Brisbane D-Star Club announced

At their recent meeting in Melbourne, the WIA Directors decided to identify the Brisbane D-Star club.

Last November, concurrently with the commissioning of the D-Star repeater to serve the Melbourne area, Icom Australia and the WIA announced the gift by Icom of 5 further D-Star repeaters to the WIA so that a D-Star repeater can be commissioned to serve each of the other state capitals.

The Directors, acting on the advice of the Queensland Advisory Committee, and after consultation with Icom Australia, announce that the Gold Coast Amateur Radio Society Inc. shall be the D-Star club to serve the Brisbane area.

Now to learn more about D-Star and what this exciting new digital radio mode has to offer then visit the website www.dstar.org.au

And there is also a well established Australian Dstar news group, you can join the group from the link provided on the D-Star website or by going directly to http://lists.wia.org.au/mailman/listinfo/dstar