other circumstances. I acquired a
new programmed PIC from Dinesh (Thank you Dinesh). Unfortunately that
has not resolved the problem completely. The tracker no longer locks
in transmit, but new problems exist.

The tracker is heard and understood maybe 1% of the time. you can look
at aprs.fi http://aprs.fi./?call=kd5ckp-14 and see that the tracker is
being heard, but you can look at the raw packet data
http://aprs.fi./?c=raw&call=KD5CKP-14 and see that the beacon data is
inconsistent from one packet to the next.

We have placed the tracker on a scope and can see that the voltages
and audio are as they should be through R8-11, R12, and C8. The audio
levels are good as heard through other receivers and when checked with
the oscope. I am not sure how we can check the baud rate to confirm
proper operation of the oscillator, but for some reason the packets
are not being decoded.

Does anyone have suggestions on repairing or calibrating the tracker
so it will again function properly?

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

73 de Tim KD5CKP

I have just purchased an ST-2 and have Sat32PC installed.  I do not yet have the
Yaesu rotator.  Before testing the ST-2, do I have to have the rotor and rotor
controller attached?  I powered up the ST-2 by itself and got a message about
EEPROM bad data. Pardon the newbie question. Thanks es 73, Dick K5VYT

Im trying to setup the ST-2, but im getting no readout on the LCD. Is this a
EEPROM controller problem?  If so any suggestion to fix it. Thanks,  Ricky
KC5NHM

I ordered the FC2 and the HF SWR Meter kits back on May 29th knowing that it was
a Holiday weekend.  I was notified on June 4th that the FC was being sent via
mail with a #.  No information was provided for the HF SWR kit.  When I check
the # for the FC2 it still shows that only the shipper has notified the post
office it will be shipped, no information that it was processed nor where it is
located now.  So I'm wondering, is Fox Delta really shipping anything? Should I
cancel my credit card charge?  Has anyone gotten any communication from Fox
Delta once they've made an order or have yo been left in limbo also?

Hello John

Please note that both the items were dispatched to you and they are on its way.
As stated on my website, it takes 8 to 14 days for Registered airmail.
2CO/Paypal has provided you RR numbers for both kits. FC2: RR731528295IN on 5th
June and RR731528043IN on 2nd June HFSWR.

Kindly do not worry about status you find on USPS web page. It only indicate
that packet is on its way to US. Status will soon change.

Please wait for couple of days more and let post deliver it to you. If you do
not receive kit that I have dispatched, I will refund your payment.

Regards/Dinesh

--- In foxdelta@yahoogroups.com, "John" <john@...> wrote:
>
> I ordered the FC2 and the HF SWR Meter kits back on May 29th knowing that it
was a Holiday weekend.  I was notified on June 4th that the FC was being sent
via mail with a #.  No information was provided for the HF SWR kit.  When I
check the # for the FC2 it still shows that only the shipper has notified the
post office it will be shipped, no information that it was processed nor where
it is located now.  So I'm wondering, is Fox Delta really shipping anything?
Should I cancel my credit card charge?  Has anyone gotten any communication from
Fox Delta once they've made an order or have yo been left in limbo also?
>

Hello,

I had to buy 2 or 3 times Fox Digi and trackers. I working about this subject
very long time.

I always thinking, I using bad path because of this reason my digi don't repeat
any station. (without one station)

My fox digi repeat just my Igate station but it don't repeat others. My Igate
heard OD5 and 5B4 stations. I heard this stations audio from my fox digi radio
(motorola gm300) Finally, My Igate recieved and transfer to internet but my fox
digi never repeating.

I can't understand this. I want to get yours advices.

Many thanks

Korhan BUKEN
73 TA5FW

Hello,

> internet but my fox digi never repeating.

What is your config in the FoxDigi (send your config) ?
What kind or transeceiver do you use ?

--
73, Michel
http://f1src.free.fr

Working config for Foxdigi/Mini-TNC is detailed on following docs and links:

http://www.foxdelta.com/products/foxdigi/foxdigi-config.pdf

http://f1src.free.fr/page/fd_foxdigi.htm

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/foxdelta/message/140

Regards/Dinesh

Hello,

>I am very interested to see this.

