Bob,
DSTAR Is an awesome mode. It is very powerful as an advanced local communication tool. It has a lot of functionality for EMCOMM in the local area. If it can connect to the internet, you can communicate with your mother easily. If an earthquake happens and they lose the internet it will be more difficult. ?She could use her radio to reach someone who could get a message to you. HF would be best. DSTAR was developed for advanced local communication.?
That said, that is not what everyone uses it for.?
I hold a net every Saturday night on REF009C I would encourage you and your mother to join us. ?I won’t be having it this Saturday because of the 4th.?
Tnx
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On Jun 29, 2020, at 14:04, ka6bob@... wrote:
?I was gifted a ID-4100A for Fathers Day; I honestly have never pursued digital modes but this looks interesting. My mother is in S California in the middle of earthquake country and I would like an alternate way to communicate with her on her Icom D-Star HT.
It appears I have completed the registration for myself but still need to tie myself to a home repeater. All the web sites I go to to complete that part come us as "down" with a message stating a secure connection cannot be made.
I live in Gilbert AZ and was looking at the Mesa (Usrey) site. Any reading suggestions and assistance with the repeater registration would be much appreciated!
'73
de Bob, KA6BOB
