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Accessing a VKLink node via a SIP client

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I’ve got a VKLink node that doesn’t get a whole lot of use, so seems a little daft to have a radio on all day just in case.  Most of my “radio time” happens in my office, so I always have my computer on.  Seeing as the VKLink internals uses Asterisk, I should be able to connect and monitor the node from a SIP client on my phone or computer.

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I’ve only got it configured to access via the LAN at the moment, but there’s nothing stopping you accessing the node via the internet too.

This post demonstrates how to set it up for yourself.

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Fixed IC-208h with no power with remote head.

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It’s my fault, I fiddled.

Radio was working fine, then I attempted to DIY a remote head cable as they can’t be purchased any more.

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Long story short, after trying my funky cable, the radio wouldn’t power on any more, so assume some pins shorted one of the other lines perhaps.

I left it for a couple of days, trying it again each morning, in the eternal hope that by some magic or via electrical fairy helpers, it would spontaneously start working again.  I kept telling myself things like “Perhaps the capacitors need a little more time to fully drain.  Yes.  that’s why it hasn’t started working again.”  For a hyper logical person like I am, it’s amazing the flights of fantasy we can summon in times of need.  I even offered a little prayer, while all the time knowing that in the grand scheme of things, there were more worthwhile causes to which God’s attention could be better addressed.

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