The Johnson County ARES / Bark Amateur Radio Club is in process of setting everyone up to use RMS Express with VARA as the modem protocol. We will also use VaraC for chat.
Go to Winlink Global Radio Email |https://www.winlink.org to get the RMS Express Client and get set up with an account
Go to EA5HVK | Weak signals Software (wordpress.com) to get the VARA HF and VARA FM software downloads.
Many of us have the Yaesu FTM-400d radio. This can be connected easily to your computer using the digirig products. To learn more visit digirig – a tidy digital modes interface for ham radio
Note that I am an Amazon affiliate and you can get the following from Amazon here:
Or if you want to program your FTM-400d and have 9600 baud packet get this cable instead: