On Jan 19, 2010, at 1:36 PM, ka2ugz wrote:
WOW what a response for the recent "new guy" post! Seems like an
abundance of energy in this group.
I saw a presentation and demonstration of a D-Star hot-spot using a
node adapter (Ham Radio University sponsored by GSBARC) and as a
result I joined this group to learn more.
I am an officer in a Long Island club that operates 3 analog
repeaters, two 70cm and one 2m. We have discussed turning one of
them into a D-Star repeater but the significant investment is beyond
the reach of our small club. I think the node adapter hot spot is
well within our grasp though.
With the closest D-Star repeater on the Empire State Building in NYC
there is not much D-Star activity here and I think the hot-spots
will create opportunity.
So on to my first question:
I sent an email to Satoshi (7m3...@jk1zrw.ampr.org ) to buy an
assembled node adapter which his website says is available (updated
12/23/2009). It has been about 10-days with no reply and no
indication that the email was undeliverable. In the experience of
this group, does it take Satoshi a long time to answer email?
I realize that this is probably not his "day job" and he might be
overloaded with requests so please help set my expectation level…
how patient do I need to be?
73 de KA2UGZ - Jay
There are other options if converting an existing repeater. See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcrepeatercontroller
-- if you have good access to the discriminator and modulator on
your repeater, a $2 sound fob, and a serial port or Velleman K8055,
and a spare computer running Linux or Windows --- you can have a D-
STAR repeater.
Simplex "hot spots" and DV-AR operations are good for isolated needs,
such as around the house -- but they don't really provide the full D-
STAR capability as they are children of D-PLUS linking (no callsign
routing, etc.) and I hate seeing them supplanting real repeaters that
provide 2-way local coverage as well as routing and linking.
Some of my experimentation
http://k7ve.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=26
John D. Hays
Amateur Radio Station K7VE
PO Box 1223
Edmonds, WA 98020-1223 VOIP/SIP: j...@hays.org
Phone: 206-801-0820
801-790-0950
Fax: 866-309-6077
Email: j...@hays.org
