Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] New D-Star repeater now in place in ARRL lab

2010-09-05 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:kn...@arvidionews.com>kn...@arvideonews.com 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Dvap question

2010-08-15 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
nning in short order. I can connect tx an rx to any reflector that I have tried, however I can only connect rx only to the local repeaters (3 in my area). Am I missing something. Thanks! ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:kn...@arvi

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Please help me support D-Star ...

2010-07-29 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
27;t be the only link to an emergency scene. We need our RF! The program "Digital Voice for Amateur Radio" is a good, general introduction to D-STAR (and other digital voice modes), available from my web site below. Makes a good club meeting program (really 2, one for HF, one for VH

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] 2 VHF/UHF RIGS MOBILE

2010-07-28 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
it frequency. They'll be heard in the UHF band (for example, if you transmit on 147.45, you'll hear a big signal on 442.35 - the FCC knew what it was doing when it assigned hams "harmonically related" bands). ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] 2820/880 memory storage - callsigns

2010-06-22 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
DR Mode on the 80/880. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:kn...@arvidionews.com>kn...@arvideonews.com 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Multiple 2820s / one callsign question

2010-06-03 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
At 08:27 PM 6/3/2010, Nate Duehr wrote: >It's actually pretty brilliant. By displaying it as a callsign and >another field on the user-interface in the web, it saves confusion, in a >way, while creating a multiple-radio feature out of nothing more than a >user-interface display choice by the devel

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] 145.67 D-STAR simplex (was: DStar Nets)

2010-06-03 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
it if the channel is clear... and you can find someone to talk to! If you really want to use D-STAR on the open road, a DVDongle or DVAP and an air card are your best options between repeaters. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] DStar Nets

2010-06-03 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
don't have to have a southern accent, and if you think barbecue is a noun, not a verb, you'll feel right at home. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:kn...@arvidionews.com>kn...@arvideonews.com 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Multiple 2820s / one callsign question

2010-06-02 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
eant pedantic: pe·dan·tic –adjective 1. ostentatious in one's learning. 2. overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, esp. in teaching. (definition #2 is the one I had in mind). 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, N

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Multiple 2820s / one callsign question

2010-06-02 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
At 04:30 PM 6/1/2010, ae5pl wrote: > Per my prior post: the 8th character is considered an ID character. > Within the current confines of the Icom gateway software, that character > can be a space or A through Z. Program each radio with an unique ID > character and you are good to go. If you in

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Dayton? Forum, videos

2010-05-17 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
put on a great show Friday night, presenting a lot of history and introducing many of the hams who have been instrumental in D-STAR's early development. www.ARVideoNews.com... 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mai

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] DSTAR newcomer FINISH

2010-05-15 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
without a repeater - it works fine simplex. In fact, simplex is preferred for using the DV data mode and using D-RATS. I wouldn't put a lot of effort in convincing the curmudgeons. Just keep showing people what you can do and let them form their own opinions. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Am

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] DSTAR newcomer

2010-05-06 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
nfrastructure beyond the two stations involved in the contact. I also enjoy D-STAR. It adds something that HF doesn't have. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:kn...@arvidionews.com>kn...@arvideonews.com 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Dstar Repeater receive is bad . .

2010-04-29 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
it took for some repeater owners to solve a problem. It's very difficult to diagnose problems with D-STAR equipment using standard analog test equipment, but if there's a mix or spur signal on your receive frequency, an analog receiver will reveal it. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radi

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] 880 VS 2820

2010-04-23 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
. Two 880's is an intriguing idea. You'll need separate antennas, more space, two mics to tangle, but you get two D-STAR channels at once, if you're that deep into it. 73, Gary Kn4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailt

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: ARRL Field Day Rules - 145.67 simplex

2010-04-20 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
sers. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:kn...@arvidionews.com>kn...@arvideonews.com 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: ARRL Field Day Rules - 145.67 simplex

2010-04-20 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
w holding their sides and ROTFL - not because we don't deserve the spectrum, but because they know just how likely ANY "band plan" changes and recognition are for anything new or different, but that's a whole 'nother can of worms). 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:kn...@arvidionews.com>kn...@arvideonews.com 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: ARRL Field Day Rules - 145.67 simplex

2010-04-19 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
used for a statewide packet system. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:kn...@arvidionews.com>kn...@arvideonews.com 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Linking vs. Source Routing

2010-04-08 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
s make D-STAR worth having. Thanks you, Robin! 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:kn...@arvidionews.com>kn...@arvideonews.com 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: DV dongle QSO ham radio? We embrace new modes?

