AD6DM-10 VHF Winlink RMS Gateway is on the Air
Winlink RMS Gateway AD6DM-10 is up, and serving the ham community. After collecting parts of this system for a few weeks, it is operational on 145.630 MHz in CM98hj. It is comprised of:
- An Alinco DR-135T VHF 2 meter transceiver set to 20 watts power
- An Arrow OSJ J-Pole up 21 ft at the home QTH
- A Masters Communications DRA-50 radio sound card interface with an Alinco-6 Mini DIN 6 adapter
- And a mini PC (Windows 10) and running on 12 volt power.
- Solar charged offgrid LiFePO4 battery power, for uninterrupted uptime (same system the shack rig uses).
Software running the gateway are: