What Is An ALLSTAR LINK Node?

[@petermainwaringsx]

I'm going to follow this to build my Allstar Node, but using a different radio. Thanks for what seems to be the best video on this subject that I've come across.

[@peter81richardson]

Great video, it would be great if you could do a idiots setup guide, for newcomer's to the hobby like me. Many thanks

[@eddy4011]

Hi Matt you did a good job!! Thank for this video Eddy from west palm beach USA .

[@TechMindsOfficial]

You’re welcome Eddy! 73 M0DQW

[@jakob5481]

Great Video. Already at 0:20 Now the Video's over. It's just great. And I watch this not even being a ham operator.

[@TechMindsOfficial]

That’s great! Thanks for watching! :)

[@mattperez3618]

Terrific video. Great explanation of all star for new hams such as myself

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mxlion]

Hey now you’re an all star

[@mhpreach]

Question. About the Allstar server. Where do you get a list of the severs in order to choose one? I have a Webserver will that work? I need a node number. The instructions are lacking.

[@barbsblogs1563]

Hi Mat thanks for a very helpful video , iv built a node constructed very much the same as yours can.. so am I understanding it right if I go into the settings and make the adjustments to set it up for EchoLink. Then when I’m out of range of the node I could connect to it using EchoLink on my phone and hear on my phone what ever the node is connected to ?

[@ON8EI]

I really love your App, maybe you might consider an update with say 100 memories. That would be oh so great. Great channel. 73's PS Allstar rules, lovely analogue audio.

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Thank John! I’ll be doing some updates very soon on the Node Remote App. Thanks for watching 🙏

[@HamTechRadioScannerDrones]

I notice on the C108 u havent removed the yellow and green connectors as Ben did on his video can I have a close up pic .Thanks Andrea's

[@frankbaron1608]

i'm assuming the tranceiver allowes you to work into it from a tranceiver in your home.

[@louisb5484]

Nice. I’d like to build similar. Couple of questions; Would this work on the pi4 these days? What made you have to take the radio apart, can’t you operate PPF fully via the simple Kenwood interface? Did it make it easier or better, if so in what way? Thanks! Great and inspiring project and I’d like to build something like this sometime...

[@louisb5484]

Since posting that comment I have read it will work on a pi4. The old interface was done via sound card basic gpio, hence the wiring, it should be possible to do via gpio and a small interface circuit, no radio mods needed.

[@o00scorpion00o]

@@louisb5484 Check out clearnode from node-ventures.

[@PROPHAMMER]

Dude you’re a ninja. Great video you made as well. Informative and concise. Keep up the good work

[@TechMindsOfficial]

You’re welcome :)

[@PROPHAMMER]

@@TechMindsOfficial quick question - If my truck has an always on/always 4g network connected wifi hotspot would an allstar node allow people from anywhere to radio me on my UV-5R handheld assuming that I'm nearby my truck and assuming they've got the exact same kind of setup in their truck? Bonus question: is this an example of a prebuilt allstar node: www.radioddity.com/products/mmdvm-hotspot-wifi? Thanks again for the great video and response to my questions if you have time. Was just watching it again and like that intro you've got.

[@fret14u]

Most Excellent...thank you

[@PaganAbroad]

Any chance of adding something about how Allstar actually works?

[@dazzhankey5223]

Great video, the more I see these videos that explain the systems 'in simple terms' ( there's one on echo link, it's at a Ham fest I think in the US and you can hear the audience snoring in parts, it's put over like Brain surgery ') but I know this does what it says on the tin! 👍 Great work buddy, and Peter G7RPG, cheers for this, M0DHA

[@teknotech]

Thanks so much, I learned a lot from you, and will play it again. Cheers and 73 to you, I second that motion that you are a ninja!!!

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Thanks so much! 🙏

[@TRIPPLEJAY00]

This is awesome and have most of all this around the house and will love to build myself. However I don't have my Ham license yet. Do I need a license to use this or can I use it on PMR. Many thanks in advance.

[@terrya450]

depends on the frequency you set it up on it goes over the internet you can use MURS FRS/GMRS and 11 Meter CB without a license those are the only frequencies anyone uses anymore anyway (for the most part) the rest of the bands are full of the hiss of nothing... most people use programs like paltalk its more reliable with a smartphone then using a OTA device.

