Hello all, I am new to dstar, I got my radio 2 weeks ago, and after spending sometime figuring out just what goes where and the spacing for the fields, ect.... I was on the air - and made my first contact! Hurry right??? Well Yeah, That is what I thought - SO I wanted to try the gateway, and I had people contact me via the gateway, once again hurry!
BUT now I am very very confused - I tried to join a reflector tonight, a couple of the guys said a net was going on, I just wanted to see how that worked! I beleive it was REF002 CL I got on a website that has a "dstar" calculator thing, and quickly programmed my radio. BUT all I heard was the locals talking, I did not hear anything from outside the area. Here is what I put in my radio: UR: REF002CL R1: W8RNL^^C R2: W8RNL^^G MY: KD8BXP^^/91AD OK, so I was expecting to hear someone other the locals What did I do wrong? I know that the W8RNL port C is connected to a Reflector not sure which one, but I hear people from the UK and Canada as well as from the south of me all the time. I also think I understand how to connect to other repeaters, but I've never done it. I think that would be changing the UR to UR: /(Name of Repeater) and I also think I understand how to connect to a specific user, change the UR to there call sign and the system will route you to the last place they were heard....Though I've never done that either - maybe I should try and see if I have any luck. I think I got all that down - BUT I just dont understand what a reflector is or does and how to make it work I guess that is the real question here!. HELP! Thanks! LeRoy, KD8BXP
