St Louis (K0MDG) has had data capability just after
voice came on line and yes, we can
"surf" the net.? :-)?? A lot of
"signal" is needed, however?since receiver sensivitity is way
down
compared to?DV.?? If you don't
have?LOS, then it may be possible to bounce
sig off of a bldg, tower or ?? ? This is what
I do here sometimes (d-star repeater is SE and
I have a good link with a 55 el looper to the
SW).? I also have a small looper fixed on
the rptr site but my ant?is too low on the
tower and not LOS (works ok when foiliage has dropped
in winter).?
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Mel, K0PFX
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 10:08
PM
Subject: Re: [D-STAR_23cm] Greetings from
W9DMD in central Illinois
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Gary -
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It's good to hear from you.
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We've had a 23cm Digital Voice repeater & Data Access Point , NS9RC A
on the air in the city of Chicago since August 2007.
It's on the 56 floor building 6 miles north of downtown Chicago. There is
a 70cm D-DSTAR repeater, NS9RC B at the same site.
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Some of us with ID-1s have used the digital voice capability, but we
haven't used the data access point
and high-speed data capabilities yet.?
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So I'm looking forward to learn from others on the group about the set-up
of the ID-1s high-speed data capability and
the applications being used with high-speed data.
?
73, Mark, WB9QZB
Chicago, IL
From: naicgarysimms
net>
To:
D-STAR_23cm@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, October 14, 2009 4:59:53
PM
Subject: [D-STAR_23cm]
Greetings from W9DMD in central Illinois
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Just a note to introduce myself.
My name is Gary and the call is
W9DMD.
Our local radio club purchased a used-but-never- installed D
Star repeater earlier this spring and has installed it atop a grain elevator
in Cadwell Illinois, operating under the W9BIL call sign.
We currently
have the 440Mhz, mode B link and the gateway working and have procured most of
the parts for the 144Mhz, C mode link. We hope to have this operational in a
few more weeks at least before winter.
We also have the 1.2Ghz DD &
DV repeaters, but are awaiting funds for the antenna and hardline. We hope to
have this up by next spring some time. At least we hope to have the DD portion
up and running. The 1.2Ghz duplexers seem to run about $1300!
The local
club is a progressive group and delights in playing with state of the art
radio devices.
Back in the late 1990, we operated an X1J TCP/IP node
atop a grain elevator in Bement, IL that served not only as a router for our
wide area network, but also as a link into the UIUC Center for Supercomputing
for internet access. So looking forward to playing with faster data
rates.
