Setting up a "Ratflector" can be easy or hard, depending on your situation. Run the D-RATS Repeater application that is included with the software download. The minimum you need to do is click the ON button. Now give the IP address to users so they may make a connection to your Ratflector. If the computer is behind a router, you may have to forward the port to the computer running the repeater application. You should also set up an instance of the D-RATS client on the same computer as the repeater. Give it the callsign of KC2ELG. Delete any existing connections in Preferences>Radio. Add a new network connection with the IP address of 127.0.0.1. Check the "Trust Local Host" box in the repeater application. This will now act as a file server and mail drop. If you have access to antennas where the Ratflector will be housed, consider connecting radios to your Ratflector. A D-STAR radio and a KISS TNC will easily connect to a D-RATS repeater.
Also check out the Skywarn reporting form in the files section of this group. Download and import it in to the D-RATS message function.
Patrick
N3TSZ
Patrick Connor