I have begun to scour the 'net for info after seeing the wifi router internet radio on mightyohm. My question is- Is there a package or something that can be used to interface a handheld walkie or ham radio to a usb sound card that is shown on the mightyohm site? the cm119 datasheet is here= http://datasheets.weeqoo.com/88888/200712393442871.pdf and it works well with the wifi radio. I saw something called thelinkbox but i think it is unrelated to what I'm trying to do. Does anybody have any suggestions or comments on it? Any hams out there?

John

Hi,

I think what you are after may be described in the AX.25 protocol?

Sorta but... not really. I'm not wanting any sort of data or packet type repeater, more or less a "remote base" type of system. Where one talks into the system by some type of web interface (or another router/usb sound/walkie) on the internet end and it sends a push to talk and plain voice back into another walkie. Similar to the now-defunct Dingotel 2way FRS adapters, but not requiring a large computer.

(Last edited by incognito53 on 29 Mar 2009, 11:25)

You might consider a packet radio device like those made by FreeWave.  I was able to get a 900 MHz 56 kbps symmetric connection setup on WhiteRussian (see http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=15913) without too much trouble.  You would probably get better bitrates with such a device instead of a walkie-based setup.  Ebay might have some of the older 33 kbaud devices for cheap.

I'm the author of thelinkbox and I think it's pretty close to what you're talking about, hi! I'm using it to control my frequency agile 2 meter remote base. It runs on full up PCs as well as the Sheeva Plug.  I'm currently trying to get it to run on an WL-500gP.  It supports CM108 based audio dongles and the iMic.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thelinkbox . 

73's Skip WB6YMH

hello, i am interested to use a usb sound card (CM119 based). I wonder what kind of codec ?.... ALSA support that? or OSS? ( to connect to a Router Station Pro board with openwrt kamikaze)