--- In [email protected], "ipscone" <ipsc...@...> wrote:
I saw a number of replies that address your basic question, so I don't need to discuss that issue. In the user manual for ALL D-Star radios, there is a VERY MISLEADING instruction! > Here's what I have set: > > 4) Set CALL SIGN > R1: WD7STR B > R2: Not Used <<<---- W R O N G ! In this example, R2 should be WD7STR G! If you don't have the Gateway in your setup, people coming in through the Gateway CAN NOT HEAR YOU and may key up on you because they don't know you are there. I hear one-sided conversations almost every day because one or more DON'T have the Gateway in their R2. This "glitch" was put in the instructions because, in the Japanese implementation of D-Star, there are very few Gateways. In the rest of the world, almost all D-Star Repeaters have Gateways running more advanced software. Enuff confusion. 73 Hank - KI4UMX [ED: WD7STR does not have a gateway yet, so the "WD7STR G" doesn't hurt anything, but doesn't add anything either, WA7FW on the other hand does have an active gateway so "WA7FW G" should probably always be there. Using it on WD7STR will put a code back on your display that basically says it can't relay past the repeater, but its not a problem.]
