Mike, I don't know about the Camano repeater, I've never been able to raise it and I'm pretty sure Snohomish hasn't been put on the air. I would be interested to know if you can raise WD7STR near Boeing (Everett), it is in the footprint, but may be shielded.
Yes, D-STAR audio is very clear until it drops down into what we affectionately call R2D2. If you consider, there is a pretty good hill between my home QTH and WD7STR and I was only seeing 0-2 S-Units on the radio last night's QSO would likely have been very noisy. I work down near the Edmonds ferry terminal (2 blocks south) and live in Edmonds, so if you want to get together after work, sometime, and meet eye-to-eye, we can, since your commute takes you past the Edmonds exit. ipscone wrote: > > My first impression was WOW. Crystal clear audio. No squeeks, > pops, static, etc. They might have to inject some noise to make it > sound like a radio. ;-) > > I look forward to more such contacts. I live South (Renton/Kent) > and work in Everett (near Boeing). I see there is a repeater in > Camano and one in Snohomish. Going to see if those are reachable > while at work. > > Mike > KC7VE (probably using WD7STR or WA7FW) > > -- John D. Hays Amateur Radio Station K7VE <http://k7ve.ampr.org> PO Box 1223 Edmonds, WA 98020-1223 VOIP/SIP: [email protected] <sip:[email protected]> Phone: 206-801-0820 801-790-0950 Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
