RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Icom ICF Files

2010-08-19 Thread Gary
PM To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Icom ICF Files Chirp lets you export into a spread sheet and import between models. http://chirp.danplanet.com/ 73 steve On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:48 AM, n2gyn li...@gmx.net wrote: Can a Icom 91AD ICF file be used

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Icom ICF Files

2010-08-19 Thread Steve Bosshard (NU5D)
Are the 80D and 880 icf convertible between each other ? I see where Chirp works with the 880 - steve On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Gary g...@garyandevie.com wrote: Thanks for the link to that program, never knew it existed. Unfortunately it doesn’t work with IC80 icf files. Gary

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Icom ICF Files

2010-08-19 Thread Tim Hardy AF1G
Yes, you can load the same file into both radios, or download the file from one radio and load it in the other. That being said, it works with the Icom programming software. I can't speak for Chirp, as I haven't used it, but I would expect it to work there as well. 73 de Tim, AF1G

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Icom ICF Files

2010-08-19 Thread Dan Smith
Are the 80D and 880 icf convertible between each other ? I see where Chirp works with the 880 - steve Having never laid hands on an ID-80 before, I'm not sure at what level they are the same. It's possible that they have different memory formats (as do all the other radios) but that the

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Icom ICF Files

2010-08-19 Thread Tim Hardy AF1G
The ID880H and the IC80AD both use the same programming cable and the same software. The Icom software has a pulldown menu at the top to choose whether you are working with the 880 or the 80. All the programming parameters are the same for both radios. Once you have entered programming

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Icom ICF Files

2010-08-19 Thread Gary
@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Icom ICF Files Are the 80D and 880 icf convertible between each other ? I see where Chirp works with the 880 - steve Having never laid hands on an ID-80 before, I'm not sure at what level they are the same. It's possible that they have different memory

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Icom ICF Files

2010-08-19 Thread Mike Besemer (WM4B)
[mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Hardy AF1G Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 3:50 PM To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Icom ICF Files The ID880H and the IC80AD both use the same programming cable and the same software. The Icom software has

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Icom ICF Files

2010-08-19 Thread Dan Smith
Chirp will not read my id-80 icf file, it reports it's an unsupported radio. Can you send me an ID-80 ICF file? If you have a matching ID-880 ICF file to go with it, that would be helpful. -- Dan Smith www.danplanet.com KK7DS

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Icom ICF Files

2010-08-19 Thread Dan Smith
Chirp will not read my id-80 icf file, it reports it's an unsupported radio. Can you send me an ID-80 ICF file? If you have a matching ID-880 ICF file to go with it, that would be helpful. Gary sent me an ID-80AD ICF file. The model data is different, but the image format appears

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] REF001C weird linking issue

2010-08-17 Thread John D. Hays
On 8/16/2010 10:56 PM, Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM wrote: I would suggest that since REF001 is having some issues, it might be time to look at using OTHER reflectors that are out there... Day In and Day Out, I see at least 10 emails about not being able to make it into REF001. Yes, 1C is the

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] REF001C weird linking issue

2010-08-17 Thread Gary Lindtner
: RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] REF001C weird linking issue I would suggest that since REF001 is having some issues, it might be time to look at using OTHER reflectors that are out there... Day In and Day Out, I see at least 10 emails about not being able to make it into REF001. Yes, 1C

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] REF001C weird linking issue

2010-08-17 Thread Gary Lindtner
:22 AM To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] REF001C weird linking issue Yes - though in testing for Dayton we clearly saw that a couple of hundred streams through a reflector can be supported. If more people would learn about the native D-STAR method of callsign routing

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] REF001C weird linking issue

2010-08-17 Thread J. Moen
it in the state we found it. Works for our community out here, anyway. Jim - K6JM - Original Message - From: Gary Lindtner To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 12:32 AM Subject: RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] REF001C weird linking issue Well

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] REF001C weird linking issue

