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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/3/2019 6:26 PM,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:chiefsfan2@cox.net">chiefsfan2@cox.net</a> wrote:<br>
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<div name="messageBodySection">Since you had a analog landline
phone still working that would be a reason to bring back some
phone patches like we used to have. And now you can run a BBS on
a rasp pi computer which makes for great portability and low
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<p>Funny you should bring this up at this particular time. Just
last week, I was experimenting connecting an old Heathkit HD-1515
phone patch I found in my junk box to the 6-pin mini-DIN data port
of a Yaesu FT-857D. It worked perfectly both on FM for 2 meters
and on SSB for HF. I'm now going to add a 6-pin mini-DIN jack to
the back panel of the patch, in parallel with the existing RCA RX
and TX audio jacks. I can then use a standard off-the-shelf
6-pin DIN to 6-pin DIN cable to connect the patch to any radio
with a standard 6-pin data port. Finally, I will add a
double-throw center-off locking-one-way /
momentary-the-other-way toggle switch to the front panel to key
the radio transmitter. <br>
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<p>I'm now thinking about getting one of those Bluetooth gizmos that
links to a cellphone and and produces a couple of classic RJ-11
analog phone jacks. I could plug the patch into one and a classic
desk phone set into the other. This would allow phone patches
either via a "real" phone line, or via a cellphone connection if
needed.</p>
<p>Another variation on this theme: With a sound card interface
setup normally as you would use for digimodes on a PC, start up
Skype instead of a soundcard digi-mode app. You can then run
"phone patches" from radio users to users on Skype instead of a
POTS line. <br>
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