Portuguese D-Star repeater now fully operational

D-STAR repeater CQ0DLR near Leiria/ Portugal is now installed and operational with Internet Gateway active.

Nuno Santos, CT1EWA, the President of ARAL -Associação de Radioamadores do Distrito de Leiria, has announced on the Portuguese ARLA / CLUSTER Internet mailing list, that the D-STAR repeater CQ0DLR, in Serra dos Candeeiros, near Leiria / PORTUGAL, is now installed and 100% operational with Internet Gateway active.

Info data about the device;

UHF Channel: RU58
Call Sign: CQ0DLR
TX Repeater: 438,525 MHz
RX Repeater: 430,925 MHz
Shift: -7,6 MHz.
RF Power: 25 W

QTH local designation: Bezerra - Serra dos Candeeiros
Geographic Location:
39º 32` 57,81" N / 08º 52´35" 02,32" W
Locator Maidenhead: IM59nn
Altitude (ASL): 590m

Heading: Omni Vertical.
Mode: GMSK (F1D).
DesEmi: 7K60FXE.
Internet Gateway: Available.

Responsible Keeper: ARAL -Associação de Radioamadores do Distrito de Leiria

Thanks to an agreement between the regional Ham Radio Association, the ARAL; Icom's national agent, NAUCOM corporation; and also with ICP-ANACOM - the Portuguese administration of telecommunications it was possible to achieve this ambition.

Is the first portuguese D-star repeater with permanent Internet Gateway Available.

Best Regards.

João Costa CT1FBF
Moderator of the ARLA/CLUSTER mailing List.

More info in ARAL web site: http://www.qsl.net/ct6arl/index.htm