D-Star travels Route 66

D-STAR became one of the modes used during the recent 'Route 66 On The Air' commemorative operation that ran from September 13th to the 21st.

According to the event website, 7 of the 17 special event stations were D-Star digital voice operations.

The D-Star stations were W6F in Kingman, Arizona;
W6H in Albuquerque, New Mexico; W6K on Oklahoma City;
Missouri stations W6N in Joplin, W6O in Lebanon and W6P in St. Louis. At the Eastern end of the road in Chicago, W6Q was also a D-Star operation.

For those not aware, the purpose of "Route 66 On The Air" is to give hams a fun way to "Relive the Ride" and their own memories of Route 66.

This year the Citrus Belt Amateur Radio Club out of San Bernardino, California was the sponsoring club. Over a dozen other ham radio organizations located along the famous highway took part as official participant stations.

More is on line at www.w6jbt.org

Source: ARNewsline, Icom