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Just after publishing Random Wire 184, the second TIDRADIO TD-H9 radio arrived. It was on firmware 1.0.30 so I updated it to 1.0.32. Then programmed 146.52 in channel 1 and 144.39 in channel 2. Once I set the APRS settings as I normally do (WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1), it beaconed manually (PTT). Then I set it to beacon automatically. It would not do that with the PTT beaconing enabled, but when I disabled PTT beaconing, it began automatically beaconing every couple of minutes. That was 10 minutes ago. I'm going to let it run for a while to make certain it is working, but (knock on wood) I think it is!
Thank you! It has been an interesting exploration. Along the way, I discovered the TD-H9 appears to have all the elements necessary to put it in service as a cheap digipeater. I'll be experimenting with that in the near future.
I've updated my comment above with the URL to the write-up posted today.
Just after publishing Random Wire 184, the second TIDRADIO TD-H9 radio arrived. It was on firmware 1.0.30 so I updated it to 1.0.32. Then programmed 146.52 in channel 1 and 144.39 in channel 2. Once I set the APRS settings as I normally do (WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1), it beaconed manually (PTT). Then I set it to beacon automatically. It would not do that with the PTT beaconing enabled, but when I disabled PTT beaconing, it began automatically beaconing every couple of minutes. That was 10 minutes ago. I'm going to let it run for a while to make certain it is working, but (knock on wood) I think it is!
The next day (Saturday) I finished writing up how I got the radio working: Getting APRS Working on the TIDRADIO TD-H9 at https://etherham.com/getting-aprs-working-on-the-tidradio-td-h9/
Tom,
Congrats on your apparent success! You've been tinkering a lot on that H9. It'll be great to get it working reliably!
73, Paul
N4FTD
rota-radio.com
Thank you! It has been an interesting exploration. Along the way, I discovered the TD-H9 appears to have all the elements necessary to put it in service as a cheap digipeater. I'll be experimenting with that in the near future.
I've updated my comment above with the URL to the write-up posted today.