D-STAR at Dayton Hamvention During the Hamvention several D-STAR events & resources will be available. D-STAR Digital Voice repeaters in Dayton are sponsored by DARA (Dayton Amateur Radio Association), the host of the Hamvention. Dayton D-STAR Repeaters 145.270 (+600 KHz) W8BI C Accessible outdoors at Hamvention® HARA Arena with a handheld at 0.5 watts may be marginal so higher power is recommended. 444.0875 (+ 5MHz) W8BI B 70 cm repeater has limited range. Dayton D-STAR Repeater Reflector Linking Hamvention received approval from the D-STAR Reflector REF030B to link a W8BI D-STAR over the Hamvention® weekend. The repeater was linked last year as well using a different reflector. A reflector allows all repeaters & DV Dongles linked to it communicate as a group. D-STAR activity in Dayton over Hamvention® weekend can be followed by using a repeater or DV Dongle linked to the 30-B reflector instead of linking directly to the W8BI gateway. Hamvention D-STAR Repeaters At the Hamvention Icom has D-STAR digital voice 2m, 70cm & 23cm digital voice repeaters & radios on demonstration and the repeaters may be connected to the D-STAR network. The callsigns & frequencies of the demonstration repeaters will be available at the Hamvention. Thursday Night D-STAR Meet, Greet and Eyeball QSO On Thursday night prior to the Hamvention there is a D-STAR Meet, Greet and Eyeball QSO over dinner. It will occur on Thursday May 13th from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m at Marion 's Piaza on 1320 N Fairfield Road in Beavercreek , OH . More information about the event at: http://hamvention.org/events.php#dstar D-STAR Friday Night Get Together For the last four years there has been a Friday Night D-STAR Get Together at a hotel in Dayton hosted by the Texas & Alabama D-STAR groups. The event has been an opportunity to hear talks by experienced D-STAR repeater operators & innovators and meet with other D-STAR users. This year the Friday Night D-STAR Get Together will be on Friday, May 14th from 8 – 10 pm at the Drury Inn North, the same location as last year. The Georgia D-STAR group will host this year's event. The format this year will be a bit different from previous years with a few short presentations to start the evening followed by an open session with D-STAR experts on many topics stationed around the room to meet and answer your questions. D-STAR Forum, Room #1, Friday, 12:45 – 14:15 pmHosted by Greg Sarratt, W4OZK Speakers DVAP/DV Dongle/D-PLUS/Multiple Software Packages, Robin Cutshaw, AA4RC Home-brew D-STAR repeater, David Lake, G4ULF D-RATS, D-STAR Digital Data Software, Dan Smith, KK7DS