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I bought an IC-9700 a year and half ago mostly for sats but tried to get it up on Dstar too. Was able to hear some folks but never had any Qs. But now I bought an IC-7100 for my RV and a hot spot so need some help setting both up. Looking at the D-Star Gateway System (REGIST) shows me listed as follows: Terminal Call Gateway Notes N3RC Z REGIST Access Point Terminal N3RC REGIST Space/Primary Terminal I am going to read up on the 9700/7100 and D-Star but the two Icom Adv. manuals total about 800 pages plus I have another book dedicated to the 9700. So any help/direction would be appreciated. I am an old computer guy who started programming professionally on a IBM 7094 in 1963 but I am slowing up a bit! 73 Roger N3RC cell 4062233482

MDARC repeaters in RepeaterBook Repeaterbook.com is a very popular website people use to find out about repeaters. Our analog FM W6CX repeater is there of course (https://www.repeaterbook.com/repeaters/details.php?state_id=06&ID=151 ) as well as several of our other repeaters. The site also lists the W6CX Digital Voice repeater. The site has recently updated the info about W6CX-DV to include the fact that we now support D-STAR, DMR and Fusion radios. Take a look at https://www.repeaterbook.com/repeaters/details.php?state_id=06&ID=10983 This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

Picking a digital mode (and then a radio) I wrote this reply to a question on another group – the OP is thinking of getting into Digital Voice and is looking for suggestions regarding which mode (D-STAR, DMR or Fusion). I thought this might be appropriate for MDARC members, since the W6CX-DV repeater supports all of the above 3 DV modes. Jim – K6JM From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jim - K6JM Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2021 2:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Bay-Net Main] Picking a di\gital mode (and then a radio) I do have different mode radios and use those 3 Digital Voice (DV) modes, and they each have their strong points. A key theme with all of them is that much of the fun of DV comes from their networks and connection points, whether those are called reflectors, talkgroups or rooms. D-STAR Built for amateur radio, so the identifier is your callsign. For that reason, your callsign always travels along with each transmission and you actually don’t have to id verbally (though you should to retain the habit). There is a moderate learning curve, but simpler than DMR, particularly when programming a new radio. Radios are really good, but quite a bit more expensive than DMR radios. Most are made by ICOM , but Kenwood has made a really nice HT (though there are current supply problems due to chip shortage). D-STAR as designed by ICOM supports only connections using Callsign Routing. It sounds neat – the network remembers where you were last heard (a repeater or a hotspot), and your friends can route their transmissions there using your callsign. The problem is many, many D-STAR users world-wide have not really learned how to respond to callsign-routed calls, so it is much less useful than you’d think. That is why REF reflectors were invented. Your repeater or hotspot can be linked to a reflector and can hear and talk to all the others on linked-in repeaters or hotspots. There are 4 different types of reflector protocols. Hotspots can access all of them, and some repeaters can too, but many repeaters only access the most popular type, those named REFxxxxx. Bottom line – D-STAR is first class and versatile. The networks offer a huge variety of places to connect and talk. DMR DMR was developed for commercial land-mobile – police & fire, corporate mobile communications, etc. The identifier is a 7-digit DMR id which any ham license-holder can request and put into their radios, so this is not a big deal, though in the US you do need to id every 10 minutes. The two really important features of DMR are: 1) DMR radios are made by many manufacturers which compete on price, so competition means you can get a good DMR radio for much, much less than a D-STAR or Fusion radio; 2) DMR networks connect to TalkGroups. These end up being like reflectors, except the user of the radio decides which talk group to transmit on (as opposed to having the repeater or hotspot be linked to a reflector). The difference leads to a lot of flexibility, but also some complexity. I really like talkgroups, but I hate having to program a new DMR radio (which I just did yesterday). The programming info for DMR radios is saved in a file on your computer and is called a codeplug (Motorola term). DMR’s complexity goes back to it having been developed for a commercial/government market where the end-users were not asked to do anything technical – police officers should not have to become technical experts. So Motorola designed the radios and programming software to be done by professionals who could configure the radios to the organizations’ needs, then install them. These pros are trained and have become experienced in all things DMR. It stands to reason programming a DMR radio is not all that simple. That is not to say hams can’t master it. My recommendation is to get ahold of a working code-plug and use that as your starting point. Just realize it will take more time to get up and running than D-STAR or Fusion. Bottom line – DMR radios are less expensive than other DV mode radios. And there are many varieties of tal

