Huntsville Hamfest D-STAR Forums
Huntsville Hamfest D-STAR Forums
Posted by: "w4ozk" w4ozk@... w4ozk
Date: Fri Aug 6, 2010 8:22 pm ((PDT))
Just two more weeks until the Huntsville Hamfest!
We invite you to come and enjoy the Huntsville Hamfest, the 2010 ARRL
Southeastern Division Convention! The Hamfest will include many different
activities and will be held at the old location in the South Hall of Von Braun
Center, downtown Huntsville.
We have assembled the region's best D-STAR experts to provide THREE hours of
D-STAR forums. The D-STAR forums will be held on Saturday and consist of,
Hour 1: Part 1: "DVAP / DV Dongle / D-PLUS / software packages", Robin Cutshaw,
AA4RC
This presentation will review the new DV Access Point Dongle (DVAP) and show DV
Dongle improvements, capabilities and use. In addition, Robin will cover DPLUS
updates, new hardware, software and advanced capabilities.
Part 2: "D-STAR basics and DV Dongle/DVAP", John Davis WB4QDX, Georgia D-STAR
John will take attendees through an introduction of D-STAR and cover practices,
current happenings, nets, using the internet gateway network and more.
Hour 2: "D-RATS, D-STAR digital data software", Scott Hartlage KF4PWI and John
Davis WB4QDX
This presentation will review D-RATS software for data communications using
D-STAR radios. D-RATS use within amateur radio especially in emergency
communications is expanding. Scott and John will provide an explanation of use
and features including file transfers, practical scenarios, messaging, mapping,
e-mail support and show a live demo.
Hour 3: "D-STAR administrator and advanced topics", Ken Adkisson, WB4FA
This presentation will enable D-STAR server system administrators to discuss
features, maintenance and practices of the D-STAR system. The speaker will also
answer advanced questions and moderate discussion of advanced topics concerning
D-STAR systems set up, use and operation.
As you drive to the Hamfest the Huntsville D-STAR repeater is available for use,
KI4PPF
145.430 ¨C C
443.375 + B
1284.000 -12MHz A
Data frequency: 1251.800 A
Inside the Hamfest site, you can use this internet connected D-STAR repeater,
WB4HRO port B, 440.7125 MHz
WB4HRO port A, 1284.45000 -12
Check for forum times and all other Hamfest information.
Huntsville Hamfest, August 21-22
Von Braun Center, South Hall
700 Monroe Street
Huntsville, AL
See you at the Huntsville Hamfest!
73,
Greg Sarratt, W4OZK
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Connect with the National Scout Jamboree via D-STAR on Reflector 030B
________________________________________________________________________ 1. Connect with the National Scout Jamboree via Amateur Radio ? ? Posted by: "ki4ozg" trace12002@... ki4ozg ? ? Date: Tue Jul 27, 2010 8:52 am ((PDT)) The Boy Scouts of America National Jamboree started yesterday, July 26 and runs through
August 4 at Fort AP Hill, Caroline County, Virginia. They are operating amateur radio station K2BSA and in addition to various HF frequencies and EchoLink they will also be on the air via D-STAR from the Jamboree site and will be using the WS4VA 2 meter repeater (145.320 MHz, -600 kHz split) which will be linked Reflector
030B.
I was able to check in with them yesterday and I'm sure they'd love to hear from any and all D-STAR users. If you have the time, please check in with them and help further promote D-STAR, ham radio, and scouting. You just may help a few scouts earn a Radio Merit Badge.?
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D-STAR ID-1s and Repeaters Available - New or Almost New
Hi,
Please distribute to other clubs/email lists you might control.
Thanks and regards,
Paul N3UD
Hi,
------------------ D-STAR ID-1 Radios:
I have a few 'virtually new' ICOM D-Star ID-1 radios available.
Some of you may have seen me conduct D-Star demonstrations at local ham club
meetings with these. A few hours use for the demos is only use they have seen.
Other than changing to Anderson Powerpole connectors, they are 'like-new'.
Will sell 3 of the 5 I have, keeping 2 still for the wife(W3GZZ) and myself.
Asking $850 each, plus shipping if needed.
------------------ D-STAR REPEATER SYSTEMS:
I also have 2 DD repeaters, 1 FM repeater, 2 repeater controllers,
excellent duplexer, routers, some cables, various omni and beam antennas.
All for 1.2 Ghz and all UNUSED, NEVER POWERED UP, for sale.
Even a couple new desktop PC's suitable for repeater gateways
and of course the ICOM G2 gateway software.
Virtually everything needed for a club to get onto D-Star in a big way.