[@Peter-sm2rs]

can you buy these ready made? I have no technical abilities

[@chrissewell1608]

I have just gotten back in to ham radio, I used echolink years ago, and loved it. But I am just now learning about the other IRLP options. AllStar seems to be the same, but different. I do like the home-brewed node connection, that is very nice. What does one of those typically cost to build or buy, in 2020?

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Pi 3 b+ £25, BF888 £8, SoundFob £2, a few components £5 + a good few hours building it and configuring the software. Alternatively contact G7RPG and he’ll build you one to your specs, professionally built and he ships world wide.

[@thomasrogen3739]

Hello what would you build one for very interested? Let me know thank you

[@alexthepunk]

Any plans or schematics for the audio isolator? I'm getting hum when it transmits.

[@brianbutler5867]

Excellent video, very impressed with your app writing. Regards Brian G4LUL

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Thanks Brian! :)

[@glenwoofit]

Hi, I was trying to find a video about setting up "Node Remote " I see you've made a info page about it but I can't find the file to change to allow the node remote to work. Have you made a how to video about this? Glen

[@akmartinez1]

I’m new to HAM radio and hotspots/nodes. This might be a stupid question but why is this so complicated compared to a Pi-Star hotspot? Why can’t this be done with an mmdvm Raspberry Pi hat and remove the need for a usb sound card and taking apart a radio?

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Technically you don’t need a radio, just a pi with a supported sound card. You can then create a “Radio-less Node”. The reason for this system to be how it is, is because to access the All-Star network you need to run the All star software, most commonly on a Pi. There are some talk groups and reflectors that tap into All Star, but they are only tapped into specific nodes/clusters, like Hubnet for example.

[@w2ymm]

Is there any chance that you could share your LED script for the Allstar node? I’ve never been successful in my attempts of working with the gpio pins. W2YMM

[@NoilsonCaio]

nice work

[@AndyWattsSP2]

Many thanks, really interesting.. I'm in Salisbury and it really is an RF black hole as far as VHF and up are concerned :( Regards, G7MJV

[@bryanmediate1145]

Where did you find that enclosure?

[@johnjames4647]

Inspirational video

[@daveborchard2019]

I have a working Shari PiHat-4U.,what are some popular and active AllStarLink node numbers and AllStarLink hub numbers?

[@1crazynordlander]

I like your videos and where you are going with Ham radio. Okay, if my feeble mind can understand this I could use a my Analog FM Baofeng UV5R to talk to this ALLSTAR node like you built. Now it looks as if the BF888 only has 16 channels? Can it be programmed to a certain channel? Looks like it is a very affordable radio.

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Well the BF888 is only used as a radio part for the node. So only 1 channel is needed I use another handle to talk to my node. Imagine it’s a repeater, that is controlled via a raspberry pi. Via the sound card the pi uses the BF888 as a transceiver :) hope that makes sense.

[@1crazynordlander]

@@TechMindsOfficial I pretty much had that figured out after the second time through the video.(I'm Slow) I was just amazed by all the money being spent on digital radios and with this you can use a $35 UV5R Baofeng to talk all the way across the world. I am already on this. I signed up with AllStar Link. I think I can build this myself I live out in the middle of nowhere! What is the wattage rating on the BF888 before it is fixed?

[@TechMindsOfficial]

I think it’s about 3 watts, way more than needed for a home style hotspot.

[@1crazynordlander]

@@TechMindsOfficial I have an openSPOT2 after I watched your video. In a steel sided house I can nearly hear it two miles away on a FT2DR in my vehicle. I was shocked at its range from so little power.

[@donne9uk]

Hi can this all star box work on 4m

[@VK6FCRC]

What if i want mine to run full power can i run a computer fan over the final. The reason i want to do this is because the local repeater is crap and i don't care if i blow the radio up as there that cheap.

[@TechMindsOfficial]

If it’s constantly on then there is no reason why you cannot use constant cooling.

[@gabrielmartin3107]

Te recomiendo caja metalica y apantallado metalico de las partes y cable de audio coaxial.