RE: [w6cx-dstar] More Info about the new W6CX DV repeater D-Star forum users – I’ve sent out invitations for all of you to subscribe to the new DigitalVoice group for MDARC. I encourage you to accept the invitation. Please post your D-Star questions and comments to the new group. Just mail your post to: [email protected] Thanks! Jim – K6JM This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

More Info about the new W6CX DV repeater MDARC has updated our D-STAR repeater to new equipment. We are using a controller called Multi Mode Digital Voice Modem (MMDVM) and have initially enabled D-STAR, DMR and C4FM/YSF. Here are some details. The repeater, when idle, will listen for all enabled modes. When it hears an inbound transmission, it will repeat that transmission and temporarily expect the response transmission to be in the same mode. So if a D-STAR user calls out and someone responds (could be local, could be on a linked reflector), the repeater will listen up to 20 seconds just for D-STAR. If the QSO ends and there is no response, then after 20 seconds, the repeater will go back to listening for D-STAR, DMR and C4FM/YSF. In the above scenario, if a DMR user calls out and gets into a QSO, then the same process will happen. Our hope is that no one DV mode will "take over" the W6CX DV repeater, but at the same time, users of all three modes will have fun using this wide-coverage repeater. We will work with our members to ensure users of all enabled modes have a fair shot at using the repeater. Online Forums MDARC has created a new Digital Voice forum called W6CX-DigitalVoice. We want to move current w6cx-dstar forum activity to this new forum. Current subscribers will soon receive an invitation to join the new forum. Others can ask to join at /g/W6CX-DigitalVoice/join . D-STAR For D-STAR, users are free to issue linking commands from their radios to link to any REF, XRF, DCS or XLX reflector they wish. DMR Our DMR system will be connected to the BrandMeister network. There will be one static talkgroup (Diablo 310606) on Timeslot 1 -- this TG is meant for users in the Mount Diablo region. Users will, of course, be able to dynamically activate BrandMeister talkgroups of their choice. PLEASE USE TIMESLOT 2 FOR DYNAMIC TGs. Dynamic TGs will drop after 10 minutes of local RF inactivity. C4FM Our C4FM/YSF/Fusion mode is linked to YSF80280 - US-Contra-Costa - Wires-X80280. Tip: Listen AND check your radio before calling out There are many other MMDVM multi-mode repeaters operating in the world. A well-known one is K6PUW in Southern California. On Oat Mountain overlooking much of the Los Angeles basin, this repeater has 4 DV modes enabled, and users of all 4 modes have learned how to use it. Key is that before calling out, they first check their radio to make sure the repeater is not busy. All radios have a display showing if a signal is being received. If we see the repeater is transmitting but we don't hear anything on our radio, then we'll know another mode is using the repeater right now. K6PUW users just wait a while, check their radio and when the repeater is no longer busy, they call out with their favorite mode and radio. What’s Next If you are new to the DV modes, we'll be happy to work with you to get going with whatever of our 3 modes you have chosen. If you are a long-time DV user and have a suggested improvement to how the W6CX DV repeater should be managed or configured, please let us know. We'll be posting more info in upcoming notes. Our goal is to allow our users to really enjoy these Digital Voice modes. Jim – K6JM W6CX Digital Voice Admin This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

Programming your radio for the W6CX Digital Voice repeater [email protected] users -- We’ll soon be using our new groups.io forum. For now, you’ll be finding posts about the Digital Voice repeater that could refer to both D-STAR and DMR. [email protected] users – thanks for letting us post here also. We will move this kind of post to the new group very soon. This is not a tutorial, just the basic info. We do plan on some pages for newbies to DMR. And remember, regardless of mode, before hitting PTT, check your radio to be sure the repeater is not busy with another mode. Frequency: 145.000 mHz Offset: +2.500 mHz DMR * Set up a new Zone for W6CX * CC = 1 * For now, please program channels to use Timeslot 2 * You can program channels to access BrandMeister talkgroups dynamically. See possible TGs at https://www.pistar.uk/dmr_bm_talkgroups.php * Initially we have not set up any static talkgroups. At some point, we may set up 310606 on TS1 as a static TG as a kind of NorCal TG, similar to how K6MDD has done * Remember that dynamic TGs will be dropped 10 minutes after no local RF activity D-Star Check out https://sites.google.com/mdarc.org/mdarc-new/activities/repeater-systems/d-star -- the page was rewritten when MDARC moved to a new web tool, so some links may not yet be working. If you are new to D-STAR, register your callsign: * Go to http://regist.dstargateway.org , click Register button * Fill in callsign, name, email address and what password you want on the account * Wait until you receive an email that your new account request has been approved Then log onto https://regist.dstargateway.org/Dstar.do with your callsign (in CAPITALs) and the password -- if you have lost your password, you can reset it on that page under Lost Password? * Click on the “Personal Information” link on the top right * Click the 1st box and enter a space in the “Initial” box * Leave the AccessPoint box alone * Click the Update button DR Mode is easiest - check your radio's manual. When you find W6CX in your radio's Repeater List, be sure the frequencies are correct. Some radios have been sold with older repeater tables loaded in them. If you don't want to use DR Mode, then program a memory with the above frequencies. Repeater callsign is W6CX***C (where * is really a space so the C goes in the 8th position). Whether DR Mode or a memory, do a final check by going to your radio's Callsign function. It will show 4 callsigns, which should be: * MY = your-registered-callsign * UR = CQCQCQ * R1 = W6CX C * R2 = W6CX G If you link the repeater to another reflector, when done, please link back to REF014C. Please don’t leave it on any busy talk group. More info will be coming soon… Jim – K6JM This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

