Matt While I don't think you will be able to reach the Orlando or Lakeland D-Star repeaters. In addition to the K1XC Orlando Repeater, the Orlando Amateur Radio Club is in the process of building the W4PLB D-Star repeaters on 145.150 -600 and 442.300 +5Mhz located in Northern Seminole County. It is located in Sanford, FL at I4 and SR46. At present it is on a Temporary frequency of 146.970 and not connected to the Gateway.
For details see: http://www.oarc.org/Repeaters.html We are hoping to get the 2M up and running on 145.150 (on the Gateway) in the next few weeks. For now try to see I you can access it on 146.970. VRY 73 Bob Cumming W2BZY President and Repeater Chairman Orlando Amateur Radio Club At 06:53 PM 7/8/2009, you wrote: >I am a new member of the group, and new to D-STAR. We don't have a >repeater in the Daytona Beach area, but several ham friends of mine >have radios, and I decided to get one anyway. The way I see it, if >enough of us get radios, a repeater will be put up. >Since I'm blind, I have a couple questions about my radio of choice. I >am getting the Icom IC-80AD. >I know the radio will beep if you have key beeps enabled. Does the >radio beep differently when selecting power levels? ON my Kenwood >radios, a low beep indicates high power, and the other power levels are >signaled by high beeps. >Using the programming software, can you program the VFO on both bands? >What I would like to do is set the VFO to a certain frequency, PL tone >etc. I know I could use the keypad to set the frequency, but it looks >like you need to go in to the menu to set PL tones. If I knew exactly >what keys to press, I could set the tones, but need a starting point. >Not all repeaters broadcast the tone, so tone scan won't always work. >If I know a D-STAR repeater is on a frequency, but I don't know the >call sign, will my radio figure it out if I put it on the frequency? I >can always go on the computer, an put in the gateway callsign if there is one >Are there any tips anyone can give me about this radio? > >-- >Matt Roberts >Port Orange Florida >407-415-5333 >Skype: blindbiker >Amateur Radio N9GMR >IRLP Node 4515 >Echolink 45153 >Your life experience is what you create! You can be do or have anything >you want! > >Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit >www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
