Mike,
Welcome aboard. John From: ipscone [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 6:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] First D-Star contact I just picked up my IC-92AD yesterday afternoon and last night finally got through enough of the manual to make my first D-Star contact. What a coincidence in many ways. My first D-Star contact was a member of this forum, helping me get it up and running. Thanks John (K7VE). He was also my first contact, who initiated a call to me, in the past 2 decades (I've been silent for many years). He knew I was having a few problems and initiated a call to me. Quite a surprise to be reading my 92AD manual, trying to see if I had it configured correctly, when I receive a call on it. ;-) And lastly, his callsign was nearly identical to mine. :-) His: K7VE, Mine: KC7VE. Quite a coincidence. 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) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