Improvements to the MDARC Digital Voice Repeater! We upgraded the club’s Digital Voice (DV) repeater on Saturday, Nov 20. It was off the air from about noon to 4pm. See details attached to this note. The objective was to install a repeater capable of repeating not only D-STAR mode, but other DV modes such as DMR. The repeater remains on 145.0 +2.500. D-Star mode on the new repeater is working well, but please contact me at jim@... if you have questions or issues with the new repeater. We are using a system called Multi-Mode, invented and software written by Jonathan Naylor, G4KLX. For those at Pacificon 2018, you may have attended Jonathan's presentation on the MMDVM -- Multi Mode Digital Voice Modem -- and associated software. We are also setting up a new DV forum on groups.io – more on that in upcoming posts. We are proud of how our D-STAR repeater has been actively used, but analyzing the traffic, we realized this wonderful resource at South Peak on Mount Diablo could benefit even more members and hams in the area. So we have replaced our hard-working ICOM D-STAR repeater with this upgraded system that can listen for more than one digital voice mode. Our initial focus will of course be on D-STAR, and DMR as well, and we are also testing how Fusion/C4FM works on this repeater. What it means for you, if you are using DV modes like D-STAR or DMR now, or were thinking of getting into one of those DV modes, is that you now have more than one South Peak DV mode choices. Also, you’ll notice the Dashboard format is different. You can still use the previous Dashboard web address, but the new one is http://dv.mdarc.org . It also means you need to make one small change to your DV operating habits – If your radio (for example D-STAR radio) is quiet and you are about to hit PTT, please glance at your radio to see if the frequency is already busy. That would mean a different DV mode is currently using our DV repeater. There are many such Multi Mode repeaters now on the air around the world, and their users have quickly adapted to making this small radio check before transmitting. We’ll be posting more information in the coming days, including how to program your DMR radio to use the repeater. Of course, D-STAR users don’t need to make any changes, other than the above check that the channel is not busy. Jim – K6JM W6CX DV Gateway Admin PS Details -- Trevor Hall and I made the following changes on Saturday: · Removed the existing ICOM D-STAR controller and 2 meter repeater. · Installed a new repeater consisting of a pair of Motorola CDM1250 radios, controlled by a ZUM Radio Multi Mode Digital Voice Modem (MMDVM) board designed by Jim McGlaughlin KI6ZUM. (Jim has also made several presentations on MMDVM at Pacificon.) The modem is attached to a Raspberry Pi 3B+. The Pi is loaded with the Pi-Star image which contains the G4KLX programs plus a Dashboard and software for administrators to control the repeater. PPS I have also crossed posted to the NorCal DMR group in case those users are interested in these developments. This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

The W6CX D-Star repeater will be off line during much of Saturday Nov 20 (roughly 9am – 3pm). We will be doing maintenance and upgrades. We’ll send out another post when it is back online. When it comes back, there will be a new Dashboard at http://dv.mdarc.org We’re sorry for the inconvenience. Jim – K6JM This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

Hey Folks...I use a DV Dongle as an easy way of recording users while running our local D-Star net here in Va. Recently upgraded to macOS to Big Sur and Dongle will not open. Everything seems to work fine but it shuts the port off within a couple of seconds. Anyone have any idea's? I could put it back on a Windows10 machine I only use that one for field days or EMCOMM. Thanks and 73, Rich KH7RC