This my config (foxdigi first version)

ECHO ON
TXDELAY 110
GPS $GPGGA
TRace OFF
MONitor ALL
DIGIpeater ON
BEACON On EVERY 30
UNPROTO WIDE1-1 V WIDE2-2
MYCALL F1SRC-1
MYALIAS WIDE1-1
BTEXT !4740.00N/00307.00W#W1-1 TEST FoxDigi

With this config is work fine, a important element is the audio level from the
transceiver, if you connect a PC on the serial connector you see the data when
the audio level is good. Adjust also the TXDELAY this value depend of your
transceiver.

In fact when you have this config of the digi it's work :
UNPROTO WIDE1-1 V WIDE2-2
MYCALL F1SRC-1
MYALIAS WIDE1-1

If you have for example this the digi don't work :
UNPROTO APRS-0 V WIDE1-1 V WIDE2-2
MYCALL F1SRC-1
MYALIAS WIDE1-1

If you have it's work :
UNPROTO APRS-0 V WIDE1-1 V WIDE2-2
MYCALL F1SRC-1
MYALIAS APRS-0

Do you see ?, in the line UNPROTO the first element (like WIDE1-1) is the same
element of the MYALIAS line (like WIDE1-1).

Have a nice day

--
73, Michel

http://f1src.free.fr

Hello

Tony, I2TZK has made a lot of effort & hard work to make a new design of a dual
channel SWR LCD Meter, PC Software, PIC16F877A Firmware and PC Data Logger.

Please visit project page at:

http://www.foxdelta.com/products/swm2.htm

or visit I2TZK's web site at: http://www.i2tzk.com/

Three HF and one VHF bridges are also available to match I2TZK CPU.
I expect to offer kits soon, if possible, with a powder coated case.

73s/Dinesh

Hello all
last week I received the FoxDigi and during this weekend I had some free time to
setup the unit.
Kenwood tm-231 8 pin connector going to serial d9f.
Audio jack from the back of the radio, to pin 5
PTT pin 2 (radio)  to pin 3 (d9f)
MIC pin 1 (radio) to pin 1 (d9f)
8 and 7 GND (radio) to pin 6 (d9f)


the RX led lights up in I'm receiving
the TX led lights up when I'm trasmitting

I can here the audio from another radio, when I do calibrate

The unit works, because I can see the traffic online
http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&call=VA3ITA-1

What I'm trying to achive is to digitally repeated other aprs stations.
For example, the 5w handheld that I have in my car, connected with a TT4, cannot
reach directly other igate or digipeater (one packet after several beacons)
I can ear my mobile aprs station (20 meters away from me
http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&call=VA3ITA-1 ) but seems that the foxdigi is not relaying
the message to other digistation or igate.

This is my current config (by looking at several config file from this forum)

ECHO ON
TXDELAY 110
GPS $GPGGA
TRace OFF
MONitor ALL
DIGIpeater ON
BEACON On EVERY 1
UNPROTO WIDE1-1 V WIDE2-2
MYCALL VA3ITA-1
MYALIAS WIDE1-1
BTEXT !4356.00N/07948.07W#W1-1 FoxDigi

I want to run the unit as standalone digipeter.
Antenna, radio and FoxDigi. Nothing also.NO GPS, no display.


Currently
SW1 is 1 ON  2 ON
SW2 is 1 OFF 2 OFF



I'm not able to see the current traffic going trough the digifox. yestarday
night, I was getting some lines, but I don't know why it's not working anymore


Thank you and best 73

Edmondo

Hello

After a long wait, we have following project cases in stock and will be supplied
with kit or assembled free of charge:

SC1, ST2, ST3, Tinyecho, FoxView3

We also have stock of powder coated metal cases for following projects not yet
launched:

SWM2 (Dual Channel SWR Meter), Multi-purpose Measuring/controlling Device, RPC3,
VHF/HF Bridges, FoxTrak2,

73s/Dinesh

Hello

Kits are now available for LCD Dual Channel SWR Meter using PIC16F877A, PC
Program and data-logger. A free case is available for CPU and bridges.

Matching HF and VHF bridges with metal case are also available.

Please refer to: http://www.foxdelta.com/products/swm2.htm

73s/Dinesh