Radio phone patch equipment

This simple circuit will give perfectly adequate performance with parts purchased at your lo. The kenwood pc1a phone patch provides a connection between the transceiver and a telephone line. For radio stations, the inline patch can be used as a simple phone line hybrid. If youre feeling adventurous, you can build your own ham radio equipment from scratch. Patchmaster the ultimate phone patch parchmaster 200 is a new high performance phone patch aimed at a wide range of twoway radio applications. If this radio hears my dtmf tones, it would then use them to dial the number and open up a txrx phone call with my remote radio. Radiotelephony means transmission of sound by radio, in contrast to radiotelegraphy transmission of telegraph signals. Voipom for repeater phone patch written by jim kinter. Jk audio inline patch telephone audio recorder interface. Most cell phones are digital and time division multiplex, the audio tofrom it is digitized turned into 1s and 0s and transmits and receives, jumps back and forth, only par. Building from scratch isnt too different from building from a. When you access a repeaters autopatch function, a dial tone appears on the air. A radiotelephone or radiophone is a communications system for transmission of speech over radio. Join katie wy7yl on her tour of one of our ham radio outlet flagship superstores in beautiful plano, texas.

The equipment is cheap and could definitely make a difference in. The performance of brics is directly related to how efficiently it is utilized by subscriber agencies. Autopatches are from a ham, usually mobile, through a repeater, and often to a nonham. For radio stations, the inline patch can be used as a simple phone line hybrid coupler. Why the voiceover phone patch is loved by voice actors and. Radio amateurs, on the other hand, tend to limit the meaning of patch to the. Users browsing for radio communication electronics in radio communication usually look at. Radio communication electronics for sale in stock ebay. Im thinking of a link via aprs like cable between hand held radio and mobile phone. If your radio has the autopatch feature, and you obtain the tone sequences, follow these general steps to make a phone call the exact steps may vary from repeater to repeater. So i have an idea for a project that would work as a digital phone patch. The connection berween the radio and patch recepient will be toll quality without any compression. When operating a phone patch, now completely legal under telco deregulation, it would be irrelevant whether the telephone end. How to use autopatch on your ham radio repeater dummies.

If you have a twoway radio system, such as a cb, business band or any other base station to mobile communications, all you need to be able to receive or place local or long distance calls right from the field in your tractor or pickup cab is the new extenda phone telephone patch. Responsibility of grantee of equipment registration r the the uso of phone fcc pertainrng to patches by radio amateurs i, for changes c the patch, of an in ope curing telephone a few i m ion or the o at writing in o before ons of rding to follow portant rules e and that be phone patches call the on the then 2 keep the s t said. Studio recording equipment free delivery possible on eligible purchases. Many other forms of audio interface can serve the same function. Kenwood pc1a phone patch controller ham for sale online ebay. Its a broad category that includes almost any kind of electromagnetic equipment. Steves company qrvc communications originally offered the quad radio pci cards for sale. Jul 01, 2010 hf phone patch howdy one of the primary reasons private, commercial and military use hf radio for phone patches is the lower expense cost in several aspects, especially in a noncommercial aircraft. The ability to interconnect their stations and repeaters with the public telephone system. The wisdom of the federal government in permitting, and even in defending, this freedom has been demonstrated time and again. She will show you the store and introduce some of the staff in this short video.

Couple that with the typical interchange on most cb channels, and there is little use to use a phone patch on cb. No, cell phones use very different frequencies and modes than ham radio. Amateur radio repeater patchmaster the ultimate phone. Patch the simplest way to patch a phone line to another piece of equipment is to. Call it a phone patch or just a nifty addon feature of my integrated services digital network isdn connection i call it a lifesaver, which again came to the rescue just the other day to help identify and deliver the exact type of voiceover recording my client wanted. Phone patch, autopatch and hfvhfuhf operating guidelines. Out of this world phone patch international space station.