MDARC’s guidelines for using our Groups.io forums have been posted to this group’s web site. These guidelines may be reviewed from this forum’s home page and on our Club website at: http://www.mdarc.org/about-us/official-documents/groups-io-guidelines In addition, all future new members will be automatically emailed a copy upon joining the group. Note that these guidelines are the same ones used for all our groups. As such, a few statements may seem a bit out of place for a more specialized forum, such as this one. For example, “The topic for this group is amateur radio; and specifically the Mt. Diablo Amateur Radio Club.” Clearly, this forum is more about digital voice topics than the Club, but I expect you’ll get the idea. It would be impractical to develop and maintain a separate guideline document for each forum. By continuing to use this MDARC forum, you agree to follow these guidelines, so please review them. They won’t be hard to follow. You’ve been doing it already. Mostly they’re just “play nice in the sandbox” type rules. But we have to have them in place, just in case. Thankx, Mike Patterson, N6JGA MDARC Digital Media Coordinator

Interesting attached article originally published in RadCom (British Ham magazine). Also, the note below about the net for trading photos over D-STAR is interesting. For those of you with radios that can do D-STAR on HF bands, you might also want to join in on the HF D-STAR nets and/or join the HFDstar net on groups.io. Jim – K6JM From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Lewis Maxwell via groups.io Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2020 4:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [HFDstar] D-Star Picture Net Sending Pictures with the D-Star Radio For complete details on the D-Star Picture Net visit https://www.hamradioelpaso.com/d-star-nets. Read the instruction manual for the RS-MS1A Android App and the iOS devices. The same manual is used for both. Be sure to check out the “Compatible Transceiver” tab to see what features your radio will support. The Kenwood D74 radio is not listed in the compatible list but the RS-MS1A Android App will work with this radio. Use the Bluetooth to connect the two together. Keep in mind that when using the App’s, the App controls the radio. So, making changes in the radio should not have to be done. The IC-9700, IC-705 and ID-52A will work out of the box without the Android or iOS devices attached. Consult the User’s Manual. You also may take, edit, and transfer the pictures from the iPhone, or android device using the ST4001W(A) ICOM free app. A picture can be taken with a phone, edited, and then transferred to the radio using the WiFi. For the other radios you need to use the serial cable. The D-Star Picture Mode article Mark, M5BOP wrote and was published in the November issue of RSGB RadCom magazine has been released for us to read. Thank you, Mark for sharing. I have attached the .pdf copy. Hotspots Not all hotspots will support the Fast Data mode however, pretty much all will support the Slow Data mode. We are seeing that the older hotspots have issues with coding being outdated. Many are no longer supported be their creator. The newer hotspots such as the openSPOT2 and 3 work really well with the latest version of firmware. The DVMEGA with the BlueDV firmware is another excellent choice. The developers of these two devices have been willing to work with us and ensure that the features are supported. Doozy Last week on the D-Star Picture net we had a number of Doozy users. David, PA7LIM has developed a new software which supports ICOM radios in the terminal mode, no hotspot is required. See here: http://www.pa7lim.nl/doozy/ to download the software and for further details. At the present time it is available only for Win 10. Hopefully, the Android version will be out soon. After downloading the software, test it out on REF072D or E. Testing Testing the hotspot can be done using REF072E. Select Send Picture. Select a picture. Try to select a picture with little color. The transmission takes longer to send if there is a lot of color. On the picture quality and size select Low (25%) and 160 x 120. If the radio supports Fast Data, select it. Start Transmitting. Now select Receive Picture. When the transmission has finished or REF072E has timed out the picture will be echoed back. The “E” module has a short timeout timer. You will be able to tell how the hotspot will react during the net, and if the App is setup correct. 73, Lew, KB5HPT This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

I recently got a question from Jim - VK1WJ: "I’ve tried the instructions on a pi zero with a IC-705 and cannot select a Terminal Mode DSTAR Repeater in the modem type. All I get is the ICOM Repeater choice. It works perfectly with my ID 51plus2. Have tried full reset of the 705 to no avail." There are two parts to configuration. First the radio -- I’m looking at the IC-705 ENG Advanced manual, in Ch 15 “About the DV Gateway Function.” You want to choose External Gateway Function. And you need to connect the radio to a computer like the Pi Zero W using a USB cable – plug one end into the micro USB port on the radio and the other end into the Pi Zero W. Then with Pi-Star loaded on the Pi Zero, it is pretty much the same as for the ID 51 Plus2. The trick there, and this may have been your problem, is that the configuration on Pi-Star won’t work unless 1)the radio and the Pi are connected via USB, and 2)the radio is turned on and in External Gateway mode. Then boot up Pi-Star on the Pi Zero and go through the configuration covered in my web pages. If Pi-Star boots up with the radio connected and in External Gateway mode, then when you get to General Configuration, the Radio/Modem Type will have the option “ICOM Radio in Terminal Mode” option. That won’t be there if the radio isn’t connected and in External Gateway mode when Pi-Star starts. Jim - K6JM