Price TBD but let's chat and see what you/your club needs and do a deal.
They are sitting snug in my living room in a nice 19-in rack case on wheels.
Shame to have such nice equipment idle.
Regards,
Paul N3UD
Email pault@...
Cell 610-613-0610 Home 610-363-7227
(1-800-283-7314 is toll free to my cell)
406 Crump Rd., Exton, PA 19341
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Illinois D-STAR Net, 7/21/2010, 9:00 pm
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Illinois D-STAR Repeaters can Participate in the Illinois D-STAR Net by Connecting to Illinois D-STAR Reflector Channel REF001B.
DV Dongle Users Can Participate in the Illinois D-STAR Net by Connecting to Reflector Channel REF001B or to a D-STAR Repeater Connected to Reflector Channel REF001B.
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Re: ID-1 with Win 7 64 bit
Run XP as a virtual OS under Win 7 (downloads from Microsoft)
Run XP on virtual machine under Linux (harder, need genuine XP discs, not sure if you can set it up with free VMware player)
Run XP on old laptop to support ID1 ( cheap solution, laptop does not need to be powerhouse machine) Send note to ICOM that we need a (cheaper) headless ID-1 without the USB interface for basic data operation... 73 Bill - WA7NWP
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Re: ID-1 with Win 7 64 bit
Run XP as a virtual OS under Win 7 (downloads from Microsoft) Run XP on virtual machine under Linux (harder, need genuine XP discs, not sure if you can set it up with free VMware player) Run XP on old laptop to support ID1 ( cheap solution, laptop does not need to be powerhouse machine) None may be the solution you want but all are available today for low cost (some cases free). Andy MM0FMF
To: D-STAR_23cm@... From: jamesnelson_vk2jn@... Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:52:27 -0700 Subject: Re: [D-STAR_23cm] ID-1 with Win 7 64 bit
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This situation is crazy, I have concerns Icom has little or no intention of producing a driver for 64bit and that subject is a real thorn in my side as well.... Any comments please ?
A response would also be appreciated here.
Thanks,
James?? VK2JN
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Re: ID-1 with Win 7 64 bit
This situation is crazy, I have concerns Icom has little or no intention of producing a driver for 64bit and that subject is a real thorn in my side as well.... Any comments please ?
A response would also be appreciated here.
Thanks,
James?? VK2JN
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--- On Wed, 21/7/10, Mack WB4MAK wrote:
From: Mack WB4MAK
Subject: [D-STAR_23cm] ID-1 with Win 7 64 bit
To: D-STAR_23cm@...
Received: Wednesday, 21 July, 2010, 3:54 AM
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I've read all the previous posts but it's not clear to me if anyone has successfully gotten the ID-1 driver to install with Windows 7 64 bit.
If you have actually done this, and not theoretically, will you please describe your exact steps and send me the driver files if necessary.
I've tried fiddling with the latest FTDI driver files and editing the the ID-1 installer file without success.
Thank you in advance.
73,
Mack de WB4MAK
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I've read all the previous posts but it's not clear to me if anyone has successfully gotten the ID-1 driver to install with Windows 7 64 bit.
If you have actually done this, and not theoretically, will you please describe your exact steps and send me the driver files if necessary.
I've tried fiddling with the latest FTDI driver files and editing the the ID-1 installer file without success.
Thank you in advance.
73,
Mack de WB4MAK
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Wisconsin D-STAR Net, 7/18/2010, 9:00 pm
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Wisconsin D-STAR Repeaters can Participate in the Wisconsin D-STAR Net by Connecting to Wisconsin D-STAR Reflector Channel REF019B.
DV Dongle Users Can Participate in the Wisconsin D-STAR Net by Connecting to Wisconsin D-STAR Reflector Channel REF019B or to a D-STAR Repeater Connected to Wisconsin D-STAR Reflector Channel REF019B.
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Illinois D-STAR Net, 7/14/2010, 9:00 pm
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Illinois D-STAR Reflector Channel REF001B |
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Illinois D-STAR Repeaters can Participate in the Illinois D-STAR Net by Connecting to Illinois D-STAR Reflector Channel REF001B.
DV Dongle Users Can Participate in the Illinois D-STAR Net by Connecting to Reflector Channel REF001B or to a D-STAR Repeater Connected to Reflector Channel REF001B.
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Wisconsin D-STAR Net, 7/11/2010, 9:00 pm
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Wisconsin D-STAR Repeaters can Participate in the Wisconsin D-STAR Net by Connecting to Wisconsin D-STAR Reflector Channel REF019B.
