St. Louis D-STAR Digital Repeaters
Roger K0GOB has provided some details of the
proposed
D-STAR Digital Repeaters for the St. Louis area. It is hoped they will
be operational by Thanksgiving, Thursday November 23rd.
D-STAR is an open digital protocol that permits simultaneous voice and
data communications. D-STAR repeaters can be connected via the Internet,
which enables worldwide connections across the D-STAR network.
St. Louis D-STAR
1. Simplex around St. Louis is on 145.670
2. The two meter D-Star repeater will have 150 watts out on 147.0375 and
will be co-located with the 100 watt 147.36 analog repeater using a TX/RX
T-Pass combiner.
3. A 100 watt 145.070 Packet station is also co-located on the same antenna
with the TX/RX system.
4. The 440 D-Star repeater will have 100 watts out on 442.575 and will
be co-located with the 100 watt 443.550 analog repeater using a TX/RX
T-Pass combiner.
5. The 23 cm D-Star repeater will have 25 watts output on 1273.000.
6. The 23 cm D-Star high-speed machine will have 25 watts output on 1250.000
simplex.
7. The amateur system also includes a 100 watt repeater on 224.980
8. All antennas are located in a circle on the top of a 220' guyed tower.
9. The digital systems are owned by two hams and will operate under the
vanity club callsign of K0MDG.
10. We are a non-profit organization, Missouri Digital Group, in the state
of Missouri.
11. A DSL high-speed phone line has been installed in the tower hut and
the D-Star system will be registered world wide.
12. All analog and digital systems have battery backup with a propane
generator for long term power outage. Computers and related equipment
are on a UPS.
73,
Roger, K0GOB
Related URL's
D-Star takes Amateur Radio into the future
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/january2006/d-star.htm
D-Star Brochure
http://www.tapr.org/pdf/DStar_brochure.pdf
ICOM D-Star
http://www.icomamerica.com/amateur/d%2Dstar/
Illinois Digital Ham
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/illinoisdigitalham/
To join email illinoisdigitalham-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
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