Have a DStar radio that supports Terminal Mode and want to have a way to access the DStar network without RF to a DStar repeater? Newer ICOM DStar radios have a new feature called Terminal Mode. You connect the radio to a computer that has internet access and you run an appropriate app. Problem was - ICOM's app does not allow connection to reflectors. To the rescue came Jonathan Naylor G4KLX (who attended Pacificon two years ago and gave a presentation on digital voice). He updated his free app to support Terminal Mode radios. If you have a radio that can do Terminal Mode (51A Plus2, 31A Plus, 4100, 5100, 9700, 705), a Terminal Mode hotspot may be the answer. And if your radio comes with the needed cable, rather than buying an expensive hotspot, for about $20-$30 you can set up a Terminal Mode hotspot using a Raspberry Pi Zero loaded with Pi-Star. I have posted a short guide about how to do this at https://www.k6jm.com/wp/d-star-terminal-mode-hotspots/ That page has an overview, with links to a How-To page. Of course RF access to the W6CX D-STAR repeater is still the best way to use D-STAR, but if you are travelling or you want to switch reflectors a lot without disturbing others, a cheap hotspot may be the solution for you. Jim - K6JM -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

We have a DVAP dongle, an ID-51A handheld, and two IC-7100s. I’ll post later with my questions about using the ID-51 or IC-7100. Right now ID-51 to DVAP. And since I made the mistake of double-registering my call, I’m going to focus for now on getting my wife’s call KF6AFY to work. Currently the DVAP callsign is (just) KF6AFY . I’ve tried KF6AFY B (because I’m connecting on 70cm) and KF6AFY G (because I’m using it as a gateway.) I’m not sure what it should be. I have one terminal defined, KF6AFY B, and it is defined as an access point. I’m a little confused here, because I thought I had KF6AFY G defined, also. I tried to define (just) KF6AFY but with no initial it was rejected. So, the DVAP hears the ID-51. With MYCALL set as KD6AFY and URCALL as DVAP E, I get my voice repeated back to me. With URCALL as DVAP I, the DVAP responds “DV access point dongle.” But with URCALL set to W6CX GL, I get “not linked - gateway not found.” What am I doing wrong?

Good morning, I’ve been absent for a few years and now getting back in. I just set up an ID-9700 and am receiving well. I can link and un-link the repeater from reflectors. However when I send a query for information (.......I) I always get a response RPT? i also get this when I connect to other repeaters through the gateway. My registration is in order, I’ve checked my call sign in the radio and it seems ok. is the RPT? response a failure or normal? thanks Richard KG6DOH

OK, In the past I've tried to paint a whole picture and I've gotten responses to one or two aspects, so I'll try asking tiny questions, one at a time. Making a local call via RF through W6CX on 2m, I understand that URcall should be CQCQCQ. But should RPT1 be: W6CX (and no more) or W6CX C or W6CX C or W6CX C? I ask because I'm not haviing any success getting into local repeater (W6CX.)

OK, In the past I've tried to paint a whole picture and I've gotten responses to one or two aspects, so I'll try asking tiny questions, one at a time. With these terminals defined: KF6AFY KF6AFY A KF6AFY C Should Mycall when calling via W6CX C repeater on 2m be: KF6AFY (and that's it) KF6AFY C or something else? I ask because I'm not haviing any success getting into local repeater (W6CX.)

OK, In the past I've tried to paint a whole picture and I've gotten responses to one or two aspects, so I'll try asking tiny questions, one at a time. I see that the registrationfor KF6AFY is: Target CS AreaRPT CS ZoneRPT CS Receive Time (UTC) Name KF6AFY WW6BAY B WW6BAY KF6AFY A W6CX A W6CX KF6AFY C W6CX A W6CX Does it matter that the AreaRPT CS is different? I ask because I'm not haviing any success getting into local repeater (W6CX.)