DV Dongle Users Can Participate in the Wisconsin D-STAR Net by Connecting to Wisconsin D-STAR Reflector Channel REF019B or to a D-STAR Repeater Connected to Wisconsin D-STAR Reflector Channel REF019B.
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Final Call for Papers & Speakers at 2010 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC)
Speakers are encouraged to make presentations at the Digital Communications Conference (DCC).?
Presentations can be made at the DCC even if you don't submit a technical paper.?
Speakers may be accepted after Call for Papers has closed, but TAPR needs to be aware? in advance of your interest to speak at the DCC.?
Final Call for Papers--2010 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference ? ? Posted by: "Ford, Steve,? WB8IMY"? sford@...?wb8imy ? ? Date: Thu Jul 1, 2010 1:29 pm ((PDT)) Technical papers are solicited for presentation at the 29th Annual ARRL and TAPR Digital
Communications Conference to be held? September 24-26,
2010?near? Portland, Oregon. These papers will also be published in the Conference Proceedings (you do NOT need to attend the conference to have your paper included in the? Proceedings). The submission deadline is? July
31, 2010. Please send papers to: Maty Weinberg ARRL 225 Main St
Newington, CT 06111or you can make your submission via e-mail to:? maty@...Papers will be published exactly as submitted and authors will retain all rights. 73 . . . Steve,
WB8IMY ARRL
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New Wisconsin D-Star Net Starting on Sunday, 7/11 @ 9 pm on D-STAR Reflector 19B
The first Wisconsin D-STAR Net is starting on Sunday, July 11th at 9 pm.
The
net will be held weekly on Sundays at 8 pm?on Wisconsin D-STAR Reflector REF019B.
The
net control will be Steve, N9UDO in Baraboo, WI.
Wisconsin
hams are encouraged to connect Wisconsin D-STAR repeaters to Wisconsin D-STAR Reflector
REF019B and connect DV Dongles & DVAPs (Digital Voice Access Point) to the reflector as well.?
The
net will be an opportunity for Wisconsin hams to use Wisconsin's first? state-wide
D-STAR Digital Voice & Data network to meet other D-STAR users
&? learn more about D-STAR technology.?
Look
forward to hearing you on the
net.?
In the meantime, you can learn more
about D-STAR usage in Wisconsin &? D-STAR technology by
joining the Wisconsin D-STAR group at:?
73,
Mark, WB9QZB
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On Sunday nights beginning on July 11, 2010, I will be hosting the all-new Wisconsin D-Star Net. It will start at 9:00pm on Reflector-19B.? Please have your system connected before the net. I will be looking for participation from stations. We will have a round-table style discussion after check-ins. All are welcome. ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: ? ? <*> Your email settings: ? ? Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: ? ? ? ? (Yahoo! ID
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Illinois D-STAR Net, 7/7/2010, 9:00 pm
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Wednesday July 7, 2010 |
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This event repeats every week. |
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Illinois D-STAR Reflector Channel REF001B |
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Illinois D-STAR Repeaters can Participate in the Illinois D-STAR Net by Connecting to Illinois D-STAR Reflector Channel REF001B.
DV Dongle Users Can Participate in the Illinois D-STAR Net by Connecting to Reflector Channel REF001B or to a D-STAR Repeater Connected to Reflector Channel REF001B.
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Illinois D-STAR Net, 6/30/2010, 9:00 pm
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Illinois D-STAR Reflector Channel REF001B |
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Illinois D-STAR Repeaters can Participate in the Illinois D-STAR Net by Connecting to Illinois D-STAR Reflector Channel REF001B.
DV Dongle Users Can Participate in the Illinois D-STAR Net by Connecting to Reflector Channel REF001B or to a D-STAR Repeater Connected to Reflector Channel REF001B.
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Re: D-STAR Activity at Friedrichshafen Hamfest?
PS. There was also some news announced about the D-Star ICC. Here are some pictures from the presentations and of some of the homebrew D-Star hardware:
...there is also a pic of DB0COM but it doesn't seem to have a 1.2 GHz DD deck in the stack.
On 28 June 2010 22:54, Storer, Darren <darren.storer@...> wrote:
Hi Andy,
did you not spot the full G2 connected repeater stack at the side of the Icom booth? (DB0COM) It's been operational for the last few years at FDH. There were a lot of IC-92 radios and many GPS mics too.
Upstairs there were some very well attended D-Star presentations (in German) but the X-Reflector guys were conspicuous by their absence, despite being invited by the organisers. Here are some project notes:
There were also some?very recent?technical slides (protocol and codec specific) that do not seem to have been published yet but hopefully they will follow in time.
