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Re: Must be missing something...

 

Picture your D-STAR radio as a modem. It takes serial data from your computer and conditions it to be transmitted and received. A network connection does the same thing. That said, anything you can do over the internet connection, you can also do with radios. Those include: Real time chat, e-mail style messaging and file transfers. A mapping function is also included. Look in the files section of this group for a manual and it's addendum.
Good luck and 73.
Re: Must be missing something...

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Can you explain this a little more please? ?My radio isn't here yet so I am trying to learn what I can before it arrives. ?When you say local chat on RF, do you mean voice chat or keyboard chat?


Dan
KJ6RGX
Re: Must be missing something...

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For local and repeater operation, DRATS works very well for local chat on RF!
AL
KF5Smh
Re: Must be missing something...

Mitch Winkle
 

If you set up the radio, it can go out over the radio also.
--
Mitch Winkle

...How long will you go limping between two different opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him...
1 Kings 18 ESV
Re: Must be missing something...

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What does adding a radio give me? ?If everything is going out internet then what is the function of the radio???


Dan
KJ6RGX
Re: Must be missing something...

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You will need to have a cable such as the RTsystems RTSO5 plugged into the data port, and then setup a comport in drats with the cables com port information under the serial port header:
File>preferences>Radio>add a Serial port>name whatever you like>serial port com# for cable>Baud Rate 9600>ADD>Save> click check in enabled box, sniff and raw off.
AL
KF5SMH


---In d-rats_group@..., <kj6rgx@...> wrote :

I thought D-Rats had something to do with DStars but it appears to be more of an email/chat/file internet based connection. ?I can't figure out a way to even use a DStars radio with it. ?What am I missing here?



Dan

KJ6RGX
Must be missing something...

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I thought D-Rats had something to do with DStars but it appears to be more of an email/chat/file internet based connection. ?I can't figure out a way to even use a DStars radio with it. ?What am I missing here?



Dan

KJ6RGX
Re: Can't Download Program Installer

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We are good now. Downloaded and installed 04172014
Re: WX QSt over DRATS

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Gentlemen,

The feed is not available outside my network, SORRY, I developed it from my Personal WX Station and DRATS uses a file I built specifically for the QST. Anyone with a station and software can develop a similar setup given a little time and effort. Again SORRY there is no ftp or website so?it is not available for consumption.

AL
Re: WX QSt over DRATS

 

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Don...as per the question below could you let us know the info url or ftp ...what and how.
Thanks

Lee WB4QOJ
AEC Paulding County ARES?


From my Android phone on T-Mobile. The first nationwide 4G network.


-------- Original message --------
From: "Donald Hinsman dhinsman@... [d-rats_group]"
Date:08/05/2015 11:05 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: d-rats_group@...
Subject: Re: [d-rats_group] WX QSt over DRATS

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This looks very interesting.? Where is the feed?? I might add it to W5SF-R.

Good job Al, Don

On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 7:42 AM, [email protected] [d-rats_group] <d-rats_group@...> wrote:
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?I was not overly fond of the WX report received from our local airport, it just did not have the information I felt someone would be looking for or need from a QST. This is what I finally came up with from my PWS, some third party software and some guidance from WXForum and N3TSZ, It hs been running for about 2 weeks now and I am quite satisfied with the result. Here is an example:

[2015-08-05 07:01:00] [RATFLECTOR] KF5SMHWX: [QST]
Date:???Wednesday??8/5/2015??
Time:?? ?06:57:28
Temperature: ??59.5 F
Humidity:??52%
Pressure: ??30.198??Rising slowly
Heat Index:??59.5 F
Wind Speed:??0??Calm
Wind Gust:??1??
Max Wind Speed:??0??00:00
Max Wind Gust:??5??06:15
Direction:??W??269 Degrees
Rain rate??0.00
Rain/Hour??0.00
Rain/24Hr??0.00
Rain YTD??12.84
Sunrise:??06:21
Sunset:???20:16
Moon Phase:??Waning Gibbous?
WX Notes:??NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TODAY




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73 de N4VIP (SFARES EC, Santa Fe and San Miguel Counties DEC),?Don
Re: Can't Download Program Installer

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OK downloaded from link you sent and that version is 02232012, which I guess is from Feb 2012. So I guess that is newer than the 0.3.3 that I have ???

73 Paul
Re: Can't Download Program Installer

 

This is the last one I found

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Re: Can't Download Program Installer

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What is the latest release of DRATS?? ?I have 0.3.3 and have been told there is a more current version.

73 Paul kc2nyu
Re: Can't Download Program Installer

 

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Try this link:

That should get you the latest build.

Mike, N0SO

On Aug 6, 2015, at 8:59 PM, eckerpw@... [d-rats_group] <d-rats_group@...> wrote:

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I am new to the Group and trying to download from the Files section, DRATS Program files- the 04172014 Installer.zip. But when I click on the link, another page is opened in my browser but that is it. Nothing else happens. Is the Link to this file broken??


