Hello John If I read you well, you mentioned the option of : "rolling our own" ??? Can we roll our own hardware ? Is there a way around buying the whole bunch ? If not, then can we use just an ID-RP2C to create a simplex gateway without a repeater, say connecting it to an IC-2200 with a UT-118 ?
Our computer is ready, but we are having trouble gathering the necessary funds to buy the ID-RP2000V and the ID-RP2C ... Thanks for your patience.. John, OD5RW ----- Original Message ----- From: John Hays To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 7:34 PM Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] D-Star Repeater System The hardware part is relatively simple, assuming you are not rolling your own: - 1 or more repeater/access modules ID-RP2000V, ID-RP4000V, ID-RP1V, ID-RP1D (up to 4 on a controller) - A controller: ID-RP2C Once you have those in hand, the rest is pretty much standard repeater building stuff - see: http://www.repeater-builder.com/rbtip/ - Feed line with connectors (as low loss as you can afford) - Antenna(s) - preferably commercial grade and a separate one for each band - Duplexer(s) or separate TX/RX antennas (appropriately spaced. ) - Power supplies (w/backup) If you want gateway/dplus connectivity, then you must add: - A computer meeting the specs, appropriate for the site, see http://www.icomamerica.com/en/support/forums/tm.asp?m=7706 - A router that supports "Class A" addresses on the LAN, I suggest something in the MikroTiK line (http://www.roc-noc.com/home.php?cat=4) - A good broadband connection from the Internet to the site (shoot for 1 Mbit each way, especially if you have 4 modules), low latency and jitter) If you can't get "wire" to the site, look at wireless solutions. - Icom's G2 software - Scripts and DPLUS - follow instructions at http://dsyncg2.dstarusers.org/JoiningTheNetwork2.pdf - Join the D-STAR Gateway and D-STAR Admins mailing lists Finally: - Have a thick skin, your users are going to expect 100% up time and complain about everything - Be prepared to spend substantial amounts of time and money to build and maintain the repeater - You will have to get a separate callsign for the repeater (current software does not allow you to use your own for your radio and a repeater) - Use the Gateway list for your questions - Remember the Trust Server folks are volunteers, they do a great job, but have jobs and lives beyond the Trust Server - patience and gratitude are the marks of the day On Jan 26, 2009, at 8:55 AM, Vicky Bagwalla-VA3VJB wrote: > Hello Group, > > Does anyone know of a link that will explain step by step what > equipment I > need to set up a D-STAR repeater system? > > Thanks and 73 > > Vicky Bagwalla > > VA3VJB > > blog: http://va3vjb.blogspot.com > > > John Hays Amateur Radio: K7VE j...@hays.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