2010-08-17 Thread Tom Carpenter
To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 5:02 AM Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] REF001C weird linking issue I wonder what percentage of USTrust repeaters allow anyone to issue DPlus unlink and link commands. All the repeaters I have access to in the San Francisco Bay

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] REF001C weird linking issue

2010-08-17 Thread Robbie De Lise
min. the script will re-link the repeater to your default reflector link. Tom - Original Message - *From:* J. Moen j...@jwmoen.com *To:* dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Tuesday, August 17, 2010 5:02 AM *Subject:* Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] REF001C weird linking issue I wonder

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] REF001C weird linking issue

2010-08-17 Thread Debbie Fligor
REF001 is having known server issues. I exchanged email with W9XA (who owns the system) yesterday as our repeater is one of the ones that can't connect. He has a new server built and ready to install but hasn't been able to get time to take it to the hosting location. As soon as he gets it

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] IS this D-Star going to be the death of me...........lol

2010-08-16 Thread Tim Hardy AF1G
Rick, Don't worry about that. Using D-Star is similar to things you may already have done. First, you can program all your normal FM repeaters and freqs into it. The D-Star programming is similar - frequency and offset for repeaters, but no PL or DCS tones. You then add routing

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] IS this D-Star going to be the death of me...........lol

2010-08-16 Thread Steve Bosshard (NU5D)
It's can be intimidating Rick, but once you get the basics - not so bad. http://www.dstarusers.org/viewrepeater.php?system=W1MRA First - send / receive frequencies work just the same as FM except in 2M there may be some non- standard splits and you may have to program and odd split. The

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] IS this D-Star going to be the death of me...........lol

2010-08-16 Thread Mike Murphy
Rick, You will love the 880 (I have several of them). Let me echo that you should indeed purchase the programming cable for it and download the software from Icom. I would be glad to share my icf file with you if that would help you get started or you can find examples on them of the DSTAR

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] IS this D-Star going to be the death of me...........lol

2010-08-16 Thread Donald James
That's was a short and funny read - thanks Rick! Donald ~ N2VU -Original Message- From: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of mwbese...@cox.net Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 2:35 PM To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] IS this D-Star going to be the death of me...........lol

2010-08-16 Thread Francis Miele
don't let it to you. We are hear to help. -- Fran, W1FJM On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Rick rmckin5...@aol.com wrote: Hi, I'm a new member, I don't have a D-Star as of yet but am planing to go to pick up an 88o today or tomorrow. The more I read some of this stuff the more nervous I

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] REF001C weird linking issue

2010-08-16 Thread John D. Hays
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DStar-Gateway/message/5521 On 8/16/2010 7:44 PM, Gary Lindtner wrote:Greetings, For the past month or so, I have been unable to link the WG2MSK repeater to REF001C. I have tried with echo REF001CL /dstar/tmp/link-b and with the radio UR set correctly. All

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] IS this D-Star going to be the death of me...........lol

2010-08-16 Thread J. Moen
back and read about Callsign Routing, etc. That can be fun, too. But please, skip reading that stuff until later. Have fun now. Jim - K6JM - Original Message - From: Steve Bosshard (NU5D) To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 11:30 AM Subject: Re

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] REF001C weird linking issue

2010-08-16 Thread Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM
I would suggest that since REF001 is having some issues, it might be time to look at using OTHER reflectors that are out there... Day In and Day Out, I see at least 10 emails about not being able to make it into REF001. Yes, 1C is the international CALLING Channel, but there are some 25+

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Dvap question

2010-08-15 Thread Francis Miele
Make sure you have registered the call sign you are using with the DVAP. Fran Signature -- Fran , W1FJM HTML clipboard On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Mike Murphy kd...@yahoo.com wrote: I picked up a dvap earlier today. Setup was easy and it was up and running in short order. I

