Hi all!

  I've been lurking and listening for a while, taking in my daily
digest, and decided it was time to jump in.

  I'm just completing a PIC device that I plan to sell in kit form to
ham radio operators and other interested parties.  It is a hidden
radio transmitter controller.  It is connected to the mic and ear
jacks on a radio transceiver, can be controlled via DTMF tones and
will key up the radio, and send tones and Morse Code at programmed
intervals.  I have a web page available which includes a schematic, for
those interested in how I interfaced the PIC 16F84 to the radio.

  http://www.kvoa.com/byon/piccon/

I built a David Tait programmer about a year ago, and after
discovering a stupid mistake that I made, the thing has been working
great.  I also use David's PP.EXE programming software and am very
happy with the setup.  It's a very inexpensive solution!  I edit my
code in a DOS or Windows text editor, and the assemble with
Microchip's MPASM.EXE and then download the code into my prototype (
I really like in-circuit programming. )  I currently have 1
instruction of 1024 left, pretty full!

To all the frequest posters, Thanks for all the good advice over the
past year.  I hope to post more as my experience grows, or as I see
more questions in my area (Ham radio, T-hunting, etc.)

Happy New Year,

Byon



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Byon Garrabrant  N6BG  byon@netcom.com