2010-03-27 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
t in is the way it always was and the way it should always be." 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:kn...@arvidionews.com>kn...@arvideonews.com 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: DV dongle QSO ham radio?

2010-03-27 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
who dismiss this technology would be better off knowing it, if not embracing it). Ham radio still has its own character. In the end The "talking about planes" example is interesting. It isn't flying, but it is aviation. I think we have the same distinction. Some Internet enhances

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] DV dongle QSO ham radio?

2010-03-26 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
At 04:27 AM 3/26/2010, Jack wrote: The question is, is dongle to dongle amateur radio? I say no. If there is no RF involved, its internet chat. Is a club meeting Amateur Radio. Is a hamfest? 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Accuracy

2010-03-20 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
At 01:31 PM 3/20/2010, dstarfanatic wrote: Hello, reviewing the reflector list from http://www.dstarinfo.com/Reflectors/Reflectors.aspx there seems to be some questionable details. For example REF017C French speaking Belgian repeaters in Wal

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Alternative D-STAR Equipment

2010-03-18 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
nt D-STAR equipment that sells only a few percent as many units. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:kn...@arvidionews.com>kn...@arvideonews.com 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] ARRL/TAPR 2009 Digital Conference DVDs Now Available

2010-02-20 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
RVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:kn...@arvidionews.com>kn...@arvideonews.com 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Position Reports - Learning about D-STAR

2010-02-20 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
rvers that link multiple repeaters worldwide) means that you can have lots of activity anywhere and anytime you want. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:kn...@arvidionews.com>kn...@arvideonews.com 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] DV Access Point Dongle as APRS digi? (was: New Guy)

2010-01-19 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
aybe a little netbook) with a wireless access card and a DVAP along on your bike. Keep asking questions! 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:kn...@arvidionews.com>kn...@arvideonews.com 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: DVDongle Access Point (was "New guy")

2010-01-18 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
preview of the ARVN video of the event: www.arvideonews.com (the DVD has a much longer discussion). At that point the device only had a transmitter. The final product will be a full micro-transceiver. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: New guy

2010-01-17 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
At 05:36 PM 1/17/2010, ad5rb wrote: If you want to hear the developers in person, there are a series of videos available from Gary Pearce, KN4AQ, at www.ARVideoNews.com Thanks for the plug, Richard. I'll add that the program "Digital Voice for Amateur Radio" is the one you w

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] D-Star mobile

2010-01-10 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
e. I've tried to program the frequencies of lots of analog repeaters I pass on my annual trip between Raleigh and Dayton. It took hours using good software (but it was worth it). A similar trip today passes less than a dozen D-STAR repeaters, so it's quick. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Am

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] D-Star mobile

2010-01-10 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
und, I have DVDs of the D-STAR Forums at Dayton for 2008 and 2009, and a user seminar presented by the guys who put up the Charlotte D-STAR repeater. I expect you'll get several more takes on your question here. Enjoy! 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] CHRISTMAS

2009-12-23 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
and to my friends in the D-STAR community: http://arvideonews.com/otherstuff/A_Ham%27s_Night_Before_Christmas.html 73 and happy holiday! Gary KN4AQ

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Dec 2009 QST p 50 - SSB vs. AM

2009-12-20 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
At 05:45 AM 12/20/2009, Nate Duehr wrote: On Dec 19, 2009, at 12:24 PM, Gary Pearce KN4AQ wrote: > In doing a little research, I learned that SSB was originally created for long distance telephone use, for things like the Atlantic cable as Adam notes, in the early 1930's. It first

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Dec 2009 QST p 50 - SSB vs. AM

2009-12-19 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
nt of R2D2) SSB. 73 nu5d ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:kn...@arvidionews.com>kn...@arvideonews.com 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] ID-80AD review in QST

2009-11-16 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
thod of forwarding a transmission to a repeater (the "/" does that). It works, but it's not necessary. So it's no big deal. I did find DR MODE confusing at first. The manual is accurate but obtuse here, so you have to get beyond it a little to understand how DR MODE works

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Internet Via ID-800H

2009-11-03 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
ng beeps during your data session. Your local repeater group may have a policy about data use. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:kn...@arvidionews.com>kn...@arvideonews.com 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] D-STAR/Analog 10 kHz Adjacent Channel Experience

2009-10-04 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
D-STAR/Analog 10 kHz Adjacent Channel Experience Gary Pearce KN4AQ October 3, 2009 I just had some experience with interference between a D-STAR repeater and an analog repeater, 10 kHz apart, that I think may be educational. Here's the story. This morning I was a SAG Wagon on a B

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] DV DongleTX

2009-10-04 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
up software to get it started, but you choose and make gateway connections using call signs in your HT the same way you do it with repeaters. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:kn...@arvidionews.