Discussion in amplitude modulation started by n6yw, sep 25. International orders are processed the next shipping day. The connection berween the radio and patch recepient. With the phone patch switch in the of position, make a radio contact with. What was illegal in the eyes of the phone companies, was the use of unauthorised attachments to the phone lines. An autopatch, sometimes called a phone patch, is a feature of an amateur radio repeater or. You get so much crap along with the voice you want to patch, it is difficult to filter enough to make the patch work effectively. A device called a phone patch was used to make the connections between the amateur radio transceivers and the local telephone lines. If you have a twoway radio system, such as a cb, business band or any other base station to mobile communications, all you need to be able to receive or place local or long distance calls right from the field in your tractor or pickup cab is the new extendaphone telephone patch. Phone patch like link between hand held radio and mobile. When you talk into your microphone the mic signal is routed to the telephone as if you are speaking into a telephone receiver. The term autopatch pretty much says it all a phone patch from an auto. This comprehensive list should be useful to new engineers, or it guys starting to work in a broadcast environment. My repeater station was built using motorola equipment, made available from.

Whether youre collecting motorola transceivers that use ctcss tones or simple rc cars, youre still collecting rf equipment in a manner of speaking. The mfj624e is designed to remain permanently installed between a transceiver, a telephone line with a modular connector, and a telephone receivers handset. The barrett 2061 uses a unique adaptive hybrid to convert the fourwire audio from the transceiver to twowire audio for the phone line. Hybrid phone patches were readily available because of this, so this was. The patch simply feeds your live mic voice and any recorded audio you want through an interface the patch and directly into your phone line. If youre new to radio, it can be hard to know every single piece of gear and understand how it fits into the airchain. A phone patch allows two way communication with the client a phone patch is a electronic box that allows you to connect your mixer or digital audio interface to standard telephone lines. Building something by starting with a blank piece of paper or a magazine article and then putting it to use in your own station is a real accomplishment. The front panel of the phone patch is shown in figure 1. Equipment youll find in a radio station media realm. I want the ability to use dtmf tones to dial a phone number that would be picked up by a radio with an audio interface to a computer at home.

Walk around the room and talk over the phone while everyone listens in. Is it possible to configure the mobile radio to present the cell phone as a phone patch to the ht operator. For radio stations, the inline patch can be used as a simple phoneline hybrid coupler. In particular, us stations conducting international phone patches must identify in english at least once every 10 minutes, and must give their call signs and the other stations call signs at the end of the communication. Radiotelephone systems are very rarely interconnected with the public switched telephone network, and in some radio services, including gmrs, such interconnection is prohibited. The telephone and the radio will operate as if the phone patch were not in the circuit when the patch inbypass switch is in the bypass out position. First, lets make sure we understand what a phone patch is, and what it does. Heres a catalog of every piece of equipment you might find in a typical radio station. This comprehensive list should be useful to new engineers, or it guys starting to work in.

This switch can be remotecontrolled with a simple contact closure. If you need the voices evened out, the way a radio station does, you need a more expensive box. You can also receive into your computer the voice at the other end of the phone line. The phone patch should be collocated with and interfaced directly to the mototrbo tm xpr 8400 repeater. Users with a transceiver capable of producing touch tones dtmf signals can make a telephone call, typically limited by settings in the autopatch module to be. Voip and remote operating applications and ham radio. But theres more to it amateurs can and do use phone patches for purposes. Video demonstrating communications between amateur radio equipment and cell phone equipment using email to text feature with. Broadcast supply worldwide provides the lowest prices available on equipment for radio broadcasting and audio recording. For telecom demo or teleconference presentations, you can use a cordless telephone. This phone patch may not be connected to party lines or to coin operated lines. Line 600 ohm, receiver input 8 ohms, speaker output 8 ohms and microphone 50k ohms. Most cb rigs have such poor audio, and are so overdriven that phone patches arent all that useful.

For further details see delivery estimates in cart. Can you communicate to cell phones with a ham radio. In all that time, ive only done one job where a phone patch was required. Your source for telephone audio interfaces from top brands like jk audio, bogen communications. Installation the mfj624e can me configured for use with a radio having either a 8pin round connector or an 8. Only one radio should be connected to the radio at any given time.

The hybrid circuit provides a high degree of isolation between the receiver output and the transmitter input circuits, making it an ideal unit for. The barrett 2061 hf phone patch provides an interface between an hf network and the international telephone network, allowing hf stations to be connected to telephone subscribers and vice versa. Kenwood pc1a phone patch controller ham for sale online. For that reason, i dont have any fancy phone patch equipment as part of my recording setup.