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Dvap question

2010-08-15 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
Hi, Mike, Welcome to D-STAR! Try the connection again. It takes some time (up to a few hours) to propagate information about newly registered hams to all the repeaters on the network. Receive only indicates that the system you link to doesn't have a record that you are registered. So it

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Petition PDF

2010-08-14 Thread J. Moen
Click on the Visit Your Group link at the bottom of these notes, then Log In and go to the Files section of that website, where we can upload files to be share with others who subscribe to this list. Jim - K6JM - Original Message - From: bosshardss To:

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] questions about architecture and reflectors

2010-08-13 Thread John Hays
On Aug 13, 2010, at 1:13 PM, Rob wrote: Hi all, I'm busy scraping together money for a D-STAR radio. Someone has loaned me a dongle, and I've been playing around with that. I'm reading up on D-STAR as much as I can. I have a couple questions: I've read about the various Trust Servers,

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] questions about architecture and reflectors

2010-08-13 Thread Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM
Please see my notes in-between you questions, and welcome to the Digital World! I'm busy scraping together money for a D-STAR radio. Someone has loaned me a dongle, and I've been playing around with that. I'm reading up on D-STAR as much as I can. I have a couple questions: I've read about

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] questions about architecture and reflectors

2010-08-13 Thread Tony Langdon
At 06:13 AM 8/14/2010, you wrote: Hi all, I'm busy scraping together money for a D-STAR radio. Someone has loaned me a dongle, and I've been playing around with that. I'm reading up on D-STAR as much as I can. I have a couple questions: I've read about the various Trust Servers, and I'm

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] linked reflector + traditional callsign routing

2010-08-11 Thread Tim Hardy AF1G
I enjoy all the posts and learn quite a bit just by reading them, especially as a relatively new D-Star user myself. Not only am I learning how it works but also how to use it more effectively and efficiently. And let's not forget that mentoring new Hams (and even old Hams who are new to a

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] linked reflector + traditional callsign routing

2010-08-11 Thread mwbesemer
This has been a very interesting and informative thread. Thanks to all who have contributed. 73, Mike WM4B On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Tim Hardy AF1G wrote: I enjoy all the posts and learn quite a bit just by reading them, especially as a relatively new D-Star user myself. Not

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: linked reflector + traditional callsign routing

2010-08-11 Thread Jim McCloskey
If you go to the dashboard page for that repeater, you can see the current status of it's modules. Jim, NS3K From: kg8iu jpyle...@gmail.com To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, August 11, 2010 10:43:42 AM Subject: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: linked reflector

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: linked reflector + traditional callsign routing

2010-08-11 Thread Steve Bosshard (NU5D)
One of the shortcomings of the linking arrangement - the near station has no idea whether the far end station is linked or not unless the near station has internet access. The near station cannot interfere with a contact on the far end or transmit over the far end station. If the far end is busy

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] linked reflector + traditional callsign routing

2010-08-11 Thread Steve Bosshard (NU5D)
Thanks for the chat this morning Tim. Nice to set UR=AF1G, me call and you answer, no wondering what repeater or reflector you might be using. Really slick. On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Tim Hardy AF1G har...@windstream.netwrote: I enjoy all the posts and learn quite a bit just by reading

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] linked reflector + traditional callsign routing

2010-08-11 Thread Tim Hardy AF1G
Yes, a very neat feature. Being primarily a DVAP user at this moment, I can't make much use of callsign routing, but in the near future we shall have two D-Star repeaters in my area - one funded by the GA Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) and one I'm building. Nice to meet you on the air,

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: linked reflector + traditional callsign routing

2010-08-11 Thread Tony Langdon
At 02:35 AM 8/12/2010, you wrote: One of the shortcomings of the linking arrangement - the near station has no idea whether the far end station is linked or not unless the near station has internet access. The near station cannot interfere with a contact on the far end or transmit over the

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: linked reflector + traditional callsign routing