[@rkaag99]

Would this be able to work without the internet? For example, over an AREDN Mesh network.

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Not in its current form as it requires authentication from the Allstar link systems.

[@dazzhankey5223]

Do you make these too Matt ???

[@TechMindsOfficial]

I made my own Node, but I don’t make them to sell. If I had the time I probably would. However, if you want one made to an extremely high quality then contact Peter, G7RPG, he’s your man for that! :)

[@dazzhankey5223]

matt, did you run ubuntu/linux on virtual system on a windows pc ?

[@TechMindsOfficial]

I have done before, but I much prefer creating a separate partition and using dual boot. That way Linux ran much smoother. With that being said, you can still run Ubuntu in a VM

[@dazzhankey5223]

@@TechMindsOfficial thanks Chris, that makes a lot of sense, regards mate,, ps any live Allstar nights soon???

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Names Matt by the way lol.. That’s not a bad idea, I’ve been wanting to do some live streams but want to make sure I get it right, right kinda content.

[@dazzhankey5223]

@@TechMindsOfficial Matt I'm shocking, I thought I'd got it right tonight with Chris, I'm sure I was calling you Alan the last time, no, I watched the *ghost in the machine,,, you in your voice sounded more shocked than a glitch, it's strange how you'd probably not bet on it going wrong with a set up check,,,, But yes, Its going to be a bigger audirve for a start, Regards listing to the 2 other modes, Peters and the guy who I'm not sure, could be a whitestick operator, DAB radio, it was flawless, and I think I'm not aloe here, I'm just getting my head around DMR etc, 45 years of whistles and bells it's as I'm waiting for it, 😅 but it doest, but I'm spotting who is using an Allstar node now just walking with my HT. Anyway cheers again, I'll look forward to the live eve..

[@africantwin173]

Its a shame that most hams these day only want to sell pcb's for the highest price like the DMK URI, I see this also in UK with AllStar boards, and France with SVXLINK cards.

[@TechMindsOfficial]

I wouldn’t purchase anything that I can make myself. Making the audio interface board between a radio and the pi is quite easy. Order a couple of cheap boards from China and if you mess the first one up it wouldn’t of cost much.

[@paulhastings3109]

Thanks for sharing your videos. Been off ham radio for sometime. My mind just don't understand , I guess you can say up illiterate when it comes to computers. I'd like to check out a program called whisper cause I have a little 817 to like a used for that. Any help you could throw my way big gately appreciated. Thank you KQ4CD Paul 73

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Check out a program called WSJT-X it supports WSPR. You’d need have some form of audio interface and a CAT cable to control the PTT. :)

[@johnratcliffe6438]

Why does your channel and ML&S use the same intro music? :)

[@chrissewell1608]

I have found other channels do this too. Its usually some royalty free, music website, that offers good music. And a good youtube producer, takes advantage of free music!

[@jasoncary8644]

This guy sounds JUST LIKE the Geico gecko!

[@ebisu153ebisu153]

PBX: Private Branch eXchange system installed in the customer's premises. It's not Public...

[@leekasen1809]

good deal here im trying to build one do you have plans scamitics parts list and the script you set up for the led lights, this info would help me greatly not nly to build one but to introduce this to my fiends and there kids., and that im about 80% blind i would need help soldering so the kids will get hands on thank you for any help you cn give me ki7hub good on qrz

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Hamvoip website is where I found all the information and also the pi image too :) very easy from there website.

[@brian.7966]

ok then what is ALLSTAR then ?

[@antcri730]

Whats the point of this? you need internet to make it work Kind of defeats the purpose of radio. You might as well use a chat program or the telephone.

[@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG]

AsterRISK. Just FYI... ;-)

[@tisawyer]

Thanks for video promoting AllStar. Good Job! Be sure to check out our new AllStar Community at community.allstarlink.org for all the latest info and to get help building your AllStar node. de WD6AWP AllStar Admin and creator of Allmon .

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Sorry for the late reply. Thank you for AllMon and thank you for your comment! I’ll be sure to check out the new community! Good job sir! 👍

[@vatha5548]

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