I'm interested in a PiDV but want to know if it's capable of modulating and demodulating the signals off of the packet port on a FM rig? I can't seem to find any documention on the device to answer

The PiDV and ThumbDV are serial devices for encoding and decoding audio to and from AMBE. They do not connect to a radio or provide modulation or demodulation. The UDRC can provide the modem to talk

Is that software available has to be the next question. 😄 Dave

You can get there, but it is kind of ugly at this point UDRC <--> dstarrepeater <--> ircddbgateway <--> DummyRepeater <--> AMBEserver (with PiDV or ThumbDV) Audio goes in and out of

Thank you.. Yeah that’s not pretty but it might be worth playing with.. It’s times like this that make me wish I had gotten into software J It would be a great product if someone could simplify

FYI, I currently use my ThumbDV and two Baofeng 888's on D_Star, audio reports are good and my pal who lives in the next street has used his IC706 for D_Star via my 888 while I am in control of my

Does the GnuRadio block work with a PiDV hat as well?

Short answer: I have no idea. I don't have a PiDV. If it's on a serial port and can do 230400 or 460800 baud, then maybe. Are you trying to run gnuradio on a Pi? I'm not sure that's going to work

Yes the PiDV is a serial device at 230400 -- though with the ThumbDV sale right now, it might be the better buy? I'll leave to others, their experience with GNUradio on Pi 3, but I believe that it

I have a new gnuradio OOT (out-of-tree) repository, gr-ThumbDV, at http://github.com/ac2ie. This repository will build two blocks for encoding and decoding audio data. It can use either the AMBE-3000

Okay, it really wasn't that difficult to design a "bare-bones" DStar transmitter with the addition of a few standard gnuradio blocks. By "bare-bones", I mean no DStar header, slow-data or termination

I want to use UDRC-II to control a D-Star Repeater. Should I be using a PiDV hat, or a ThumbDV? What are the hardware and software implications? --Konrad, WA4OSH

A D-STAR repeater keeps everything in the digital realm. Audio is neither encoded or decoded in the repeater. No AMBE device is needed the UDRC provides the modem and control via the dstarrepeater

How does ThumbDV compare to a DV Dongle? ThumbDV FTDI FT230XS serial to USB converter No CPU needed DVSI AMBE3000 vocoder Software: Dummy

Check out his blog post about the original dongle: http://nwdigitalradio.com/does-the-thumbdv-sound-better-than-the-dv-dongle/ There is a newer dongle, DV3K, which is essentially the same as the

Thanks for the video. It looks like it's supported on a PC with DVNode... http://www.dutch-star.eu/products/windv/ --Konrad WA4OSH

The TbumbDV is also supported on the Mac OS by an application called Buster. Craig McVeay N0CSM

I use a DV3K dongle in a mac and both Buster and DVTools work with it. Carty. KA2Y Sent from my iPhone

I have added a couple of new blocks to the gr-ThumbDV OOT so that a more-or-less complete DStar receiver can be built. See the included image. I'm now thinking about what I need for DMR rf

I need help setting up my thumb dv. can get it to connect but I don't hear anyone I'm not sure what to do. do I need to register with someone to start? what are the gateway settings to use. pretty new