2010-08-11 Thread Steve Bosshard (NU5D)
Absolutely true about occasional breaking stations in between 'overs' during a conversation. I try and leave a few seconds pause between PTTs just to accommodate breaking stations (who have no clue about the conversation in progress). Also I / the station I am in contact with have the option to

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: linked reflector + traditional callsign routing

2010-08-11 Thread Tony Langdon
At 07:47 AM 8/12/2010, you wrote: hand the breaking station knows what repeater or ham call he is trying to reach with call sign routing. (and if by a pc on the internet looking at http://dstarusers.orgdstarusers.org know who is occupying what repeater). Assuming they have Internet

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] linked reflector + traditional callsign routing

2010-08-10 Thread Francis Miele
Yes the JA7 station should have been heard by all on the reflector and yes your response would have been heard if you have WB8THD G in RPT2. As a general rule you should always have the repeater call sign and the G in the 8th position so that your transmissions go out the gateway. This is true

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] linked reflector + traditional callsign routing

2010-08-10 Thread Adrian
On 08/10/2010 10:25 PM, Jeff Pyle wrote: Hello, Driving around town yesterday day I happened to hear a JA7 station calling CQ Cleveland, CQ Cleveland... I thought this was in response to my KG8IU listening, Cleveland Ohio call about a minute before. Perhaps he heard the Cleveland but

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] linked reflector + traditional callsign routing

2010-08-10 Thread Carl W8KRF
Jeff, As has been said, he was coming through the reflector because other stations were hearing him. I had the DVR running on my hotspot and I was able to listen to your entire exchange with him. I believe any problems were on his end since he was using a Dongle. I keep these recording

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] linked reflector + traditional callsign routing

2010-08-10 Thread Steve S. Bosshard (NU5D)
Just out of curiosity Carl, how can you tell that the JA station was using a dongle ? I suspect the JA station was call sign routing to Cleveland (CQ Cleveland) and because Cleveland was linked to a reflector, all stations likewise linked heard the JA station. Why else would the US station

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] linked reflector + traditional callsign routing

2010-08-10 Thread Carl W8KRF
I believe he said he was using a dongle and he may very well have been linked to the Cle repeater which was linked to REF001C. Another JA station was on this morning and talked with a station in OKC. They had no problems and I am certain there was no callsign routing or anything like that.

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] linked reflector + traditional callsign routing

2010-08-10 Thread Steve S. Bosshard (NU5D)
The addition of Dplus to the native Dstar transport system can make for some un-intended consequences. Folks did AOK without Dplus linking for quite some time. Dplus is nice for tying repeaters together for wide area operations and a great add on to the native system. For me, it is easier

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] linked reflector + traditional callsign routing [1 Attachment]

2010-08-10 Thread Dr. Joeseph Mesh
. Folks did AOK without Dplus linking for quite some time. Gee Steve AOK... When was that? I have been in D-Star since the beginning and I certainly do not remember anything as valued by the majority as the functional capabilities added by D-PLUS. D-Plus gives us the power to do what we enjoy

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] linked reflector + traditional callsign routing

2010-08-10 Thread Carl W8KRF
Will this apply to my hotspot? I have several calls registered. My 92AD is W8KRF A, my car is W8KRF M, my hotspot is W8KRF B, and my DVAP is W8KRF C. 90% of the time I am on the hotspot which is linked to WB8THD C. WB8THD C is usually linked to REF001C. The only time I am on RF is

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] linked reflector + traditional callsign routing

2010-08-10 Thread J. Moen
should all kind of understand it. Jim - K6JM - Original Message - From: Dr. Joeseph Mesh To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 10:01 AM Subject: RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] linked reflector + traditional callsign routing [1 Attachment] [Attachment(s

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] linked reflector + traditional callsign routing

2010-08-10 Thread John D. Hays
On 8/10/2010 10:36 AM, Carl W8KRF wrote: Will this apply to my hotspot? I have several calls registered. My 92AD is W8KRF A, my car is W8KRF M, my hotspot is W8KRF B, and my DVAP is W8KRF C. 90% of the time I am on the hotspot which is linked to WB8THD C. WB8THD C is usually linked

