D-Star down-under

The Mt Macedon VK3RMM facility north-west of Melbourne is now servicing a phenomenal, but not unexpected wide coverage area. This following the full commissioning of its 2-metre, Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio repeater.

The VK3RMM 70 centimetre D-STAR repeater that first went on air in February continues to get good reports.

The project began with repeater modules donated by ICOM Australia, a few individual donations, volunteer support, with the rest of the considerable expense being borne by Amateur Radio Victoria.

More recently the 2-metre D-STAR repeater has been turned on with good quality signals throughout the greater Melbourne area, to Berwick in the east, Geelong in the west, Bendigo, Shepparton and Echuca on the New South Wales border.

The internet gateway is now being initialised and tested for the next phase of this project.

Barry Robinson VK3PV

Wireless Institute of Australia