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Dayton '09 D-STAR Forum Video Now Available

2009-08-25 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 kn...@arvideonews.com 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Question: Scanners?..

2009-08-05 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
for Dispatch.. > > Jeff-N8NOE ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:kn...@arvidionews.com>kn...@arvideonews.com 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] IC-91AD vs 92AD - QST Review

2009-07-18 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
Here's the link: http://arvideonews.com/otherstuff/index.html At 10:21 PM 7/17/2009, Ben Ramler wrote: > Hi Gary, > I don't see a link. you can send it to me direct if you want to. >73, >Ben >________ >From: Gary Pearce KN4AQ

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] IC-91AD vs 92AD

2009-07-17 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
gt;Ben Here's a link to a page where you can download a PDF of my QST review of the 92, comparing it to the 91. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 kn...@arvideonews.com 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] new to the group

2009-07-08 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
og-only; if ICOM's radios do what you want to do, analog or digital; and if you can tolerate some risk that D-STAR doesn't proliferate. If those answers are yes, then join the still-early-adopters and get into D-STAR. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 50

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Where to look for an IC-80AD review?

2009-06-24 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
(maybe more than one) you can join. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:kn...@arvidionews.com>kn...@arvideonews.com 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] New to D-Star - Which is the Best Radio

2009-06-15 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
u know what to do. There are discussions about that in the archives of this list, and the other radio-specific Yahoo groups. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:kn...@arvidionews.com>kn...@arvideonews.com 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Beginner's Guide to DSTAR

2009-05-26 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
bile and IC-92 handheld, with some info on the ID-800 mobile. All of this is linked from the Digital Voice section of my web site. That should get you started, and at that point you may be able to decide how much farther you want to go. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pe

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Local Group - Fayetteville, NC

2009-05-25 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
ne). You might want to join the NCDSTAR Yahoo Group - you'll see announcements about it there in the next few weeks, rather than on this worldwide group. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:kn...@ar

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] DStar uses

2009-05-09 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
could be included in the dual-band radios and repeaters. Some new spectrum management would be needed. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:kn...@arvidionews.com>kn...@arvideonews.com 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] icom 800 vs 880

2009-05-06 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
ounted in a very head's up position, so it's not such a problem, but less than optimum positioning makes the display difficult to use compared to many other radios. I'll be reviewing the 80 and 880 for QST. The review should appear in late summer or early fall. 73, Gary KN4AQ AR

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] EMR Communication Mode

2009-05-01 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
or sirens. It just turns up the volume, so if you try it, you won't be causing anyone a major problem. But you probably ought to announce what you're doing, and maybe get some others to join in and try it out. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spenc

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] EMR Communication Mode

2009-05-01 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
or sirens. It just turns up the volume, so if you try it, you won't be causing anyone a major problem. But you probably ought to announce what you're doing, and maybe get some others to join in and try it out. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spenc

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] looking for a dstar presentation

2009-03-28 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
you've got time, you can play the whole thing. If not, you can use them at two club meetings. It's not free ($25 shipped), but many clubs have found it worth the money. You can see a free preview (and order the video) at my web site: www.ARVideoNews.com 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amat

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Legally Identifying?

2009-03-24 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
to assist those of us driving along the highway and can't stare at the display - I'd continue to give a verbal call sign. But to challenge the obsolete rules, I'd take the liberal interpretation and say the data carries the ID. My 2 cents.... 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Rad

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] New and looking for help!

2009-03-24 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
e first I tried after looking at the HRO site. I've got some video on my web site about programming D-STAR radios: http://arvideonews.com/dstar-programming/index.html The ID-800 is confusing and difficult to program manually, but it can be done! 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//V

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Understanding the UR field

2009-03-22 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
t;. And as another responder noted, you can get the specific data to enter in the YOUR, RPT1 and RPT2 fields for any given route and method by selecting the route on the D-STAR calculator page: www.dstarinfo.com/Calculator/DSTAR Web Calculator.aspx Hope that clears it up! 73, Gary KN4AQ ARV

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Understanding the UR field

2009-03-22 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
u make your "link-me" key-up, be sure to change your radio back to having CQCQCQ in your UR field, or the "link-me" instructions will get sent every time you key up, and your actual transmissions won't be heard (at least I think they won't - I'm not

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] No Gateway, what would a D-Star Repeater act as?