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] linked reflector + traditional callsign routing

2010-08-10 Thread Francis Miele
the reality of it is that call sign and source routing doesn't work with the dvdongle, dvap nor hotspots Just via RF. -- Fran, W1FJM On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Carl W8KRF w8...@w8krf.net wrote: Will this apply to my hotspot? I have several calls registered. My 92AD is W8KRF A,

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] linked reflector + traditional callsign routing

2010-08-10 Thread John Hays
On Aug 10, 2010, at 12:56 PM, Tony Langdon wrote: At 04:39 AM 8/11/2010, you wrote: Callsign routing probably would have gained traction earlier if the updates to gateways weren't so slow, but ircddb has solved this problem if gateway owners will just install it. ircddb is certainly a

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Horses for courses

2010-08-10 Thread Andy McMullin
Yup, Horses that are good for flat racing may not be any good for jumping, and jumping horses may not be any good for a gentle hack through the countryside. Horses for courses implies something more than just one size does not fit all -- it adds that an element of expertise in one field is not

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] linked reflector + traditional callsign routing

2010-08-10 Thread Steve Bosshard (NU5D)
You speak a great truth Joe. All of these add ons that Robin brings to the hobby are nice and I am sure they are here to stay. In the context of a fellow driving down the road trying to answer a call, however, DVAPS and Dongles, and DSTAR Mon while nice are not very useful. I suppose I could

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] linked reflector + traditional callsign routing

2010-08-10 Thread Carl W8KRF
That is by far the best explanation I have read lately. There are so many myths flying around. It gets really confusing but you just cleaned it up a bit more for me. I will make those changes and make MYCALL the same in all radios. I will leave my DVAP and Hotspot as is. Thanks, John.

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] IC-91AD

2010-08-01 Thread Ken Wilhelmi
Try using CHIRP from KK7DS. He is the author of D-RATS also. http://chirp.danplanet.com/ Load the data in once and upload to many different radios. Save a few hours of data entry and makes it easy to have all your radios the same.  ** Ken Wilhelmi N7QQU

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

2010-07-31 Thread Donald James
To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Please help me support D-Star ... There's been a lot of discussion in this thread about D-Star itself, but, unless I missed something, there's only been a passing mention of DStarUsers.org. To me, that's one of it's strong points. What other

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

2010-07-31 Thread Donald James
Noted! Thanks -Original Message- From: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Gary Lindtner Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 7:42 AM To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Please help me support D-Star

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

2010-07-30 Thread Donald James
@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Please help me support D-Star ... At 08:11 AM 7/30/2010, you wrote: Thank you, I appreciate the reply, all that I receive will be incorporated into my presentation. Like I've said, I need to arm myself for the naysayers who are quick to shoot and I

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

2010-07-30 Thread Donald James
Hmmm … I had never heard of DExtra, I’ll look into it. Thanks Jonathan! Donald ~ N2VU -Original Message- From: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Naylor Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 3:42 AM To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com

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

2010-07-30 Thread Tony Langdon
At 05:41 PM 7/30/2010, you wrote: As well as the options already pointed out, there are also a lot of open source systems out there. There is an open source experimentally minded D-Star network out there called the multi-trust which has its own reflectors based on a system called DExtra. It's

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

2010-07-30 Thread Gary Lindtner
It should be noted that communication between multi-trust and K5TIT trust (everything else) repeaters are unfortunately not possible. In other words, if you put a multi-trust repeater into service, your users will not be able to talk to the existing D-Star network and REF reflectors that you

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] drats spell checker

2010-07-30 Thread kg4vub
I see your issue. I went back and reloaded on another XP installation (I'm using mac) and after installing aspell, triple checking the environment variable path, logging out/back in, rebooting, etc. the checkbox is still not available. Anyone else see this problem, or have success? On Thu, Jul

