Hello James, Well, as someone who runs a DStar net I would offer a couple of comments. First, I assume that since the net covers many miles it must be on a reflector. If you don't want to be connected to that reflector you might be able to unlink the local repeater from that reflector. The ability for individual ops to link/unlink is up to the repeater administrator, but many allow users to switch linking. There are lots of reflectors you could link to, and most are pretty open. When you say 'keying the entire world' you're not really accurate. You are keying on all the repeaters connected to that reflector. Might be a lot of stations, but it ian't he world. Second, why don't you jump into the net? Unless it is one of the really large nets (Like Connies in Springfield MO) you can probably get in pretty quickly. We always ask for new stations every few minutes and are always glad for anyone who comes aboard. I haven't seen anyone intentionally rude on any D-Star activity, but maybe I'm just lucky. Anyway, hope you join in and play with the rest of us. 73 Ted W1GRI
_____ From: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of James Earl Wells Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 20:37 To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] DSTAR communication Wow, I do not know where you live but I thought that where I live was the only place that people were rude on D-Star. I think some do not or wish not to realize that when you key up on D-Star you are keying up on the entire world. Now I am not against nets. I love the ones we have here on 2 meter and 70 cm. However there is someone that runs a net once a week in (well not really in my local area) an area a few hundred miles from here on D-Star. It can last around an hour or more and personally I find it annoying. Plus it is at time when I would rather try to do some D-Star work in other countries. Now I know that this is all part of ham but to me since D-Star is like keying a Radio in every home in the world there should be more people acting like ham radio people should act. Between turns there should be a time to allow others to jump in. I thought that was the idea. Getting more people together. Well that is my opinion and I stand by it. I am not an old timer but everyone that I know and who has influenced me into this hobby are old timers and they teach respect for the other operators and letting everyone have a go on the mic. Hope that I don't make anyone mad but then if I do then maybe they need to re-read the the General Course. I love this hobby and would hate to see someone(s) ruining the Hobby that I enjoy. I am disabled and between the Ham and this computer they are my connections to the outside world and I have lots of friends and have lots of teachers who have helped me learn to build things and learn to be a considerate Ham Operator. I am now off my soap box. Be Kind.. Let Others have a Chance at the Ham Line. James KD0AJZ ----- Original Message ----- From: Catrina <mailto:interpreter...@gmail.com> White To: dstar_digital@ <mailto:dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 6:10 PM Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] DSTAR communication I am frequently using a repeater where there is NO ACTIVITY when I turn on the radio, listen for a few minutes, put on my reading glasses to see if anything is scrolling on the bottom of my IC 91ad, have it turned to high pwer, and use my BIG mobile antenna. It works for the most part. Is it jsut the fac tthat others are being rude, and just keying up when I am trying to transmit? I ask about my signal and am told that everything is fine on my end. I give up!! What else is there to do? are people really that rude that they will jsut key up and not check to see if anyone is transmitting? in DSTAR, eveyone gets knocked off, not just the big guy. Couldnt someone fix that? It is obviously a HUGE GLITCH!
