hello everyone, thanks for all who have replied!!! this is very helpful.!! hopefully someday i'll get my county to purchase a D-STAR system for the EOC. they are highly impressed with the information i gave them. im going to have to save my money up and buy the red dv dongle for my handheld. if anyone has one they are willing to sell please contact me..they are wuite expensive but if someone has a used one that would be great thanks, Allan May, WD4ITE EC Mathews Co., VA --- On Sat, 8/28/10, John D. Hays <j...@hays.org> wrote:
From: John D. Hays <j...@hays.org> Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] DVAP Help To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010, 10:37 PM On 8/28/2010 9:28 AM, AllanM wrote: Hello all, my name is Allan. i currently have the IC-92AD. the D-STAR repeater around me does Not have Gateway enabled. My question is, If I get the DV Dongle or make one, can i still use the Gateway if i have the DVAP or homebrew dongle? i really want to get on D-Star but still learning about the radio. please help me thanks, Allan May, WD4ITE EC Mathews Co, VA Since you already have a radio, go with the DVAP or a DVAR Hotspot, then you are not tethered to the keyboard at the computer. DVAP - http://www.dvapdongle.com/DV_Access_Point_Dongle/Home.html (Good for around the house, hotel room, etc. plugs into USB port, small, neat, package) DVAR Hotspot - http://w9arp.com/hotspot/ and http://enicomms.com -- a little more work to get the pieces together and setup, but you can provide wider area coverage for yourself and others using a higher power radio and antenna. Lastly, for not a lot more money you can build a full repeater and run Hotspot or soon to be released software (http://g4ulf.blogspot.com or open_g2, see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcrepeatercontroller) --- see http://k7ve.org/blog/2010/06/converting-the-kenwood-tkr-820-to-use-with-d-star/ Pick your level of interest and enjoy D-STAR. (I manage a full Icom D-STAR stack 2m, 70cm, 23cm, and 23cm DD, but also am enjoying experimenting on my homebrew repeater.) -- John D. Hays Amateur Radio Station K7VE PO Box 1223 Edmonds, WA 98020-1223 VOIP/SIP: j...@hays.org