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

2010-07-30 Thread Tony Langdon
At 10:15 PM 7/30/2010, you wrote: There is an exception with trust servers, that being the patch between the JA trusted server and the K5TIT trusted server. I wonder if 'other' such patches could happen ? Would be nice if it could be done, to unite the global D-STAR networks. 73 de VK3JED /

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

2010-07-30 Thread Dave Hubbell
...@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Tony Langdon *Sent:* Friday, July 30, 2010 12:22 AM *To:* dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Please help me support D-Star ... At 08:11 AM 7/30/2010, you wrote: Thank you, I appreciate the reply, all that I receive will be incorporated into my

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

2010-07-30 Thread Declan Mc Glone
Just waiting for the “Open vs Closed” debate to start (again!) Cue Rocky music! “FIGHT” Dex M0TMX From: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tony Langdon Sent: 30 July 2010 14:23 To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] drats spell checker

2010-07-30 Thread Carl Davis
What version of D-Rats are you using?  The spell checker does work and is able to be turned on and off via the check box. Carl,kb1ejh --- On Fri, 7/30/10, kg4vub kg4...@gmail.com wrote: From: kg4vub kg4...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] drats spell checker To: dstar_digital

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] drats spell checker

2010-07-30 Thread kg4vub
...@gmail.com* wrote: From: kg4vub kg4...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] drats spell checker To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, July 30, 2010, 8:44 AM I see your issue. I went back and reloaded on another XP installation (I'm using mac) and after installing aspell, triple

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] drats spell checker

2010-07-30 Thread Carl Davis
that? Carl, KB1EJH --- On Fri, 7/30/10, kg4vub kg4...@gmail.com wrote: From: kg4vub kg4...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] drats spell checker To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:45 AM Thanks for the confirmation. 0.3.2 here. Tom On Fri, Jul 30

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

2010-07-30 Thread Declan Mc Glone
I think the issue there is simply that the majority of people just don’t do Callsign Routing, and depend on DPlus routing instead on the K5TIT network. So while this is a good technical solution, the knowledge and ability to do it seems to be sliding away. I suspect its not something that

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] drats spell checker

2010-07-30 Thread kg4vub
Yes Carl, thanks for asking. Triple checked on my end, also logged out, etc. to rerun the environment vars. Anyway, mystery solved!!! Just need to add one more sentence to the HOW TO... Installation: Install Aspell first, *then run the wordlist setup* Al, Fran, need to download and install the

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

2010-07-30 Thread Ted Wrobel
[mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Declan Mc Glone Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 11:21 To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Please help me support D-Star ... I think the issue there is simply that the majority of people just don’t do Callsign

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Please help me support D-Star ...and more !

2010-07-30 Thread Steve Bosshard (NU5D)
Why tie up 15 to 20 repeaters with a chat between two stations - especially when some folks LIVE on a reflector and tie it up 12 hours a day ? Also reflectors while great for wide area nets have become much like back yard repeaters, further fragmenting users. Seems the bulk of the traffic is on

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

2010-07-30 Thread Steve Bosshard (NU5D)
Not exactly so Ted. If the far end is busy you will not break into their conversation. You will get RPT ? in your display letting you know that you did not reach your intended destination (this RPT? happens with reflector routing because CQCQCQ is not a destination although the use of repeater 2

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

2010-07-30 Thread John Hays
Callsign routing is analogous to direct dialing.On a phone you dial 999-555-1234 and you don't know if the party at the other end is on a call or not (or if the party line is busy). If they don't have call waiting you get a busy tone, if they have call waiting you create an

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

2010-07-30 Thread Declan Mc Glone
: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Bosshard (NU5D) Sent: 30 July 2010 17:39 To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Please help me support D-Star ...and more ! Why tie up 15 to 20 repeaters with a chat between two stations