73?

Paul

kc2nyu
Re: Can't Download Program Installer

 

You need to downlad the orig file I sent you from the link. The file you have is an update.

Keith
Re: Can't Download Program Installer

 

This?
I seem to remember someone else having this problem. They had to open it a different web browser to get it to download.
Feel free to ask any other questions.

Keith

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Can't Download Program Installer

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I am new to the Group and trying to download from the Files section, DRATS Program files- the 04172014 Installer.zip. But when I click on the link, another page is opened in my browser but that is it. Nothing else happens. Is the Link to this file broken??


73?

Paul

kc2nyu
Re: WX QSt over DRATS

 

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Don..Patrick may have that on his download section on d-rats...check his files?

Lee WB4QOJ


From my Android phone on T-Mobile. The first nationwide 4G network.


-------- Original message --------
From: "Donald Hinsman dhinsman@... [d-rats_group]"
Date:08/05/2015 11:05 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: d-rats_group@...
Subject: Re: [d-rats_group] WX QSt over DRATS

?

This looks very interesting.? Where is the feed?? I might add it to W5SF-R.

Good job Al, Don

On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 7:42 AM, [email protected] [d-rats_group] <d-rats_group@...> wrote:
?

?I was not overly fond of the WX report received from our local airport, it just did not have the information I felt someone would be looking for or need from a QST. This is what I finally came up with from my PWS, some third party software and some guidance from WXForum and N3TSZ, It hs been running for about 2 weeks now and I am quite satisfied with the result. Here is an example:

[2015-08-05 07:01:00] [RATFLECTOR] KF5SMHWX: [QST]
Date:???Wednesday??8/5/2015??
Time:?? ?06:57:28
Temperature: ??59.5 F
Humidity:??52%
Pressure: ??30.198??Rising slowly
Heat Index:??59.5 F
Wind Speed:??0??Calm
Wind Gust:??1??
Max Wind Speed:??0??00:00
Max Wind Gust:??5??06:15
Direction:??W??269 Degrees
Rain rate??0.00
Rain/Hour??0.00
Rain/24Hr??0.00
Rain YTD??12.84
Sunrise:??06:21
Sunset:???20:16
Moon Phase:??Waning Gibbous?
WX Notes:??NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TODAY




--
73 de N4VIP (SFARES EC, Santa Fe and San Miguel Counties DEC),?Don
Re: WX QSt over DRATS

 

This looks very interesting.? Where is the feed?? I might add it to W5SF-R.

Good job Al, Don

On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 7:42 AM, [email protected] [d-rats_group] <d-rats_group@...> wrote:
?

?I was not overly fond of the WX report received from our local airport, it just did not have the information I felt someone would be looking for or need from a QST. This is what I finally came up with from my PWS, some third party software and some guidance from WXForum and N3TSZ, It hs been running for about 2 weeks now and I am quite satisfied with the result. Here is an example:

[2015-08-05 07:01:00] [RATFLECTOR] KF5SMHWX: [QST]
Date:???Wednesday??8/5/2015??
Time:?? ?06:57:28
Temperature: ??59.5 F
Humidity:??52%
Pressure: ??30.198??Rising slowly
Heat Index:??59.5 F
Wind Speed:??0??Calm
Wind Gust:??1??
Max Wind Speed:??0??00:00
Max Wind Gust:??5??06:15
Direction:??W??269 Degrees
Rain rate??0.00
Rain/Hour??0.00
Rain/24Hr??0.00
Rain YTD??12.84
Sunrise:??06:21
Sunset:???20:16
Moon Phase:??Waning Gibbous?
WX Notes:??NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TODAY




--
73 de N4VIP (SFARES EC, Santa Fe and San Miguel Counties DEC),?Don
WX QSt over DRATS

[email protected]
 

?I was not overly fond of the WX report received from our local airport, it just did not have the information I felt someone would be looking for or need from a QST. This is what I finally came up with from my PWS, some third party software and some guidance from WXForum and N3TSZ, It hs been running for about 2 weeks now and I am quite satisfied with the result. Here is an example:

[2015-08-05 07:01:00] [RATFLECTOR] KF5SMHWX: [QST]
Date:???Wednesday??8/5/2015??
Time:?? ?06:57:28
Temperature: ??59.5 F
Humidity:??52%
Pressure: ??30.198??Rising slowly
Heat Index:??59.5 F
Wind Speed:??0??Calm
Wind Gust:??1??
Max Wind Speed:??0??00:00
Max Wind Gust:??5??06:15
Direction:??W??269 Degrees
Rain rate??0.00
Rain/Hour??0.00
Rain/24Hr??0.00
Rain YTD??12.84
Sunrise:??06:21
Sunset:???20:16
Moon Phase:??Waning Gibbous?
WX Notes:??NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TODAY
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