DL9BU - ham radio stuff

TetraCat

Wed, 06 May 2026 00:15:04 +0100

This is a Windows program to read out some data from Motorala Tetra devices through the PEI interface. Main thing is to monitor RSSI value. Tested with my MTM5400 Radio, so I can’t guarantee that it will work with your radio.

Alice-DJ500 – a channel editor software for Alinco DJ-500 T/TB/E/EX radio

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:55:20 +0100

The DJ-500 is a nice handheld radio and the programming software also works quite well. However, I find two things in the software that need improvement

Hamweather

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:55:20 +0100

A quick overview of the current propagation conditions.

Ham Weather overview

Current Ionogram from Julius Ruh station

Information

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:55:20 +0100

Hello dear visitor,

My name is Burkhard, I’ve been a radio amateur since September 2016, and I live in Voerde (JO31HO) on the beautiful Lower Rhine.

Self made data cable (ALINCO ERW-7) for DJ-500

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:55:20 +0100

The data cable (ALINCO ERW-7 USB programming cable -> 69 €) for the DJ-500E radio can be built relatively easily.

Alinco DJ-500 connector pinout

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 10:55:20 +0100

I found the picture on the internet, unfortunately I didn’t note the source.

DJ-500E – frequency range adaption – Part2

Sun, 23 Aug 2020 10:55:20 +0100

On newer devices (from late 2017 onwards?), reprogramming via key combination no longer works! Alinco offers software (the so-called O-Setup software) that allows you to program the different radio types (frequency ranges).

DJ-500E – – frequency range adaption – Part1

Mon, 09 Mar 2020 10:55:20 +0100

The radio can be reprogrammed to different frequency ranges using a key combination.

Caution: On newer devices (from late 2017 onwards?), reprogramming via key combination no longer works! There is software from Alinco (the so-called O-Setup software) that is not freely available. It is best to ask your dealer.

SDR# plugins

Sat, 19 Nov 2016 00:05:04 +0100

Some time ago (2014) I played around with the SDR reception using a DVB-T stick. The SDR# program is ideal for this. The program was at this time still open source software, so that you were able to understand the program to write your own plugins. Two plugins are available from this time

Easyscanner

Fri, 18 Nov 2016 00:05:04 +0100

Easyscanner is a plugin for the SDR# programm to scan frequencies according to a list. It has a few settings, e.g. to set the scan intervall and release time and trigger level.

Levelmeter

Fri, 11 Nov 2016 00:05:04 +0100

Levelmeter is a plugin for the SDR# programm

There are three modes to monitor the rx power rx power of VFO frequency (mode 0) average rx power in Bandwith (mode 1) peak rx power in Bandwith (mode 2)