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] drats spell checker

2010-07-30 Thread Francis Miele
the check box. Carl,kb1ejh --- On *Fri, 7/30/10, kg4vub kg4...@gmail.com* wrote: From: kg4vub kg4...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] drats spell checker To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, July 30, 2010, 8:44 AM I see your issue. I went back and reloaded on another XP

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] drats spell checker

2010-07-30 Thread Francis Miele
...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] drats spell checker To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:45 AM Thanks for the confirmation. 0.3.2 here. Tom On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Carl Davis kb1...@yahoo.comhttp://us.mc553.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=kb1

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] drats spell checker

2010-07-30 Thread Francis Miele
How do you do that? Fran Signature -- Fran , W1fjm HTML clipboard http://www.miele-family.com/weather On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:40 AM, kg4vub kg4...@gmail.com wrote: Yes Carl, thanks for asking. Triple checked on my end, also logged out, etc. to rerun the environment vars. Anyway,

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] drats spell checker

2010-07-30 Thread kg4vub
Where you downloaded the install file for aspell, go further down on the page, you'll see the list of languages in the table below. Download the language installer you want and run it, then restart D-Rats, it should pick up on it then. Aspell installation is a two step process, install the

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] drats spell checker

2010-07-30 Thread Francis Miele
Excellant! Thank you. I have it working on XP. Now to see if I can get it to work on win7 Fran Signature -- Fran, W1FJM HTML clipboard On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 2:02 PM, kg4vub kg4...@gmail.com wrote: Where you downloaded the install file for aspell, go further down on the page, you'll

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] 'gmsk_dv_node' group

2010-07-30 Thread Me
Im in that group. It takes a day or so to get aproved. Btw the files on that group are for using a gmsk board for a hotspot or repeater Tony NN1D Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless -Original message- From: Mike Besemer \\(WM4B\\) mwbese...@cox.net To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] 'gmsk_dv_node' group

2010-07-30 Thread Mike Besemer (WM4B)
Thanks Tony. those are the files I'm looking for. 73, Mike WM4B From: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Me Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 4:39 PM To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] 'gmsk_dv_node' group Im

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] 'gmsk_dv_node' group

2010-07-30 Thread J. Moen
setup and test any board running Fred's firmware. Check out http://www.dutch-star.eu/software/ Jim - K6JM - Original Message - From: Mike Besemer (WM4B) To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 1:58 PM Subject: RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] 'gmsk_dv_node' group

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

2010-07-30 Thread Tim Hardy AF1G
: RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Please help me support D-Star ... At 08:11 AM 7/30/2010, you wrote: Thank you, I appreciate the reply, all that I receive will be incorporated into my presentation. Like I've said, I need to arm myself for the naysayers who are quick to shoot and I need to have

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

2010-07-30 Thread Bert Bruner - KE4FOV
There's been a lot of discussion in this thread about D-Star itself, but, unless I missed something, there's only been a passing mention of DStarUsers.org. To me, that's one of it's strong points. What other ham radio system allows you find a list of what repeaters are active right now and then

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

2010-07-30 Thread Steve S. Bosshard (NU5D)
A wonderful tool Bert - I do wish the low speed data port could carry an abbreviated form accessible to mobile stations without the benefit of an internet connection. Bert Bruner - KE4FOV wrote: There's been a lot of discussion in this thread about D-Star itself, but, unless I missed

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Fwd: Connect with the National Scout Jamboree via D-STAR on Reflector 030B

2010-07-29 Thread John Parkins
Hello Dave, As I don't think there is a REF030B it would look like a simple typing error. Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 8:09:37 PM, you wrote: DH Its 30B Don http://ref030.dstargateway.org/ DH On 7/28/2010 2:52 PM, Donald James wrote: DH DH One of these says REF 003B and another says REF 030B

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Fwd: Connect with the National Scout Jamboree via D-STAR on Reflector 030B

