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Hesitant to get into D-RATS

John - KN4BLF
 

Hello to all and thank you for letting me join this group. As someone that is fast becoming a keyboard to keyboard only ham, I am interested in D-RATS. I don¡¯t yet own a D-STAR radio but I would consider an ID-5100a if I could be sure that there is enough activity to justify the expense. Please advise and thanks in advance for your help.
73,
John KN4BLF
 

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On Mon, May 5, 2025 at 7:49?AM John - KN4BLF via <KN4BLF=[email protected]> wrote:
Hello to all and thank you for letting me join this group. As someone that is fast becoming a keyboard to keyboard only ham, I am interested in D-RATS. I don¡¯t yet own a D-STAR radio but I would consider an ID-5100a if I could be sure that there is enough activity to justify the expense. Please advise and thanks in advance for your help.
73,
John KN4BLF
John - KN4BLF
 

Hello to all,
Is it wrong for me to get into D-RATS because I will never be capable of helping in EMCOMM?
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73,
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John KN4BLF
 

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John,?
Not at all. D-RATS has many uses aside from EMCOMM. It is independent of DSTAR or even RF if you want to use it that way. Too many ways to use it to describe here. Download it, use it, discover what you can do with it. If you like it, keep it, if not uninstall and forget it.
Jack
KD4IZ

On May 5, 2025, at 13:03, John - KN4BLF via groups.io <KN4BLF@...> wrote:

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Hello to all,
Is it wrong for me to get into D-RATS because I will never be capable of helping in EMCOMM?
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73,
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John KN4BLF
John - KN4BLF
 

Hi Jack,
Thank you for your reply. How do I use D-RATS without a radio? I assumed that a D-STAR radio was required. Will I be missing important functionality without a radio? Please point me in the right direction and I will be most grateful.
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73,
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John KN4BLF
 

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DRATS uses several types of net linkage, including internet and RF. It does not have to speak DSTAR data. Best approach is to start with the most recent version 3.x and play with it while reading through some of the old documentation (in the files section) to get the basic set up. Ask questions here.
Jack

On May 5, 2025, at 16:50, John - KN4BLF via groups.io <KN4BLF@...> wrote:

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Hi Jack,
Thank you for your reply. How do I use D-RATS without a radio? I assumed that a D-STAR radio was required. Will I be missing important functionality without a radio? Please point me in the right direction and I will be most grateful.
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73,
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John KN4BLF
 

We, SHARP, the Sheriff's Amateur Radio Program use D-Rats over DSTAR at the local air shows.? The reason, it is so noisy, you are almost wasting your time trying to talk back and forth between the medical stations.??

Most of our communications are simplex, over 2M, but we can utilize our DSTAR repeater on Carpenter Hill in Folsom, Ca.

If necessary we can also print the messages on paper and hand them to someone.? Many of the calls we get are for lost children, more likely, the children know where they are, it's the parents who are lost.

Jim - SHARP50 - k6nra

------ Original Message ------
From: "Jack Spitznagel (KD4IZ)" <kd4iz@...>
Sent: 5/5/2025 3:17:44 PM
Subject: Re: [d-rats] Hesitant to get into D-RATS

DRATS uses several types of net linkage, including internet and RF. It does not have to speak DSTAR data. Best approach is to start with the most recent version 3.x and play with it while reading through some of the old documentation (in the files section) to get the basic set up. Ask questions here.
Jack

On May 5, 2025, at 16:50, John - KN4BLF via groups.io <KN4BLF@...> wrote:

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Hi Jack,
Thank you for your reply. How do I use D-RATS without a radio? I assumed that a D-STAR radio was required. Will I be missing important functionality without a radio? Please point me in the right direction and I will be most grateful.
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73,
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John KN4BLF

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