2009-03-10 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
site: www.arvideonews.com/Dayton The whole thing, several other D-STAR presentations at the forum, and the Friday night meeting (mostly fun stuff, but you get to meet more of the people who are moving D-STAR forward) is on the DVD - just $15 [sales pitch OFF]. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amate

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] D-Star users at Dayton- Forum/Meeting?

2009-03-10 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
). Any word on what might be happening this year? 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:kn...@arvidionews.com>kn...@arvideonews.com 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] IF filters

2009-02-18 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
most of the radios these days (including ICOM's D-STAR radios) have a "narrow" FM mode, with a corresponding narrow IF filter. I suspect that ICOM has that filter do double-duty and handle D-STAR as well. 73, Gary Kn4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] QST Review of DVDongle - PDF available

2009-01-16 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
quot;Routine" products in this class get about half this much space. So the ARRL deserves some credit, too. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:kn...@arvidionews.com>kn...@arvideonews.com 919-380-9944 www.ARVi

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: DVDongle Review

2009-01-13 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
with a laptop and an air-card. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:kn...@arvidionews.com>kn...@arvideonews.com 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] New to Dstar

2009-01-11 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
fo.com/Calculator/DSTAR%20Web%20Calculator.aspx will show you exactly what information to put in the four key "callsign fields" of the radio for communicating through D-STAR repeaters. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, N

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Use

2009-01-03 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
- something you can share with your local radio club. The 2820 does APRS (that is, does 1200 bps packet radio) like most other FM radios: with an external TNC (or sound-card equivalent). The 2820's D-STAR digital capability, and it's built-in GPS, do NOT give it packet or APRS

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Audio issue on 2820's? ALC Setting.

2008-12-23 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
o. Turning it off made the radio sound a little better (and a little louder) in DV mode. The manual says that OFF is the default. I don't remember turning mine on, but who knows? 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] ID-800H - Video Comparison with 2820

2008-12-22 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
re Yahoo Groups dedicated to each D-STAR radio you might want to join. D-STAR has a fairly steep, but short, initial learning curve. It's worth getting over the hump quickly. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] AMBE 2020 Price - $20

2008-11-26 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
At 08:03 AM 11/26/2008, Erik Finskas wrote: >Gary Pearce KN4AQ wrote: > > > > My notes also show that the PC "software" license is $25,000... > > > > 73, > > Gary KN4AQ > >Are you talking about the PC decoder software going for $25k, mentioned

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] AMBE 2020 Price - $20

2008-11-26 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
- there is no distributor network. My notes also show that the PC "software" license is $25,000, not the $100,000 figure tossed around here recently. Not that that makes is more affordable for the individual ham. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ

Re: [dstar_digital] Icom 91 vs 92

2008-10-11 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
of these bugs, > > > but that is still a fairly important concern. My area is just > > > getting into D-Star and working around bugs when you're not yet > > > familiar with how things are supposed to work is not my idea of a > > > great time. > > >

[dstar_digital] New D-STAR radio programming video

2008-08-21 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/KN4AQ. I've also added it to the DVD of the Charlotte D-STAR seminar. Better video quality, and indexing, on the DVD. 73, Gary Kn4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [dstar_digital] rs82 reading the radio

2008-08-07 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
you don't care. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[dstar_digital] Windows HF DV programs pulled from distribution

2008-07-21 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
their minds on participation. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[dstar_digital] Robin Cutshaw "D-Constructs" D-STAR - video clip from Dayton

2008-06-20 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
itself, and it shows the video and audio quality you'll see on the DVD. The DVD video is lots better than the YouTube clip, of course, but the clip holds up better than I thought it would. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC

Re: [dstar_digital] D-STAR Forums at Dayton 08 - DVD is Ready!

2008-06-02 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
confusion. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[dstar_digital] D-STAR Forums at Dayton 08 - DVD is Ready!

2008-06-02 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
. You can use a credit card or PayPal. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [dstar_digital] Re: [Linux_Dstar] Dayton Hamvention D-STAR Forum

2008-05-14 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
in DV these days - lots of interested hams out there. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[dstar_digital] Yaesu D-STAR Handheld Introduced?

2008-05-07 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
At a club meeting last night, a friend said he just got a brochure (from HRO, I think) that featured a D-STAR capable Yaesu handheld. He seemed pretty sure of it. Anybody else? 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mai

RE: [dstar_digital] GPS-A

2008-05-04 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
e in GPS-A data for doing that? I understand that GPS data is a bit longer, and more prone to garble than GPS-A. 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]