[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Building from parts

2010-07-26 Thread michaelcarey69
I built a standalone 2m D-Star repeater based on an early Satoshi DV Node Adapter board 18 months ago. This was back in the days when you needed two PIC's to use standalone mode. I originally wanted to use a couple of commercial Icom radio but ended up using some Simoco SRM9000 mobile radios. I

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Tour of the VK5REX D-Star repeater

2010-06-27 Thread michaelcarey69
Hi Everybody, I've uploaded yet another video to YouTube. This one is a quick tour of the VK5REX D-Star repeater comms site at Port Lincoln in South Australia. Sorry for the video quality, the Nokia N85 works better as a phone than a video camera! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy8U-HDl0BM

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] G4KLX D-Star Client software video clip

2010-06-14 Thread michaelcarey69
Hi Everybody, I posted a short YouTube video showing the DV Client Software working on my laptop PC, using a SoundBlaster USB audio card, SignalLink SL-1+ interface and a Simoco SRM9010 radio on VHF. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10SZfMbeTl0 Sorry for the quality, it was shot using my Nokia

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Ozark Mountain DStar Net

2010-06-09 Thread michaelcarey69
I like the sound of this... (-: Michael. VK5ZEA (who is always at the end of the net) --- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, Bob N3PUG n3...@... wrote: One week we will start at the beginning of the alphabet and the net week will be starting at the end. Hope to hear everyone on the Ozark

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: ID800 High power DV transmit issue

2010-05-28 Thread michaelcarey69
HI Bud, I know you have said that you haven't had problems with this install before... just wondering where the antenna is in relation to the transceiver body and control head. The first thing I thought of was excessive RF getting back into to radio somehow... maybe things were just on the

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: D-STAR Reflector 1C Internet Feed

2010-05-20 Thread michaelcarey69
This is great. I put the shoutcast feed URL into my Integra AV Receiver internet radio list and now I can listen to D-Star in my home theatre!! Many thanks, Michael. VK5ZEA --- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, Mark Thompson wb9qzb_gro...@... wrote:

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: D-STAR Reflector 1C Internet Feed

2010-05-20 Thread michaelcarey69
Hi Scott, I entered this URL :- http://www.radioreference.com/scripts/playlists/1/1647/0-5097560760.m3u; into the web interface of my Integra receiver... and it just worked! Michael VK5ZEA --- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, n9aa scott.man...@... wrote: I should've have written URL instead

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

2010-04-29 Thread michaelcarey69
Hi Lot, The issue with the Icom UHF repeater hardware is that the receiver has poor selectivity (immunity to off frequency and out of band transmissions) and poor sensitivity. You need a lot of RF separation between the transmitter and receiver ports... 100dB or better is what you need. You

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Homebrew DV Node Adapter to ID-RP2C interface

2010-01-05 Thread michaelcarey69
Hi Andrea, In theory, it should be possible to pipe the serial data/clocks and RE/TE through an WiFi IP link... as long as the latency isn't too bad. I've actually thought about doing this myself as well, but I have yet to find the right hardware to do it yet. It would also be good to work out

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Sad News - Wild Fire Destruction in Port Lincoln Australia

2009-12-27 Thread michaelcarey69
While the loss of our clubrooms and equipment is sad, it does pale into insignificance when you compare it to the loss of 12 family homes two days before Christmas. But there is one story from the fire that promotes D-Star and I though I would share it here. By the time I first noticed the

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Homebrew DV Node Adapter to ID-RP2C interface

2009-12-20 Thread michaelcarey69
to a new version of the various Hot Spot boards they produce. Michael. VK5ZEA --- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, Ronny Julian k4...@... wrote: Great deal! How much do you have in this? Any plans to manufacture? From: michaelcarey69 michaelca

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Homebrew DV Node Adapter to ID-RP2C interface

2009-12-19 Thread michaelcarey69
Hi Everybody, I've just uploaded a short video to YouTube showing my quick and easy hardware interface that allows a DV Node Adapter GMSK chip to be directly connected an Icom ID-RP2C. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MALY_mEDp_8 I'm quite surprised how well it actually works! Michael. VK5ZEA

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Gateway was down / Now back up

2009-12-15 Thread michaelcarey69
Wow, and I get peeved having to drive 5 min up a paved road to my D-Star repeater site when the something needs attention! My 2m FM repeater site is around 46km away, nothing compared with your site. This time of the year all I have to contend with 110 deg.F days and making sure the air con

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] KT4AT ID-RP4000V transmitter mods

2009-08-26 Thread michaelcarey69
Hi Everybody, I was sent some .PDF files some time ago that were authored by Arch, KT4AT. I'm not sure who sent them... but they made for very interesting reading. They detail issues Arch found with the ID-RP4000V TX RF control on and off times, specifically with the use of the unit with an