An autopatch, sometimes called a phone patch, is a feature of an amateur radio or other type of twoway radio repeater or base station to access an outgoing telephone connection. The patch accepts a standard rj11 telephone connector. This simple circuit will give perfectly adequate performance with parts purchased at your lo cal radio shack. Then dial the number, using the numeric keypad on your radio or microphone. How to use a phone patch in your voice over home recording studio for jobs and work as voice over talent in commercials, animation and narration from aliso creek voice over classes.

Broadcast supply worldwide equipment for radio broadcasting. Communication protocols computer network data transmission store and forward telecommunications equipment types of network. I put a cs800 on my kenwood tkr750 repeater on 2m and our local ham community typically uses the autopatch when we cant get cell service or there are a bunch of us on the radio and we want to make a telephone conference call. A phone patch is a device that connects, or patches, a phone line into a studio console so that the client, who might be in a remote location, can listen in on the voice session without being recorded by the engineer. All of this creates high quality patches limited only by the quality voice compression of your cell provider to your phone. The off hooknorm switch lets you seize a phone line without using a telephone. Ive always been intrigued with the concept of radio phone patches dating way back to when my dad was in viet nam and we recieved a couple of calls from him via the mars system and then again when i was an an airborne communications tech in the air force. We still use telephone patch devices to enable schools to make contact with the international space station. The telephone company may make changes in their facilities, equipment, operations or procedures that might affect the operation of this phone patch and if such changes are made, you may have to readjust the patch per the setup instructions. The typical simplex patch connects to a phone line and a radio.

As far as i know, ham radio phone patches were never illegal under fcc rules, at least postwwii. The mfj624e can me configured for use with a radio having either a 8pin round connector or an 8pin modular connector. Even though this is an urban area, cell service can still have outages. Why the voiceover phone patch is loved by voice actors. Apr 01, 2020 a device called a phone patch was used to make the connections between the amateur radio transceivers and the local telephone lines. Users with a transceiver capable of producing touch tones dtmf signals can make a telephone call, typically limited by settings in the autopatch module to be only to flatrate numbers, such as local calls or toll. Phone patch guidelines american radio relay league.

A simple phone patch solution marc scott voice over. Midians radiotelephone interconnectsphone patchrepeater panels feature. A rigblaster pro forms the interface between transceiver and the pc sound card. Radiotelephone interconnects phone patch repeater panels. May 11, 2009 the performance of brics is directly related to how efficiently it is utilized by subscriber agencies. Feb 09, 2018 no, cell phones use very different frequencies and modes than ham radio. Midians radio telephone interconnects phone patch repeater panels feature. The patching of other radio systems and frequencies over to brics directly affects the resources available to all users. In many cases, just a quick phone conversation with the client before i record can iron out any details that they want to make sure are communicated. The inline patch does not disrupt your caller id or ring signals. One important feature of ham radio repeaters is called autopatch, which allows a repeater user to make a telephone call through the repeater. The telephone company may make changes in their facilities, equipment.

Patching a radio system over to brics is the equivalent of adding the same number of radios in use on that system, onto brics. I use my kenwood phone patch as a link to my radio shack hands free. May 15, 2018 first, lets make sure we understand what a phone patch is, and what it does. Amateur radio repeater patchmaster the ultimate phone patch. The term phone patch more accurately describes a system that is dialed and connected to the telephone network by a user manually operating a ham radio base station, which was more common before computer technology made automation of the process easier. It is designed to provide high isolation between receiver input and transmitter output. Midians phone patches are available in four models. Kenwood pc1a phone patch controller ham radio estate.

Ive read that there was such a thing as phone patch for repeaters and this is something interesting id like to reproduce to an extent. Had some equipment recently donated to our radio club and one of the items included was a kenwood phone patch controller. In an emergency, break into an ongoing contact, and ask the stations to stand by for an emergency autopatch. Radiotelephone interconnects phone patches midian electronics radiotelephone interconnects phone. Patchmaster the ultimate phone patch repeater builder. For nontechnical, nonhams reading this, a phone patch was a device that connected a radio to the telephone lines and provided the ability for the ham at the southern receiving end to patch their radio into the phone line and then call a person and allow them carry on a conversation with the person on the other end of the radio link, i. If more than one radio is connected damage may occur to the unit or to the transceivers. The icom phone patch is used to connect a telephone circuit to any amateur radio station installation. Hf phone patch howdy one of the primary reasons private, commercial and military use hf radio for phone patches is the lower expense cost in several aspects, especially in a noncommercial aircraft.