This seems to be what I'm looking for, cheap easy, and it won't
interfere with the RICK.
Thanks Bill
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Here is an item that usually runs on eBay from N0XAS.
ID-O-Matic Repeater, Echolink, Beacon, Foxhunt ID Ider:
URL for current items he offers is:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZn0xasQQhtZ-1auction
I have found this seller to be very honest and very eager to
please. He
offers a nice kit. I don't know if this is what you are looking
for. I
bought the older one just to have around, and it is easy to
program with
a terminal program and serial cable. With this setup, you could
plug
into the mic and speaker jacks on a HT, or a microphone jack or a
mobile
rig or repeater.
URL to download the .pdf manual/assembly instructions:
http://www.hamgadgets.com/images/ID-O-Matic-manual.pdf
Hope this helps. Description below:
**
NEW - just released - V2.5!
Version 2.4 added courtesy beep, a repeater beacon timer and a
separate beacon message available in repeater mode. Version 2.5
goes
even further: Separate audio tones for ID and courtesy beep, PTT
hang
time, and a PTT watchdog timeout timer. All ID-O-Matics now have
an
on-board 5V regulator. Same price - more features!
The ID-O-Matic is a multipurpose, PIC microcontroller based
project that
nearly everyone can use. In its most basic form, it's a simple 10-
minute
timer with audio and visual outputs to remind you when it's time
to ID.
But wait, as they say -- there's more! How about an intelligent,
variable delay timer that announces your call sign or any other
message,
in Morse code at a speed you choose? How about CW keying and PTT
outputs
so you can attach it to a fox transmitter, Echolink setup,
crossband
rig or repeater? And how about inputs for squelch or COR to make a
repeater IDer that works the way you want it? And how about a
serial
interface to connect to your shack computer, laptop or terminal?
And how
about a Morse keyboard mode that sends text from your keyboard in
Morse
code? It's all there. Sorry, no Ginsu knives or fruit peeler
included.
The ID-O-Matic can meet a pretty wide range of needs. Out of the
box, so
to speak, it makes a nice little 10-minute ID reminder. It will
light up
a green LED until nine minutes have passed. The LED then turns
yellow,
and at 9 minutes 30 seconds starts blinking yellow/red. At ten
minutes
the ID-O-Matic beeps at you until you reset it with the
pushbutton, then
starts over.
Using the built-in RS232 serial interface, connect it to a
terminal or a
PC with a terminal emulation program (Procomm, Hyperterminal, etc)
and
you can use the very simple menu interface to set your own delay
from 1
second to over 9 hours - no programming or special software
required.
You can control when (and if) the LED turns yellow and when it
starts
blinking. You can also choose between the default beep, or just
type in
your call sign or any other message up to 64 characters long to
hear it
in Morse code. When in CW ID mode, ID-O-Matic will send the
message,
then automatically reset and start timing again.
You can also select repeater mode. In repeater mode two additional
inputs can be used to control when ID-O-Matic sends your Morse
code ID.
You can use a squelch, COR, PTT or other signals of your choosing.
You
can also choose to have the ID-O-Matic announce at set intervals
even on
a quiet channel; for example, ID every 10 minutes while the
repeater is
in use, and once per hour when it's idle. There's even a second
beacon
message available, in case you want a short ID during use and a
longer
message (for example, call sign and location) when the repeater is
idle.
The ID messages and courtesy beep can have different audio tones
from
250Hz to 3kHz, and there's a user-settable watchdog PTT timer to
keep
stuck mics or long-winded users from hanging up the repeater or
link.
In Morse keyboard mode, text you type is sent in Morse using the
speaker, CW and PTT outputs. Letters A-Z, numbers 0-9, AR, BT, SK
and
punctuation ( . , / ? @ ) can be sent (yes, even the new @ sign).
You
can also use the + and - symbols to increase or decrease the code
speed
in the middle of a message if you want.
Regardless of the mode used, the PTT output is active 500ms before
and
100ms after the CW ID, and the CW output can be used CW
transmitters,
tone generators, etc. Both PTT and CW outputs have open-drain
MOSFETs
rated for 60V. Speed is variable from 5 to 60 words per minute,
and the
audio pitch is also variable via the menu.
This auction is for the ID-O-Matic kit that includes the ID-O-
Matic chip
along with a high quality, double-sided PCB with silkscreen and
solder
mask, female DB9 serial connector, all needed resistors,
capacitors, and
transistors along with a dual-color