2010-07-29 Thread John D. Hays
It's really simple - just go to: http://ref030.dstargateway.org (look for the listed repeater) You won't see it on http://ref003.dstargateway.org On 7/28/2010 11:54 PM, John Parkins wrote: Hello Dave, As I don't think there is a REF030B it would look like a simple typing error. Wednesday,

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Fwd: Connect with the National Scout Jamboree via D-STAR on Reflector 030B

2010-07-29 Thread Steve Bosshard (NU5D)
REF001: US / Chicago / high bandwidth REF002: US / Nebraska / high bandwidth REF003: AU / limited bandwidth to US REF004: US / REF005: UK / London / high bandwidth

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

2010-07-29 Thread Donald James
Thanks, I’ll take a look for something there. I’m sure that there are some in this group that’ll have some great responses for those who would try and knock D-Star without even having tried it or know enough about it. The aim is to be armed with fact rich replies that put the unfounded claims to

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Registering a Node Adapter

2010-07-29 Thread Dave Hubbell
Mike can you contact me off list and I will help you out hubb...@ptd.net On 7/29/2010 10:53 AM, Mike wrote: I'll be building a NQSMHS soon and am trying to figure out the proper way to register it on the network. I was reading through the setup guidance at

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

2010-07-29 Thread John Hays
On Jul 29, 2010, at 5:05 AM, n2vu911 wrote: Greetings to the group, My name is Donald ~ N2VU, and I'm in Warren County New York ... the first to have D-Star in the area. I was on the fence about D-Star for quite a while until 2 weeks ago and boy do I wish I got into it sooner. I love

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

2010-07-29 Thread Donald James
To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Please help me support D-Star ... On Jul 29, 2010, at 5:05 AM, n2vu911 wrote: Greetings to the group, My name is Donald ~ N2VU, and I'm in Warren County New York ... the first to have D-Star in the area. I

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Registering a Node Adapter

2010-07-29 Thread J. Moen
Mike, Sorry the documentation is confusing. Node extension naming is not a big deal, and you can easily change yours later on. I'd recommend just picking something -- N is fine -- and get on the air. The confusion comes from there being no naming standards for node extensions, and the fact

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Registering a Node Adapter

2010-07-29 Thread mwbesemer
Jim, Thanks much for the detailed explanation... the fog is beginning to lift! There is SO much information available that it's hard for a DSTAR novice to take it all in, and I've been drinking from the firehose for a couple of weeks now! I was talking with Dave Hubbell when your email

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Registering a Node Adapter

2010-07-29 Thread Edmonton Fire Radio
. 73 de Jeff VE6EFR From: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of mwbese...@cox.net Sent: July-29-10 1:23 PM To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Registering a Node Adapter I'm thankful that there are guys like you

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Registering a Node Adapter

2010-07-29 Thread Gerald Creager
...@cox.net *Sent:* July-29-10 1:23 PM *To:* dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Registering a Node Adapter I'm thankful that there are guys like you and Dave (and others) who have already beat their way through the tall grass and are willing to give the rest

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

2010-07-29 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
Off the top of my head (and a little from the middle...) I'm sure there's more. Similar functions: - Repeater to repeater linking, and multiple-repeater reflectors, via the Internet. - Digital Code Squelch. Like CTCSS or analog's DCS, D-STAR radios can be code squelched with numbers from

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

2010-07-29 Thread Tony Langdon
At 10:05 PM 7/29/2010, you wrote: Greetings to the group, My name is Donald ~ N2VU, and I'm in Warren County New York ... the first to have D-Star in the area. I was on the fence about D-Star for quite a while until 2 weeks ago and boy do I wish I got into it sooner. I love it! There's

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Registering a Node Adapter

2010-07-29 Thread Tony Langdon
At 04:41 AM 7/30/2010, you wrote: You said you are setting up a simplex hotspot, but what if we trade emails and we agree to talk over D-Star. Yes, we could meet on some repeater or reflector, and tie that up while we talk, but it would be simpler if I just link my hotspot to yours directly.

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