On the Friday night there was a D-Star meal/gathering at a local hotel, with attendees from Austria, Germany, Finland, France and the UK. D-Star admins from Greece and a number of other European countries were in the booths in the A1 hall but you had to know where to find them - HI HI.
73 de Darren G7LWT On 28 June 2010 18:33, mm0fmf <mm0fmf@...> wrote:
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Mark Thompson wrote:
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> Did anyone attend the Friedrichshafen hamfest in Germany this weekend?
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Yes, back from the airport 2hrs ago. Only another 200+ emails to filter :-(
> Friedrichshafen is Europe's largest hamfest and is the Dayton of Europe.
> I've attended a couple times in the past, but couldn't make it this year.
>
It was a little smaller than before partly due to changes in the flea
market (only used equipment allowed, no new items)
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> Last year, 2009, I do know there where D-STAR presentations at
> Friedrichshafen.
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> If anyone attended Friedrichshafen please let us know if you heard any
> D-STAR activity and
> saw or were aware of any D-STAR presentations this year?
>
The xReflector people had a repeater running, the details of that are below.
"Auf unserem Stand auf der Ham Radio in Friedrichshafen wird unser
xREPEATER mit drei Modulen QRV sein ...
Hier die Frequenzen...
DB0HAM B 438,450 MHz mit 7,6MHz Ablage
DB0HAM D 438,4625 MHz mit 7,6MHz Ablage
DB0HAM C 145,775MHz mit 0,6MHz Ablage
DB0HAM G Gateway am weltweiten xTrust System"
Also Jan DO1FJN had a some old C-Netz analog phones converted to D-Star
on the same stand. (For non-Northern European hams see this for what
C-Netz was: ).
I didn't go looking for any D-Star presentations so I don't know if
there were any. But there didn't seem to be much about D-Star apart from
the main Icom stand. What was surprising was how many people had an Icom
E92 handy with them. I would say that it was possibly the most popular
handy I saw all weekend.
Andy
MM0FMF
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Re: D-STAR Activity at Friedrichshafen Hamfest?
Hi Andy,
did you not spot the full G2 connected repeater stack at the side of the Icom booth? (DB0COM) It's been operational for the last few years at FDH. There were a lot of IC-92 radios and many GPS mics too.
Upstairs there were some very well attended D-Star presentations (in German) but the X-Reflector guys were conspicuous by their absence, despite being invited by the organisers. Here are some project notes:
There were also some?very recent?technical slides (protocol and codec specific) that do not seem to have been published yet but hopefully they will follow in time.
On the Friday night there was a D-Star meal/gathering at a local hotel, with attendees from Austria, Germany, Finland, France and the UK. D-Star admins from Greece and a number of other European countries were in the booths in the A1 hall but you had to know where to find them - HI HI.
73 de Darren G7LWT
On 28 June 2010 18:33, mm0fmf <mm0fmf@...> wrote:
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Mark Thompson wrote:
>
>
> Did anyone attend the Friedrichshafen hamfest in Germany this weekend?
>
Yes, back from the airport 2hrs ago. Only another 200+ emails to filter :-(
> Friedrichshafen is Europe's largest hamfest and is the Dayton of Europe.
> I've attended a couple times in the past, but couldn't make it this year.
>
It was a little smaller than before partly due to changes in the flea
market (only used equipment allowed, no new items)
>
> Last year, 2009, I do know there where D-STAR presentations at
> Friedrichshafen.
>
>
> If anyone attended Friedrichshafen please let us know if you heard any
> D-STAR activity and
> saw or were aware of any D-STAR presentations this year?
>
The xReflector people had a repeater running, the details of that are below.
"Auf unserem Stand auf der Ham Radio in Friedrichshafen wird unser
xREPEATER mit drei Modulen QRV sein ...
Hier die Frequenzen...
DB0HAM B 438,450 MHz mit 7,6MHz Ablage
DB0HAM D 438,4625 MHz mit 7,6MHz Ablage
DB0HAM C 145,775MHz mit 0,6MHz Ablage
DB0HAM G Gateway am weltweiten xTrust System"
Also Jan DO1FJN had a some old C-Netz analog phones converted to D-Star
on the same stand. (For non-Northern European hams see this for what
C-Netz was: ).
I didn't go looking for any D-Star presentations so I don't know if
there were any. But there didn't seem to be much about D-Star apart from
the main Icom stand. What was surprising was how many people had an Icom
E92 handy with them. I would say that it was possibly the most popular
handy I saw all weekend.
Andy
MM0FMF
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